Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-19

SOn1e uayS ago We NentufeO an opinion
as to the impolicy Of appropriatins mo-
neys out Of the National Treasury for
the purpose of aiding the Centennial
Fair at Philadelphia, two years hence
We have met with no reason for chan
Sing that opinion. although We are quite
free to confess that We find very much to
interest us in the sprisLtly and enthu-
siastic speech delivered in favor of the
proposed appropriation. ON the eth of
this month, in the House of Representa-
tives, by the Hon. Joseph L. Hswiey, of
Connecticut Pressing multitude of
special reasons why the said exhibition
should be made international in charac-
ter (by act of Congress appropriatins
moneys for its furthersnce) Mr.. Hawley
recited the following as among the ma
nv things that could be shown at such
an exhibition. Said the honorable gem
tIeman:
We can show something of sculpture.
aud We are not behind in tine arts. As
sculpto-s We have Powers, and Brown.
and Ward, and Hosmer. and Crawford;
in painting. we have Allston and Trun-
bull, Church and kensett, and Bierstadt
and HuntinstOn-scOresw whom l cannot
wait to name. We have in the field Of
mechanics produced the cottou-gin which
reSolutionized continents, for cotton EN-
rloys forty million people in Europe.
and it would not have employed two mil
t.nr,s h,rf fov tho In ah,
MICS We have the reaper. to which have
referred. and Blanchardis turner Of ire
gular surfaces. the interchangeability of
parts. the electric Telegraph, the steam
boat. the sewing machine catalogue
honorable and innuRerable. These
things are Americas glory, and the
workers of NO other nation have done
more to uplift labor and glorify this GEN.
tury than our mechanics and inventors
And yet gentleman put down "senti-
Menx with a laugh, and our claims to
eminence in material development with
q sneer, and say We have nothing to ex-
hibit
Sir, I neyer go into great machine
shop without An impulse TO take off my
hat to my master. These exhibitions
are democratic. Monarchs mag march
triumphartly to their doors. but within,
the artists. mechanics, and manufactu-
rers are kings. No nimble-tongued ora
Tor has right to assume airs of super
iority when he walks into n shop thou |
sand feet long. with a thousand opera |
tives working machinery of infinite |
accuracy, throwing out products of |
beauty for the farthest corners of the |
earth. Ny own door is within the hear !
ing OF mechanics, my neishbors, making |
for the Prussian government 81, 10000 |
worth OF arms machinery, because il can |
be better done there than even IN German |
arsenals.
There are men now making ready |
specimens of the root, the bark, the |
wood, the leaf, flower and fruit of every |
tree from Maine to California; collec- |
ton such as no other country in the |
world can make. There will be an exhi-
bition of the fishes to be gathered from
Maine to Galveston. on the Pacific \
coast. and in our inland seas, such as
viii be of interest to all the naturalists |
of the world. Then there are our fire.
arms, in which We beat the world; our
clocks which We export everywhere: our
edge-tools, in which we now beat Shelf
field in her own markets, because the
Yankee brain works through the machine
that makes the tool, and we are quicker
in that than John Bull. We have one
building for locomotives and passenger
cars for Europe. John Bull did not
know how to go comfortably from Lon
don to Edinburgh till We sent him the
other day some trains of Pullman cars.
Then there are the cold fields of Maine,
where they raise two hundred bushels of
potatoes to the acre: and all the various
soils and climates between that State
and the sunny fields of San Diego, in
California, rich in oranges, lines. lem
ons, almonds, all fruits Of all climates,
the sugar-cane of Louisiana, the match
less cotton of the sea islands-every-
where productive capability immeasur-
able. ELE 90 ELEGI
ell these things in rooms and cases, and
then ask the world to come and see
them. In both aspects, that of fratef-
nifty and that Of profit also, believe
this enterprise is legitimate and lawful.
We will have scientific men and COM
who will como here and
make their reports. published At home.
and read and talked over by their people.
The press of the world will sketch in
words and pictures the wonders and uses
We shall have. and the year after your
will be increased by thous-
ands upon thousands. Your trade will
be increased. New ships and flags will
come to sell and buy.
The gifted alliterateur Of the Eureka