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THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON. ‘THE THREE AMERICAS AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. —_+H A Grand Celebration. WHY If SHOULD BE HELD HERE. ——— Arguments Before the Quadri- Centennial Committee. Remarks of Prominent and Influential Men Who Favor a Site at the National Capital—Claims Which Should Not be Denied. —_—. Introductory Remarks by John W.Doug- lass, President of the Board of Dis- trict Commissioners. Mr. Chiirnem and Gentlemen: I want to occupy ouly a moment of your at- tention to say that [represent what is called in common parlance the case of the city of Wash- ington, or, in other words, the Capital of the Nation, as a proper place to hold the great In- ternational Exposition of the Three Americas in 1892. We have divided the labor of advo- eating the cause of Washington. The first pre- sentation will be made by Mr. Anderson, the Secretary of what has been called for several years the National Board of Promotion of the Three Americas Exposition. He will be fol- lowed by Mr. Parker, President of the Board of ‘Trade of the city of Washinzton, upon the sub- ject of the memorial that has been circulated among the citizens of Washington. While the first argument will correspond with the univer- sal sentiment of our citizens. and. we think. the citizens of this couatry, that this being a great international fair, it should be sustained aud carmed on by the General Gov- ernment at the Capital of the Na- tion, at the same time we have not forgotten that some of our sister cities dis- agree with us as to the location. In this re- gard something may possibly depend upon the question of money and subscriptions. There- fore the second bill introduced into Congress aud known as the Gorman bill embodies that idea. The memorial, as presented by Mr. Parker, will be confined to the idea that we are ready to-day to comply with the money considerations. The third speech will be made by Major Powell, Director of the Geological Survey, who will represent, as far as may be Proper, the scientific people of the country, and to acertain extent will show the perm- snent scientific results that will be obtained by this Exposition. The concluding remarks will be made by General Feiix Agnus, of Baltimore, our sister and neighboring city. I want to say that the citizens of the District of Columbia stand ready and willing to the best of their ability to make the Exposition, as we hope aud believe it will be, wherever held. a magnificent affair. Remarks by Alex. D. Anderson, Secre- tary of the National Board of Promo- tion. Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: We come before your honorable committee as representatives of x committee of citizens from ull of the forty-six States and Territories who have, forfour years past. under the name of @ Board of Promotion, advocated a Three Ameri- eas Exposition at the National Capital, in 1892, in honor of the four hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Colum- bus. During this period fifty-six Governors, repre- senting in all fort e States and Territories, the Mayors of sixty leading cities, one hundred and seventy-six Presidents and Secretaries of Boards of Trade throughout the United States, and the Masters and Secretaries (one or both), of thirty Slate and Territorial Granges, have formally. and in writing, accepted membership inthe Board, aud pledged their co-operation in support of this patriotic movement. 1 addition to this we bring resolutions in- dorsing the movement from the National Board of Trade. American Bankers’ Associa- tion. National Grange in two annual conven- tions, International Medical Congress. Ameri- ean Medical Association, Carri Builders’ National Association, American Association of Agricultural Colleges, United States Potters’ Association, Washington National Monument S the Mt. Vernon Ladies’ Association of nion, and various other bodies, (See Beimont Report. pp. 19 to 28.) We also bring a unanimous report in favor of a Permanent Exposition of the Three Ameri- eas, submitted to the House of Representatives on the sixteenth of Juue, 1585, by the Commit- tee on Foreign Affairs, through its chairman, Hon. Perry Belmont, of New York. Tis re- Port is No. 2,601, Fiftieth Congress, first ses- sion, and we submit it as a portion of our argu- ment in so far as it applies to thee more com- prehensive and new bill which we are now ad- Yocating. THE BILLS ADVOCATED. With these preliminary remarks I will sub- mit a brief statement of facts in support of the new bill agreed upon by the National Board of Promotion, and introduced by Senator Faulk- ner. of West Virginia. As it is short and con- cise, and clearly states our plan, I will read it as & portion of my remarks: “A BILL to provide for a Three Americas and World's Exposition at the National Capital in 1592. “Be it enacted by the Senate an House of Rep- resentatices of Jw United Staws of America in Congress assembled, Thata Three Americas and World's Exposition be held at the National Capital in 1592, in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus, and that the President of the United States appoint a Governmental Board of Nine Directors to formulate aud super- intend the execution of « plan for such expo- sition. ec. 2. That said plan shall inclnde— Three Americas Museum, to remain as memorial building in commemoration of that historical event, and repository of the an- tiquities and bistory the Western Hemi- sphere. “a Three Americas Building for an exhibit of the representative resources, arts, and in- dustries of the eighteen American sister repub- hes, the Dominion of