New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1877-11-22
SUGGESTIONS TO EXHIBITORS.
WHAT OUGHT To b. SENT AND WHAT OUGHT MOI
10 Hr-unM To PACK AND snIP GOODs-COsT OI

WHAT OUGHT To b. SENT AND WHAT OUGHT NOT
10 Br-uow To PACK And snip GoODs-COsT OF
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF A TRIP 10 PARIS.
lFROM AsIAFF CORRESPONDENT or THE TRiBufEl
PHILADELPHIA. Now 21.-Thc Paris Exhibition
bill having got through the House, IS sure of pas
sage i'm the more friendly Senate and American par
tiution in the coming fair Is, therefore, assured.
IL Is only Il pinch-penny appropriation that the
House has made. but with an experienced aud judi
cious Commissioner, such as President Hayes VIII
no doubt select, to control the disbursements and
manage the American Department, the money can
be made 10 accomplish a great deal more than was
effected with twice the amount at Vienna 1t
will give us creditable exhibit Of very
moderato dimensions, not by any means
couplete and impressive tabeau Of our products
and industry but faig display of the best products
of orr manufacturing skill, hints OF oar vast
agricultural aud mineral wealth. and few exan-
niles of the work OF our leading painters and scGlp-
fora The time left for organizing the display 10
very short and intending exhibitors should begin
tl.;r nrenarotious at once. II has been my good
fortune. while in the service OF The TRIBUNE, TO
observe with considerable care and thoroughness
tbe organization and management of the last two
great worlds fairs, and this experience iea's me u
offer the following hints and suggestions to people
who intend to send articles TO Paris
WHAT SHOULD NOT BIZ iNHibilLp'
Asa general rule send no articles which you are
MOI tolerably sure will stand comparison with smi-
lar articles manufactured in France and England
These countries will DO the great exhibiting ma
tions. and 1t IL with them that we must compete.
There are a multitude of articles that are cheap ana
durable and answer very well for the home use Of
neople who do net know what better things are
and could not afford them if they did. bnt there Is
no occasion for sending them across the Atlantic LOT
the whole world to crlticise ms remark
applies TO a multitude of roughly maze
utensils tools, and fabrics. of when the
makers may feel proud, but winch we DO not want
to see at Paris. No newlypatented Devices such as
are found at county and state fairs seeking nouce
which their merit does not deserve, should
90 into the exhiblt-no patent rat-traps OF magic
churns. or self-acting washng-machihes' OF
other contriyances Of smart inventors, whlch
have not vet found sale at home. Nor 90 we want
patent medicines or cheap perfumes, OF inc
thousand -and-one catchpenny things made to sell
on the strength of taking names aud snowy laDels'
In word nothing that does not possess an Intrinsic
excellence which has been recognized by the Amer
lean public. ought TO be displayed in our section Oh
the new Pddis fIndase, on the banks Oh the oeihe'
WHAT SHOULD BE EXHIBITED.
will specify few articles that can be exhibited
with credit to the United States, aud In most cases
with proit to the exhibitor. A full limo OF textile
fabrics IN cotton wool and silk threads aud yarns
of all kinds silver and pated-ware. and real Jew
airy IN which we can compete with both the french
and the English; pianos II should especially IKE
| the new uprghts of our best makers tested peside
those of the Paris ami Vienna manufacturers chem
ical products largely employed IN tho useful ars-an