The Newtown bee., 1879-04-29
The Worlds Fair of 1883 at New York.


 That the hundredth anniversary of the | acknowledgement of the independence of the American colonies by the mother coun- try in 17S3, will be signalized by a grand worlds fair in this city, may be accepted as morally certain.
 The occasion will be one demanding es- pecial recognition; and in this industria al age there is no way by which the great events of a nations history may be cele- brated so appropriately or so proftably as by national or international exhibition of the arts and sciences. From idle pageantry and noise and mock engagements at arms, national celebrations have risen to the higher level of useful exhibitions of indus trial achievements, progress in the higher walks of civilization, national resources, and the thousand inducements which com merce offers for the closer Intervening of nations in the arts of peace and mutual helpfulness.
 Neither the educational nor the industrial nor the commercial benefits which flow from such exhibitions need be argued now That lesson was sufficiently learned three
 
 that Philadelphia alone has reaped sufficient harvest from the Centennial Exhibition to more than repay the cost of it, had the bur den fallen upon that city alone. And what ever good was accomplished in 1876 will be easily confirmed and surpassed by the exhi- bition of 1883. The former demonstrated not merely the pro6tableness, but the possi- # cf,,1 fo,r q, continent; and not only will our own peo- pie take a more lively interest in the next one, but millions of our American neigh bors, who were but feebly represented, or not represented at all, at Philadelphia, will have the strongest possible incentive to come forward in 1883. The one took place during q period of profound industrial and com- mercial depression; the other will reap the advantage of the rising tide of what prom ses to be a period of national prosperity such as the world has never yet.seen. The projectors of the Philadelphia Exhibition were met with almost universal doubt and incredulity; and it was not until the show was open that the majority of our people became convinced of it's probable success. The vast majority of our West Indian and South American neighbors were not reached by or represented in t at all. With the excep- tion of the British islands of Jamaica and Nassau, the West Indies were unrepresented Brazil was we'll represented, and Chili slightly; all the other rising States of. promising as markets for our manufactured oods, took no part at the Centennial. In organizing the exhibition of 1883, no such obstacles and deficiencies will be encount- cred. Our productive industries, and those of all the rest of the world, now know for certainty that representation will pay, and that failure to be represented will be the reverse of profitable. This will make it possible to secure at once a wider range and q higher grade of exhibits. And the ex- perience gained a. Philadelphia should se- cure also more critical and judicious se- lection and arrangement of materials.
 It may be said that it is too soon to re- peat what was, despite its shortcomings, so admirably done at Philadelphia. True, but not too soon to hold another exhibition which, without repeating what was done in 1876, shall supplement, extend and crown the work begun there for securing the su- premacy of our country in the development of the peaceful arts and sciences. To repre- sent simply the progress of the world be- tween 1876 and 1883, excluding everything exhibited at Philadelphia which cannot LOW an improvement upon what was shown there, will suffice to make the coming exhi- bition as wide in scope, as rich in material, and even more valuable and instructive as an exhibition than the Centennial Exhibi- ton was. And the success of the American exhibitors, there and since, at Paris, will compel our foreign rivals to send the best they have.
 We may be sure that whatever New York undertakes will not be second rate in mag nitude nor deficient in thoroughness of exc eution. The assured character of the gen tlemen engaged upon the new project gives good reason to anticipate successful exhi- bition. It certainly will not fail through any lack of broad views, practical ability, or administrative capacity. -Scientifc Ameyi- cun