Annual supplement to the Labor compendium The Louisiana purchase centennial exposition . A PREFACE. 4i>4l> t TN CONSIDERATION of the fact that the Building Trades in Saintlyouis, as well as the National Building Trades Council of America,have been foremost in the advocacy and support of the CentennialCelebration of the Louisiana Purchase by the greatest Worlds Fairin history, to be held in Saint Louis, Mo., in 1903, I feel it incumb-ent with my official position in the Building Industry, as well as theone honored as the Representative of Labor on the Board of Directors,to keep the histor
Annual supplement to the Labor compendium The Louisiana purchase centennial exposition . A PREFACE. 4i>4l> t TN CONSIDERATION of the fact that the Building Trades in Saintlyouis, as well as the National Building Trades Council of America,have been foremost in the advocacy and support of the CentennialCelebration of the Louisiana Purchase by the greatest Worlds Fairin history, to be held in Saint Louis, Mo., in 1903, I feel it incumb-ent with my official position in the Building Industry, as well as theone honored as the Representative of Labor on the Board of Directors,to keep the history of the Worlds Fair movement fresh in the mindsof all its friends, which, as one who has not missed a meeting con-nected with this grand enterprise from its very incipiency, I herewithfaithfully and respectfully submit. Very t Publisher. t jg^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ll PART I. THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION. During- the time that has elapsed since the filing of papers incorporat-ing- the great company organized to bnild, equip and manage the LouisianaPurchase Exposition, much has been said and written relative to the originof the movement, and writers have vied with each other, seeking to immor-talize the men whose brains they, respectively, credit with having conceivedthe idea of a St. Louis Worlds Fair—1903, Writers upon this subject have widely differed, in their efforts to rightlyplace the laurel, but aside from those employed on the labor press theyhave generally failed of the mark. Near a dozen claimants for the honor have been held up to view, butgenerally these claims have lacked the important essential—historical truth—except those set forth in the class of publications above mentioned, thereal progenitors, being- given little or no attention by any other. Perhaps the fii-st p
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