The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1905-04-14
THE FAIR AND US REsULFs.

There appears in another column
of to days Telegram an interview
with Mr.. Il. H. Patton, who will
have charge of the great exhibit Of
the General Electric Company, at
the Exposition. AS disclosed in
the interview, Mr.. Patton has
been similarly engaged in all the
great expositions of recent years.
He is shrewd and careful OBJ
server, both as to the comparative
merit of these enterprises and their
after effects on the communities
where they have been held. In
consequence his opinion as to the
prospective magnitude Of the local
Exposition, and the results that
may be reasonably expected to
follow, is Of expert character and
entitled to weighty consideration.
! 1t is pleasant to read the com
mendable things Mr.. Patton has to
say of Portland and its big Expo
sition. There is grateful acknowl-
edgement of truth that is flattering
to the character Of Portland peo.
=
pie, and as pertaining to the con
ception and tentative conduct of
the great enterprise they have un-
dertaken. 1t is pleasant to read
this gentleman's opinion that the
1905 Fair will stand unsurpassed
by any of its predecessors in the
genuinely delightful features that
make great Exposition attract
i've. There is satisfactory corrob-
oration of what has been contended
by well-informed Portland people,
to the effect that a pleasant sur
prise awaits the visitor to the
Lewis and Clark event. We take
more than ordinary pride in the
statement that landscape arrange
ments and environment permit of
treatment that could not be APP
preached elsewhere not in the
Windy City, the great metropolis
of the Missouri, nor even in ''gay
Paree." In all this there is the as
surance of the man of expert judg-
ment that Portland people have
made no mistake either in the for
mutation or the accomplishment of
their plans for world show that
in genuine merit as to beauty and
uniqueness of character will not be
excelled by any that has gone be-
fore.
The really interesting portion of
Mr.. Patton's interview lies, how
ever, not SO much in his opinion of
the Fair as of the results that will
flow from it. On this point his
optimism is positive. He asserts
without equivocation that Port
land has maintained the proper at.
titude to realize assured benefit
both as to increased business and
The encbanced Importance of the
city as the metropolis of the Pa
,ifc Northwest. He has pointed
10 the results at st. Louis as
Of what will follow here
lin fact, of what we may have
absolute assurance If we do not
ose our collective head. There is
sounded the note of warning that
1isitors to the fair should not be
allowed to feel that they are inn /
,osed upon in the matter of prices
or accommodation that shall be
'harged in the city. The few
months of the fair will witness a [
,reat in influx Of people from all
ections of the country, a great /
portion of whom will be interest.
ID in the character of a country
hey will visit for the first time in !
heir lives. They will desire to
what It has to offer as
for residence and for I
business activity. Unfair treat /
nent, born of greed, will cut such
Investigation short, and detri-
nent rather than a gain will be !.
he result.
This interview with Mr.. Pat 7