Canada, and the West India Islands. “A State and Territorial Building for an ex- hibit of the representative resources, arta, and industries and the forty-six States and Terri- tories of the United States. “A Building for an exhibit of working mudels of great A an inventions. Building for a temporary exhibit of the Fepresentative resources, arts. and industries of ali nations other than American. Statue of Christopher Columbus, to be unveiled with appropriate ceremonies on the I2th of October, 1892. “See. 3. That the President of the United States, through the Department of State, shall Wake proclamation setting forth the dates at which the Expesition shall — and close, and inviting participation of «al world, and all States and Territories of the United State “Sre. 4. That the President of the United States specially invite the ‘Presidents of the eighteen American sister Republics, the King of Italy, the Queen of 5 » and the Presi- dent and reiguing sovereigns of all other na- tions, to visit the United States in 1802, and jom with him in the ceremomes attending the anveiling of said statue of Christopher Co- lumbus. “Sec. 5. That the sum of fifteen million dol- lars out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated. or so much thereof as may be necessary, ts hereby appropriated for carrying out the objects of this act,” ‘This bill will be supplemented by another agreed upon by the local or Washington branch Of thgNational Board, and introduced by Sena- tor man, of Maryland, It is identically the same asthe former, except that section five Provides as follows: “That the ixsuxnce of $15,000,000 of bonds of the District of Columbia is hereby authorized, or so much thereof as may be found necessary for the purpose, to bear such rate of interest and to mature at such time as to Congress shall seem best, to be sold at uot less than , the SS into the Treasury of the ited States asafund for the expenses of i nations of the | y. holding said Exposition at the National Capi- tal; any unexpended balance thereof, together with the receipts over and above the ex; 8 of said Exposition, to be placed to the credit of the District of Columbia for the liquidation of any indebtedness of said District.” It will be submitted as an alternative propo- sition by Mr. M. M. Parker, who represents in this respect the local Board and_ tax-payers of the District of Columbia. I will confine my remarks to the Faulkuer bill. FUNDAMENTAL FEATURES, Our plan is based upon the idea that the commemoration of this great event in Ameri- can history is beyond the magnitude and dig- nity of any individual city, or private corpora- tion, and should be under the exclusive au- spic d control of the General Government. That if there is to be any de parture from this plan it should not be in the direction of local but rather toward international management. under the joint auspices of the governments of the nineteen American sister Republics, assisted by Italy and Spain, which have an eqnal in- terest in the history of Columbus and his grand achievements, That the two leading features of the Exposi- tion should be, first, the hist 1, to commem- orate the discovery of America and its progress daring four hundred years, and, second, the conmereial, to inaugurate an American hemis- pherieal policy based upon more intimate com- mereial aud social relations between the several sister nations of the New World which Colum- bus discovered, which nations have in the past been too little acquainted with each other, To emphasize this idea we have in the title of our bill placed the Three Americas tirst, and we know from four years’ correspondence with boards of trade, governors, mayors, granges. and others that this is the most valuable and popular feature of the movement. Of course the rest of the world is to be invited to partici- pate in the temporary exhibit during the six months of 1892. That the Exposition of the Three Americas should be permanent and remain for all time im the nature of a memorial museum in honor of the great event. We do not, of course, by using the word “permanent,” mean a perma- nent exhibit of perishable products, attended by an admission fee, after the temporary Ex- position of 1892 is closed, but rather a grand Continental Museum and other similar stru: tures under Governmeutal control, and free of charge, to illustrate the antiquities, history. progress, civilization, arts, and industries of America, both before and since its discovery by Columbus, ‘That the American people, asa whole, are both ready and anxious to suitably commemor- ate the coming event, and are too powerful, rich, and proud to delegate a National and patriotic subject of this magnitude, and the attending expense, to any State, city, or priv- ate corporation. It 1s the people's celebration, and they wish to pay for it thataselves out of their own treasury. ‘That the ouly proper site for the Exposition is the National Capital of the oldest and fore- most American nation, ADVANTAGES OF THE Nj NAL CAPITAL, The remarkable advan| of the National Capital as asite are fully commensurate with the proprieties of the case, and your attention is respectfully invited to a few facts on this point. Washington is the city of the Nation and of all the States—a city in which the 60,000,000 people of the United States have an equal in- terest and pride. it is as much the city of New York, Chicago, and St. Louis as of the District of Coimmbia, and in some respects more so. for the people of Ss NSO HUY NOU IL oS ts @ HOTELS. — STREET CAR LINES. wens STEAM RAIL ROADS. 