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The civic parade assembled at 10.30 a.m. under direction of Col. Eugene J. Spencer, marshal of the day, and moved from the junction of Grand avenue and Lindell boulevard through Forest Park to the exposition grounds, where the parade was reviewed by the governors of the States.

At 1.30 p. m. the audience assembled in the Liberal Arts Building. The assembly was called to order by Mr. William H. Thompson, chairman of the committee on grounds and buildings, and the following programme was carried out:

First. Invocation by Rev. William R. Harper:

Our Father which art in Heaven, whose work for man no man knows,
whose heart is full of wisdom, to Thee be our prayers directed.
Hallowed be Thy name. Thou art the pure and the very great. May
Thy peace be manifested to us in all Thy work.

Give us this day our daily bread, and for the following day.
Forgive us our sins, as well as forgive them that sin against
us. Take away all hatred and strife and whatever prejudice may
hinder us from union and concord. Let us be under one bond of
faith and peace.

Show us Thy kindness and so fill us with Thy goodness that our
souls may be filled with the manifold delights of charity and
good will. Let nations abide under Thy law, for Thine is the
kingdom, the power, and the glory. Amen.

Second. Address by Mr. William Lindsay, of the National Commission, president of the day, as follows:

MR. PRESIDENT AND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN: This is the last day of
the interesting and memorable ceremonies with which the great
exposition has been inaugurated. We have had with us the chief
representative of the people. The next day we had with us the
diplomats, the representatives of foreign climes. To-day we have
with us the toilers. We have had the governors of the sovereign
States which make up this great Union. When I beheld the great
cavalcade I felt that the time had almost come when the
industries will solely be confined to working for peace and
divorced from devotion to the implements of war.

It is not merely a question of a fair profit upon money that is
uppermost before the people to-day. It is not the question of a
fair return for labor. But it is the question of equitable
distribution of the products of labor and of the surplus of
capital. This is the great question; that is what involves the
happiness of mankind, and the man who solves that question will
rise in greatness to such a point that other statesmen, or even
Presidents, will pale into insignificance.

This is labor day, and as such we should honor it.

And the governors. We had governors before ever we had a
President. Each State represents yet a great residuum of power.
In the hands of State are the life and liberty of the people. We
must remember that the governors, representing the unit of the
national power, have the first place in national precedence.

There is on the right of me the governor of the great Empire
State of the Atlantic. There is on the left of me the governor
of the great Empire State of the Louisiana Purchase. I need not
introduce to you the governor of Missouri, but it is upon the
programme, and hence I will say the words--I beg to introduce
Governor A.M. Dockery, who will now address you.

Third. Address of welcome by Hon. A.M. Dockery, governor of Missouri, as follows:

The pleasing duty devolves upon me of extending a cordial
greeting in behalf of the people of Missouri to you as the chief
magistrates and representatives of sister States, who come with
kindly messages and substantial evidence of the nation's
interest in our stupendous undertaking. The work already
completed and yet to be done could only be accomplished by a
people known and respected as the incarnation of intelligent,
ennobling enterprise.

The occasion which will bring us together is the precursor of
the most marvelous exhibition the world has ever seen. The
wealth, the ingenuity, the forethought, and the ability of all
nations will contribute to this magnificent result. The
masterful statesmanship of Thomas Jefferson builded better than
even he could know when he purchased from the Emperor Napoleon
this vast domain--the connecting link between the fair country
skirting the Atlantic coast, which had only been recently
emancipated from despotic rule, and the rich possession on our
west, extending to the Pacific Ocean.

The Mississippi River marks the eastern limit of this priceless
acquisition. Sweeping away to the west, the south, and the
north, its area of 14 States and Territories embraces great
cities, beautiful towns and villages, farms and gardens, mighty
waterways, vast railway systems, and a wealth of gold, silver,
and other resources which a wise Providence provided for His
people. Can the mind of man conceive a more resplendent
territory? And when it is remembered that the Louisiana Purchase
States are only a part of the still more glorious whole, is it
any wonder that the American people are proud of their country
and true to their Government?

