Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1875-04-11
TO THE PEOPLE OF TESNEssEE.
Address OF the Tennessee CenIenE5aI
Commissioner.


which provides FOR this exhibition des-
ignated, a. its fittest location, the city
u Philadelphia, in which the Declsrs-
ration of Independence was originally
proclaimed. The exhibition, according |
iy. will be oIeued on the tenth day OF
Nav, 1876, and continue until the tenth
ol November following.
The President, IS provided by the act,
has appointed, on the nominations OF
the governors OF the States and Terrific
ries. two commissioners from each, who
constitute the United States centennial
commission, and are charged with the
preparation and supeTintendence OF the
exhibition.
Congress, by a further act, created the
centennial board of finance, which Is
empowered to raise the funds required
for the erection Of buildings and other
purposes. The undersigned, youT fel-
iow-citigens, have been authorized by
the board OF finance to set as auXiiiaries
OF that board and promote its Work IN
Tennessee.
The five principal buildings for the ex-
hibiiinn are now In course OF erection
upon q tract OF four hundred and fifty
acres Of land, set apart for the purpose
by the authorities Of Philadelphia, in
FAirmount park. These buildings have
3 total floor space of about fifty acres,
and their preparation has sufficiently
advanced to assure their completion by
March /, 1876. They are:
l. The industrial hall, or main build
ing, eighteen hundred and seventy-six
feet in length, by four hundred and six
ty-four feet in width, constructed most
~ of glass and iron.
> The art gallery, or memorial hall,
three hundred and sixty-hve feet by
two hundred and ten, fire-proOf struc'
ture of granite, glass and iron.
3. The conservatory, an acre and
half in size.
4. The agricultural hall, ofsix acres.
5. The machinery hall, Of fourteen
ACTS.
The classification of objects in these
buildings provides for an arrangement
At once geographical and systematic.
While the products Of each nation, and
As far as possible of each State, will be
kent together, they will also be grouped
in accordance with the ten departments
OF the general classification, namely:
l. Raw material-minersls, vegetable
and animal.
.. Materials and manufactures used
for food. or In the arts, the result OF ex-
tractive OF combining process.
,. Textile and felted fabrics; apparel,
oo ,tumes and ornament for the person.
Furniture and manufactures OF gen.
araI use in construction and in dwell
ings. .,: ,5
q Motor : and transportation.
Apnart ,tus and methods for the in-
,.rasse and diffusion Of knowledge.
= Engineering, public works, alchi-
lecture, etc.
9 Plastic and grSphic arts.
10 Objects illustrating efforts Tor the
ipoprovement OF the physical, intellect
nal and moral condition OF man..
The divisions between these depart
rrents run lengthwise of the building,
crossing them at right angles are the
5ivisio1s between nations. Thus, one
who wishes TO study some particular
Droduct OF manufacture, walks the
length Of the building, observing the
disnlay made in that department Dy
eVerv exhibiting nation; but II he de-
.-ires TO examine the general progress OF
:. special country or State, he crosses lhe
ruilding from side to side, and sees lts
- hihit in each department successlvely'
n, q nations which thus far have ac-
II
tidinats tn the exhibition are twenty
sa,,en in n lumber, as follows:
SeSSn S-lat ~ B,itsin, including England,
Island eland, Wales, Canada, Aus
D .gaIio eIc Netherlands, Sweden and
Noruysv I2e!gium, Switzerland, Ger
1,,snv Liberia, Ecuador, Hayti, Argen-
inc ,ii@ TonIedeyation, Chilli, Mexico, sand
Itch Islands, Brazil, Spain, Japan, Gau-
temaJa. Peru, Venezuela, San SaIvaGor,
Ersnca limited States OF Columola,
Honduras. Hayti, Italy and Portugal.
The hoard Of finance has adopted two
methods OF procuring funds: First, py
tha sale of shares of stock, al ten uOl-
i.Irs Der share; second. by the sale ol
ro,t,dsls coined at the United States mint,
80 ranging in price from one TO nve
'IaIi,,rs IN accordance with their SIZE
o,1d !, ,ateyiaI, The funds already in the
I,ands Of the board are adequate to tne
i-,Dosd,' ate needs OF the enterprise. BuI
;tsbonId moi be concealed that Win III
IonlideT,,ble exceptions, they have been
da-iyed rom the Gberslity Of Philadel'
,,bjs and Peppsyly .snis. 1t is manifest
Il imnTonrr that celebration, when Is
f1sds IN the name Of the nation, ana Is
n hing honor and profit to the country
At large, should be carried out al lne ca
penge of q single city and state ahu
your committee appeal to The PSO, lo'i1.I tlll
and liberalty OF Tennesseshs In IL, 'hS ht
confidence that their response Wiz TX
prompt and generous. .- a.,
If Il inpossihle to overestimate tnt
importance Of thoroughly dlspisylng ~
tbe exhibition the resources, developed
aud mdeyeIoped, of our State. An
sdeouofe representation of her agricul'
turaI and mineral capabilities csnnol
fail to insure an influx Of capital anG
population. The products which 1t Is IL
our mower TO collect may confidently Os
mt i'm competitiOn with those OF oul
.sisfer States. But the time for prepara
4jon. for comparison, for selection OF th'
articles by which we shall be repre-
son ted has already grown short. vi
tba !, rst day OF next January the goodi
-, To ba delivered in Philadelphia
U6oa,-ar il enabled TO exhibit anything
',a5jtatJa to American industry anC
skjII sbould regard it as matter Q
I1,ty 20 make il ready. Whoever i
a,rsra ~ resources that might be brougn
- Ight should interest those who haV
Il in their mower. The agricultural ant
industrial societies, and all other organ
izations which can do so, ought 10 co
oVeTata with the committee IN securing
80 thoroughly exhaustive re- 13sIt 70 2
ton ss 10 display the utmost Polnt, ~,
urogress in the material ana SOCIAL III
0f our State. ~,
In this exposition Tennessee has 10
the first time in her history, an opp'I
tuuity 10 exhibit TO the practical men I;
fhe world her great abundance of eosi
iron. marble, zinc, copper, lead, SALT OF
and timber, her ineXhausdble Wate
y,ower. her rich limestone quarresi d
tact almost every mineral ceposl
needed by the human family, and Whlc.
goes TO make up her immense undeVeI
Iped resources, and until recently, he
yimost unknown wealth. We have sal
t,r yesrs thGt our iron was superior
any in the country; that our copper va
Z the finest quality ia the world ths
-, T coal seams and Eeds were the TiCne'
~ he southwest, if not superior 10 lho'
- Then, how have We justly Doas1e
S,i'. almost infinite variety and Desul
- u marbles, OF the excellence OF oil
'i;,,ato & cd the fertility OF our sol
,naI,ir, = 'sBnessee one OF the moi
I-'iraI7, Lon. 'utles on earth for agricu
tIrsi-and sto, X growing purposes.
these things al tree' inl EIIhin lie tne =
months OF time during when the e1h
i,ttion il 10 be he. we can prove OF
JorIaratiops, and " ben these lActs q
f1iIv known, this Immense, We mig
si,r,st say incalculhble wealth, vi
+ot remain hidden away muc
~ 80 ,ril anw In upOn Ol