The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-02

II am heartily in favor of anything
that will help New Jersey and mean
uplift for the nation said Governor
Fort. "The Worlds Fair plan Is stu.
perdous as outlined by The star,
ann very much interested in It and
would like to do anything can to helr
in the realization of such a plan
United States Senator Frank o.
Briggs, when seen at his Trenton home
last night expressed himself as hearth
ly Ia sympathy with the Peace Exposi-
tion plan.
Such thing must succeed in the
East, WREN strong men get behind it.
and il the Federal government gives
substantial encouragement" he said.
Il am ready to do anything within my
power to further the proposition"
The names of big New Workers. have
been drawn into the discussion of the
fair. John G. Milburn. president of
the Pan American Exposition. held at
Buffalo. is now living in New York
city. and he is proposed by some as a
promoter of the 1914 exhibit. Nathan
Straus, George B. Cortelyou and
scores of other prominent men are in
'terested in the gigantic plan
Frederic Thompson, creator of Luna
Park and the Hippodrome. the greatest
Snowman living. believes that the ex-
position would be a marvellous success.
He says:
Such an exposition held within sight
of New York city would prove the
greatest success of any undertaking
of that sort in history. New York Is
the place for such an exposition. The
city is carnival mad today. and tho
Hudson Fulton celebration has demon
strated beyond any doubt what great
Worlds FAR here would mean"
BY 1914 the Passac river will havs
been cleansed of it's pollution and will
have had restored TO it the beauty
which caused the original settlers nj
Newark seek its shore when they
sought to build their new town. De-
cember, 1912, has been set for the time
when the dehlement of the stream musi
cease. The reclamation work. which
has been going on for years, will by
thai time have resulted in the raising
above the sea level of thousands OF
acres splendidly suited for exposition
purposes.
In Europe, 1914 saw the beginning O
peace in the signing of the first treat,
of Paris between France and the Pow
ers. The meteoric hundred days in th'
next year. ending at Waterloo, made {
new treaty necessary, but the centen
nial of the end OF the reign of bioot
may be properly celebrated in 1914.
! While the Civil War in this countr,
and other great wars have stained th'
pages of the century's history, ther'
can be no denial put that there h2'
been greater progress and more stride
in the direction Of permanent peac'
during the years since the Treaty o
Client than in any corresponding periot
in history.
SO there is good reason for celebrat
ing such a centennial. Anglo Saxon re
lations are closer today than they hav'
ever been. The Exposition of 1914 vii
help to cement the friendship. The i'm
portance OF the Treaty of Glent canno
be overestimated. Before the war o
1912 with Great Britain. this countr,
was not taken seriously When tn
| British were forced to acknowledge in
ability to defeat the United States an
proper recognition of the nations dig
nifty was accorded at the Ghent confer
ence, the new republic took its plac
among the nations of the earth.
GEORGE f. REEVE. president of IN
Board of Trade. said "A fair such
proposed could be of inestimable bench
to Newark and New Jersey. The Boar
of Trade has had before it plan o
this kind. OF course. nothing tangiol
was developed. When committee Q
the Board of Trade was on a tour {
inspection of the waterways there wa
some discussion of big fair on tn
Hackensack meadows While there \
much detail to- 1pe thought of on tn