1) AGR M OF MAI American family would be found, as it were, clustered together around the Washington Monument.” Washington is the diplomatic headquarters for ail foreign nations. Their legations are here as a matter of course, and no one would | think for & moment that they could with pro- priety be established in New York, Chicago, or St vais. When the last Congress of the United States provided for the holding of two great international congresses, the International American Conference and the International Marine Congress, which have for severe! months | been in session in this city, Washington was. as amatter of course, selected as the place of meeting. As the exposition of 1802 is to be | mainly an international affair the same pro- | prieties require that it be located at the Na- | tional Capital, It is surrounded by scenes of great historic interest, such ag the birthplace and tomb of Washington, and other places dear to the American people. | it has magnificent and broad avenues and | streets, paved with asphalt and lined with beautiful shade trees. making it the city above | all others for the military and civic parades, which are a prominent feature of national and | international brations. s centrally located betwoen the North and | South, and the natural meeting-place for an | industrial exhibit of those two sections, A prominent feature of great world’s fairs is | the edfcational advantages, and uo other | American city has so much to offer that 1s in- structive in the line of American history as Washington, In 1892 the eighteen American | lies, whose organic laws are to a greater or less extent copied from our Constitution, will desire to make # special study of the workings of the Government of the parent American Kepul —the United States, r nations ot the world will desire to do hkewise, and where can they learn so n er Repnub- of scendent importa that we give them the op portunity desired and show them the practical workings of our political system iu all ite grau- deur aud perfection, The great © be on the twelfth of October, 1892, the 400th anniversary of the day that Columbus landed, when it ia expected a statue is honor will be unveiled by the President of the United States, assisted by the Presiaeuts of the eighteen other American Republics, the King of Italy, the Queen of Spain, and the Presidents and Sover- eigns of all other nations. I venture to that nearly all of these Presidents and Sover- eigns will be prosent, as was Dom Pedro, of Brazil, at the Philadelphia Exposition in 1576. Lalso venture to say that the people of Italy who are enthusiastic about the coming event. will insist that their King be present even it it requires an actot the Italian Parlia himautherity, Now where and by wh these distmguished guests of the Should jt be in a comm: the officers of a State, city, or private corp: tion, or at the Nation's home by the President and Cabinet representing the whole American people? To ask the question is to answer it. Itisavery significant tact that the repre sentatives of New York, C! and St. Loui are all here at the Nation asking your honorab & committee ernmental stamp be placed upon the pro- t posed Exposition nize the fundame aim a with equal propriety ¥ should come her again in 1892 to participate in a Nation: Internatio Exposition, We will wel ‘tily, but no formal invitation is y, for Washington is their home as as it is ours—it is the Nation's home, | Exposition grounds, 1 assert without hesitation | On this point I present a nt of the Exposition year will | enlarged as soon as the Exposition is located here, just as it was in Philadelphia tn 1876. Five years ago the officers of the Pennsyi- Vania railroad made a carefui estimate of their daily capacity provided terminal facilities were supplied, They found that they could in twen- ty-four hours bring over that one road 100,000 people. Its capacity is larger now than then and will, as they assert, be practically unlim- ited if terminal facilities are supplied. This same statement may be applied to the other great trank lines tributury to the National Capital, such as the Baltimore & Ohio R.R., the Chesapeake & Ohiorailroad, the Richmond and Danville system and Atlantic Coast line. It is therefore safe to assert that the daily ca- pacity of the roads is at least 300,000 passen- gera, As regards the terminal facilities which can be provided, immediately adjoining the that tew cities in the world have better natural facilities tor this purpose. Ample grounds can be purchased'in South Washington, or if neces- sary, be condemned without the legal diffi- culties which exist in other cities. The cost will also be small compared with that in New York and other pla On this point I have the written statement of an efticer of the Rich- mond and Danville system who says: “I see no reason why terminal railroad facilities eannot be conveniently established in this city equal, if not superior, to such in any city in this country.” facilities for river transportation are on a level with those of the railroads, but equally misunder: A by the general public, for the he Pe has never been a Mississipp ad powsibili ent depth of the chan- to mouth of the y the removal ot rate expense of abou increased to twenty-four for all freight purposes, written statement by , of the Corps of En- which I will file as “Ap- Butaits chautiel is deep 4 ies unlimited, ‘The p nel from Washingto river is nineteen i two bars at the am 200.000 it can be . which is amp Lieut, Col. Peter ©. 