The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1878-08-01

industries, products, and organizations
designed to promote the material and
moral well-being of the people are pro-
minent, and tho underlying, snimating
spirit and impulse of the whole plan are
for the advancement, pfosperityi and
happiness of the people of all nations.
One of the most salutary results is the
promotion of an appreciation of the true
dignity of labor, and its paramount
claims to consideration as the basis OF
national wealth and power.
Such exhibitions have become national
necessities and duties, and as such it may
be expected that they will be repeated
again and again hereafter.
AS participator in this great inter
ternational display, the United States
have labored under many disadvantages
we'll known to all Americans. The re-
moteness of the Exhibition, and lazy
Congress greatly discouraged effort, mas"
much as comparatively few of the exhl'
bitors could get ready and attend to plac-
ing and explaining their contributions in
time. The broad Atlantic separates our
Artisans and producers from the Champ
de Mars, while most of the great compet-
ing nations are connected by rail directly
with the Exposition building. The cost
of transportation within the limits of the
United States to the agency in New
York was considerable, and although the
contributions we're forwarded across the
ocean by the government, no prcp''ion
is made for the repackins-r''la return Oh
the articles, wbjsL'dt the close of the ex-
bibitio.,.re to be at the risk and expense
1of t6e exhibitor, and thus many persons
who would have joined in the exhibition,
were deferred from taking any part in it.
Yet, Notwithstanding all these difficult
ties, the country may be congratulated
upon the success of its exhibition and
the skill, industry, and energy for the
people does not suffer by comparison lii
the great international contest.
Our raw materials are not excelled
by any in the exposition, and by theil
variety, abundance and quality, gives
convincing evidence of the extraordinary
material wealth of our States and Terri
tories. On the display of mineral pro
ducts, the coal of Pennsylvania, the gold
and silver of California, Nevada, Idaho
aud Colorado, the copper and iron o
Minnesota, the zinc ores of New Jersey
and the emory of Massachusetts,, are es
pecially prominent. The collection j
rich; but some regions and products ar
disproportionately represented, and i
lacks that unity and completeness whicl
can only be attained through intelligen
organized effort. Almost all other pro
minent displays in this class are prepare'
with the strong aid and authority of tn
governments, through regularly organ
lied corps of engineers.
In forestry and productions of tn
forest, the display made by the Unite
States is not good. Much attention
given to this class by other countries
, the display made by France, Brazil, Aus
. tria, and particularly Canada, are nota
BILE features of the exposition.
, The exhibitions of the cereal produc
tions and of the cotton, tobacco, WOO
and other staple products, though in som
instances prominent and thoroughly sa
tisfactory, are in general fragmentary
) and not on scale commensurate wit
the enormous capacity of the country fc
: their production. The absence Of ric
furnishings, upholstry, and decorative
5 work, and manufactures depending fc
: their excellence upon high degree
y taste and skill in design is conspicuou
Blondin has opened a hippodrome
a the Place d. Eylan. The hero of tn
e Niagara performs on a tight rope stretcf
t ed at a height of 60 feet, and measurin
E $50 feet in length. The other attraction
f are the American gymnast, Leona Dan
J, and novelty called the Mysteries d'
e Pretres Japonais.
ALPHA.