Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1873-02-05
Miscellany
New England and the Vienna
Exposition.

To The Manufacturers, InreniorS, and
AatiSanS Of Nt,e Eng land -
But twenty years have elapsed since
the Wold's fair was held in London, and
during that brief period of time such en-.
terprises have come TO be regarded az
among the most important aids to prog
ress in the arts and sciences. II is we'll
known that the GROWING glory Of the
French Empire was in Its Exposition Uni.
vcrselle encouraged by its success, Aus
tria has planned a similar exhibition for
1878; and has held forth the strongest
inducements for all nations TO become cy-
hibtors. From mos, nations the response
has been prompt aud hearty; England.
Flance, Germany, Italy, Switzerland.
Brazil. China. aud Japan have taken up
the matter with degree Of zeal that in.
Sures creditable representations. Each
of the nations have made large appropri.
atons from government funds, and all are
now waiting to see what our government
will do in the premises. So far it has
done little, aud the success of our depart.
meut in the Exposition must in great
degree rest with the personal endeavors
Of our manufacturers. There is among no
class of our citizens greater national pride,
no greater enterprise. TO both these we
appeal for creditable representation o!
American industry at the Vienna worlds
fair.
No section of the country can do more
than New England yet up to the present
no section has done so little. 1t is under
stood that the South has responded nobly
with her raw anu manufactured staples,
the West with her appliances for internal
commerce, and the Middle States have
fully represented their various special in
dustries. New England has hardly made
response to the general call for univer.
sal representation. Teere is NO sufficient
,eason for this. We have made vast prog
rcss in the mechanic arts during the last
decade and our school system is unsur
passed. With little effort we could
easily fill the entire department allotted
to the United States; yet unless there is D
prompt aud energetic action on the part
of our people we shall be chiefly conspicu
GUS in The Exposition by our absence. Ii
view of these facts, we appeal most heart
ily to manufacturers, artisans, education
alists and all others interested in the cause
of universal progress, to interest them
selves in making the New England de
partment of the Vienna Exposition prop
ery representative Of our best indus
tries.
1t IS desirable to act without waitir.
the action OF Congress, in order that thu
valuable time already lost may be NOR
than redeemed in the few weeks that re
main. Overlooking the direct advantage
which the exposition offers to manufactur
ers we would have the question made on
Of national pride and acted upon in tha
spirit. /aIL RIhtt4
Steps towards organization with thi
end in view have already been taken il
several Of the New England States; t.
make them successful requires the heart.
cooperation Of the people at laIge. l
! this is freely given We shall at the clos
, have lost none of the prestige gained a
London and Paris and can with bette
right ask the MD of Austria and the work
IN making our forthcoming centennial Gel
ebration y success,
W. b. WAsHBURN,
Coy. of Massachusetts,
SIDNEY PERBAM,
Gov. of MaipO. aH
E. A. STRAW,
Gov. of New hampshire,
julius Converse,
Coy, Of Vermont.