8. dix B, He also states in the letter that there “is ample hi acity betweeu Washington audrsa for an immense fleet.” addition to this attention is imvited to the ant facet that th vessels can iand and their freights at wharves immediately adjoining the Exposition grounds, ACCOMMODATIONS FOR VISTTORS. Few cities in the United States are so elastic jin its fae! for the accommodation of | visitors as Washington, yet its capacity is con- | tinually misunderstood for the reason that it | has few show tels, The facts are that nearly all of Wa ton is practically a boardmg house and is accustomed to. being intoa bourding house on gre the Inauguration Ceremonies, ‘Triennial Con- claves and great national and international ont ‘The supply is always equal to be more so in 1392, for will be a greater indu: mand for an exposition sting six months, and permanent museums | and attractions for all time thereatter, than for | a ceremony or convention lasting but a few | Lhave the written statement of Mr, Boyd, the | author and compiler of our city direetor, and | who is a recognized authority upon such sub- thet duruy nt Triennial Conclave 1.000 Knights and 50,000 visitors were aeccom- modatec, and yet there were left uncalled for from 800 to 1,000 rooms, In bis recent canvass in itself, an object lesson showing the progress of American skill in arts and industries, In December, 1896, at a convention of our Exposition National Board of Promotion, with delegates present from various parts of the country, Hon. M. V. Montgomery, then Com- missioner of Patents, delivered an elaborate address uy this subject. 1 will file as “Ap- pendix A” a copy of his remarks upon that oc- casion, A third permanent building greatly needed and which should be the outgrowth of the com- ing Exposition is one for the Department ot Agriculture, It was recommended by the Com- missiouer of Agriculture in his annual report for the year 1880, as follows: “I here take occasion to renew the recom- mendation mado relative to another depart- ment building as being a necessity for the ac- commodation of its employes. the number of whom must necessarily be largely increased to be at all commensurate with the work to be done. This builing should be erected upon the sround at present occupied by the gardens, in rear and at the sides of the existing department, it should form a hollow rectangular parallel- ogram, with a front of about 1.000 feet by a depth of about 500 feet, and should include an rior covered court. The building itself i be 80 feet in width, with suitable halls, and with a piazza of proper width around four sides of the court. It should be fire- proof and well-ventilated, and be arranged tor oftices, for the storage and handling of seeds, aad for the continuous exhibition of the agri- cultutural products of this great nation. “There should be provided, also, ample space within for the display of ali implements em- ployed in agricultural pursuits (and I sm in- iormed that working models will be furnished vy the manufacturers thereof. if the Govern- ment will provide the building.) ‘The interior of this holiow parallelogram shonld be covered with a gluss roof supported on pillars of sufi- cient height to accommodate, as at the Kew Gurdens, those trees and plants that are vala- able for economic or oruamental purposes. The early erection of such a building cannot be too strongly urged. Looking to its consum- mation upon the seale suggested I have had drawings prepared which are herewith sub- mitted.” Iwill fileasan appendix the plans of the proposed building. prepared by an able archi- sect of New York, This building could, as recommended, and with propriety, be erected upon the ten acres of available ground south of the front line of the present Agricultural Department. It is vertamly one of the most beautiful building on the Governmental reservations of Washington, is worthy as is the subject, of a grand and permanent structure, and would be | particularly graufying to the agriculturists of j the United States, who have during the past four ye by resolutions at annual conven- tions, by correspondence, and the formal ac- ceptance of memberstip in our Board of Pro- motion, earnestly advocated the proposed three Americas Exposition of Washington, till another building greatly needed is a nd pubiic hall for mauguration bails, and 1 ant international conventions, Several other permanent structures are much needed and could be utilizea vo great advan- tage, but what 1 have mentioned are suiiicient to illustrate the necessity. Viewed from the standpoint of economy as well as necessity, the plan we advocate is, in our opinion, unanswerable, and will meet with the approval of both the press and the | public, CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY, I will not presume to address a committee of »eity he found $5 nt houses QO RU nd | | baearers. Cir ae => z » further point that | Senators on the Constitutional authority to ais sw. "0677 Pod M AC FLATS 4 \ND_PROPOS those three, an? all other cities have a vote in regard to the government of the District, while we in Washington are deprived of the privilege of suffrage. It is, therefore, the most repre- sentative American city, and is governed by the people of the whoie country through their Senators and Representatives in Congress, It was, just one hundred years azo, selected by the American people as the seat of Govern- has ever since been the Nation's It beara the honored name of Washington, and is within the District named from the great discoverer, Columbus, in whose honor the Exposition is to be held. Haif of its real estate and improvements, to the value of $150,000,000, is owned by the Government; the other $150,000,000 being owned by the people of the District. It is absolutely neutral ground commercially, which is a matter of unusual importance incon- sidering the claims of other cities, As it is neither a manufacturing nor commercial city, it has no foreign