Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-09-30
FUND BEING RAISED
TO PREVENT FAIR
Head of N. Phila. Manufacture
ers Insists Exposition Would
Harm the City
TO EXPLAIN TO MAYOR

Ninety five per cent OF the manu- =
facturers and bankers whom our rep
rescntative has interviewed so far are
opposed to holding Sesqui- ui-CentenniaI
celnhration.' said &. II. Wheeler, pres
ident Of the North Philadelphia Manu- :
facturers' Association. today. Among
the men we hope to enlist on our side
when he returns from Europe Is i. T.
Stotesbury.'
Mr.. Wheeler said the manufacturers
had employed n representative TO make
survey Of sentiment. and that this
work would orntinue Indefinitely.
+ The Sesqui Centennial Committee Of
the North Philadelphia Manufacturers
Association, composed of Mr.. Wheeler,
I,odny Day and II. V. Elliot will on
Monday meet Mayor Moore 10 explain
10 him why they Hre opposed TO the
fair and 10 inform him officially that
the ScsQu Centennial Association ran
expect no financial assistance from
them.
Explains Opposition Reasons
1--WE nrc against the Scsqui- -Centon-
nial because it means the paralyzing Of
Philadelphia industry" Mr.. Wheeler
said. 1.-THE manufacturing interests sre
really the hub Of the city's great bust
ness wheel.
"Why didn't the North Philadelphia
men start their opposition when the
fair project was iirst advanced" Mr..
Wheeler was asked.
when the Sesqli Centennial propo-
ufncturers were rocovor;n,, fro,,, ,Lo
tremendous financial and nervo,,S strnir
attendant uuon tLe Inflated business
conditions during tho wor' be roniieL
we wcrc ,nnre intsro,,cd IN ,r't;" ,a,,;,,o
back to normal tbon in bn,i;r.
worlds fair, ~ " '''''"s "
wc did not take serio"siy rho " mat,cr rn,s y'af f
holding u fair. because uur husInesy wac
so fnr bclo,r normri ,h"t "t' Du"'mS a,.Ts was
cure with cose a,. tho cunIo,.ns
needed BIT in the last six month.
there hns come far hcttcr business n,'d
n CONSEQUENT demond for Iohnr r..
fact tLn r,,,,Lo. ~ M hlp"r' IN
hmcr,cnr % r i!nh, 'I,oIr ~ "np.o!"s or the
Budd Maunfactur;np romnor. ,"a ani - ~ ~,
e. IL Wheeler Conenon, i,os ,,, "..n Wv,
from February from $500 ,o an,r.,,i
motcIr 5n00 :! '''''' io'' 10 approNl-
Mr.. Wheeler then so;d bo hoIioro1
the incroosaI huiI!y;u '"nn "" p'neN'u
suting from thn Soso,i .cau.sl!aI a, no.S r"
would attract thousands of ,rd,s,ri,i ,.i"i
pmplOycs md hrina oh,,,, ,'''ius,lin, '''
snntno"n s,,n', in the city's manufacturing
r""'s'
Raising THE Fair" Fund
We manufacturers are 70 deter.
mined to prevent thia Sesnui. .C.ente,
niai that We have already agreed g.
!nndivldnal assessments" he said "tn
iiea OF our strength can Le pIs,no%
from the fact thar RIGHT here In iii,
DOCK Slo.nOn.O0 is invested IF ,,o
are against it and tho hani,o, w.
against 1t, where is the money rnuir..
RON .m
,ho 10 you think it n good idea 70 M,
~" matter to vot. nr tine nconlr -,
""S -, 'sk"d Nlr: Wheeler.
boi peil"vc the pr"jcr, would be over.
W,.n,elm!nCly defoated." he .nsu.r,,l
Employers and cmpIo,c. nn6s "n"s Nrr". r'!.
want TO pay increased rnn,o "n o", uon
are both opposed to tho uron,,itinn tH ''T'N :,
Mr. nee or then said that If tLn e.f-
wcr" held, the nuthori,ic|s | wom,d ~ a"r r l." ~
pr anie to hnudln tho thousand. of ,.'
"n,rh would tor!, t. the pnrL
IT,, Ion you believe it world bo .
sin to abandon tho fair nro, . "p It,.
mat the whole world knows Of If vM nnG
the President has signed hiII ANU a.,
,,1toriZinG other nations to b" jnv;,odo" v' A.
Mr.. Wheeler Was asked ''''"e''
E;r.,
.1. T., "'''' against Fair
b. 1t IS sham" it has gone this far
~ 1',uS salu; believe prominent banker
i,o'rS '.uS summed ur the situation,
However, when lie said II wnmid d'ou,
better to have no fair nj nj, "r' tb"n ue
which would be a. dctrinent - Vi,e ,be
Guy. The world would forget an ohan,
u"ued fair in six months. II ,r",,id
take many years TO forget fair t.t thot
WnS m fai'ure.' '""'
lie organizations that bave ,;r,1