New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-19
AN INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION
FORMALLY OPENED AT BOSTON YESTERDAY
NEW ENGLAND GOVERNORS PREsENT-ADDREss BY
GOVERNOR LONG AND AN GRAFTON BY COMMITS

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| BOSTON, Aug. 1S.-The exhibition of the
New-Engiand Manufacturers and Mechanics Institute
was formally opened in this city at to-day. The
building In which the fair is held is situated in the Back
Bay district and of 100000 square feet
Invitations to the opening had been Govern
ors OF the NewEngand States and the Mayors of the
different Cities aud they responded to by Govern
ers Long, Of Massachusetts,, Plaisted of Name Farm
man, vermont and Ltefed of Rhode Island together
with the Mayors Of most of the New England cities
| Governor Long met the visiting Governors at the
state House and after informal reception they,
together with the other invited guests escorted
the building Governor Long presided after prayer
! by the Rev. Phillips Brooks, the exhibition was
formally opened by the Governor. who said in part
me Exhibition, suggestive Is of all this
acuyity suggests yet far the spirit that
pahds outward and upward to master the very globe
s sS the immortality Of Two handre ana thirty
Boston town to form union for defence and
OF their Governors and representative Of business
fearful no more of negLborng or foreign foe 70
OF peace These olympic games but the races
ling matches are human snews but of the ferces
OF nature graphing, under the direction of human Skill
WOOD ana stone not to fling them the earth, but
raise ana Train them into a million hand-servants.
GRAFTON BY GEORGE b. LoRING.
AT The conclusion of the Governors address the Hon.
George b. Loring introduced and delivered an ora
ton from which the following is extracted:
10 the student of mans varied and constant efforts
apply all his al ana physical faculties to
the WORK of civilized society, this
and instructive takes high place in that long list
OF splendid performances which illustrate tue vast powe
c l ie human mind Inc scene moreover BELTS
whom belongs the merit of having accomplished that
acteristic; this age of material psenins char
t Tscn ses al physical forces called
the intellectual mpshments ont times; the ood
earth sea S s;a the a9S
o. n3wiedge by speech and newspaper and volumes the
ton of human right unerring sagacity OF our popu-
th TINS soeia and cvl system untried before,
yelops every human faculty Ia every being
Neither can forget the piratioD time as maIe
Wia% a 10 art ana hteratgre know picture by
might bow In reverence share with you ali the
were TO appear again eartI. he would enjoy a
r n1rnhs eau aaro on Mr. Emerson at his rural
Milton and Waiter Scott would be amazed at
nished by authors Of our day; and that. we're
tnese great men with as now, they would lind worthy
earned their immortal renown. But, however this may
Would arre we nave before us here spectacle which
Tue past as occupies the vigorous thought
calm and well poised and acute operation OF the mind
tn pare aS mat great creative power known
most artistic age find their masterpieces transferred
OF genius designed for the palaces the rc duplicated
ana reaIpieated IN startling perfecon TO adorn the
ior every worsmpper, Claude Lorraine for every
weavers of ancient fabrics find their skf fingers out
done by that delicate machinery which is driven by
Slants force and guided as were by giants brain.
Whatever man requires Tor the qualification his
economical necessities is mere proylded And that
vg9r and capacity Of the human mind which once
apned 10 adorn and embesh its higher walks ia
NO" al work to make life comfortable and beautiful
UNrIRING EFFORTS OF MODERN THOUGHT
steam put Columbus board the Great Eastern fur
hisb Gaileos tube with Avian Clarks lenses send the
armies of Caesar by ran Gaul give Homer an eIi-
ton OF Had from the University Press besiege Troy
power looms OF Lowell shoe from the machinery
OF Lynn arm them with the Spencer rifle heat the
houses OF Ponpci with steam; light them with gas
ana hlunne them with electricity; send daily
paper with news whispered 10 its columns
% tne ior quarters OF the globe 10 every soldier
graph 70 John Robinson in Leyden that the Mayilower
ps arrived III port and has cast anchor in the
MIMI Oh Old what untring and superhuman effort the
ut a, nn ls made sr the elevation and advance
cnacs OF Boston were told, by the most accomplished
orator OF that day. tnat the wno in the infancy
OF the arts Invented the the plane the grind
SION the wise or the handm and those who, later
periods nave contributed % the wonderful system az
modern machinery, are entitled To nigh among the
peheiactors OF mankind, the fathers of civilization
the creators, had Almost said nations" sympathz
h Win TINS prophecy, now so well fulfilled, repeat
Sress uat the manufacturers of America, the pro-
W"r t y, the textile fabrics which have charmed the
instinct ~lth lie the creators of imposing structures
when when beauty our towns and span streams the
agent patient, carewom guides of splendid enter
pses wncn are our pride ana the envy of rivals
among The most useful and honorable laborers In oar
country What towns have they built upi What nsti-
.utohS vi N'trnlng ana religion have they ndea
Mi what domestic culture aud happiness have they
hlled their homes! In they poured almost M
ment In peace they have Inspired tue Industry and
M NH OF producing people with such majestic force
regulators have failed prevent the steady nfroacb
Oh our country to solvency and honor. -
Emf RPkIsE OF OUR MANUFACTURED
FOR our agricultural enterprise, as you all know T
products which now enter markets of the worij
Tor those teening lands which supply with food the
those fertile savannns and plains whence we derive the
raw materials for the business of our thronged and
acre OF cultivated land in America has received nom
the enterprise aud energy of manufacturers nor
our land, that the farming truly i'm aecord
Win the spirit aud genius OF American social ana civil
earth for the supply OF neghboring market with al
Ms opportunities Tor mental and moral culture.
TOT one, cannot contemplate with composure the de-
setion OF our manufacturing towns tue silence of the
spindle ana the forge, the death OF mechanical in
leave IL for those who accustomed 90 other modes ~
state and society, and have accent other
sns, 10 invite their abandonment ana cooly consider
This exhibition Mr. President which Won and vour as
socrates nave arranged with mucn skill be-
ionss 70 an Important and Influential class the
educational institutions of time. Unlike those early
ihrs winch attracted the merchants of their day. and
We're the great commercial markets England and
France, from the earliest period down TO the close ~
tue eighteenth century, unlike the monstrous trading
S@s,onuhcs "hlch annually gasber Tor trade alone al
NnnNovgorod and Sngagia and Ieipsic IL beionrs IN
tnnt modern system established for rousing the abi.
ahu euuNhung the taste, and inforl0a-
uon winch has been adopted in every civilized country
where skl and ingenuity of more value than mere
conihercial adroltness. Indusira exhibitions
come part oi the industrial enterprise of lnode,n
tines, ana nave been aged by the most
ehnghtehed governments and the wlsest rulers
Inc attendance was limited about 600 persons ON
account OF the unpleasant weather As yet few of the
exhibitors have their machinery and goods In place ov
ing 10 the snort time at their since the comno
oh Oh inc building IL will take several days 60 accom-