commerce. hence New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, St. Louii cinnati, New Orleans, San Francisco, N ville. Richmond, Savannah, Kansas City, burgh, Baltimore, and other industrial cities will derive the trade benejits of the Three Amerteas Exposition. With the Exposition located at Washington, the various cities mentioned will have an equal chance in competition for Span- mental! ideas of the movement, whereas, if lo- cated in manufacturing city, that place would bave an undue and unfair advantage. It is also, politically, neutral ground, and as the Exposition of 1892 will be held during the next Presidential campaign, it will naturally be freer from political influence if locatedin Wash- ington. which is a disfranchised city, than if located in a State which is the battle-ground of American polities. It has an Exposition nucleus or plant to com- mence with, which has already cost over @50,- 000.000. I mean that the National Museum, Smithsonian, Washington Monument, the Capi- tol buildings, the Patent Office, and the various Department buildings, with their relics, treas- ures of art, and practical working of the Gov- ernment, are all practically an exhibit and a constant source of attraction to visitors, It is much more dignified to keep these valuable relics and exhibits at the seat of Government than to further engage in the traveliug-show business pid gerber depleting the National Mas: um and Departments in order to take Gov- ernmental exhibits to temporary expositions in other cities, as has frequently n done, To state the case differently, the Government must go to the Exposition or the Exposition must go to the Government. We believe the Ameri- ean people prefer the latter. In view of the existing nucleus just mentioned, it is safe to assert that the appropriation of $15,000,000, asked for in the bill under consideration, is fully equivalent to $30.000,000 spent mm New York, Chicago or St. Louis. Whatever money may be appropriated for Exposition buildings at the National Capital will be a safe investment, for the buildings will be needed for all time for Governmental purposes, and are not to be torn down and the material sold ata great sacrifice, as has usually been done at expositions in other cities. Washington is the capital of the oldest and foremost of the ninetcen-independent sister nations of the Western Hemisphere, and, for this reason, the bs ca nie PI for an Ex- position —— joint me mer Sear _ was eloquent expresse y Hon. Boots late jinister at Washington Venezuela, who said: “The four hundredth niversary of Columbus’ discovery of the New World could not be better celebrated than inauguratjon of this Exposition the | grand a where all the nations ish-American trade, which is one of the funda- | a PARK. Our Board has t no definite action in regard to the location of th grounds within the District, preferring that it be decided, as it must be, by a Governmental | commission, There are, however, at least three available sites. one on Ca; itol Hill in and around Lin- coln Park, another on Columbia Height over- looking the city, another in the Park extend- ing from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. together with the Potomac Flats, the Observatory grounds, and the property extending from the Observatory to the De- partmentof State. One of the most important features of a World's Fair is an easily accessible site, and to illustrate the wondertul advantages Washing- ton bas in this respect over all other cities, I invite your attention to the accompanying dia- gram illustrating the last mentioned site. ‘The existing park extending from the Capi- tol to the Monument and Executive Mansion contains three hundred acres, Over seven hundred more acres will b clamation of the Potomac F dred and twenty more can be added by using the grounds of the observatory, which ‘is soon | to be removed, and by condemning the adjoin- | ing and comparatively unimproved property | between F and B streets, and the State Depart- ment and Observatory. These two hundred | and twenty acres are above the flood line, well adapted to drainage and most desirable for permanent buildings. The whole park thus described contains one thousand two hundred ; and twenty acres and is without doubt the most accessible site in the world for visitors, Ali street car lines converge toward or run liel with it. All steam lines from the North, South and West enter it, except the B. & O. R.R., and that adjoins it. The Poto- mac River faces it. All of the principal hotels indicated upon the diagram by the round ts) are so near this park that not even a street car is needed to reach it. It is within five minutes’ walk, not only of these hotels, but of the principa! boarding-houses, Nearly all of the Governmental Departments are in or facing it, and, as I previously re- marked, constitute an exposition nucleus or plant to the value of $50,000.000.. One of the great financial difficulties of expositions in | other cities has been the inaccessibility at night | ‘ and the consequent loss of gate money. Now, | I venture to say that if the Exposition is held in this park, and lighted with electricity at night, the attendance and receipts will be double what they would be if located in the suburbs, 5 Another noticeable feature of this park is that while it is near the hotels and business centre it is entirely se ite from the better residence portion of she. An exposition thus located would not the quietude of citizens and blockade the street transportation lines to their residences as it would, for in- stance, if located in Central Park, New York. Another striking feature of this site is that here the buildings will