The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1902-10-03
LOUISIANA PURCHASE FAIR
WILL Be GREAT EXPOSITION
National Commissioner Ihurston Says the
Outlook Is That st. Louis Will Be Center
Of immense Gathering.

when the Louisiana Purchase lex
position opens IL viii be with every
one Of It's buildings complete and its
exhibits Installed" Thus former Sem
ator John NJ. Thurston. one Of the Ma
/ tional Commissioners in charge Of the
great exposition. described the plans
| which are now being pushed forward
| for the Exposition which promises "a
| lie the very greatest that has been
given. Continuing he said: THE peo-
| pie will go To see a truly great EXPOSE
, ton, where they would not attend one
Of only the first grade. SO the Louisi-
ana Purchase Fair will be made more
/ truly grand than any one ever held.
There IS in hands Of the corporation
something above sl5,OOO.OOO for the
work, this being the aggregate Of the
appropriations by the United states
government, the city of st. Louis and
the proceeds from the sales ~ bonds
In addition to these vast sums there
viii be others from the national gov
| eminent and from the various States,
and in addition the receipts will per-
haps be mortgaged, and there win be
returns from the sale of concessions,
until from the outlook now there will
BE- expended upon the Exposition prop
er before it is opened for the public
something close to $50 100000 or even
that sum may be exceeded.
while the Fair will not be ready for
visitors until 1904, the main buildings
are now being erected and already a
large number Of the national associa-
tions have arranged for the holding OF
their annual sessions next year I'm st.
Louis. This will mean that "A building
viii be finished and set apart for such
gatherings, upon the Exposition
grounds. and as a consequence there
will be such advertisement and such
thorough knowledge of the Fair, and
its plan and scope, that the people of
the world will know just what to ex-
pect, and that they will attend in large
numbers will be certain.
II am very much pleased with the
outlook for comprehensive exhibit
from Hawaii. | have talked generally
with some OF the men interested and
they are going into the work with spr-
1t. I think a really fine exhibit from
Hawaii will have the very best effect
upon the islands, and will have much
to do with their future. The resources,
the industries of the Territory, are not
known except in few instances. When
some of the business men go to the
United States with a specific proposal,
they lay 1t before a few men and the
knowledge thus spread stays in the
| narrow sphere directly affected. But
by making a complete display of the
resources of the islands, it will be pos
sible to reach a large number Of the
best people of the world and leave
such impressions as cannot but result
in closer inquiry and better acquaint-
auce with the islands.
81 am not referring in talking Of dis
plays to the sort of exhibitions given
at Omaha or Buffalo but exhibitions of
the products of the islands. The posi-
bilitIes for Investment are most attrac-
tive to the capitalists of the United
States at this time. SO long as the
conditions remain as they now are the
moneyed men of the mainland are bus
lily seeking investments, and I cannot
but think If the conditions surrounding
the industries of these islands are prop
ory set before them, there will be re-
suits of the greatest importance to the
people here.
The sugar industry Is now under a
depression, but this cannot last long.
Even the most unfavorable aspects,
such as the annexation of cuba, cannot
have lasting effect of depression.
with Cuba, Porto Rico, these islands
and the mainland producing sugar,
there will not come into the country
free of duty more than Onp-half the
amount of the consumption of sugar.
Then too it must be remembered that
the use of sugar is increasing at the
rate Of 10 per cent each decade. This
viii mean the consumption of an eX-
ccedingly large amount of the product
and it cannot but mean greater pros
perity in the future for the islands.
Another thing which should be put