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Show THE fOI.'l MIUA FAIR. Were tho Columbia fair of 1803 a local affair with Chicago we could afford to laugh at the ludicrous exhibition exhibi-tion her committee and citizens are making of themselves; but as it affects the credit and honor of the whole country coun-try we are pained at the display of cupidity, meauuess and jealously in connection with it. This feeling is vastly aggravated by thu sense of disappointment dis-appointment in our judgment of Chicago's Chi-cago's patriotism, for it is tha't which is Involved. When the location of the World's fair was discussed in congress and tho west arrayed itself against the cast, this section at ouce enlisted in favor of Chicago and espoused her claims with characteristic vigor and enthusiasm, for we could seo nothing in tho city by the lake except the embodiment embodi-ment of western push, pluck arid loyalty.. Afler watching for many months the bickering, trading and mortifying mor-tifying delay in the selection of tho site for tho fair, the conclusion bccjines ir-resistiblu ir-resistiblu that Chicago with her rapid growth is also rapidly acquiring a spirit of sellishness that seems inherent to great wealth and position. We will soon ha"3 to look elsewhere for tho typical western city with her broad views and generous impulses, Just now we fear the Columbia fair, if held at all, will be a more parody of our ability to provide an international exhibition. |