Connecticut western news., 1872-11-01
The Next Worlds Fair.

General Van Buren, United States Commissioner to the Vienna Exposition, made an address to the exhibitors and visitors at the American Institute Fair
 He would say that no other attempt to interest the world in the arts of peace can compare with these fairs. Some thing of this sort will be done in one of our principal cities in 1876. The country should at once begin to prepare for this great effort. In 1867 one of the largest assemblies the world ever saw gathered Tn Paris to examine such collection of human handiwork. An exhibition six times as large as that of the one in Paris IS about to be inaugurated in Vienna Austria stands perhaps foremost among European nations in disposition toward progress. So many Germans are now in this country, our people will naturally take great interest in this old Worlds Fair. Austrians are especially noted as valuable citizens in America. It has been said that it is useless for Americans to send specimens of their work to this fair, because we cannot manufacture as cheaply as Austrians. But the reflex in- f1uence upon future emigrants from that land to this will be immense. They will already feel acquainted with their future home through its wonderful ID mechanisms. He only hoped for an appropriation for the general purpose. Therefore all who send articles to Vienna now must do so at their own expense. He can only say to exhibitors, "make application to me, and if Congress gives the money at its next session you can rush your articles 1 over." The Austrians are very anxious to have American mechanisms in their fair. Hungarians are great admirers of America. Tine exhibition palace (pictures of which were shown) is 5000 feet long. There is space of 1, ,50O, ,OOO square feet on the floor. The area of the doom is double that of St. Peters; it has 25O feet of clear rise from the floor. The grounds cover 900 acres. The machinery build ing is 2,60O by 15O feet. The speaker had been offered the privilege of putting American bars in the building, but could only promise a good restaurant One hundred and fifty thousand people are expected to visit the place each day; and as all these must pass through the American department it is worth while to send articles. All European patent laws seem to have been adopted for the piracy of foreign inventions. But the spirit of the managers of this fair is not of that sort, Already they have induced the Government to let every exhibitor take out certificate without expense which shall serve as patent for two months after the fair closes; the certif- cate can then be turned into patent at an expense of about $1O. It is hoped that before the fair opens treaty will be ratified giving our inventors greater privileges than they have ever enjoyed in Europe. Baron Schwartz, the Super intendent of the fair,is especially anxious to have everything connected with American school houses and books, etc., exhibited. American minerals and cereals are also in demand. The North ern Pacific Railroad portion of the American Institute Exhibition is toYbe taken over. MT. Steiger, the German publisher of this city, is to obtain copy of every periodical of the United States for the Vienna Fair, with full particulars of their rise and progress.-Nev Fork PGDer,