, 1881-10-05


Kimball. q man of wonderful push and
great executive ability, is the Director
General of the exhibition, and his latest
circulars announcing the enterprise are
directed to all manufacturers and mer.
chants, and state that the exhibition will
include "the industries of all civilized
peoples" 1t was originally named Tho
international Cotton Exposition" because
at the. outset nothing more was contem-
plated than a fair for illustrating every
detail OF the cotton industry. Soon after
organization the management decided to
admit other textiles, and now, yelling
to an almost universal demand, they have
concluded to open the doors to all industries.
The classification employed at the Centen-
NAL Exposition at Philadelphia, it is stated
will be closely followed in the six depart.
mepts of the Atlanta exhibition. They
embrace every industry, and provide q
suitable place for every product OF human
skill
AS this is the first Southern attempt at an
enterprise of this kind. the American news
papers are discussing not SO much the
fitness of the exhibition, for that appears
to be generally concealed but the proba-
bility as to the number of visitors who will
attend. All the railways have adopted very
low excursion rates for visitors, so that the
management anticipate that not less than
half a million Southern citizens, and at
least 200, 900 people from the North, will
avail themselves of these low fares, while
the number of visitors from Canada, Great
Britain, and the European continent vii
be very large" The Southern country
around Atlanta is not very thickly settled,
and if the numbers herein indicated go
thither during the three months the ex-
hibition continues, it will be q great sue
cess. 10 attract one-tenth the crowd that
came to Philadelphia. and do this in three
months, while the Philadelphia show was
open for six months, will be very good
for. Atlanta. The people there, however,
are preparing for an influx, and between
new hotels and an enlargement of hOspi-
tally in other directions they expect to
be able to take care of 10000 to 10000
strangers everyday, and to do it comfort.
ably. The exhibitors are given all the
necessary space for their goods free of
charge beyond an entry fee of $25, and
they will also be supplied with free add
missions for themselves and their neces-
sary assistants. The entries registered
already cover almost every kind Of
business, so that the display will be of
the most varied and attractive description.
While the scope of the exhibition has been
enlarged, the completeness of the cotton
portion has not been curtailed. 1t will be
the most thorough representation of the
cotton industry, from the planting of the
seed down to the manufacture of the pro-
duct, that has ever been made. The tex
tile manufacturers and the machine makers
of the country are taking the greatest
interest in this portion of the enterprise,
so that it will be an assured success and
it promises also to be one Of the most
important events in an industrial way that
has ever happened in the South. A
foreign COMMISSIONS was some time ago
sent abroad to solicit goods, and from his
reports it appears there will be a consider.
able representation from England, and
also from Continental nations, though the
goods sent will be confined chiefly to the
textile department. The important South
ern product, tobacco, since the scope of
the Exposition has been enlarged, will
also have a comprehensive and thorough
representation, surprising that made at
Philadelphia. English potters are said
to be sending costly exhibits of plaques
AND similar wares. The final stages of
cons ~tructiOn at the park for the buildings
are reported as satisfactorily progressing,
SO that they will be ready in ample time.
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