Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-02
I;iiYAN FAvORs WORLDS FAIH
In Address He Comments .ilaska.Yu.
 kon-l acific Exposition.

Seattle, Feb 2--The people of the state of Washington are showing Luch qualification over the fact that William Jennings Bryan heartily en- doIsed the Alaska Yukon-Pacific ex- ros:tion. which will be held in Scat t'e in 1909. in his address ma de on January Is before the assembled oedtes of the legislature at Olympia.
 Much interest is shown now in Saottle in the. coming exposition which will be held to exploit the re- sources and potentialities of Alaska and Yukon, and to make known and tester the vast importance of the trade of the Pacific ocean and of tho counsyies bordering upon it, as a bill fo: appropriation of $1,0GO,OOO. for ue enterprise is expected to pass tie legislature within the next two weeks. Seattle citizens on October
 :. last raised s650,000 for the fair in cne day.
 Referring to exposilions in general and the Alaska Yukon-P Pacific .xposi- tion, MT Bryan said:
 "i want, however, to say before enter upon my subject that i want tb come to this state again, and I
 ,hink will come about 1909. You lave made such wonderful progress since 1 was here last that am anxious to come when can see your Irogress represented in great ex- position, for l am believer in the exposition.
 1t entirely accords with my icea of economy in the spending of public r.oney. I am opposed to subsidies granted to individuals to aid irdivid-
 uai enterprises, but am in favor of large appropriations for educational
 work and for experimental work, for
 f the government expends money in Experimenting, the public gets the benefit of the experiment and 1t is a legitimate use of public money. And money spent for educational purposes is spent for all the people, and believe an exposition is a great educational proposition. When I was in congress voted for appropriations fer expositions. I was anxious that the government should have an ex- hibit wherever there was an exposi- !ion. Not one in a thousand people cf your state can visit Washington
 ard see the things that the govern
 ment has to illustrate the workings
 of its machinery, but if you have an exposition here the government can
 have an exhibit and many times as
 many of your citizens can get
 glimpse of what the government is
 Going as possibly could by going to | Washington.
 Therefore. am In favor of the government exhibit at every exposi- ton wherever there is enough local interest to create an exposition. It is bringing the government to the peo- | I,e because the people cannot 20 to the government; and then, too, it enables us to exchange opinions and improve and mingle together, and | think that most of the misuude standings, that is. our differences of
 opinion. arise from misunderstanding | each other.
 "The east would fraternize moro if more people in the east knew the west and more people in the west knew the east. I think, however, that more people in the west know the east than people in the east know the west. because peo- | pie in the east come out here to live
 md therefore our people know some- | ,hing of the east. But the most of | the people have not come west to
 live. many of them do not come west
 at all. and have found a great deal of ignorance. and you will find the
 same thing even between two states.
 'There will be lack of knowledge of | each others interests.
 Tt is worth having an exposition because 1t lowers rates. and If you
 cannot get lower rates any other way,
 have an exposition to lower rates. This is period of education among
 .he people and I want this to bo q great homogeneous nation, vherU we
 srall understand each other and work