, 1875-03-16

Exhibitions % Resources of the S1ntcs
-Si:4le:M ut E1ties.
pls';Gdfith&a Ir<ss.
The time has arrived when such States a are
to bo rsproacn.ed III tho International Exhibition
by collective exhibitions Of their seaou1ces should
ho fully orgaatxad tor tho purpose. Tue pro-
duets must DO ready for delivery in Fairmouut
I'ark ne1t wintcr, and their collectors will tiud
tho intervening tlms no longer thaa tho task ro-
quircs. In covoral Of tho states a0lcient orEant-
natlons n1o diligently At work, and, a. Ill tltus-
tsstion Of ono Of tho boat s5stcms 1itAo,to
adopted, no rotcr to tho work OF tue Iowa Board
by tho Iadutls1al Motor Of Des Moines,
Tlia Board hMa arranged the sovorat products
OF its State in thirty-two claaacs. To each cass
las beon Hsaisnod An expert who IT, to act al lss
Secretary; to see slat tho products belonging to
Il aro fully oollected: to ,a1raugo tLoul, aud,
finally. to aupcryisc tLoir shlpmens to Pl,iaaol-
plta. Tor INSTANCE, group % includes ''nl! pat
enls and usetnl Inventions pf tho StEte." aud
Mt. TlomaA G. Orwig, the Group Secretary, has
n ao sooa oysy ps|snses ss to ts nseoms ssss a.
exhibitor, whether Of tho invontion ITSELF or OF
: Worlg model, ur of p!ants aud specifications
to DO bound In Volumes, Again. group con~
saas sssfon AL II Prod paass rh
tho staie I Aerouia1a{ College,, has bss'e earso %
Of THU group. and he publishes detailed list ii
fitsy-ono srsea and hf.y-threo shrubs Anomn TO
oe airy pssuta that 1naY hava been omitted; and
he also desires contributions OF fino samples
isom all n position to furnish thom. Without
iutthnr ILLUSTRATION. no have quoted sufficiently
DO fully made known 1t tho exhibition.
Theso eau be no question that eyary stata will
nud its account iu similarly comprehensive COL
lection, and that thoBo which fall to make Il,
h1N $ttarm 1ta3 rSat7
esuss for Esgto. ~ thoy Witness tho advantages
derived bF their 1npro onterprsing noi9ll-
bora frou, ,th1s unprecedented op-
portnnity Of dlsc'oaing itho!r claims upon
ought to BE- 10 failure Oh Tho P.rE Of tLo Icgs-
latures now In setsl1o to provide that this Im-
rostnnt work shall be dosie tAa summon In 70
thorough manner that tho aggregate exhibition
saa1l constitute comI leso presentation Of tho
part Of tha land. i3ut thnre aro. unfortunately,
sono Statoa In which there will be no legislative
scaaion III time to tako ottactlve action. ln such
casoa we must trust to tho Enlightenment and
enterprise Of STATE and privato oiR anizations-nf
agricultural, Industrial hia:orcat, learnod, re|i-
gious, aud boneyo'eNt Bociottes-most OF which
lasc an organization that would ousblo them t.
illustrate t. their saspeotivo spcciatioa without
Connected viii. this subject. thous,. not per-
napa yary ultimately, ta q augGaattaa which We
sAou!d like to $50 urged upon tho lnuutcipal ALL
saoFltaca OK our !eadlpE etllea.-oI thn aozon OF
moro. We Will say, whoso population exceeds
l00, 600. Theaa cltIes haye I: hi thole powoy to
contribute = very striking illustration OF their
Ahata In tho almoat marvellous growth Of ttlo
country. It should coustst OF sesies Of lnodala
io plastor or cork, or panter nachc. ct esch city
y intervals OF tlmo. Old mapa xud priatu would
afford data Tor tho construction at reasonably
accurate miniature reproductions OF tho htfoetH,
honsos, an1 Whasyet Of boston. Nov York.
rai!a<se!phia. and Baltimore. II th4y stood in
1!78, and again 1t deccuulsl Intervals. Tho sito
Of Vhi:ago, tor example, III 1850, would o1htbit
= few log suauties aud fort IN awamp. Huo-
easslye representations would Hhon her early
squA1ot, With straets Bupkea IN the mud; thsn
her raised atroata and blocks Of houses lifted
bodily upwarsla; thon her appearance tho day
before aud the day after her great Tire; lastly.
tho sptendoFs Of tho rebuilt city. Scarcely ol,a
Of our Rrokt cltios could fail TO present = moat
tasere4tng epltous Of ita hstory, IT It vera thus
lausibly rot forth. Even where thefo hayo ueel
~ such waolssals yicis4itu4cx ~ Chicago would
record, or such pgnternhtural growth NJ 6an
Francisco demona,rztes. the changes ara greater
ia short paEiods than lnost OF us realize. Who,
FOR 1nssauco. taAt h4d nut aeon New York In tou
ye.ts, could escape as!outslmont ~ he staod Oh
North Riyet ferrY-boat aud approached the
towering 1nasaes Of masonry lhat now sdosu
lower AroAlusy, or rods up Fourth avenue to
the Grsnd Uuton Dapol7 hut u these models
are to be made tho artists have ustlo time 70
spare.