Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1914-03-01
WE'LL BE READY
By CHARLES C. MOORE. President OF the Panama Pacific
International Exposition.

TT HE progress Of the physical side of the Exposition work during the past
year enables me to repeat with assurance te promise originally made two
years ago when l said that the Panama Pacific international Exposition
would be ready when It's gaeso opened on February %, 1870
All construction work is fully up to schedule and this schedule calls for the
completion Of the exhibit palaces by July / 1914. One Of them, the great Ma
chuuy Palace is practically completed noV several more will be finished in
April or May and all will be ready for the installation of exhibits by July J.
Very active work has begun n the Concessions District Oh the. many beaui-
ml ana elaborate structures to be erected by concessonaiCs to house their att
fractions All these men are under rigid contract and bon to have their prof.
es in complete working order OF the opening day.
Plans for the numerous State Buildings and for the Tavinons Of foreign IA
tms aren being submitted an approved IN rapid frequency, and, while the
Exposition itself has 10 direct control over the erection OF these buildings cy-
l approhend no serious delays in this part Of the site
More than 10000 manufacturers from all parts Of the world have made ap
plcauon for exhibit space in fact the total space in or exhibit palaces has
already been oyerarpned for The work of selection Of representative exhibits
and the allotment IF space will shortly be taken up and the installation Of eX-
hhts win begin about July ! thus giving exhibitors nearly nine months to get
ready Extraordinary are has been taken to give exhibitors facilities for the
rapid handling Of their goods and there is 10 reasonw why all the exhibits should
not be completely arranged weeks before the gaesa are opened
These exhibits will make n representation Of human achievement in the arts
We have had over 1000 applications fol- concessions. and those that have
been given space are on the highest plane as regards novelty. interest and at
traction our musemen district win be pleasantly remembered for years aher
Two hundred and six national and international congresses have already
voted to meet in san Francisco during 1915. and it is probable that the number
fully 500.
The plans for a great naval pageant are progressing well and from ossnr-
ances already received am justified in believing that there will be few, if any
nations possessing navles that VIII be unrepresented in the great fleet which
will assemble at Hampton Roads, sail through the Panama canal and through
the Golden Gate to take part in M opening exercises
Detachments from the armies of many nations will gather in the Exposition
grounds during 1915 and n friendly rivalry will Illustrate their proficiency in
feats OF arms
The vast preliminary work OF creating a great Universal Exposition is COM
plete. The great responsibility conhded by the Government of the United States
the people OF California is being successfully executed.
And as the Exposition palaces rise and the physical shell for this greatest
Of eiucatyc celebrations assumes that beauty in which the genius OF master
artists and architects conceived it, the people IF America may rest assured that
educational value, n its ethical Influence and in is srlendor Will worthHy ce-
brate the supreme triumph of mankind IN the Panama canal