The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-11

hsk hart The greatest benefits OF this exhibition
Ves ths sxssssion Of the application of mechanics
md ehsnioai science to facilitate production whicl
I'D the result o. srssty reducing prices Of thos
araoass n common demand History records the sxhbi
-, upsa this Of the stocking frame Of Aubert
n - spbning machine of Vaacausoa, and many oths
nsss4 scAsnttac discoveries. During eyhistisn
essassAshsd ths Soetas dEnooura9esas which, In it,
Prsustina Of .ADufassury, and in developing the in
vsstvs talent Of France ha. admirably succssKul
TAsrs lapse Of four years alter the closing Of tn,
- exhibition before the display made Of TIA
reaucts Of the French. In tbs year 1905 spaciou,
Unding vas erected the ssplanSde Of the Hosplta
~ isvahdes for the fourth national exhibition The in
Hvsnlng time, however between this fair aud the pre-
Dding &c had not been idly spent but . period Of
Feet improvements and discoveries In sud
At ts ex hihion the printed cottoas Of the celebrated
manufacturers Nuhsusen Logslsa first made their
Appearance Cotton lace. blonde ss thresd cloth imta
Hons of cashmere aha VII liked textile aorios
also Busuatsa the rapid manufacturing prog Of
France in the industrial exhibition Of 1906 In
fsoturo o. aud progress decidedly sho
These cheering results MAJ be attributed to the patriotic
and vigorous efforts OF Nap leon Add this the las
hidsa under the Empire there lasting proofs that
he had not lsbosed successfully 10 ouldias manu-
featuring prsspsrity and reputation f'r his country
After tie Close of the exhibition II 1906 long inter
val succeeded before France again Azan
and her manufactures to contsrd the peaceful Bat
Hes Of production ard trade. During this time France
engaged all those great events which have farnih
ID prominent page in the history Of the world. Tho
sword taken place of the pruning hook sad the
NOISE Of the Anvil, and the hum OF the spindle hush
Cd BY ue rou Of the drum aud tho thundes of
The European struggle for the OF leg mscy
The rise Of tbs Little Corpora. the Hundred Days the
falling sf ttrsnea, BorOdieo and Waterloo tbs ighty
warrior st. Helena and the restoration, all compose
he bsody narrative After the Corsicsu Lieutenant had
rsaohed bis home sod hs brstpg ranks had been
dsPerseA the sails of the merchantmen again autersd
u the sreess and tie emslems Of peace emerged from
H. Ia. canopy Of war.
The nth exhibition held in 1919 In which Fcaacs
maintained her honorable repu for her sd
In tho ars. This display held in the yard Of
he Louvre, and wac Of great magnidcescs.
Tho dxtA exposition held in 1923, and ooensd
fer period Of atty days. This great proof of tbs
bsset and popularity Of these fairs that each open
d fer segss period than the preceding TAis exni
bitten, parculary, showed goat progress in the appcs-
lien q the approved manufacture Of iron machinery
md ne consequent develop Of civil engineering q
profeassa. 0ae Of the most remarkable novelties OK
hisiteA was model Of the first suspension bridge de-
signed 70 creas the RhoEe between Tain and Seurnon
he seventh exhibition bsd in 1927 aud history
records 1t ~ more magnificent than any Of the fairs
which had before it. The number of exhibitors a.
hAs amounted to l, 1856 At this the
bic progress made in national manufactures and produc
Hons from ne Of stsam Toe mauus lure Of msriuo
goods, unkno~a in the beginning Of the ,eutury in
France, Eo~ yielded annual income of afssen million,
u francs MIXTURE o. six ami wool 6rst sppsared at
his exhibition.
After the close of Il seventh fair political events
p4i dad fnr zht
hons. When, however, the orssus family we're seated
upon the tArsos ana quiet reigasd through
cut Ne nation, appeal made the
6 France to again jim in q national erhibioa whieh
caA responded TO BY three thousand exhibitors
This, tAs eighth exhibition In 1894 undsr
he patronage Of Louis Philippe add thu ~ise,s men OF
Frasce For tho lurposes of this exhibition great
galleries erected up the Place de Ia Ccorde and
its inauguraaOa attended With regal splendor
The ninth sxhsiton 1889 shc~ei great prore IS in
be manufactures and product of France since the
Mt fair u 1884. The increased demand for spacs
ecesstatsd the construction Of immense building
poa the great square of ssIgnv in tho Champs Eysess
b superficial covered by the building Is 500
eoosodate the contributors. 1t cost nsariy Ella 56O
I'D every branch Of French industry represents
within it, walls, by three thousand hundred and
ts rewards and Aoncrs bestowed upon Jacquard Au.st
AID othars ts learned essays of De Nsuch.tesa Chap
I'll and BuPin and the general kno Wedge idded ough
every portion of the nation b. these exhibitions
were begisnirg 70 return their prouSsed fruits.
In the year ls44, the artisans and manufacturers of
France were again called ogether 70 join 10 the teasa
aispiay Of the rational genius. This OK position was
founded upon the prosperity of long continued
peace ard may be regarded Of the most
splendid of nation industry ever collected
together. The Gay had when the dignity Of
Abos was reocen rcd, and the most humble oy birth
received the decoration OF the Legion Of Honor
ward Of his gesus, and the peer Of him in whose
veins flowed the blood of royalty The OF the
sculptor the master piece of painter the grsudsst
results Of actury, and the most wonasrfaI dis
coverss science, combined to up this greAs col
Lection.
The last exhibition of national industry took place
ls49 the after Louis Philippe had been dsthrooed
and far surpassed exhibition ~hch had goss before
lts site the the magnificent of 1874 in
the Champs Eysess bnt the building far more CO.
pac,ous covering surfsos of about Ave acres The
structure Els 0OO and Constructed With side
galleries., and to it added shed for sgr
cultural inpiemeDts prodsee and live stock beng
the first occasion upoa which they admitted
10 oompiets for prizes. The public admitted
week. The sunber of exhibitors Eve thou
sasA and the sAill oispla, ed in tins articles exhibited
asan ev0sscs Of the gfea, extent waca ths sdaca
- 81 the French hsa been carried.
Besdss the fairs to which have referred founded
- sustained b, the government toe French have held
bny grand exhibitions blshed by private inf
AoEg them may bs speosd the celebrated fairs Of St.
Hn,Ain's, Ly ons Rheims, Chsrtres, Rouen, Bordeaux
-.syes and Bay Many Of these fars period
ell, but not i'm ,ortant ia days gone by
The greatest Of hsse psrodc. displays IL the fair held
1t Bssuo@Ire In July. At this EXHIBITION, in 1888 4, Is
sad there from 1000 TO $4,000 person, present
and that The business done exceeded 100 600 0so francs
o. GO, 40S, oC0.
This brief OF the fairs Of France shows that
ths attention besto we'd By the grsa
Interests Of manufactuy within the last hfy years
has resulted In great honor hef aud inc,c lsbls
benefit 10 the world By these exhibitions she els
vated me social and intellectual condition of her work
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