, 1875-06-09
THE CENTENNIAL EXPOSITION

I LIE DEN4ENnAA1 EAEUd1llUNs
Tho Philadelphia Contonnial Exposition
has beon puahod asaiduously bofore tho
American people aud upon Congress, not rs
Il nero ioea' nffhfr, got up to glorify philadel.
phia, or Pennsylvania, or any particular
branch Of industry, but ns q great National
Exposition Of tho arts, industr'oo, produo-
uons, commerce, and institutions Of the
American people. For instance, tlore Is to
ho exhibited iron and atacl In e1ery imagiua-
bio form into which It can bo converted for
mans uso. The cntiro range Of American
Inventions IL to be illustrated by specimens
Of American Ingenuity. The copper, lend,
nickel, gold, and ailvor doposita Of the couu-
Try arc to render display in their most
attracsivo forms. fashioned by tho most skill
ful hands and in tho highest styles Of art.
Tho manufacturers will bo tllcro with their
textiio fabrics in the mont brilliant and mag
niacout army. Every branch Of American
industry will be represented by tho choicest
specimens Of Its lsnnliwork.
To this grind National Exposition the ua-
tions Of oil the world have boon cordially in
vitel. They havo boon asked 10 send hithor
to be exhibited specimens Of their production.
They arc asked to put thoir skill antl ings-
utity and their materials in competitive or
position; to place side by side tho protl,1c-
tions Of tho Old World and those Of tho Amer
ican people, who are just eutcring upon tho
second century Of their nationality. The
world is invited to attend an exhibition Of tho
progress made in hundred years of freedom
and Independence, and to bring with them
| k1&oi~ &f,nt
each may profit by tho c1ccllencios and do
fsots shown by the exhibition.
There hnvo bean other similar expeditions.
Engiand, Franco, and Austria lla,e held such
exposItions at which Americans and A,ueri-
con inventions, manufacturer, md products
wero welcomed, and wero conspicuousy hon.
ored. Il lGs boon advertised extensively
TINT Ill European and other foreign viaitora
aball have ample room aud eligible sites for
tho fill display Of III the goods they may
bring with tkem.
Just hore comes suggestion from m
| American merchant, at present visitor
among thc manufacturers at Manchester. in
| England it ia that tho American Centonuia1
E1postion is exceptional, in that whilo for
eigu nations aro offered the liberty Of OK.
hibiting their goods ut Philadelphia, they
aro, under tho law, practically prohibit
ID from selling their goods In this
country. Tho grand Exposition which is
to mntk the Centennial Anniversary
Of tho Independence d the United
sates, md to illustrate the progress Of free
men and free Institutions during contury,
is criticised in other lands as = peculiarly
American strntagem to induce the people Of
other nations to 1naka tho Rhow attractive
and to swol the gate-monoy and, mtor tho
show ie over, these foreign nations aro to be
told, Hero arc forty millions Of people,
a1fording splendid market; they admire
| your goods, but our tariff laws forbid the
American people from purchasing your
products undas the penalty Of 90 per cent
OF their yalue. We Go this to protect our
infant enterprises engaged In ,nauafactur-
Ing similar goods, Our people submit to
this and pny price-and-a.halt for al their
gooda, and Of course our manufacturers will
continue the system as long sa tho cons,lm-
ers are willing to endure It."
This merchant proposes that tho managers
Of tho American CentonniI shah make
regulation and notify foreign exhibitor that
they will be ut liberty at the Exposition to
have "osoh specimen marked plainly with
tho coat price, tho selling prico In tho coun-
| try whore 1t ia made, the cost Of transportn-
ton to the United States, and the prico at
which It could be sold to American custom-
ers." Ho auggosta that It 1t wore officially
announced by thoso controlling the exhibi-
ton that there would bo no restriction upon