The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-30

tho 10th of May. Our daily reports from
Philadelphia do not give us cheerful idea
of the readiness Of the various departments
our own people. This is as it was in
Vienna when the American depart
ment on the opening day was simply
q collection of unopened boxes which the
royal and imperial guests did not even
deign to visit Our foreign friends. more
especially the French, the English and the
Spanish, have their displays in an advanced
state Of readiness. The American has the
faculty of doing necessary things in hurry,
and we may expect wonders in ten days from
people who used in Pacific Railway times
to build ten miles of the road in day
show as vast and varied as this at Philadel-
phia is not to be seen in day, and will re-
quire some time, even after it is opened Off
cially, to enable the exhibitors to put their
affairs in shape It will be the LIST of june
before we have the Exhibition in its COM
pleteness. From that time until the end OF
the summer we shall have 80 many auxiliary
attractions in the way of races on land and
water. shooting and other matches, con-
tests for supremacy in chess and games OF
skill and chance, not to speak of military
and civil displays, that we may look for o
series of attractions to continue until the
cold weather comes again Philadelphia III
the meantime is putting herself in readiness
for such display as has never been seen
even in that city Of parades and demonstra-
tons. Theodore Thomas is busy with the
Wagner grand march, written by the great
German master for the opening alone, and
which is not to be heard, not even by priv
LEGGED few, until the hour comes. We shall
There is an expectation that the Emperor Of
Brazil will be in attendance to show by his
presence his interest in the country and its
vast Exhibition.
The opening Of the Exhibition will be
little more than q ceremony and mob We
delphia their enthusiastic expectations as to
the business success of the Centennial.
They have done we'll as people in gather
ing together this tremendous show. AS an
exhibition of what we have done in hun
dred years, and of what our brethren in the
other lands have done also it will command
oil praise. There will be better oppor-
tunity to see what We ourselves have done
than at any previous exhibition. AT London
and Paris we were ruled out by competition
and by distance. 1t was hard to cross the sea
and stand any chance with nations who were
ut home. At Vienna our country was dis
graced by the incompetency and villany of
its own agents, who sold out the honor of
their country for gain. Those, therefore, who
looked at the previous shows to see what lies
at the foundation of our greatness would be
disappointed. Philadelphia will tell diff
ferent story. If we do half as well Us the
reports would lead us to suppose we shall
have splendid manifestation of our century
of growth. Most Of the States have done
we'll. We wish New York had done better,
not only in the way Of contributions to the
expenses of the buildings, and SO on, but in
exhibits. Still we shall do our share. In
leather and machinery and the products Of
the farm we have the hope that we shall not
be unworthy of our pre-eminence as the
Empire State. From the West and more
especially from the Pacific, we shall
have prodigious displays of natural
and acquired wealth. The Pacific States
come to the Exhibition with sense Of
emulation. They do not think we have
appreciated what they have done in the way
of adding to our imperial greatness that we
regard what we hear from the Pacific rs
travellers stories, and that Californians are
fortunate people who have found gold
in their hills, rather than bold, original
people who have made their Commonwealth
not only the greatest metal producing, but
among the greatest wheat producing regions
of the world. SO that we must expect
from the Pacific coast perhaps the most
striking exhibit of oil the States Next
to the Pacific slope we expect much
from Japan. 1t is an interesting COM
ment upon the progress of this genera
ton alone that country which was almost
as unknown as Madagascar when the Hyde
Park show was opened in 1851, should claim
q prominence at Philadelphia not only in
industrial products but in tho arts and the
ScicAceS. AHey Will pleocu1 tue results OF y
delicate and varied civilization. As no
problem is more interesting than this Of
Asia, and, rs we shall be compelled to meet
it some time or other, we may we'll study
with care every manifestation of Oriental
growth. Already we are competing with
these people as laborers and as manufac-
turers of essential objects Of civilization
Therefore, what they have to show us at
Philadelphia may be a lesson and perhaps q
warning.
The next feature of the Exhibition will be
the exhibits of Spain and the Spanish lands
In the former exhibitions Spain, suffering
from many uses-misgovernment, poverty.
and perhaps ill-directed enterprise--made
meagre show. But the Spaniards are q proud