Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-07-19
The New York Crystal Palace Exhibition

This affair is destined to turn out very
profitable, not only to the denizens of
New York generally. but to the gentlemen
who originally came forward to subscribe
the means to put it into operation. We
hardly exaggerate in writing that it is
destined to draw to New York city ere it
closes, perhaps one hundred thousand
persons more than would otherwise have
gone thither, who cannot spend in New
York less than an average of SO each
with hotel keepers alone, to say nothing
of their purchases of goods and wares to
perhaps an average of double that amount
Thus, it can hardly fail to throw into the
hands of the business men of the CITY
during the present season some three
millions of dollars more than they would
otherwise have obtained.
The parties who originated the affair
took due care to obtain possession, by
lease and otherwise, of all the vacant
ground within striking distance of the
point at which they located their wonder
full temple of glass, before announcing
where it was to be. By releasing the
ground so obtained, they have nearly all
of them already reaped enormous profits
equal, we take it, to their profits on the
stock of the company, which sells at this
time at an advance of 40a per centum on
the amount paid in.
Theindustry ofour country, and through
1t, the arts and sciences among US, are to
be benefited by this exhibition to an al
most incalculable extent. Our European
brethren have brought over the Atlantic
specimens of almost every thing they have
in an artistic, mechanical or scientific way
which may possibly be introduced here to
their advantage as well as ours. 1t will
very surely happen that they will be re-
warded for their enterprise in this connec-
ton, by future extensive demand for
many articles of their handicraft, which
require in their construction labor at
much lower rates than rule in the labor
markets in the United States. But it is
no less true that Brother Jonathan will
take advantage for his own future labors,
OF everything novel and useful shown in
the exhibition from abroad, in the way of
an invention or improvement which can
be brought out in American workshops at
remuneratiye rates. France, Germany
and Italy will continue to supply us with
all the gew-gaws they show in the fair,
doubtless. But Jonathan will soon come
to supply them with articles of more utili-
ty, the ideas of which he will get from
what they are now showing in New York,
IN the same line. Among the very desi-
rable results of this exhibition, we may
calculate on the settlement among us of
many of the skillful and eminent Swans,
artists and artizans from Europe who have
come over TO attend this fair. They are
of a class who have only to experience
practically the difference in the effect ola
free government from that of despotic
one, on the prospects of men of energy,
genius, intellect and superior attainments
10 be ever restless hereafter until their lot
and those of their families shall be cast
among us. At this hour many trades and
manufactures in New York are almost en-
tirely in the hands ofpersons bornabroad,
and this exhibition will well nigh double
the number of European born artiazns
there. who are men of deserved eminence
II their respective ealllDgs.