, 1873-09-25

prevent It, hut Ito did not bo1leyo IL would DO
i,,ece.sary. Tho burning wnA agrcat thing, and
tlig e, commemorative, mast 10 Hill greater.
These encouraging worsln were warmly nr1-
rla'tsl: hui It will be tlntced that Alr. AIoiila
itlunB llase not beon fully carficd out aud tint
tho commemorative charactor Of tho Exposition
llnh leon lost night Of. Tho pagoants, lilo PRO-
Ing foaturoa from tuy to ay, do not iIeuro OH
tho programme. Tho useful hns rnhl,ea tho
ornamental on ono Bido but 1t will bo Hoon
Tint at Tint time tho ilen Of iMtiloe And an OK
position woro still blended together.
TIE RESOLUTIONS.
On motion Of Mr.. Crane committee Of three,
colisatit'g of H. I. Crano Mayor Aetlill, aud G.
H. Bowen, WAS then appointed by tho Cl,Air to
draw NJ Resolutions assA make further s'lgYoa-
MotiA Tho Committee roircd for deiboratson,
mud aftor briof absence returned and rrohei'tet
tEo following, which wan ,inarinlonrly adopted :
Reso|ped, Tint teaara. Q. ". Potter Henry ". kirp,
J. Mrurcgtr Adaus j. W. niaschfarti nf tl,o Norill
s1a9 s H. II 5 y wss nre " s 4sf son se see
II. H. Tnylor, David Brnllcy, and H. Crane, OF Tie
aI1 @ M :, IL o. sar
with tic Northwestern W'ol Ma,ufacturerB' AssociI-
ai, co-operatilg With other features Of tho anuivrr
pary au rnitl Committee IN rr1ort at future meeting
M IL lornior, plan Of exposition. amount Of monoy
sa pjDraaon NJ It'll Ttry % may deo Of interest 10 l to
inoulii,g Aeo to wnis on the wool manufacturers who
hold tsir animal ,naotins t0m9rfow 'sr, 1day nn
tuy nre we'll cared for should tpy ccido 10 hold their
mkt annual expedition hero.
They talkcd but littlo moro, adjourned after n
grandoso suggestion fron, Mr.. Bradley. Tint
! mud half a milo long. Thoy could fill such Il
building to tts utmost capacity, and TINT thoY
would probably neod still moro room before they
Yot through. 1t wns not, n polut Of nlimbcra,
1,t1t
there OH Tint disngrecable ovoning arc entitled
to tho credit Of having fairly luusiolod this great
| enterprise, aud nearly all Of thcu romnined
faithful TO the end.
THE wooLEN MANUFACTURERS.
The fifth annlinl meeting Of tho Woolcn Manu-
facturers' Association Of tho Wost and Snutll
WAS hold at tho Garduer uouae, on the 9th Of
February, George 8. Bowen in tho chair. That
gentleman introduced tho subject Of tho Expo
| sition aua said that a meeting of tho citixons
and innpufacturerH had been held tho preceding
evening to discuss tl,e question: and that coul-
nlttee, appointed therc, would 1neot the Associa-
tion III the afternoon, for tbs purpose Ut making
auangonents fur The holding Of all exposition
tho project WIS QUO which would Interest," tho
| manufacturers Of cotton and woolon fabrica all
! over the country, aud trusted that their confer
| euce would como to homo definite conclusion.
During the AFTERNOON htr, Enos Brown, Of
Chicago, ssatol Tint the Con,mitteo appointed
Ut Tie jackson Hull meeting. on Wednesday
uiEit, were waiting TO hayo d conference with
! tho Association in regard to tho proposed Ex-
| position. lie moved Tint Il committee DO ap-
pointed to invite thoin to come into tho room.
Tho motion was agreed to. and tho Chnir &C.
lcctstt aIeBHra. Goodoll md Drown.
TloHo two gentlemen left tho roon and in five
minutes returned with Messrs. Eowlan, CoUl-
l,augh Gago, Taylor, Bradley, md Crano, Of the
| mnnufacturer9.