Nature, with regal prodigality, has lavished gifts on this fair
land, and its people are especially endowed with those
qualifications which can not fail to produce the greatest
excellence in everything.

But to return to the coming exposition. Everywhere during this
pageant of entertainment have we seen evidences of the progress
of this enterprise so mighty in its conception as to be
astounding. Sites have been assigned to each State and foreign
country, and the result already accomplished is spread out
before you in brilliant panorama. There is no longer any
question about anything but the magnitude of the success of the
undertaking. This has been made possible only by the intelligent
cooperation of all the people, and to you, as representatives of
sister States, I extend most grateful acknowledgment.

The selection of our own metropolitan city as the proper place
in which to hold this exposition seems peculiarly fitting. Its
very name breathes the spirit of its French ancestry to whom we
are so greatly indebted, and its geographical situation is
preeminently satisfactory.

To guard our shores, to make impregnable our southern border
against foreign assault, and to enlarge the scope of our
commerce and liberty was the controlling thought of Thomas
Jefferson and his compatriots when the "Purchase Territory" was
added to the American Union. Fifteen millions of dollars
represented the purchase price, and by a happy coincidence which
may not have been altogether accidental, $15,000,000 represented
the basic sum by which this exposition first became
possible--$5,000,000 contributed by the city of St. Louis,
$5,000,000 raised by popular subscription, and $5,000,000 given
by the National Government. Missouri has since appropriated
$1,000,000, that her resources may be fittingly exploited, while
your States have in turn liberally set apart amounts which will
lend the magnificence of their products to the scene.

To-day closes the celebration incident to the dedicatory
exercises of the exposition, and in the hour of greeting we are
reminded that soon we must part for a time. The panoply of war
in the execution of our regular and citizen soldiery has joined
with the pomp and pageantry of civil life. Their commingling is
further proof of the pride of the people in all the institutions
of our country. Civilian and soldier have given the weight of
their influence to make more impressive the scenes attendant on
this display, and will be equally enthusiastic when the gates of
the great exhibition are formally opened. Months will pass
before that event, but in the meantime an army of the employed
will perfect the scheme which, in its full fruition, will herald
abroad the triumph of this wonderful exposition.

In conclusion, permit me to say, the welcome of every true
Missourian is yours, and in parting a cordial adieu is wafted
with the hope expressed for a safe return to your homes and to
your people.

Fourth. Music by the Marine Band.

Fifth. Response by Hon. Benj. B. Odell, jr., governor of New York, as follows:

The past, with all of its achievements, with all its successes,
is to us but an incentive and guide for the future progress of
our country. America still beckons to the oppressed of all lands
and holds out the gifts of freedom, and we at this time and upon
this occasion should renew our adherence to those policies which
have made us a great nation. The future is before us, and the
patriotism and self-sacrifice of those who made the country's
history so glorious should be an Inspiration to us for all
higher ideals of citizenship. Through the golden gates of
commerce pours an unceasing stream of immigration which must be
amalgamated with American ideas and American principles.

The battles of the past have been for freedom and liberty, and
the struggle of the future will be for their preservation, not,
however, by force of arms, but through the peaceful methods
which come through the education of our people. The declaration
which brought our Republic into existence has insured and
guaranteed that liberty of conscience and that freedom of action
which does not interfere, with the prerogatives or privileges of
a man's neighbors.

Capital and labor are the two great elements upon which the
prosperity and happiness of our people rest, and when,
therefore, aggregations of the one are met by combinations of
the other, it should be the aim of all to prevent the clashing
of these great interests. The products of toil are worthless
unless there be some means by which they can be substituted or
transferred for that which labor requires. The concrete form in
which these transactions are conducted is the money power or the
capital of the land.

Without work all of these fertile fields, these teeming towns,
would have been impossible; and without a desire to benefit and
elevate humanity, its onward progress would have been useless.
To work, to labor, is man's bounden duty, and in the performance
of the tasks which have been placed upon him he should be
encouraged, and his greatest incentive should be the knowledge
that he may transmit to his children and his children's children
a higher civilization and greater advantages than he himself
possessed.

