, 1876-05-14
The Progress Made in This
Country In a Quarter
Of a. Century.
A Love for the Beautiful and
Artistic Continually.
Growing.
This Country the Best Market in
the World for Works
Of Art.
American Artisans Excel All
Others in Their Pro-
ductiOn.

duction.
Something About Artistic Silgtr-Wara, JtWtlry, !
China-Ware, Furniture, Precious Stones,
Gloyes, Etc., Etc. l.
9pecio1 Correspondence Qf The Tribune.
New YoRk, May 9.--While1 cannot be prop
erly classified among that numerous army OF
ssCentenniM correspondents" I am, ne7erthe-
less, about. to indulge In a few paragraphs sug~
gested by .
TIE BIG SHOW
which Is about to open+ In response to an 1n-
qulry propounded by me very frequently OF
late to our businessmen, relative to the euec1
which the Exhibition is expected to have
upon general business, find that all
classes are building hopes, more or less
exalted, upon its being good tnlng
for trade. As rule, they argue that there Will
be great many visitors to the Centennial, con-
sequent1y to New York and Eastern cities;
that among these visitors there will be CONNER
cial men, who will improve the opportunity to
buy goods; wealthy gentlemen, who Will guy
books pictures, works OF art, aud articles OIL lux
ury conducive to ease and comfort; ladies' VINO
will find it impossible to pass the dry gooos ana
millinery shops; and people OF all nat1ohs'
who will crafty their respective tastes,
each after his or her peculiar manner hut all az
the cost Of dollars and cents, which dollars and
cents will be paid over the counters OF trades
men, and thus restored to general circulation.
One statistical gentleman Tin trade) puts the
| nroblem after this fashion: The Centennial
| Commissioners, having loaded themselves with
the statistics OF previous exhibitions ct this
kind, fire off the estimate that TO- 600 Go people
| will visit the philadelphia show; this
| they consider low, and are Inclined
to add from 50 to 100 per cent But
| SUPPOSE but 5000, 600 persons visit the
Exhibition; that they spend no money they are
not absolutely obliged to; that they content
themselves with two days' sightseeing, and re-
| turn directly home; their expenses may be
estimated at, say, IS each fare BY railroad, and
/ $40 each cost Of living, or SIS each. This sum
for 600 people gives SIS, ,000 600, which viii
change hands, coming out OF its hiding places
and going into general circulation It
will nav the butchers, the bakers, and
| tha candlestick-makers, who, In turn,
viii turn II; over to the rag-men and the bag
men; so that the SIS, 600, GOO will be sent over
and over again during the coming SIX months:
But suppose that u 0O persons, 1san that a.eh y,
spends $50 instead Of SIS and the Aldit1on @ ~ 70
the circulation OF currency will be $300,ooo,ooo,
fustead Of ST, ,000, goo. Now it will be tmpossl-
bile to PIT either OF these sums lnt9 gaet;t III
branches Of trade Therefore, arguing from ron IN. snls
standpoint, my 6tat1st1ca1 111etu olA"s s.o
| clusiora that the last six months o1 the present
year are to oe tno 9esL aol a. ~ ho, his nre
dictions may be fully Ver1heo.
AhF T-5ih;t;on iTht1hh IL II accomn1ishcs
nothing else vii shoT 70 1ne hse %otn a t sandes 1
fu1 progress IN aSt snge o1s n !aes paieo<
Fair ano tne eaye ~ sne me @ c;tr Then. ana
on Reservoir square II tnls ~ H-b,htinns a,
at ne d baTs American art Is such lad nt
LONDON and ~ !S a1 80 =, " 70 sIa11 ronf
standing whatever. 1mb yGa KY 49, ~ % - law
With the Dest a1Lsts ~ we ~ 1n.a hoa ~ n,a3t
branches OF Inc nne arts Will utI ana II
sReshnMei 4 has been @ sontended We could not
pete. ASS nation We have been TEE reg1teu, y
too practical ana LOO lar uLal ~ az .1Snirht,
vate the esthetc Qnr WorEa1P u tr 4,s - ~
donar, u ,dn, mas = 42e hcantif1,l But this
! not true. Inc i aeeu ~ ~ H. cn1t3ustio,
same mighty oonats nas so ~ ~ tnT AT,eT9csn nen
OF aftsuc tasee @ HAL reyrnns of art thot ca,
pa ple A1 ~ s.,lars Tb;a iTnn1ies culture ami
refined tastes; Mmle tnese snou!n ana,e %a1end
; company wealth, Lhey are py ~ n a1EE "a
ent upon it. here eouca1.on5 =. EnIona the
fnement are o1ns 1aes " cnsennentiv ~ here We ha7
belong TO class- consequently ~ T.,r,,a Poi
dozen patrons OF a11 70 o9 .oe ~ tvo hove !,
ronage begets Development uehss ae+;ats or, ~
the United States to,aay tne oei5 oeh; snd sti1
fafhsp an 10 art once @ planted among u.s. r.
tive wor1nen soon oecome LUG nuSt n,Iv 1nechan
exercising tt,-hringing to Il, noI on!y i.e ~
cal skill, but nteiligence alm a1L and dete1
Tmincf3on fn 70 bcyond that, and develop nea