The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-12-14
INCREASING srATB FUNDS.

I r i'.
Porto RI" now has >-'ts', and will in
CTcaS" ms /. about $45ev.
E'"rS;t VIII appropriate $ht'2 to Sht.N.
ana already has authorized the Use al the
tNiIb!J It Atlanta. which will place 'irar-
ga IN i'oSIuOu t. max. irrnsi's, the best
South Carolina appropriated S2,"o with
which To l'a'l. and store the rN;!tit mad -,
at Charleston. 'hr norpc:ishable part OF
winch i worth about si1"tSi-
In LEGISLATURES II NerrI"r,. Georgia and
.iEiri1 ar no" IN session. and tii!< pro-
t.'..!i- Tor tn participation II tlI"St Sites
Il. n Exposition are ~p.uijnG-
| ne Vermont ni.i Calls TOY an ap2ropr!a-
non ~ 500" and haS passed n. Senate.
The orpE1p,itticn Is mace available on con
Gltr"n t.:at the granite. marble. slate and
other hu:.iing material interests Will donate
maternal Tor the construction Of the state
iG'i!inS. II the donations are made. tne.r
money value Will be considerably larger
than the appropriation itself. Parties CON
trolling these interests practically have
Lle'lci themselves I" make the donations.
The Virginia bill calls for $4,000. and has
passed tne House.
Efforts % enlist the interest OF the coun-
ties IN California have borne fruit. Early in
thu fall. just prior TO the time Of the an
iuai tax levy a Personal iet1er was ad-
Sipurr| in every county. !nc.os.ng certain
information about the Exposition and re-
California law. There Is now available
rom this source Perhaps a little more than
$it1--l Up I" November Ia eleven counties
had officially reported that the full! 2-.et-
cent had been levied.
Six OF the coast counties have organized
an association known as the California
Coast Counties Improvement Association.
L which all OF the local Boards of Trade
tc!cuG. The members II III" Boards of
SGp-rNlSurs il each Of these counties are
members; OF tn- association. ami turn over
IL it their advertising funds. These Coun-
ties Will eNp,rd from $500 20 si5,@o on
their exhibits.
FOREIGN PARTICIPATION.
so far from Ii being true that only
France. IF fE. TrI-ODp.fn countries has dom.
anything definitely. il can be stated that
Germany has accepted. mas chosen a sit.
Tor is national building and entered upon
plans which "l;l require an expenditure Of
S,tiG.") marks.
Great Britain has accepted formally. and
the Exposition management * il RECIPES
Of advices which indicate cary selection of
the strongest and NEST important eNpoSi-
ton commission ever created by that coun-
The preparation and assurance of Euro
pean participant on ct St. Louis is by far
IL advance II Chicago at a corresponding
p riod: Formal acc~eptances by foreign
countries and progress made in countries
that have not Vet officially accepted are
indicated! in the subjoined list:
Observation-Disclosures Of SSlO0.
Ho.ivEa-Exhibit Of woods, agriculture and
antiquities.
Forty thousand square feet asked for ten
houses and cardea-
Chiaa-S;r Robert Hart. Surveyor of Gus
sired.
Costa Rica.
Canaia-CoInmissioner appointed. Build
Guha-BuiItinc site desired.
EcuaGoI-Buildirg site desired; SEED pre-
Franc~ComiGission appointed and pre-
li:ninary appropriation of 6no", francs
SD Fans FL building SlEgssted,
hibit Il line arts Commissioner. Sir Ed
ward PovutsE.
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Commissioner Doctor
TNgspsI- = Hvr--f] Ep-.'i- min ~ 4r-,rIrr.. -
Of $5c".f-t.
Observation-Disclosures under a~uspices
Press. VIII erect q kiosk to be made cf
Grrece-Mr. Demetrius Jannopulo. Consul
al 81. Louis. appointed Commissioner.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES appointed.
Observation-Disclosures Of 1.250 "s. yen &C.,
co. asked. No plans for buildings. but site
~Kored-Formal acceptance Preparing ex-
hihft.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. appointed. Building |
5tX.2: ground .0xiS allotted.
Taraclay-CommtsSion appointed
Nicg-aEuI-Cgwm;SSiOu appointed.
Siam-Commiss!cn appointed. site ailot-
Peru-Twenty-fve thousand dollars pre-
lin nary anEr%p-iali2n r~.c"n.msnded.
th- VIceroy.
ness II th= Exposition Company is dis
proved by the fact that out Of all the i'm
portant contracts awarded. only two 81.
Louis firms have secured contracts Cor
erecting exhibit buildings. 1t is true that
the contractors from other places have es-
tahl;shed offices here, but they are not local
firms.
Nearly all % the heavy grading con-
tracts have heeD placed among outside con-
FACTORS.
Nearly all of these firms secured tra,r
contracts ~ reason Of the fact that their
experience in Exposition building !
heire; them % make the lowest bids for
thu work Il he done.
This charge 0t !oraIization cannot even
apply 10 employment II service in the ad-
miristrSticn department. Persons have
been Il: 0Cintei 10 positions from sections
% the United States which embrace the
country from New York TO San fra2CiSco-
States which have furnished appOintees In
Guide HaSS:Chv=ttS New York. Ohio. |
Wisconsin. Iowa. Minnesota,
Kentucky. Washington, II. c.;
North Caro-i71. South Carolina. louisiana,
Arkansas. Missouri. outside OF St Louis:
Oregon Colorado and Kansas"