The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1876-06-16
FROM OUR TRAVELLING CORES
PONDENT.
Conclusions as TO the Centennial
Exposition and its Effects.
PHiLAIIfI PHiA.
Nay 18th. 1876.

Ed. ISrEiLiGESCER To use a
slang phrase. the Centennial as an
elephant" bat not in the slang sense
altogether. II is an elephant well
worth seeing. although IN another sense
it may prove one to the pocket of the
commissioners. The expense must be
enormous mean the every day ex
pense Of carrying on the affair, to say
nothing Of the first cost to all parties.
Each exhibitor. whether national, sec
,ionai, or personal. Is Of course at h,s
own expense for transportation If arti-
cles. for cost of fitting up each section
OF building, and for attendance during
the exhibition. These expenses are
expected to be like money used in
ndvertisipg) we'll Invested. and that IL
will come back in Increased sales and
= $50 -r...- sh4 s.~-.-. So
shall have b>en closed.
Asa national scheme for the inter-
change of ideas and the exhibition II
thought and study, psrson'iicd IN the
various machines and fabrics shown; as
all example of the growth OF mind
for all mechanism IL nothing but iaind
and thought. crys,alized into existence
II, is a complete success. All insens.
tive gcnins Is prompted 10y necessity
IL is an old maxim that necessity Is
the mother Of invention and here IN
this great gathering OF the world
| genius. If the thought end study OF its
/ hes, minds. we sce this truth standing
ont boldly ana clearly like the printed
mage lsfure tho intelligence ct NIL re-
! Elective minds Who would have Ia
vented the Walter. or the bullock, or
/ the Hoe press. had the demands oi the
+ reading public Eey.r required them
| When none but the kings aud mobiles OF
the land read the news. ;lian the setine
aud quill could I'LL the demand. bat
+ when four hundred thou >ssd copies oi "A
! single sheet are needed daily to supply
the greedy thirst for knowledge ot tue
stirring evnts Of the day, then tac
! Walter. the Bullock aud tue Hoe were
demanded by the necessities OF the
times, and then they sprung into exist
anee In answer to that demand. " nat
WAS Fulton and his invention but the
answer To a latent bat surely advancing
/ demand Of his day and age OF the
world. 81. to-. with the monster
engine which supplies the power in
machinery ball When George Coriiss.
thc Providencs mechanic, was applying
the ,hough, aud study of ms years ia
tho application OF the principles COM.
bincd in his great work. little dtt
he think for whom or what purpose he
was building up the growth ct his
genius or how widely his ideas carried
on, in cylinder and piston AMI beam
and valve. and all the ct coferas there
with. we're soon 10 - spread throleh
all the world What invented the
cotton gin. the loom. the trip hafnnier.
and tn. thousand and oae other useful
articles of mechanism. ba. the demands
4 of the times While following this
train of thought We felt the truth
mere forcibly than ever of the renarS
often quoted - That W have ed1dei
wiser than Ne knew,
But what Of the results. Shall all
these people who have come from the
! Northeast and the Southwest corners II
the earth, from the reedy banks IT the
Nile. under the shadows Of the great
pyramids, from tho rocky and sterile
lands Of Norway and Sweden, from the
gold coast Of Africa, aud the lniel!eo-
tusi aud refined cities aud manuiAciar-
ing districts Of Europe, from AustraisA
New Zealand. Japan. Turkey, indl',
aud South America, profit nothing 10y
this great gatheriog by 'h's inter
change Of views aud feelings and opiu-
IONS. by this general worlds ,ntrod"o-
ton of all Its people to iiao ianSees.
anashe Yankees 10 all the others
think can already see sone 81 tue
benefit. TO rvsa., from this c'tui"g
together of all the people II laofe
charitable and kindly feeling for eaeh
other. in = sincere desire 10 learn 81
each other. aud = friendly aud nisnly
tendency 10 impsrt a. we'll A. take OF
ths knowledge OF each other IN ways OF
industry. economy aud mechanical de-
vices. rais Interchange 81 taou-as
aad feeling will. after = while, produee
ats results IN a more extended conm er-
eiAl interchange Of commodities, aid oil
cuarse greatly increased cnnh'i"iics