be of permanent value to the Government, hence the enormous waste which has most invariably attended the re- moval of buildings at other expositions will be avoided. In view of these facts, the Exposi- tion. if located at Washingtun, cannot be other than a financial success, ‘TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES, The capacity of the railways tributary to Washington from all sections of the country is practically unlimited, but owing to a confusion | themselves, which is ample, has with that of the terminal facili- which is temporarily defective, but which will as @ matter of business of terms the facts have been misunderstood by aoeal pettio. Imvan that the capacity i} confused i Exposition | whatever city holds the exposition will require many more hotels and that one, five, or ten fion doilars will build hotels as cheaply and | quickly here as elsewhere, and that_ the money will, as a matter of business and profit. be forthcoming for that purpos: within 45 minutes’ ride of the Exposi which is no lonzer time than from the center of most cities to their Exposition parks, we have the city of Baltimore with its hotels to draw upon, ‘And | repeat that as a matter of business the hotel and boarding house supply will be equal to the demand as it was in Philadelphia in 1876, and extent than re in viewof the permanent features of our exposition plan, x SITY FOR GOVERNMENTAL BUILDINGS, We have prepared no plans for bnilding, be- lieving the details of the Exposition should be left toa Governmental Board, On this point we simply invite your attention to the import- necessity of permanent buildings for | various uscs of the Government. First in order of importance is the enlarge- ment of the present nal Museum into a Lor Three Americas Museum. The uiding, while comparatively new— not more than 7 years old, i think—is 60 en- tirely inadequate that there are enough an- tiquities, relics, and exhibits stored away un- packed to fill another building the size of the present one, If this is the condition the first seven years it will, in 1892, when exhibits of the antiquities, history, aud civilization of the New World during the past 400 years come here as they will from Mexico, Central and South America, require a building or build- ings at least ten times the size of the present ene. On this point 1 will quote briefly from the official report upon the condition and progress of the National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1866, by Prof. G. Brown Goode, the Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian In- stitution, in charge of the Museum. He says: “Tho exhibition of 1876 in Philadelphia was anevent of great educational importance to the people of the United States; and not the least of its benefits e the lessons it taught as to the possibilities for good in public musenms. The objects which were given to the United States for its National Museum, at the close of the Centennial, were of much in- trinsic value, but were atill more important, in that they led to the erection of a large building for the expansion of the museum iteelf.” oo * ,. “It is, 1 think, possible to show that Wash- ington may readily be made the seat of one of the greatest museums in the world. It will per- haps be neither practicable nor desirable to gather together in Washington collections of ancient and mediwval art, such as_those which adorn the capitals of Europe; but a representa- tive series of such objects will undoubtedly grow up, which shall tend to educate the public taste, and to promote, so far as ible, the study of the elements of art and the history of civilization, as well as to forward the growth of the arts of design. This having been ac- complished, the attention of the Museum shouid be directed mainly toward the exhibition of the geology and natural history of America, and its natural resources, to the preservation of memorials of its aboriginal inhabitants, and to the exposition of the arts and industries of America.” The Exposition of 1892 can be made the ping-stone to carry out this grand and use- ful idea, and such buildings can with propriety be erected in the rear of the Smithsonian and on the north of it as will be of permanent value. Professor Powell, of the Geological upon this ‘ae? will, in his remarks, e1 greatly needed is one for fog, models of great Ameri- exposition Another buildi: an exhibit of wor! be speeduycan inve ntions, This would bean the proposed Exposition under the ex- | elusive control of the Federal Government, and to provide the necessary appropriation, for that is a matter with which you are per- fectly familiar, but I respectfully invite your attention (o a matter of tact in this connection, y of Congress to appropriate lib- positions in the capitals of Europe. the last Congress $250.00 were appro- for the Exposition at Paris, $30,000 for els, $25,000 for Barcelona, and $50,000 for ‘!bourne, Australia, While this action was in itself commendable and useful in stunulating the development of our foreign commerce, it is equally Constitutional to appropriate for an Exposition at our own National Capital. Fail- ure to do so is, in our opinion, a discrimination against America, IMPORTANCE OF THE EXPOSITION. On the subject of the importance and value of the proposed Exposition the American peo- ple have already, through their Boards of Trade,. governors, mayors, State granges, na- tional conventions, and public press, spoken in no uncertain terms. Never before was public iment so unanimous in support of an his- torical and patriotic movement, and why? Primarily because the American’ people are justly proud of their 400 years of history and progress, and