The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-01-31
WHAT IOWA PAID
FOR ITS PRIZES
Panama pacific Exposition Cost the
state Only $4,000 In
Awards, Il Was
Figured.
LESS THAN SOME OTHERS
probable That Present Legislature
Will Relieve Guarantors
Of Response
bilIty.
LESS THAN SOME OTHERS

All those worlds grand prizes, gold
medals and other things which Iowa
-euIsluI oHIosd-BmBuRd eql 1B uoA
tional exposition last year cost the
state just $4,000.
This is SO far below the e1pendi-
-xs 10 pIooeI sQl AoIeq IB1 os '2oeJ
vi 'puB .uopIsodxs s.pIIoA o. uoIs
-sImmoo eAoI snoIAeId 6ue 20 eInl
panditure of any other state at any
worlds fair exposition. that 1t Is
causing a great deal of favorable
comment ali over Iowa
The report of the Iowa commission
has just been submitted to the exc
cutive council and the thirty-seventh
general assembly. 1t shows that out
of the total appropriation OF $4,000.
approximately $4,000 has been re-
turned in cash and trffle over 81
coo in furniture, carpets and other
usable materials which show little,
If any, wear as a result OF the eight
months they were used in San Fran
cisco.
New Fork spent s77551,1110 and the
city of New York spent about $780,
900 more Illinois spent 100000,
and the expenditures OF Ohio, In
diana, Missouri and most OF the 9TH
CT states which participated We're
well over 100000 each. Neverthe-
less, in summing up the grand prizes
and other valuable awards, it ap-
pears that Iowa took the hons share.
Iowa appropriated $125,000 for her
participation in the Columbian expo
sition at Chicago. OF that sum 3d.
600 was returned to the state treas
ury.
Iowa appropriated $4,000 for her
participation ii the ST. Louis expo
sition. This was found inadequate
and an additional $4,000 was obtain
ed from the thirtieth general as
sembly. The total expenditures OF
that commission we're s127,727.29.
OF course, one reason for the ex
ceptionally low expenditure of the
commission to the Panama-Pa
exposition was the Discrimination o.
the thirty-sixth assembly to pay fol
the Iowa building This was PAID
for, or at least the payment has beer
guaranteed by business men through
out the state who signed a public
subs cription list. However, the mel
cost Of the building was only about
$32 900. so that the total expenditure
including the building, would reach
only $4,000. News from Des Moines
indicates growing sentiment on the
part of a large number of the mem
bers of the present legislature to re
lieve these guaranters Of their re
sronsibility and complete the of1cia
record of Iowa's participation by as
Stunning the cost of the erection o.
the building.
'If the people Of Iowa. especially
the members of the legislature, real
lied the great value the Iowa build
ing was to the Iowa exhibitors, ant
how important 1t was in making
friends and in obtaining publicity FOL
the state. there would be no question
about an additional appropriation o
enough funds to pay for the build
Ing" is the statement made b.
William Crownoyer, farmer and horse
breeder, who lives near Hudson, IL
BIackhawk county. Il have tried tt
estimate what Iowa's participation
was worth to the state in dollars ant
cents, but It is way beyond me. Tht
interest in Iowa's agricultural achieve
ments, displayed by the representa-
tives Of foreign governments and ths
hundreds of thousands of visitor:
from all over this country, canno
be figured out in dollars and cents
er general asked Dean Curtis. o.
Ames, what steps would be necessary
in order to place number Of Chinese
students in Iowa state college.
know / have had inquiries from 9
very wide field, resulting from the
prizes awarded me. / know that the
representative business men from
foreign countries and from other
states of. the union were entertained
at the Iowa building, and they be
came friends, SO much so that already
we can trace an expansion of our
markets to those friendships.
IF the present legislature should
appropriate enough money to pay foI
that building, Iowa will stand to
profit many thousand per cent on the
Investment / believe the legislature
will look on 1t in that light"
Josie Fay to Run.
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