The Portland daily press., 1870-10-19
Cincinnati Ind nstrial Expo,ition.

The Cincinnati Board of Trade and Chamber
of Commerce, together with the Ohio NIer-
chants Institute, opened lately grand exposi-
ton OF American, and especially of Western
industry. The arrangements were upon
magnificent scale. A building was erected at
the corner of Elm and Fourteenth streets es-
pecially for the exposition. Its front on Elm
street is one hundred and ten feet, ana us
depth on Fourteenth street two hundred anu
fifty feet square. The main floor presents an
area of twenty seven thousand five hundred
square feet, the galleries add twelve thousand,
and the wing twenty-five thousand fve
hundred square feet, making the entire availa-
BILE surface sixty-two thousand square feet, or
over an acre and third, besides nearly seven
thousand square feet OF staging.
A broad invitation was given to all branches
of art and mechanism A committee of ladies
was provided for in the original programme to
take charge OF specimens OF nandiwork, the eX-
elusive production of the fair sex. The rail-
roads and steamers affording means of travel
and transport to the city came to the assistance
of the Board of Managers, putting down their
fares to very low rates. The arrangements of
the Joint committees were excellent, and at
tracted not only great many visitors, but an
immense display of industrial art from all parts
OF the country.
Steam power was provided for the working
of every class of machinery. The engines used
were OF Cincinnati manufacture, and develop
ed splendid mechanical genius in the Queen
city. A space of $1,000 square feet was entire
~ devoted to the operation of machinery, ex-
hibititing all branches of manufacturing enter
prise. Here was seen every variety of mechani-
cal movement devised by the prolific genius
and enterprise of the American people. In
other portions of the Exposition were to be
| seen the finished products of all this move
ment. The powers of nature were brought in
| to subsection and made to minister to the needs
of civilized man. The painful tot: of the labor.
| ing hand is to be suspended by the more genial
action of brain. The animal muscle is now o.
less account than quickened intelligence. All
these show the activity of forces elevating the
| American laborer in the scale of existence, and
preparing broader basis for the permanency
| of our free institutions.
In the Fine Arts Gallery the aesthetic ele
ment was finely brought out. Its association
of the beautiful with the humblest useful art
is another hopeful indication of progress TIL,
American mind, in the midst of its gigantic
enterprises, is hereafter to find time to cult
vate the humanizing and elevating sentiment
of beauty, and thus develope universal activi
ty in all branches of thought All these hope
full prospects have been opened up by the en-
couragement of home industry given by GU
present moderately protective tariff. Free
traders of the ultra school doubtless scken a
these prospects of home development, but al
true progressives will welcome such bright au
CURES of the future. The multiplication o
such expositions can not fail to have an excel
lent influence in exploding the destructive de
lusions of free trade.