secondly because the outflow of | American gold to Europe for various purposes is assuming too large proportions. Over ten our consuls in Europe, the annual average spent by Americans in Europe for purposes of travel, pleasure, art, and education was about $105,000,000 in gold. During the past year, owing to the unusual exodus of Americans to Europe, largely owing to the Paris Exposition, it is safe to assert that $200,000,000 were spent abroad for similar purposes, Now why not re- verse this situation by making our own National Cs I the Paris of America in beauty and at- tractions, the Berlin of America in educational advantage: d the Rome of America in art. This, Mr. Chairmsn, is the spirit and tendency of the movement we advocate, and we know that it has the hearty approval and indorse- ment of the American people. From the commercial standpoint the import- ance of the movement is equally great, For Years and years Europe bas monopolized the foreign commerce of the eighteen sister Re- publics south of us, which annual commerce amounts to upwards of $1,000,000,000 in value, exports and imports combined. We supply less than one-sixth of the trade demand of those valuable markets, and Europe over five-sixths, The recent Paris Exposition, in which the Spanish-American Republics played a leading de bas had a tendency to stimulate the uropean monopoly. Sound public policy re- quires that the Exposition be counterbalanced. by one at our own National Capital, and that the leading and conspicuous feature be the development of more intimate commercial and *ofgn Exposition besed upon this igs xposition upon will be the most profitable investment the United Son the dis st of July, 1886, ber of your in the 31st ly, @ mem! of Honorable Committee, the Senator from Con- necticut, said, upon the floor of the Senate: oe to Ppeged of international spoaltions, conducted wi prudence and wisd Lhave not the ightest doubt in the world tnet the abundantly the nations id them.) Hever’ bes Cue been held “that is many seeem Mae not absolutely revolution- oe the industries of the country which held years ago, according to an official estimate sub- ! of fifteen million mitted tothe Department of State by one of | that all direction of D.C.. SATURDAY, JANUARY 18, 1890-SIXTEEN PAGES, the establishment of an American hemispheri- cal policy based upon more intimate com- mercial and social relations between nineteen American sister nations. Whether the Exposition will be directly self- supporting, the gate oe equal to ex: penditures. is, in view of indirect benefits, a matter of minor importance. We believe, however, it will be the greatest finaucial suc- cess of any exposition in history, for the reason that our plan contemplates permanent build- ings, and therefore no loss in their removal, as in nearly ali previoas expositions, Whatever profits there may be, whether direct or indirect, will, if located at the Na- tional Capital, accrue to the whole 60,000,000 people, and for this reason our pian is the only fair one to be executed by Federal appropria- tion, In conclusion, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the Committee, I be ‘3 at the corre- spondence of our bourd.extending over a period of nearly four years and supplemented by a unanimous and favorable report h Committee on Foreign Affairs, shows that the 46 States and Territories of this country, the IS sister Republics of the other Americas, and Spain and Italy in the Old World, expect and are anxious to be invited to the commemora- tion of the coming 400th anniversary of the | discovery of America, Moze than two years ago the Government of Spain took official ac- tion upon the subject and, through its Minister of State, notified Hor had decided “to take the initiative in celebrat- Ing in the most solemn manner the centenary - L. 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Williaus' Lat Carmnek © t's Malt (hist of the discovery of America in the year 18% and also, ‘that Spain is ready at the same time to take part in any other celebration and sol- emnity which may be undertaken on the Ame ican continent to commemorate the great event.” ‘This, gentlemen. is practically an official hint from the Government of Spain that they would lke to be invited, and in our humble opinion a becoming national pride requires that the old- est and foremost American nation take the ini- tiative in celebrating the event in a manner worthy of the greatness, grandeur, and glory of the New World which Columbus discovered, Remarks by Myron M. Parker, Presi- dent of the Washington Board of Trade. Mr, Chairmen and Gentlemen: For a period of four years the National Board of Promotion have prosecuted their work from a National and patriotic standpoimt, It was gratifying to them to know that their efforts had received the approval of the Governors of most of the States. It was not until May of jast year that this «ubject of a National and In- ternational Exposition to be held in 1892 as- afinancial aspect. We were then told that the city of New York had subscribed some- thing hke five milli antee fund for this Exposition, shortly followed by the city of Chicago, which nted they had a guarantee fund, or an d guarantee fand, of about six millions of dollars, thus going New York one better, St. Louis also gave their assurance of commercial strength. All of these cities, it will be seen, stem to have reduced this patriotic question to one of finance, and tobave met it as one whove success would depend upon that city which could bid the most money for the privilege of locally entertaining the Nation's guests in cele- brating a National event. The National Board of Promotion felt that this