Trade conditions which would permit to the toiler but a bare
sustenance, the bare means of a livelihood, would be a hindrance
to human progress, a hindrance not to be removed by all of the
maxims of the philosopher or the theories of the doctrinaire.

Promise without fulfillment is barren, but when you can place
before the mechanic the assured fact that the performance of his
duty means success in life, and that his nonperformance means
failure; when you can show him that this law is immutable, you
have made of him a useful citizen and have instilled into his
mind a firm belief that the freedom and liberty of which we
boast is not an inchoate substance to be dreamed of and not
enjoyed.

But this desired result can not be secured if combinations of
capital, which produce the necessaries of life cheaper and
better, are assailed as the enemies of mankind. There is always
a mean between those who seek only a fair recompense and return
for that which they produce and those who seek undue advantages
for the few at the expense of the many. The laws which have been
enacted, if properly executed, are sufficient in their force and
effort to encourage the one and to punish the other, but in our
condemnation let us not forget that with the expansion that has
come to our country an expansion of our business relations is
also necessary.

This growth has brought us into intimate contact with the
markets of the world, and in the struggle that is always before
us the competition of trade, if we are to hold our own among the
world's producers, we should encourage, not hinder, those who,
by their energy, their capital, and their labor, have banded
together for the purpose of meeting these new
conditions--problems which our individual efforts alone can not
solve, but which require the concentrated force and genius of
both capital and labor.

Incentive for good citizenship would indeed be lacking if these
were taken from us--the opportunities for development, the
opportunities for the young man to follow in the footsteps of
those who have written their names in the history of our country
as the great captains of industry.

Success will always follow perseverance and genius. Every
heresy, every doctrine which would teach the young man of this
country differently, is an insult to the intelligence of our
people, and is in the direction of building up a dangerous
element in American society which in time would threaten not
only the peace and prosperity we enjoy, but our very
institutions themselves.

When you have placed before the young man all of his
possibilities, you have made it impossible to make of our
Republic a plutocracy controlled by the few at the expense of
the many. The individual should count for as much as the
aggregation of individuals, because an injury to the one will
lead to the destruction of the many.

The question of adjusting and harmonizing the relations of
capital and labor is the problem before us to-day, and is one
which will become more urgent in the future. Its solution must
be along those lines of constitutional right which every citizen
has been guaranteed.

Every man is entitled, in the prosecution of his work, to the
broadest possible liberty of action and the protection of
law--of that law which is the outgrowth of necessity and which
seeks to encourage and not to oppress. Such recognition can
always be secured if there is a determination upon the part of
those charged with the responsibility of government to have it.
And who is not?

Every man possessed of a ballot is responsible and has the power
not only to formulate, but to criticise and punish as well. If
the right be properly exercised, an honest and efficient
administration of our affairs can always be secured.

The greatest solvent for political heresies, for doctrines which
are antagonistic to popular government, is education. To the
educated mind there comes a conception of duty which is not
possible to the ignorant.

Sixth. Grand chorus.

Seventh. Benediction by Rabbi Leon Harrison:

Unto Thee, Almighty God, the God of Moses, the God of Jesus, the
God of Mohammed, and the God of every living creature, God of
the church, of the mosque, and of the synagogue, unto Thee we
bring homage and praise.

We worship Thee in this temple of labor, reared by faithful
hands, and implore Thy benediction on the work, for, unless the
Lord blesses the house, the labor is in vain. May it be
dedicated to the enlightenment of humanity that brotherhood may
be increased and patriotism deepened.

Bless this august assembly. Bless this great cause, its tireless
leaders, and faithful workers, and above all bless our beloved
country, the haven of the oppressed and the home of liberty.
Bless its rulers and its people.

May it go on as from the beginning, from strength to strength,
that the nation and the Government may increase in power and in
the end be a union of all mankind, all races, all nations,
proclaiming one God, one law of righteousness, one humanity, and
saying Thy God shall reign from generation to generation. Amen.

Eighth. Centennial salute of 100 guns.

A grand display of daylight fireworks took place at the conclusion of the exercises in the building.

