Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1873-01-17
INTERNAEIONA EXPOSITION.

held in Vienna, Austria, during the
present year, is beginning to claim the
attention of the people of the United
States. Those who do not feel inter
ested, and are not properly repre-
sented there, will be the sufferers. If
North Carolina neglects this Exposi-
ton, as she did that of Paris. in 1867.
she does not alone suffer from a for
getfulness of the visitors, but she
receives irreparable loss from the
ignorance of the world. of her advan-
tages of soil and climate and produc-
tlons. If we are ever to build mp our
State, our cities and towns, and people
our rural districts with an industrious.
thrifty population, We must no longer
hide our light under a bushel. We
must advertise our advantages i'm the
great ccnters of population and indus
tries. We must convince men of
capital, OF brains and of energy, that
North Carolina contains within her
borders all that nature has ever be-
slowed upon the most favored lands to
make her great and powerful.
And our immediate city cannot a ford
to remain quiet. We must exhibit our
advantages, our commerce., and our
wants as well, i'll this gathering to-
gether of the people of the civilized
world.
Subjoined we publish the circular
letter of Mr.. Samuel d. Tillman, a
chairman of one of the committees. as
well as u letter from the Hon. S. n.
Martin, member of the Committee
on Raw and Prepared Materials, offer
ing suggestions of Importance and
interest. to which we invite attention
cat meeting convened by General
L. b. Van Buren,, United States Com
missioner for the international EXPO
sition to be held at Vienna, Austria, in
1873, the undersigned was appointed
chairman of an advisatory committee
on The History of Inventions and In
dustry. The names of his associates
on said committee are hereto annexed.
quested to aid in carrying out the plan
set forth by the President of the I'M
perial Commission of the proposed
Exposition in his Special Program
for the History of Industry and In
ventions.
"This project can be accomplished
first, by collecting and forwarding to
the Exposition such samples, models, !
and working machinery, as will best |
illustrate the successive steps of adj !
in each branch of art and |
during the last hundred wears:
second, by furnishing written descrip-
tons of devices and processes which |
have been successfully employed for |
the quantity and improving
The quality of natural and artificial
and third, by presenting
brief variations of the leading Incl
1ents Ill the lives of distinguished
inventors.
''Such contributions will both enrich
Inc proposed Exposition, and be of
,ervice to the future historian, who, in
for the true causes of human
will, by the information
hus furnished, be better enabled to
race the origin and development of
hose ingenious conceptions which
nave vastly increased the wealth of the
world, and surrounded the civilized
nan of to-day with material resources.
and conveniences before I'M
lnOwn.
"Any suggestions from members of
he committee, touching the best
course of expediting the work above
marked out, will be thankfully re-
eived by General Thomas b. Van
buren,, United States Commissioner
General, 81 Chambers street, New
FORK, or by the undersigned.
"SAMUEL D. TILLMAN,
American Institute, New York City.'
MEssRs. EDITORS Il received to-
ay the foregoing circular from the
chairman of the Advisatory Com
1ittee ON the History of Industry and
1t is desirable that the information
sked for should be given in as full
nd complete q manner as possible.
IL mankind, of every nation, will be
epresented ut the Vienna Exposition,
therefore, whatever is sent there will
ave a worldwide circulation. :: ]
North Carolina has much to con- {
.ibute; she numbers among her sons |
ANY inventors of merit; their claims {
, recognition among the eminent men
the world cannot be urged In I
rger or more talented field. S
Wilmington, the chief city of our f
tate, is largely engaged in foreign v
The products of the forests d
large portion of the State con- J.
ibute to her exports. The Naval e
ores, Timber, Rice, Peanuts, Corn d
almost every quarter of the globe. 1
ill not some of the enterprising mer- 1
ANTS of our city, and the farmers in "
is vicinity, contribute samples and G
rnish written articles giving the "
story of the products which we Z