New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 . e gathering, which included Lieut-Gov. Ellyson, who was indefatigable long before the openingand was among the last to bear the burden necessary to bring aboutthe success of the Exposition. During the constructive period, the railroads became impressedwith the importance for exertion and lent a hand to alleviate con-ditions. They placarded all cars containing Exposition materialwith the legend: This car for the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk,Va. Must have right of way. Also, the freight agents werei
New York at the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk, Virginia, April 26 to December 1, 1907 . e gathering, which included Lieut-Gov. Ellyson, who was indefatigable long before the openingand was among the last to bear the burden necessary to bring aboutthe success of the Exposition. During the constructive period, the railroads became impressedwith the importance for exertion and lent a hand to alleviate con-ditions. They placarded all cars containing Exposition materialwith the legend: This car for the Jamestown Exposition, Norfolk,Va. Must have right of way. Also, the freight agents wereinstructed to give every particle of Jamestown freight the preference. Souvenir Currency A special committee, headed by Mr. Tucker, appeared in Jan-uary, 1906, before the Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositionsat Washington, impressed with the idea that there yet were deviousways by which the government could be persuaded to render furtherfinancial support. In the seventh section of the bill these gentlemen advocatedthere was provision empowering the Secretary of the Treasury to. Tl £ O z io 0 0 Oi c 0 0 u_ f/1 n 0 a (i> 0. - C * 0 X. Jamestown Exposition 153 purchase bullion and to coin 1,000,000 two dollar silver pieces oftwice the weight as the one silver dollar, to bear a device commemo-rative of the Jamestown Exposition, and which were to be deliveredto the Exposition Company in lots of 50,000 on receipt of legal tendermoney equal to the cost of the bullion. The effect of this would givethe Exposition about $800,000 in seigniorage. The reply to the argument advanced by Mr. Tucker and hisassociates was made by Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, Secretary of the Treas-ury, on February 28th, and one could see that President Rooseveltwould uphold him in such principles. It was as follows: I do not think that we ought to toy with our currency systemfor the sake of making $1,000,000 out of the American people. Cer-tainly, we have kinds of money enough without making a new who
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