Immediately after the close of the ceremonies in the Liberal Arts Building, the governors present proceeded to the building sites selected for their respective States, where corner stones were laid and State colors were raised with appropriate ceremonies.

The lady managers of the exposition were conducted by military escort in advance of the parade each day to the reviewing stand. They were accompanied by the wives of the members of the Diplomatic Corps, members of the Supreme Court of the United States, members of the Cabinet, members of the Joint Committee of Congress, the Admiral of the Navy, the Lieutenant-General of the Army, the grand marshal, the governors of the States, the officiating clergymen, and members of the National Commission.

Receptions were held each day by the board of lady managers during the progress of the dedication ceremonies.

The magnificence of the spectacle will live long in the memories of the hundreds of thousands of people who witnessed the ceremonies.

All the nations were present by their diplomatic and accredited representatives.

The presence of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, and of Grover Cleveland, his only living predecessor in office, intensified the interest of the vast concourse of people at the dedication ceremonies. Their addresses were listened to by 80,000 persons assembled in the Liberal Arts Building.

The committees appointed by the respective Houses of Congress to attend the dedication ceremonies consisted of the following Senators and Representatives:

_Committee of the Senate_.--Messrs. Burnham, New Hampshire;
Depew, New York; Penrose, Pennsylvania; Dolliver, Iowa;
Hansbrough, North Dakota; Mitchell, Oregon; Teller, Colorado;
Berry, Arkansas; Martin, Virginia; Foster, Louisiana.

_Committee of the House of Representatives_.--Messrs. Jas. A.
Tawney, Jas. S. Sherman, Thad. M. Mahon, Richard Bartholdt, H.
C. Van Voorhis, Richard W. Parker, Jesse Overstreet, Jas. R.
Mann, Walter I. Smith, Jas. M. Miller, E.J. Burkett, S.M.
Robertson, C.L. Bartlett, John F. Shafroth, Jas. Hay.

Special rules and regulations providing for an international jury and governing the system of awards, which had been in course of preparation by the Commission and the Exposition Company for some time, were finally drafted and sent to the Commission for approval on May 2, 1902. As approved by the Commission and subsequently promulgated the rules read as follows:

UNIVERSAL EXPOSITION, ST. LOUIS, 1904, COMMEMORATING THE
ACQUISITION OF LOUISIANA TERRITORY.

1. The total number of jurors in the international jury of
awards shall be approximately 2 per cent of the total number of
exhibitors, but not in excess of that number, and each nation
having 50 exhibitors or more shall be entitled to representation
on the jury. The number of jurors from each art or industry and
for each nationality represented shall, as far as practicable,
be proportional to the number of exhibitors and the importance
of the exhibits.

Of this selected body of international jurors three graded
juries will be constituted: One, the general organization of
group juries; two, department juries; three, a superior jury.

2. Each group jury shall be composed of jurors and alternates.

The number of alternates shall in no case exceed one-fourth of
the number of jurors, and they shall have a deliberative voice
and vote only when occupying the places of absent jurors.

3. The United States jurors and alternates of the group juries
shall be nominated by the chiefs of departments to which the
respective groups belong. The jurors and alternates of the group
juries representing foreign countries and the United States
insular possessions shall be nominated by the commissioners of
such countries.

The Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company shall certify to the
board of lady managers the number of groups in which the
exhibits have been produced in whole or in part by female labor;
to each of the groups so certified the board of lady managers
may appoint one juror and one alternate to that juror; such
appointees, when confirmed, shall have the privileges and be
amenable to the regulations provided for other jurors and
alternates.

All the above nominations shall be made not later than August 1,
1904, except that nominations made to fill vacancies may be made
at any subsequent time.

Jury nominations made by commissioners of foreign countries
shall be forwarded to the president of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Company.

Nominations made by chiefs of departments and by the board of
lady managers shall be submitted to the director of exhibits,
and when approved he shall transmit them to the president of the
Exposition Company.

The nomination of group jurors and alternates, when approved by
the president of the exposition, shall be transmitted to the
president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission for
the approval of that body.

These nominations having been considered and confirmed by the
authorities, as provided by section 6 of the act of Congress
relating to the approval of the awarding of premiums, the
appointments to the international jury shall be made in
accordance with section 6 of Article XXII of the official rules
and regulations of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Company.

