The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1903-10-28
NEW CUBA AT
WORLDS FAIR
Progress and Prospects
Of Young Republic
SINCE THE WAR OF LIBERATION
Will be the Keynote of Cuban Govern
ments Exploitation and of In
vdua Exhibits.
SINCE THE WAR OF LIBERATION

st. Louis, No, Oct. 28.-New Cuba,
the awakened Cuba of today, the pros
pective Cuba Of tomorrow, Cuba free
and independent, working out her own
salvation as one of the nations of the
earth-this, rather than a barking
back to the old Cuba of the long-con-
tinued bondage and the bitter travail,
will be the ruling motif of the Cuban
participation in the Worlds Fair at
st. Louis. Senior Estaban D. Estrada,
the Cuban republics commissioner
general, has opened Offices in the ad-
ministration building at the fair
grounds and is busily employed in Or
ganiZing his countrys exhibits.
Some nations. being of ancient origin
and possessing romantic antiquities,
propose to go back a few hundred
years for architectural designs. and
Otherwise will seek to show forth the
picturesque phases Of the life of the
past. Not so with Cuba; the little is
land republic has her history as an
Independent nation yet to make, her
standards to achieve and SHE intends
TO take advantage of the coming ex-
position. the first in which she parti-
Cipates on her own responsibility. in
a way that will show the new nation
confidently facing the futur<with pro-
gressiye ideas.
"One sees in the streets Of Havana
some very interesting old two-wheel
ed carts, each drawn by a single
mule. These. believe, were until re-
Gently and may be still the drays or
express wagons of your metropolis.
You will have one of these old carts
on exhibition, will you not?" Com
missioner Estrada was asked.
probably not" he replied AT any
rate. not for lis own sake. But if we
find that we have invented a new cart.
or a more modern and advantageous
vehicle to take its place, we may ex-
hibit one of the Old carts alongside of
the new to show the progress We
have made"
In that statement the commissioner
struck the keynote of his scheme for
Worlds Fair exploitation of Cuba. He
indicated that the new Cuba is to be
insisted upon at all points, leaving the
old Cuba in the background; not that
the Cubans are in any wise ashamed
OF the old, but rather that they are
proud of the new.
With this primary object in view
the work of organizing the display
is now going forward. The commits
sloners will use every means in their
power to show the world, assembled
In St Louis. just what Cuba has been
able to accomplish since Uncle Sam
drove out the DOnS and the one-starred
flag was raised over the island: and
not only this, but, even of still greater
moment. to indicate what Cuba can
and will do in the future
The Cuban building will be situated
on a plot of ground 125 feet square,
Just west Of the Mexican pavilion and
north of Frances replica of the Grand
Triaron. The building is to be so
feet square. Architecturally it will
show the construction of a well-ap-
pointed dwelling house of the present
day in the city Of Havana. Necessa-
Tily Of staff instead of stone. the ma
terial most popular in Havana. this
structure will be one story in height:
and yet its proportions will not suffer
by this from an artistic standpoint
for in Cuba, where there are few
dwellings of more than one story. the
ceilings are very much higher than in
houses in the United States. with a
nat roof for promenading or sight-see.
Ing purposes. the Cuban building will
present an appearance sufficient,
graceful to be in keeping with its
neighbors
The chambers Of the house, as in
Cuba. will open on on interior court
and in this enclosure it is designed tc
place a fountain and statue represent
ing the pearl Of the Antilles. Cuba's
familiar designation. 1t is likely that
the basin of the fountain may be IN
the form of an immense shell in
which is found pearl. Some of the
decorative palms familiar to Havana
are to be placed within the court tc
add to the effect Of homelikeness.
But the Cuban building will accom-
odate but a comparatively small par,
OF the exhibits from the island. AL
ready space has been engaged in the
Eoucation and the Liberal Arts build
ngs, and it is intended that the space
occupied in the Palace of Agriculture
snalI be Of such dimensions that those
VINO are looking for signs of tobacco