Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-02-23
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In accordance with the recommendation OF
the President to the House of Representa-
tives, January Goth last, the committee
having direct charge Of the matter have
embraced the sum of sos, 600 i'm currency in
the sundry civil appropriation bill, to
enable the different departments of the gov
eminent and the Department of Agriculture
and Smithsonian Institution to make COM
plete and creditable showing OF the articles
designed TO be exhibited by the government
at the Centennial Exhibition next year. This
amount is S4IG.OOO less than the estimate
carefully prepared by q committee COMPOSE
OF one prominent official from each of the
departments. 1t is intended that the Interior
Department will furnish an exhibition of the
chronological characteristics of the Indians
with their wigwams. weapons, &c; an exhibit
OF the progress OF education in this country:
typical models OF patented inventions. &C.
The War Department viii exhibit systems
of Notifications, military mining, historical
specimens OF small-arTls. cannon. camp and
garrison oquipage, &C; while the Smithso-
nian contributions viii show the national re-
sources of the animal. vegetable and mineral
Kingdoms of the United States. the etlnOlOgy
OF the continent, ana So on: every depart
ment or Institution exhibiting such articles
IS are directly connected with its workings.
The appropriation provides that should sep
arate building be erected for the government
il must be paid for out OF the moneys apprO-
priated for the Interior. War, Navy and Ag-
TicUltCral departments and the Smithsonian
Institution. As the government will REQUIRE
very large amount OF space for the proper
display Of its exhibition, il is believed that
such separate building will be an absolute
necessity, in which case there would be but
little LEFT out of the sum appropriated for the
departments and institution named where
with 10 place their materials on exhibition.
at the recent educational convention in this
city, his Excellency, Baron Won Schwarz-
SenbOrn, Minister of Austria Hungary to
the United states, Director General OF the
Vienna Exposition, and Commissioner from
his government to many other national and
International exhibitions, spoke enthusiastic
cally OF such exhibitions as tending to the
Improvement Of public tastes and the en-
lightment of the minds OF the people. He
referred 10 the fact that the educational de-
partment at Vienna was the most interest
ing and important feature of the exposition,
ard that the same ought 10 be true of the
Philadelphia exhibition. State Superin-
tendent Wickersham, of Pennsylvania
thought that more strangers from foreign
countries will visit the exposition for the
purpose Of Witnessing our schOol-wOrk, and
acquainting themselves with our school
systems, tl.an for any other object. possibly
than for all other objects put together
The Department of Superintendent of the
National Educational Association. at their
late session in Washington, unanimously
adopted resolutions asking such reasonable
appropriation from Congress as Will secure a
full and creditable representation of the edu-
catiOnal interests at the Centennial. and
similar requests have been made by state
educational aSSOciatfnnS Of
Education can hardly do this on its quota OF
the sum CS115.OO0j named in the appropriation
bill for all the bureaus OF the Department of
The Interior. especially should a large pOr-
tiOn OF this amount be required towards the
erection of a government building
The dominion of Canada and the empire Of
Japan have appropriated $4,000 and
100000 in gold, respectively, for our centcn-
NAL OF 1876. while the United States proposes
10 give but SJ05.OOO in currency, equal to
about 100000 in gold, for the same purpose.
Austria spent S6,OOOOO9 on the Vienna EXPO
sition OF ISIS, and France spent at least
>2,0c0,GoO on the Paris Exposition of 1861
For the same Exposition Great Britain gave
$4,000, Egypt S1OO.0IO, Austria 5000 900
Prussia sl5O,00O. and the United States but
S14O,0o0. For the Vienna Exposition the
German empire gave $4,000, Turkey
10000, Egypt 100000, France $4,000, and
the United States but 100000. In both cases
benighied Egypt gave more than twice as
much as the United States.
1t is possible that the next Congress may
vote a handsome contribution To the Cen
I nnial. If such an event is unlikely to occur
and the government intends 10 content itself
with an exhibition of the progress and work
lngs of its several departments a sufficient
appropriation ought 20 be voted to make the
exhibit a cTeditable one.