4. Each group jury shall choose its own officers, consisting of
a chairman, a vice-chairman, and a secretary.

Of the two first-named officers one shall be a citizen of the
United States and the other shall be from a foreign country
represented in the division of exhibits.

5. The chief of each department shall have general charge of the
organization and direction of the group of juries in his
department for the purpose of securing the proper examinations
of all exhibits and to see that the work laid out for the juries
is conducted strictly in accordance with the official rules and
regulations.

He shall be admitted to all sessions of these juries for the
purpose of directing their attention to matters relating to the
judging of exhibits.

6. The work of the group juries shall begin September 1, 1904,
and shall be completed not later than twenty days thereafter.

Examinations or other work not completed in the time specified
herein will be transferred to the department jury.

7. Group juries may, on the recommendation of the chiefs of
their respective departments, and with the approval of the
director of exhibits, have authority to appoint, as associates
or experts, one or more persons especially skilled in matters
submitted for examination. These experts shall participate only
in such special work as they are selected to perform and shall
have no vote on the question of the merit of the exhibit under
consideration.

8. Each group jury shall carefully examine all exhibits
pertaining to the group to which it has been assigned. It shall
also consider and pass upon the merits of the collaborators
whose work may be conspicuous in the design, development, or
construction of the exhibits.

The jury shall prepare separate lists presenting the names of
such exhibitors as are out of competition, awards recommended to
exhibitors in order of merit, awards recommended to
collaborators in order of merit, a report giving an account of
the most important objects exhibited, and a general account of
the group as a whole.

These papers shall be certified to the chief of the department
to which the group belongs, and the chief of the department
shall certify the same, with such recommendations as he may deem
advisable, to the department jury.

9. In order to expedite their work group juries may be divided
into committees for the examination of exhibits.

These committees shall be governed by paragraphs 1, 2, and 3 of
rule 8, just cited; when they have completed the work assigned
them they shall report to the full jury, which shall review the
findings after an inspection of all the exhibits in the group.

10. When the exigencies of the work require such procedure, and
when recommended by a chief of a department and approved by the
director of exhibits, two or more group juries may be combined.

11. In the case of temporary exhibits and such other exhibits as
are developed through a considerable period of time, or which
for other reasons can not be governed by the time limits
prescribed, the juries of such groups may continue in service
throughout the entire period of the exposition. Special juries
may be formed when urgently needed for special occasions.

At the close of each temporary exhibit or competition the jury
having the same in charge shall prepare a list of awards
proposed in order of merit and shall certify the same to the
chief of the department to which the exhibit pertains.

Special awards for such temporary exhibits or competitions may
be provided by the chief of the department to which the exhibits
belong, on the approval of the director of exhibits and the
president of the Exposition Company.

12. Each department jury shall be composed of the chairman and
vice-chairman of the group juries of the respective departments,
with one member of the directory of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Company, to be named by the president of the company,
and one person appointed by the board of lady managers.

The department juries shall choose their own officers,
consisting of a chairman, three vice-chairmen, and a secretary.

The chairman and first vice-chairman shall be, one a citizen of
the United States, and the other a citizen of a foreign country.

The secretary may be selected by the members of the jury from a
list of persons recommended by the director of exhibits.

13. Each department jury shall complete its organization and
begin its work on September 20, 1904.

The duties of these juries shall be to consider carefully and
review the reports of the group juries; to harmonize any
differences that may exist between the recommendations of the
several group juries as to awards, and to adjust all awards
recommended so that they will be consistent with the rules and
regulations.

No more than ten days may be devoted to this work, and when the
awards recommended by the group juries have been adjusted, the
department juries shall, through the chiefs of their respective
departments, submit their findings to the director of exhibits,
who shall, within five days after the receipt thereof, certify
the same to the superior jury, including such work as may have
been left incomplete by the department jury.

