Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1901 — The Big Fair Commission. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

The Big Fair Commission.

While the public has its eyes focused on the Pan-American exposition at Buffalo, preparations are already under way for another and even greater exposition. The latter is to be held at St. Louis in 1903 and is to be the centenary celebration of the purchase

of Louisiana by President Jefferson. Hence its name —the Louisiana Purchase Exposition., Large appropriations have been made and it is expected to rival the World’s Fair held at Chicago in 1893. The city of St. Louis has appropriated $5,000,000; the state

of Missouri an additional $5,000,000 and the United States government is a contributor to the same amount. To look after its interests in the fair and provide a suitable display the government will be represented by a commission of nine members. The appointments have been made by President McKinley and are as follows: Ex-Senator John M. Thurston, of Nebraska; ex-Senator Thomas H. Carter, of Montana; ex-Senator William Lindsay of Kentucky; ex-Senator George W. Mcßride of Oregon; Frederick A. Betts of Connecticutt; exRepresentative John M. Allen, of Mississippi; ex-Representative Martin H. Glynn of New York; Philip D. Scott of Arkansas; John F. Miller of Indiana. As a commissionership is worth $5,000 annually and is good for nearly three years, the places were eagerly sought by the politicians and statesmen out of jobs. The commission consists of five Republicans and four Democrats. The greatest number of men ever employed on one structure was the Gizeh pyramid, where 7,000,000 men were in forked labor. This pyramid is 450 feet high and covers an area of thirteen acres, twice the dimensions of any other building in the world, in one instance taking 2,000 men three years In bringing a single stone from the quarry. A novel attempt to cope with the drink evil has been begun by the Belgian government, which has offered a prize for the picture that best depicts the evils of drunkenness. Australia’s first measured wool clip was 20,000 tons, in 1821. This has now risen to 2,700,000.

UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ST. LOUIS FAIR.

Martin H. Glynn. Thomas H. Carter.

John M. Allen. John M. Thurston.

George W. McBride. William Lindsay.