position was unworthy of a great Govern- ment, but realized that it had assumed such proportions that it had to be met, The matter was therefore discussed as to what course should be pursued. It was first proposed that we undertake to raise mouey by subscription, as has been done in New York, Chicago, and St. Louis. But after reflection and consuita- tion it was decided to pursue a more dignified course, and to memorialize Congress to permit the citizens of Washington to raise the neces- ry money by way of taxation. Tt was said that it was easy in New York, or even in Washington, Chicago, or St. Louis, to say that they had on paper aguarantee fund of from five to fifteen millions. It will be recog- nized by every member of this Committee that it would not be difficult for a merchants’ club to say, we will give five million dollars, or a manufacturers’ club to say, we will give fi million, Butare these millions al when so subcribed? ‘The people of Washington are prepared to submit to tis Committee a more rehuble pledge of their inancial respon- sibilit; They make this pledge in good faith and in such manuer as to ve no question on the part of the city or the National Moard of Pro- motion to taithfaliy perform all they promise. They therefore memorialize Congress to this effect: ‘The undersigned, resident tax-payers of the District of Colum! respecttally petition your honorable body tor legislation providing tor the bolding of a Three Americas Exposition at the National Capital in 1592, under the exelu sive direction and control of the Federal Gov- ernment; and if, in the selection of the locality for holding such an Exposition, it shall be the sense of Congress that the question should in any degree depend upon the offering of a guar- antee tund by the advocates of the city to be chosen, then we pray your honorable body to authorize the issuance of $15.000,000 of the bonds of the District of Columbia, or so much thereof as may be found necessary for the pur- pose, to bear such rate of interest and to ma- ture at such time as to Congress shall seem best, to be sold at not less than par, the pro- ceeds to be paid into the Treasury of the United States as a fund for the expenses of holding such an Exposition at the city of Washington; any uuexpended balance thereof, together with the receipts over and above the expenses of said Exposition, to be placed tothe eredit of the District of Columbia for the liqui- ation of any indebtedness of said District, “This memorial is signed upon the express agreement that it is not to be presented to Con- greg until tax-payers of the District of Colam- bia representing a majority of the taxable prop- erty therein shuil first attach their signatures,” Now, as an cudorsement to the proposition, Thold here in my hand memorials signed by the tax-payers of the city of Washington rep- resenting over seventy-five million of dollars, over one-half of the taxable property of the city of Washington. On this memorial I see such namesas C. C. Glover, of Riggs & Co.; Samuel Norment, President Central National Bank; B. HH. Warner, President Columbia Na- ; The estate of the late Mr, Corco- .C, Willard, Henry A, Willard, Matthew mery, President Second Netional Bank; S. Waggaman, E. Kurtz Johnson. i National Bank; John R. Me- Lean, Gardner G. Hubbara, and other similar men of wealth. In contrast to these large tax- payers you will also fiud taxable property of three dollars, showing conclusively that this sentiment and method is not only popular with the rich but with the comparatively poor of our city, Had the legislatures of the States of New York, Illinois, or Missouri, by legislative enactment, anthorized the cities of those States now so prominent in this question to have raived this money by taxation, we should have bad faith in their ability and intention to have put up as a guarantee fund these ten or fifteen million dollars about which the people of this country and of every country of the world have heard so much of late. We now say to this committee, to Congress, and to the People of this country that we in Washington ask permission, if the Government thinks it best, that the expense should be so borne to, by taxation, raise this guarantee fund dollars, and we further agree this National and Interna- tional Exposition shall be left entirely in the hands of the Government. and that it shall in no sense assume a local aspect. Remarks of Major John W. Powell, Di- rector of the U. S. Geological Survey. Mr, Chairman and Gentlemen of the Commitiee: Iappear before youin a somewhat different attitude from that which Ihave assumed at previous meetings of committees on this mat- ter, The last three years I have appeared be- fore the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives to advocate an Exposition hav- ing certain ends in view. It is not necessary for me today totake up the line of thought which I have hitherto followed to show the in- terest and importance of a National Exposition. ‘That seems cece © have been decided by the voice of the , and a determination has been reached that such an Exposition would be fitting and proper to commemorate the dis- covery of America. Now I wish to present another view of the matter. It is very easy to have an Exposition which will be of great interest for afew car and F country, yet at the same time, when the Expo- sition over, to have the materiais immedi- ately disappear, while there may be no real permanent results coming therefrom. This would be unfortunate, almost a calamity. i aaacr Pec pied aro throug! world usually some feature been adopted by which some lasting result therefrom. 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