The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-25

easily i'm seined. Most foreigners you speak to
In Philadelphia with reference to their ideas OF
the Exhibition, express themselves IN very
strong terms Of disat pro batioD, the French be
ing particularly energetic In denouno cling the
general arrangement and the manner In which
they have been treated.
Part OF this discomfort comes, however, from
the fact that large majority OF the exhibitors
came over with most sanRuine expectations OF
making money, instead of which they are losing
It. 1t has been rule In all European exhibit
tions that as long as an exhibitor keeps his
show case full he has the right to sell all the
Duplicate goods he has In his possession, pay
ing, as a after Of course, the duties on what he
sells. Now, selling is not prohibited IN PhiIa-
delphia either, but the purch ser cannot remove
his goods until the Exhibition 10 closed. As far
as expensive artistic products 60, this rule holds
good. A man who buys u Japanese vase OF a
malachite mantelpieoe worth several thousand
dollars has no particular need for removing II
before the Exhibition 10 closed; but man
from Illinois or Mississippi, who comes TO Phil
adelpbia and might be disposed to buy Vene-
tian ring or piece OF lace for his wife, natu-
rally wants to have II at once or else be will not
buy It. The result OF this is that all the costly
and large exhibits OF which there are no dupli-
Gates to be had are sold already, while the
products OF minor Industries remain on hand,
and are likely to come under the auctioneer's
hammer at tue close OF the show. And an I. o
immense majority Of the exhibitors represent
such small industries, the number OF discon-
tented exhibitors Is incomparably larger than
that Of the contented ones. Truly speaking,
with the exceptions OF the Chinese, the
Japanese, and the Tunisians, who hav6 already
sold almost everything they brought, there IL
hardly an exhibitor Of any other country who
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loser.
1t Is estimated that the average expense OF a
foreign exhibitor in coming to Philadelphia
amounts to about $1,000, without reckoning the
value of his exhibits, and there will certainly be
very few competitors In this international fair
who will be able to clear anything like that
amount 1t might be argued that the foreigners
came here with the wrong expectation ~ not
merely exhibiting their goods In a new market,
but Of selling them at once and with profit. II
must be kept I'm view, however. that such a
chance was given them at all the European exit
billions, and that they we're consequently justified
In anticipating the same thing at Philadelphia.
The difficulties which the Custom House regula-
tions and Custom House officers place In the
wav OF exhibitors will und oubtedly raise great
feeling OF bitterness among the mercantile and
Industrial classes of Europe. The discomfort
has already grown so intense that large num-
Der OF exhibitors have sent a petition TO WASH
ington asking permission to pay at once the duty
on every article In their possession, with the
understanding that they hall be allowed to sell
them at once, without, however, reno wing every
article out OF their show cases. II tho demand
Il not granted, their intention is to withdraw
from the Exhibition by pulling down the blinds
OF their show cases, as they cannot remove the
goods before the close OF the Exhibition.