The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-02-24
THE PACIFIC
Commercial AOOer tlser.
sATURDAY.~-.......FE FEBRUARY "a, 1888.

NEWSPAPERS to hand by the mail
steamer contain some interesting particu-
lars of the progress which is being made
with the preparations for the Exhibition of
Foreign Arts, Manufactures and Products,
which is to be held in Boston during the
later months of the present year, some ac-
count of which was given in the Daily Il. c.
advertiser of the 21st inst, and is reprinted
in our present issue. In the article referred
to the fact that no official notice of the in
tention to hold this Exhibition had reached
this country, although the published plans
Of the floor space of the building in which
it is to be held show that Hawaii is ex-
pected to occupy a fair amount of room
there. We now learn that a committee of
the promoters has visited Washington,
seeking the co-operatitn of the Government
(Which is sure to be cordially granted), and
interviewing the representatives of foreign
countries. a number of the latter appear
to- have taken interest in the matter, and
will use their influence to secure the CO.
operation of their Governments. These are
the ambassadors Tor Ministers) from Great
Britain, France, Austria, Belgium, China,
Denmark, Hayti, Japan, and the Neither
lands. The Manufacturers Gazette is in
formed that as soon as the action to be
taken in the matter 10y the United States
Government is made KNOWN" it is under
stood that all the remaining ambassadors
and Ministers will also cooperate in secur-
ing exhibits from their several govern
ments." Official notice of the Exhibition
and Information concerning it, with an in
vitation to this country to take part in it,
may, therefore, be looked for by next mail.
Viii 1t not be worth while to take some
pains to nave Hawaii well represented in
his Exhibition ? Since the Centennial
Exhibition of 1876, her products have not
been in this manner placed before the eyes
of the people of the United States. From
the eagerness with which the idea has been
responded to already by the manufacturers
and producers of many countries, it seems
to be quite certain that this Boston EXhi-
bition, Notwithstanding its modest preten-
sions, will be a great affair, and that the
exhibits which will be gathered together
there will be of unusual variety and in
terest. How much importance is attached
to IL by people connected with enterprises
of great magnitude is illustrated by the
fact that the very first application for space
in the Exhibition was made by the Panama
Canal Company. The Company will ex-
hibit q model of the canal itself, which is
being prepared for the purpose under the
orders of Baron de Lesseps himself, and
with it there wi be models of all the
machinery, buildings, and other works in
use for the construction of the canal. Our
producers and manufacturers can follow
this ilIustrious example with but little of
the trouble which the preparation of the
Canal Company's exhibits must involve.
1t should be borne in mind, too, that
though the Exhibition in which they
will be invited to join is confined to
the productions of nations foreign to the
United States, there will be held simultan-
eousIy i'm Boston and immediate proximity
to the Forcing Exhibition the Fair of the
New England manufacturers and Me-
ch anics' Institute, which is this year eX-
pected to assume proportions and import
anee as an exhibition of the productions of
the United States only second to those of
the great Centennial Exhibition itself.
More especially will it be characterized by
a large exposition of the products of the
Southern States of the Union. Altogether
this seems to be an opportunity which
should net be lost sight of. To our minds it
is the highest policy for the people of this
country to take every pains and catch at
every occasion to loom as large as possible
in the eyes of the people Of the United
States and put themselves as prominently
before their minds as possible, We want
these ~neighbors to make their investments
here, to encourage and enlarge their trade
with us and to take a kind and n~eighborly
interest i'll us, and to this end the more
they know about our country, its industries,
and its resources, the better. !
1t seems in place to add that of all places
in the world where Hawaii should delight
to make u show and put its best foot fore
most, Boston certainly stands frs, for
reasons which " go without saying"