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

industries, products, end organizations
designed to promote the material and
moral weiltbeing of the people are pro.
minens, and the underlying, animating
spirit andimpulse of the whole plan are
Tor the advancement, prosperity, and
happiness of the people of all nations.
Ono of the most salutary results is the
promotion OF au appreciation of the true
dignity OF labor, and it's paramount
claims to consideration as the b>ssh' al
national wealth and po.~~r /
Such exhibitions have become national
necessities and duties, and as such it may
be expected that they will be repeated
again and again hereafter.
Asa pnrticipator i'll this great Inter
tcrnational display, tho United States
have luborcd under many disadvantages,
we'll known TO all Americans. The re-
moteness of the Exhibition, anu lazy
Congress greatly discouraged effort, mas
much as comparatively few of the exhi-
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 arc 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 were forwarded across the
ocean by the government, no provision,
is made for the repackinS-."nd return of
the articles, wbiei,st the close Of the ex-
hibitio,s,-ttfe to be at the risk and expense
1of the 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 docs not suffer by comparison in
the great international contest.
Our raw materials are not excelled
by any in the exposition, and by their
variety, abundance and quality, gives
convi' ing 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
and Colorado, the copper and iron of
Minnesota, the zinc ores of New Jersey,
and the emory of Massachusetts,, are es-
peciaily prominent. The collection is
rich; but some regions and products are
disproportionatcly represented, and it
lacks that unity and completeness which
Can only DO attained through Intelligent
organized effort. Almost all other pro-
minent displays in this class are prepared
with the strong aid and authority of the
governments, through regularly organ
lied corps Of engineers.
| In forestry and productions of the
forest, the display made by the United
States is not good. Much attention is
given to this class by other countries !;
the display made by France, Brazil, Aus
tEia, and particularly Canada, ere meta.
BILE features of the exposition.
The exhibitions of the cereal produc-
tions and of the cotton, tobacco, wool,
and other staple products, though in some
instances prominent and :hotong:iiy ga-
tisfactory, are in general fragmentary,
and not on scale commensurate with
the enormous capacity of the country for
their production. The absence of rich
furnishings, upholstry, and decorative
work, and manufactures depending for
their excellence upon q high degree of
taste and skill III design is conspicuous.
Blondin has opened a hippodrome at
the Place d. Eylan. The hero of the
niagara performs on tight rope stretch
ed at height of 60 feet, and measuring
$50 feet in length. The other attractions
are the American gymnast, I.eonn Dane,
and novelty called the Mysteries de5
Pretres Japonais.
ALPHA.