The New York herald., 1875-02-06
OUR CENTENARY.

OUR CENTENARY.
THE INHIBITION OF AxEmoAN s1xs-soAu
THING FOB OUR FAsHIoNABLn LADIES' Sill
MILL TO BE RUN-THE BRAzIIIAN DEPART
MENT AND THE VISITORS FROM BRAZIL.
The Director General Of the Philadelphia Worlds
Fair. General Goshorn, having returned to thd
quaker City, Governor Biger Is now the master OF
the situation in New York. II . sick man can he
master OF any situation. The worthy gentleman
upon whose energies the financial progress or tne
work is in no small degree dependent is still con-
fined 10 his rcpm BY illness. The inquirers at his
oicial headquarters at the ST. Nicholas Hotel yes.
terday were mostly plain business men. who came
to ask Tor application forms, and whose questions
we're answered by Mr. Butler. Governor B.gier's
private secretary. The financial negotiations
with leading express and telegraph companies are
sti In progress, and IL IS expected that they will
subscribe largely to the Centennial fund.
THE SILK EXHIBITION
The SILK Association OF America has comnis
stoned It's secretary to communicate with All the
leading SILK manufacturers OF tins country with
the view OF ascertanlnR their Willingness 10 CO.
operate in securing suitable exposition OF the
processes and products or the American silE
manufacture. A short while ago Messrs. F. Odep
Horstman. Ira DmocK r. W. Cheney, William
Strange and Albert Fit were appointed a com
mittee to consider the subject. In the ieport
made by this committee emphasis Is laid upon
the TACT that the SILK manu- acturers owe It to
themselves to show what has been achieved In
their derarI ment OF American industry and that
they, OF all others, should make an effort to dis
play creditably their products and the various
processes OF manufacture, In order that an ap.
preciative idea may be had Of the many In.
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ton viii form Group xxxII. OF Department Ill.
The report says that the question now Is whether
the representation OF the trade should be lett to
individuals or TO the association. Alter discuss.
Ing all the arguments pro and con. the following
plan Is sugges: ed Tor ad0pti0u:-
THE. PLAN PROPOSED.
Fira-Ths silk Association Of America TO be an eA
Of wSo 81 cSooss % e @ ns a.
SSsn IL s @ n any WAY asr sn
operson the plan hereinafter forth.
model silE ; factory; comples BY itself N enc place
alton American sLk ctare III its brancnsa
sssSSyhs place OF exhibiting PROCESSES to be the
Invite Sa %sssHs
in the space secured for the association machine;
%s 1n1 r.
ns Of S d 1s q o
blanche: Oi manaiastars proposed 70 Ss ipsir.ssd:
isG such
Frst-Associaton to assume entire expense. Second-
;sysI: par. o %scn1eTy mir ~ S5 ;hTg
6nder the larser plan individual manufacturers or
Under ne nIs plan ths an trade generally wou.a
ton shsuld be n the ai.plsy Cd goods
IN the main exhibition building. where reference may
be made working models 70 be seen In the adjotning
ton SnSeG hO rss psn 'o' 'fo0a0e opefS
Assocaon e; g employ At PhsdsDnis cnrins The E
and necessary ass:tsnts
lion 70 rsim6ur.s them Se.s Of ss 'nuts wsIps wsss
dresses o. tie makers cf machinery shall sppesr In %
sns Il ss ne
in prorsS wn1Sh n s an" uSs In America may
py " sos 1hs : &: 1cs %
sn me pay pscs eSsS ssa
fsn makers Of macninery through eaort by
'H
ten as na ;: g
Of an entire sik NIL. It will be proper however or the
:::s; q: s:s:
II Will be seen at glance that SILK exhibition
ike that proposed above would DO Q most interS
esrng ana important feature OF the Exposition.
VINO Sops 70 See America becomo a
great In this branch OF industry 80 France. There
are even ven now people who say that the best Amer:
product In everything but design, and It Is to bd
hoped that our fashionable lauies who will see the
exquisite faorlcs woven 81 Philadelphia, viii 81
least ren0unce tue idea that silks must be neces.
sartly inferior because they are made IN their
naive country. That such sudden revolution
could be accomplished by the silk exhibition o1
the Centennial Is improbable, out It may prove an
important step In that direction.
THE INFLUX FROM BRAZIL.
The innux from Brazil promises to be very larGa
Sehor ROdrtgues, the acc0 nplsned editor OF
NOUO AundO, mas familiarlZod MS cOun ntrymen with
the attractions OF the Centennial by his graceful
pen, and other n0ie0 Brazilian writers having
followed in his wake. the enterprise mas become
thoroughly known among the people OF Brazil.
and pictures and Illustrations oil the buildings.
&C.. have Deen seen In every cultivated housenOd
In the Empire. Hence the in1ux OI Brazillans Of
wealth, most OF wn0m Will come by way oil Europe
will be some thing extraordinary, lar SURPRISING
their PAL tlcipati0n at any previous worlds lair.
In Vienna, IL will be remembered, the Brazilian
depar derived It's grea test interest from the
magnificent collection OF woods, aad THIS will so
be the most attractive feature o. Philadelphia.
One circumstance whoa will cause the braziau
department to 10 particularly iul - tnat large
numrer o. provincial exhibitions are to be held
be ore long In Brazil anu early In 1875 also a na-
tiOnal exhibition at RiO aud tnas best features
OF these are 10 be transferred to the Brazilian re.
partment aS Philadelphia. Another reason whv
the tnfiux from Brazil will be diStlu guished in
character as It Will be great In numbers IL that
that government has already appointed IFS COM
mls6loners.