14. The officers and members of the superior jury shall be as
follows: President, the president of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Company; first vice-president, the director of
exhibits; second vice-president, a citizen of the United States
to be named by the Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission. The
members of the jury shall further consist of the
commissioners-general of the nine foreign countries occupying
with exhibits the largest amounts of space in the exhibit
palaces; the chairman and first vice-chairman of the department
juries; the chiefs of the exhibit departments, and one person
appointed by the board of lady managers.

Two additional vice-presidents and such other officers as may be
required shall be elected by the superior jury from the members
herein provided for.

No chief of a department shall represent more than a single
department. The president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company shall appoint from the United States membership of the
department juries such other members as may be necessary to give
to each exhibit department of the exposition a representative on
the superior jury.

There shall also be a secretary of the superior jury, who may be
selected by the members of the jury from a list of persons
recommended by the president of the jury.

15. The superior jury shall determine finally and fully the
awards to be made to exhibitors and collaborators in all cases
that are formally presented for its consideration.

Formal notification of the awards shall, in each case, be sent
by the president of the jury to the exhibitors at the place of
their respective exhibits.

If, for any reason, an award is not satisfactory to an
exhibitor, he may file written notice to that effect with the
president of the jury within three days after the date of the
official notification of the award; and this notice shall be
followed, within seven days after said date, by a written
statement setting forth at length his views as to wherein the
award is inconsistent or unjust.

In the adjustment of differences and in considering the
recommendations of the department juries, the superior jury may
provide for hearings of members of the department jury and of
exhibitors, but in no case shall it be required to consider
matters which have not been regularly presented as heretofore
provided.

16. The work of the superior jury shall be completed on October
15, 1904, and, as soon as practicable thereafter, formal public
announcement of the awards shall be made. A final complete list
of awards shall be published by the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Company, in accordance with the provisions of section
6 of the act of Congress, and section 6, Article XXII, of the
rules and regulations.

17. A committee, consisting of the president and the four
vice-presidents of the superior jury, shall continue the work of
the superior jury as long as may be found necessary after that
jury has disbanded.

This committee shall have charge of the preparation, collection,
and publication of the official list of awards and shall make
the necessary provisions for the proper distribution of the
awards.

18. The deliberations of all juries shall be strictly secret.

The president of the Exposition Company, the director of
exhibits, and the chiefs of departments shall have the privilege
of attending any sessions of the several juries.

A majority of any jury shall, in all cases, render and confirm a
decision.

19. The exhibits of persons serving as jurors or alternates over
groups embracing their exhibits shall be classed as
noncompetitive and shall not be examined by the juries. This
rule applies to managers, agents, or others representing a
company or corporation which is entered as an exhibitor. It does
not, however, apply to the officers or representatives of
governments which are entered as exhibitors.

20. Each regular exhibitor may receive an award, although his
exhibit be joined with that of others in a single installation.

Only one award shall be given to a collective exhibit, but the
names of all the contributors to such collective exhibit may be
entered on the diplomas awarded, and each participant shall
receive a copy.

If so desired by a group of exhibitors, a single award may be
made to an individual representing such group.

21. An exhibit shall receive only one award in any group.

The same object, shown in several groups and adjudged by more
than one jury, shall be entitled only to the highest award
accorded to it.

An exhibitor who has different objects entered as exhibits in
different groups may be given an award in each group.

22. Exhibitors who desire to have their exhibits excluded from
competition shall notify the chief of department as to their
wishes when making application for space, giving their reasons
at length for their request and objections to a competitive
exhibit; and these papers shall be transmitted through the
directory of exhibits to the president of the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Company with such recommendations as may be deemed
necessary. Exhibits thus exempted from competition shall not be
examined by the juries, and shall not be entitled to official
recognition in connection with the system of awards.

23. In addition to the awards prescribed for exhibitors, an
award may also be made to the inventor, designer, or artisan,
who, as collaborator, has, in the judgment of the jury, shown
more than ordinary skill in connection with an exhibit. A
collaborator is a person who has distinguished himself as the
designer or producer of remarkable objects shown at the
exposition. He is not a person who has merely aided in the
arrangement or installation of exhibits.

