New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-01-21
rBE WoRLDS FATR PEoJEcr

There seems 10 ne TO ItaaOh HV" WI! VIC
nroicct for a Worlds Fair in New-1ork
in 1883 should not b. pressed for
ward to successful result The Germans
have abandoned the idea of holding a Fair in
Berlin. and no other European nation has a
similar enterprise in contemplation. The con-
dition of trade and industry IN this country Is
favorable to the realization OF the scheme,
and promises To grow more and more
40 "a time advances Unless all predictions
are at fault, we are ut the beginning
Of NJ, era of prosperity which will have adj
vanccd so far by 1883 rs 10 place our arts
and industries in far more hourishing con-
ditiou than they were in ut the. time
of the Philadelphia Centennial. That Exhi-
b,tion astonished the world by the evidences
II offered of the extent and variety of our
manufactures, and the taste, ingenuity and
skill employed in their service. by lsS3 we
shall be IN a condition to repeat the surprise
by showing the progress We have made
in seven years. Our business men of all
classes will undoubtedly give hearty enc0ur-
neement TO the project as soon rs 1t Is
MT in n definite, practicable shape. Con-
press is in excellent temper this Winter
70 consider the legislative measures needed IN
q liberal spirit, having very little to occupy its
fine. and being evidently DESTROYS OF busying
itself with matters that have no bearing
pnon marty politics. With such able advo-
Gates as General IIawlcy in the House and
Mr. Window in the Senate. the project
is sure of strong presentation at
Washington. European nations, which now
begin to fear our commercial rivalry, will
eagerly embrace the opportunity to show their
hest wares and inventions. Thus it Will he
easv 10 make a better Exhibition than that of
1876, if not bigger one
Three wears are long enough TO organize
an international Exhibition il the time is zeal
ousy employed, but not week can safely be
lost after the Spring opens. The bill giving aid
and official sanction to the enterprise should
be passed by the middle of March the Com
mission should be organized by the first o.
April: n site should be selected and
plans for buildings adopted as early as
nossible thereafter, and the Summer should
not be allowed to go by without some pro-
press being made in the work of construc-
tion. OF course there should be no striv-
ing after mere magnitude, but rather
an effort to compress the Exhibition into an
area of moderate proportions by excluding
advertising shows and crude and COM
monpIace articles. The world is weary
Of colossal displays of objects that
NAV be seen in the shop-windows of every
town. For time it was curious to sec what
each nation produced, without regard to the
quality and inherent merit Of the articles
themselves but it got all the informa-
ton it wanted in that direction Mt Vienna
and Philadelphia and twice at Paris, and now
il only cares to see the things that are most
useful and most beautiful. Let lis therefore
have an Exhibition in NewYOrk that
will surpass all its predecessors for real
attractiveness and will not appall visitors by
its enormous size. Let every square yard OF
its area contain something to please the eye oil
instruct the mind, and let the whole Fair be a
condensed typical representation of the latest
! and best achievements of civilization.