statue of liberty
When the American Committee for the Statue of Liberty ran out of funds in 1884, Pulitzer used the New York World, to ask his readers for funds. His paper was so popular that by August 11, 1885, The World collected over $100,000 from 125,000 readers. The funds allowed the completion of the pedestal for the Statue of Liberty. The monument's tribute to Liberty is a standing legacy of Joseph Pulitzer.
|
We must raise the money! The World is the people's paper, and now it appeals to the people to come forward and raise the money. The $250,000 that the making of the Statue cost was paid in by the masses of the French people- by the working men, the tradesmen, the shop girls, the artisans- by all, irrespective of class or condition. Let us respond in like manner. Let us not wait for the millionaires to give us this money. It is not a gift from the millionaires of France to the millionaires of America, but a gift of the whole people of France to the whole people of America. |
Library of Congress Chronicling America
©2015 by the Colored Beluga Whale Foundation, GKPS, and Sun Hand Inc.