In order that this may be equitably accomplished, each exhibitor
who has received an award may furnish the chief of his
respective department, for transmission to the proper jury, a
list of the names of his collaborators, arranged in order of
merit, based on skill, ability, magnitude and value of work, and
length of service. It will then remain for the jury of awards to
determine whether the assistance rendered by the persons named
in the manner described has been sufficient to entitle them, or
any of them, to the rank of collaborator, and to name the award
which may be conferred therefor.

24. Whenever it is applicable, a decimal scale system shall be
used in judging the merits of exhibits, 100 representing
perfection; and as a suggestion to juries, for instance, in
commercial exhibits, the following is offered:

(a) Value of the product, process, machine or device, as
measured by its usefulness, its beneficent influence on mankind
in its physical, mental, moral, and educational aspects.
Counting not to exceed 25.

(b) Skill and ingenuity displayed in the invention,
construction, and application. Counting not to exceed 25.

(c) Merits of the installation as to the ingenuity and taste
displayed, the cost and value as an exposition attraction.
Counting not to exceed 10.

(d) Magnitude of the business represented, as measured by the
gross sales during the calendar year preceding the opening of
the exposition. Counting not to exceed 10.

(e) Quality or cheapness, with reference to the possession by
the exhibit of the highest possible quality, or the fact that
the article is sold at so low a price with reference to its
quality as to make it a valuable acquisition to the purchaser.
Counting not to exceed 10.

(f) For completion of installation within required time and for
excellence of maintenance. Counting not to exceed 10.

(g) Length of time exhibitor has been in business as showing
whether exhibit is a development of original invention or is an
improvement on the work of some prior inventor. Counting not to
exceed 5.

(h) Number and character of awards received from former
expositions. Counting not to exceed 5.

25. A special award, consisting of a gold medal in each
department, may be recommended by the department jury for the
best, most complete, and most attractive installation.

26. The following scale of markings shall be used in determining
the final merits of an exhibit and fixing the award that should
be made, 100 being used as indicating perfection:

Exhibits receiving markings ranging from 60 to 74 inclusive,
bronze medal.

Exhibits receiving markings ranging from 75 to 84 inclusive,
silver medal.

Exhibits receiving markings ranging from 85 to 94 inclusive,
gold medal.

Exhibits receiving markings ranging from 95 to 100 inclusive,
grand prize.

27. The diplomas or certificates of award for exhibitors shall
be signed by the president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company, the president of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Commission, the secretary of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition
Company, the director of exhibits, and the chief of the
department to which the exhibit pertains.

28. Special commemorative medals and diplomas may be issued to
the officers of the exposition, to the United States, State, and
foreign commissioners, to the members of the international jury
of awards, and to such other persons as may be deemed worthy of
special recognition.

29. The compensation of foreign jurors shall be fixed and paid
by the countries which they respectively represent.

30. United States jurors, except such as are officers and
employees of the exposition, shall receive actual cost of
necessary transportation, and compensation at the rate of $7 per
day for such time as they are actually engaged in the work
assigned them at the exposition.

DAVID R. FRANCIS,
_President._

FREDERICK J.V. SKIFF.
_Director of Exhibits._

APPROVED.
THOMAS H. CARTER,
_President Louisiana Purchase Exposition Commission._

ATTEST:
WALTER B. STEVENS.
_Secretary Louisiana Purchase Exposition._

The Commission early experienced great inconvenience in preparing and submitting its monthly reports, as required by law, to the President of the United States, of the financial condition of the exposition, owing to delay in receiving monthly statements from the company and the incomplete nature of such statements when received.

From an examination of the reports furnished by the Exposition Company, it will be observed that they were at all times deficient in that they did not show the outstanding liabilities of the company. The Commission assiduously endeavored to secure such amendment to the books of account kept by the company as would secure the incorporation of a statement of such outstanding liabilities.

The following correspondence between the Commission and the Exposition Company shows the repeated efforts of the Commission to obtain the information essential to the preparation of the monthly reports referred to:

OCTOBER 3, 1902.

DEAR SIR: I am directed by the Commission to refresh your memory
as to our conversation yesterday with regard to furnishing a
statement of all outstanding liabilities of the Exposition
Company.