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Show MAY POSTPONE SHOW. Piesldent Trnncls of St. Louis Exposition Expo-sition Bays No Action Looking to Delay Has Been Token. bt. Louis, April -President D It. Trincls of tho Loulslina Purchase Exposition Ex-position company, In answer to tho numerous statements that the worlds fair would not open In 1503, ns piovld-ed, piovld-ed, but that it would bo pobtponed, mado this statement to the Associated Pi ess todnv: ' Neither tho board of directors nor tho exeiutlvo committee has taken any foimnl action concerning a iiostpot e-ment e-ment of the exposition. It seems Im. possible to prevent ngitttlon on tho subject roisonallj I should prefer tho exposition to bo held In 1003. Wo uro ninklng ixcnllrnt progicss In tho physical work and ulthouuh we hnvo met with some slight disappu nt-inenl nt-inenl in promotion and exploitation, wo have everj icnson to bo encouraged by the present status. As stilted bj mo Snturdas, our conlniclB nnd expenses uu to this time uro 111 oxiess of our aUlLible funds Wo eannot cxpeet an nddltlonul payment from the stock-hotdom stock-hotdom before Heptembei. ve have called 1 60 pel cent of tho (3.000,000 sub. scrlptlons. and thnt amounts to only two and a half millions, which i is m uri, less Hull the aggiigato or expenditures and outstanding contracts u ure. therefore, depending upon tho proceeds of the of tho city bonds which tho Miijor uni the Comptiollei lnfoimd ino will be advertised In tho near tmo iui.1 sold during tho llrat half of ""r'vvd or thiee foreign elovernments that have foimally dtcllned tho Invlta-o, Invlta-o, of the Piosldcnt to V"Wto our exposition hive been asked to ro-"onsld-r. and our Information b to the erfeet that thev inny conclude to do o Vo nto making every (xertlon to in. iIum. every foreign clov eminent of Im-portnnco Im-portnnco to partlilpute 'if In the Ju Igment of the local eon imij npmoved by tho national con-miMlo". con-miMlo". Congiess and and tho Admin-Mint!' Admin-Mint!' ii niiy postponement Is thought nee esiari. that si 1' will bo luken In due tlm", but under no clicumstames would the board of dlrcctoiH or anyone consider n postponement unt I Wi, which, acordlng to tho mojiilii a pcrs, Haiilos-Diimont has staled has been decided upon." |
