Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-11-29
INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
To be Held at Amsterdam in 1888

To be Held at Amsterdam in 1888.
We are requested TO publish the follow
ing minutes OF a meeting, held on Tues
day, November u, 1882, in the United
Bank Building, corner of Broadway and
Wall streets, New York, at the office Of the
General Agent for the International EXhi-
bitiOn, to be held at Amsterdam in 1888:
There were present, His Excellency, Mr..
W. +. II. de Weckherlin. Minister of the
Netherlands, Washington; Mr.. J. R. Plan
ten, Vice Consul. New York: Mr.. c.
Klein, Vice Consul. st. Paul, Mimi; Mr..
a. a. II. BOisseYain, Amsterdam: Mr.. A.
c, Bienfait, Amsterdam; Mr.. H. NJ Huy-
deeOper, Amsterdam: Mr.. j. II. Van
Eeghem, Amsterdam; Mr.. J. ;. A. Koop-
mans, Amsterdam: Mr.. 5. a. Wheel
wright, New York; Mr.. Henry Pluygers,
New York; Mr.. John Schimmel New
York; Mr.. H. CazauX, New York: Mr.. r.
r. II. Toe Laer, New York: Mr.. W. c.
Van Lennep, New York.
Mr.. Wheelwright stated that this meet
ing had been convened at the invitation of
MIR. Boissevain, senior partner of the emf
nent banking house of AdOlph BOsseYain
~ Co.. at Amsterdam, and moved that Mr.
BosseYain be requested to take the chair
The motion was duly seconded and
adopted unanimously.
Mr.. BOissevain, having taken the chair
and requested Mr.. CaZauX to act as Sec
retary, explained that he had invited the
gentlemen present to this meeting for the
reason that he wished to call on their SYM
pathy and cooperation in behalf of the
International Exhibition to be held in
Amsterdam in 1888. He expressed his
regret that this exhibition had not yet
found more encouragement in the United
States, and hoped that the moral support
Of the gentlemen present might bring
about more satisfactory results.
Mr.. Wheelwright thereupon explained,
that as General Agent Of the Dutch Com
missiOners in the United States, he had
labOred under some difficulties. The
American Government had made no ap-
preparation for this exhibition. The
Senate, it is true, by a joint resolution had
intended to appropriate seven thousand
dollars, but the House of Representatives
had not acted upon it. He hoped that
Congress in its next session would yet
make an appropriation, but he thought
that it was necessary to make a strenuous
effort to secure public sympathy for this
exhibition, which might do so much to
develop the commercial relations between
this country and the Netherlands. He had
already appealed to the press, which had
kindly and generously lent him its sup
port, and applications for space are now
beginning to come in. The State of Colo
RADIO has given him little encouragement
by promising to send the main portion of
the Denver Mineral Exhibition to Amster-
dam next spring. The Bureau of Educa-
ton at Washington has also emphatically
promised its cooperation. Mr.. Wheel
wright finally, in warm and eloquent
terms, expressed his admiration for the
people of the Netherlands, who had already
4 l.
tiOnS with the United States of America.
The Chairman, in thanking Mr.. Wheel
wright, expressed his appreciation of
what this gentleman had done in behalf of
the exhibition, and promised him the ac-
tive support Of the Dutch Commission in
anything he may undertake to promote
the exhibition. He is of opinion that if
those of the gentlemen present, who are
residents of the city of New York. would
form a committee for the purpose Of aid
ing Mr.. Wheelwright and bringing the
Importance of the exhibition more promi-
nently before the public, great deal may
vet be accomplished toward success.
A general discussion then ensued re-
garding the best means to be adopted by
such a committee, during which discus
sion Mr.. de Weckherlin, Minister of the
Netherlands, kindly promised to aid the
committee i'm its task. After a lengthy in
terchange of views, in which Mr.. Planten,
Mr.. Pluygers and the Chairman took a
lively part, it was, on motion Of Mr..
| Wheelwright, decided that the following
gentlemen be requested to act as com
miftee for the purpose Of furthering the
interests of the International Exhibition
at Amsterdam in 1888:
Messrs, Planten, Pluygers, Schimmel
CazauX, Klein, toe Laer, Van Lennep.
The meeting then adjourned
A. A. II. BOISSEVAIN, Ch'm'n,
II. CAZAUX. Secretary.
The above committee subsequently, or.
ganized and elected Mr.. John II. Planten
as Chairman. and Mr.. 5. A. WheelWright
permanent Secretary.