New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1874-02-07

own failure va both happily and forcibIy INA 'tf.tsa
every conceivable blunder which people ooud nmit
while the course which ought 70 be pursued was oAAS
indicated through the success OF others
Tho work preparation 1876 cannot commence 400
soon IN the several states it should have commencA
already. The Legislature In session ought at
To decide upon the course which massachnsetts - .
sa;e proposes 60 take aecas 70 40 nosnss cnen
hereafter DO reversed at moment 80 late that action
IL decided 10 enter into the affair with local orgaDi1a
ton the necessary provision for should then mmedi
action DO marked by besItatIon or by that tsrdihess
which rendered barren the mission % Vienna No &C
ton at all Is better than action after the opportunity
gone. the simplest organization IL the BEST and TO %
efficient should be ipexpensiye. No cumbrOus system OF
saarif commissioners, OF OF honorary commissioners
with perqustes IA either necessary or desirable Those
who " represent tue state have Already been desg
SYSTEMATIC PREPARATION NEEDED.
go far any state organization. SUCH Is concerned
their duties should bo morely advisory; or n IL Ia
thought proper or desirable create another Commits
siOn then those upon t should act simply board Of
unpaid trustees directors performing executive
duties themselves. but supervising counseing
authorizing the steps taken ny him, upon whom respon
sibity must finally rest Their great function ~ an
ornamental, and yet most important one,-hey are %
lend weight and character and authority 10 the
sion.--their should inspire faith aud confidence
In it. To carry out the work OF detail upon which
everything depends single Secretary the Commits
siOnerr shsuld DO appointed who shOuld he tbs
utve officer In charge Ho should receive adequate
whole time and thought should be devoted
10 making successful tho part Masssohu
setts is TO bear ia the Centennial With the ordering Of
the affair . whole he would have connection; his
duties would relate simply and solely to the share Of
his own State. No ordinary or INEXPERIENCED man
cOuf fulfill tho duties Of the position for 10 IL great
error to suppose that IL ~ one either OF holiday WORK
or newspaper renown tho contrary, these incidents
Ot the Exposition business for others while the dry
repusiyo tedious labor OF organization and detail only
this subject many useful suggestions viii be found IN
valuable paper supplied 70 by Prof Thomas g. Archer
of Edinburgh. the managing head OF che Museum OF
with the highest degree OF authority. This report
procured with view to AS bearing the CentenDiss
Expositon and.is ready. with Others for Immediate
There IA good reason 10 befeye that condition
exists to make decided success OF the pro
posed Philadelphia Centennial. The court pageant
which has played 10 brilliant and essential its
great European prototypes, WILL IL 10 true, necessarily
DO wanting. The mercantile element, however, which
has proved the great main spring OF oil recent exposS
will there be present in more than ordinary de-
gree Throughout the Civilized world America 10 known
great market, q market IN which fabulous prices
paid, especially for those things which are
ducers OF the wOrld-whether OF objects OF utility
of art will wish to be represented They Will
come with every conceivable product OF human
with which H. In itsf liberal education and the pro
duction OF which offers well-ngn unlimited nelds for
American development. MIsmanagement arising from
ignorance, Incompetence, and JoDbery-s gepeti-
tion OF the Vienna experience-wiu De the
great danger TO be apprehended. III that OK
perience now be turned TO en- Immediate
profit In preventing ts recurrence, W. shall hays
soIne cause wholly to depiOre 1t. Ths however.
can only action both intelligent and prODpt
the part OF the various state governmens who wH
DO the leading participants Should tins be deferred 10
the last moment and then hastily improvised those VINO
rashy duplicate themselves IL will have as good utl
for regret did the vast majority OF sbeir
countrymen who during the last Summer. found thon
selves In any way officially contested with the National
fasoo at Vienna. CHARLES FRAsoIs adams, JR.