The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-09-25
Government viii Spend $4,000
on 1917 Exhibit Here.
Topeka Exposition Now of In
ternatiOnal Fame.
INSPECT FAIR PERSONALLY
Twenty-Five Representatives to
Make Trip to Kansas.
Australia Greatly Interested in
Success of Enterprise.

A sum of $4,000 has been set aside
by the Australian government for a
delegation of twenty-five persons and
an exhibit at the Big Free fair in To-
peka next fall. Announcement of this
move, which makes the Topeka eX-
position of international fame, was
made today by W. F. Horn, American
representative of the Foreign Press
association of Australia Mr.. Horn is
the government and press representa-
tive with headquarters in Topeka. He
lives at 1925 Topeka avenue.
The Topeka fair has done more to
place Kansas before the eyes of the
people of Australia than any other
method of Advertising Mr. Horn
stated today THE country is vitally
interested in the proposition. 1 have
sent more than 500 copies of the State
journal containing accounts of the
fair here to the government repre-
sentatiVes in Australia"
In their enthusiasm over the To-
peka Free fair last year. it was decid-
ed to send $4,000 to Topeka for an
exhibit, Mr. Horn said. The appro-
priation came too late, however, and
word has come that next year $4,000
will be available. A delegation of
twenty five persons will come to To
peka from Australia. They will stay
here for the fair and then make a tour
of Kansas. They will report condi-
tions to their country upon their re-
turn to Australia
Have Views of Kansas.
In speaking of the original interest
in the Big Free fair, Mr. Horn said:
IAN item was published in the
Saturdays State Journal relating to
the idea of Topeka's Big Free fair
penetrating clear to Australia, seems
to have created some doubt in the
minds of some of our people as to
no nd of for
The facts are the Queensland people
have become acquainted with Kansas,
her resources and her displays thru
our statistical reports and from
hundreds of Photographic views of our
states natural features, and of i'm
provements from almost every section
| of Kansas
Read of Free Fair.
Naturally when the Free Fair
/ Proposition came up and was decided
1 on, as a fact, L included some notes
on this matter in the regular COM
munication to The Week. and nearly
/ every paper, not only in Queensland
| but the y. S. w. and Victorian papers
copied this idea of Free Fair' and
/ l received dozens of letters making in
/ quiries about it.
I'm the spring or early summer of
1915 l sent to Mr.. Ford. then of the
treasury department. for he Agricui
/ tural and Pastoral society, the names
! of Mr.. Samuel E. Lux and Mr.. ]. Will
! Kelley, in order that the matter could
be handled more satisfa ctorily to all
parties. l took and mailed fifty views
of the Free Fair of 1915, several of
which were reproduced in their pa
pers. The idea seemed at least feasible
and steps have been taken to organ
ize a Queensland Free Fair to be held
during their mid-winter season in Au-
gust. A fair has been held in Bris-
bane at this time of the year for
several seasons, but not on a scale
equal to the Topeka fair.
"On Monday, Sept. II, 1916, re-
| ceived a letter from Mr.. Ford, enelos-
ing an order for a typewriting machine
and a letter asking for full information
regarding our great Free Fair, with
names of the officials in charge, etc.
with views of the fair displays Fifty
of these have been forwarded together
with premium lists and copies of the
state Journal containing the accounts
of the fair TO Brisbane
Samples of Products
I now have more than two hun
dred samples of Kansas products on
exhibition in Brisba me- which were
used at .heir fair in 1915.
kansas people should not forget
that the Topeka Free Fair has done
more to place Kansas before the peo-
pie oe many foreign lands than any
other source of advertisement she has
invested in, and many favorable com
ments have been made on our states
prosperity"
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