Tho manufacturers mud Committee tl.on held
joint meeting, Mr. Brown being elected Chnir-
| nun. Ho apoiogized for, tho 61nal number OF
manufacturers preaeut tho timo WAS inoppor-
tune, and tho weather bnd. Invitations had been
! sent to MI tho WOODEN manufacturers III the
West and South, aud their cooperation asked in
iii Exposition in Chicago next full. Many fa-
I declaring that they would send lines Of goods,
md do all they could to make 1t Interesting aud
buccpssfn1.
Mr. Nowlan sni.l thu Committee Ind expected
to have Bo1,o .lclinito proposition mado by the
Wuolen manufacturers.
A1r. 0oulell spoke of the Cincinnati oxhibi-
tioii, and Baid tho first ono WAS such SUCCESS
tlntit wah determined to orcct permanent bnila-
ings for similar yeurly exhibitions: Ho pre-.
stunned the manufacturers Of tho West would
chcerful!y join in the Chicago Exposition. AS q
general Thing, it was not profitable TO attend OK
positions, all lo thought Ii tho ono III this city
| becnme fixed. manufacturers should be allowed
| to soil tho goods displayed. If this Was done,
IAC9 UI akeA!A4AbIA3 aAA suAA EASAt A4kCA
teieBt III it.
Mr. Gross saitl Chicago was central po;llt,
| n'l1 wAH proper place to hAro al exposition.
1Io would do all ho could to make it u SUCCESS.
Mr. Brown had ITO doubt that the 1uannfac.
turcrs would send such magnificent contrib,l'
titm Of fabrics as would astonish tile pcoplo oi
| Chicago.
Mr.. Gage supposed caro- would have to be OK.
erclse.l il, regard. to time, 70 that the Chicago
! Exposition would not conflict with those III
other cities, 1t seemed to him they were moi
going to work in tho right direction. There
might DO u difference Of views in respect to the
! kind Of Exposition contemplated. Tho Commit
! tee WIN appointed. as he understood, to deter
rnno what should bo erected in tho city to nc
conlmodute textile fabrics, or q largo ono clso
wl.ero to include the agricultural intereHts. It
carry out tie itlea of the Mayor, these could mol
bo ignored. 10 erect a building Of any deHcrip'
of money. Whether it could be secured wat
for tho Committee to loarn, as it was whether
tho exhibition could bo lnutle q BucceHs. During
| the past year he had been approached q numbcl
similar to tho ono held in 1T. Louis. Within ST,
weeks llo had had Q conference with Mr. Walker
| President Of tho Union Stock-Yartlh Company
who informed him TINT they Ind leased Dexte
fark to Tucker + Sherman. TIE grounds wer'
II was stated. during tho conferences
that it would not be good policy to erect such
building M waD contemplated on ground tha
could nut be retained for term OF yenre.
proposition to unrchanc 30 acres on Forty
seventh street waB nude, but it could not b
bought. The price (s200, ,ooo) would hayo neces
Btattd tho paying Of S2U,000 intercat-a yoE.
largo sum. hlr. Walker had said TINT Destc
rark could ho obtained upon conditional lease
that they would not sell, expecting to be driycl
away from their present location within a fei
years BY tho advancing population. Although
ho (Nlr. dago) had in .past yeara hoen op
poAod TO- erecting, q fair.bnil'liug OIL lcasa
ground lo thought It would be for Ill
best interests Of tho protectors to loaB
Dextor Park. 11o felt contldout That all th
money required could DO secured. NIa1lufactur
ers should be accorded the privilege Of selln
tller gnolB Oh exhibition. The structure shoul
bo largo enough to allow evory manufacturer il
tho WcHt alul every merchant i'll Chicago to dH
plny l.is wares and to sell tl.cn by sample. Ill
building should bo open to NIL who wished to iii
il fur special exhibitions. plcnics, and otAcr eli
tnrtainmentB. lilo desi.ed the Htate Ag icultura
Society to come to Chicago. 4 stock compan
should be f0rlnesl the merchants aud hotol Pre-
priotnrs would subscribe libernlly. Tile facill
| fien for raDclIinE uextnr I0rk Maa axcnlian!