The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1904-01-22
AS SEEN THROUGH
WESTERN EYES
Editor Bonfls of the Denver Post
Eloquent Over Worlds Fair.
CHICAGO AND PARIS MOI IN IT
Amazed az the Grandeur. the Size
and the Progress ut tn. Enter-
prise. and Rr2rct~ It, short
Lease 81 Lie.

81 Louis, Jan l9- ST. Louis owe,
il 10 the universs - keep the Worlds
lair open a year. II Were TO decide 10
| would keep he fair Open Two years
Thus spoke Fred Bonhls, editor and
proprietor of the Denver lCol) Post,
Al The Planters Sunday night.
You could. l believe. put the Colum-
bian exposition inside OF il. and then
the people would mistake the Chicago
show for one of the side exhibits. The
Paris exposition is so far behind it in
every way that a comparison is a
waste of time and words.
lie Was Amazed.
Il state honestly tina, | was amazed
at the grandeur, the size and the prog
ress OF the Worlds fair enterprise. IL
needs more exploiting. The men who
are in charge II the publicity Depart
ment can't write toe long or too often
about this show. In he New Years
edition Of my paper We gave the
Worlds fair a page. We thought we
were doing st. Louis n kindness. | am
ashamed II myself Iionccforth the
Worlds fair gets all the space that We
can possibly afford.
A Timely suugestion.
Il think that az this time il would
be wise on the part Of The fair man
agemen 10 bring the newspaper men
of the country TO s.. Louis. that they
might inspect the grounds and build
ings and see for themselves the ire
mendous proportions OF The enterprise.
sThe idea that outside newspaper men
have OF the fair is the one that was
created az the time of the dedication.
At that time no fair idea of The expo
sition could be conceived Now is the
time 70 show the editors what IS doing.
Il think. also. that tine management
Of the fair ought 10 stay as far away as
possible from those lines of publicity
which remind one of the Chicago fair.
For instance. the photographs Of the
exhibits palaces show a similarity in
architecture to the buildings of the
Chicago exposition. When one visits
the grounds he sees that the St Louis
buildings are vastly greater in size and
more picturesque in appearance than
the Columbian exposition buildings.
The cstern Idea.
The people in the west have an
idea that the st. Louis enterprise is a
copy OF the Columbian exposition
confess that I thought so until this
afternoon. | would repeat that Meth
or the Chicago nor the Paris exposition
IS for a 10 be compared 70 the
Louisiana Purchase exposition.
Undoubtedly the fair Is going 10 be
its own best advertisement. II vii
open the eyes Of the world. this exposi-
ton that YOU are going to have here
Some people a realize when it is toe
late that they should see this great ed.
vocational exposition. Thousands viii
want to do SO. | am thinking now o.
the middle class Of our CITIZENSHIP
class who must save in advance If the,
would see the exposition.
should Run Two Years.
THAT is my eason for maintaining
that the exposition should be pre-
served for at least two years. I ventur'
the assertion that II the 81. Louis fai'
we're preserved and opened % the pub
lie in 1905. 70 per cent Of those wh'
go this year would go again. whil'
thousands who were unable to atten'
the first year would flock to the expo
sition.
1T is a great pity that such a nag
nifcent effort as the people Of ST Loui
are making should have only sevei
months in which TO bear its fruit"