The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-05-28

comprehensive In scope 40 tho subject jus
tilted. New Orleans has been chpsen rs thu
location OF an expedition designed to ceie'
brate tho centennial OF cotton expectation
from this country, and NJ the Same lime
embrace an exhibit OF tho world's indus
tries.
This enterprise was inhugurated by the
Cotton Planters associa ion OF America In
1852. IL was Endorsed by sot OF congress,
approved February lob, 1883, which de-
oil red that worlds industrial and cotton
exposition should be held under The Joint
auspices OF the United stSies, the Cotton
Planters association and the city gelected
aud that II should bs national and inter-
national in Its character. A board OF man
agement was appointed by the president,
also commissioners for each OF tho states
and territories. The act OF congress no.
quirsd the PRECEDENT 10 invite the govern
ments OF other nations In the name OF the
United States, and provided that exhibits
should be admitted Tree OF duty.
The Immediate cause OF the Diet, rmiRA.
ton 10 hold such Nh exposition Was tho
expresa.on OF n general desire among the
most progressive agricultur.sts and indus
trlalists Of the cotton states 70 provide g
megna whereby the people OF all nations
could OBTAIN knowledge OF the resources
capacity and products OF tho southern
states OF North America, aud at the same
time enable the people OF the stntes to
Align themselves with tho universal spiri.
OF progress which distinguished the present
era, but the enterprise has grown beyond
these bounds, AMI now bids fair to be an
exposition OF tho worlds industrial re-
source IN which cotton will be Incidental
~ represented.
Edmund Richardson, OF Mississippi, the
largest cotton factor and cotton planter In
the world IN president OF the organization,
and the management IL composed of tho
leding men OF New Orleans. The original
capital stock was promptly subscribed, Gud
the amount hae since been increased. New
Orleans set aside Tor the use OF tue exuosl-
ton tina largest park In the city, ?i7 acres
in extent, and appropriated $780, 600 TO the
enterprise II. A. Burke accepted tho po-
eition OF director-genersl and donated the
salary to the Agricultural and Mechanical
college OF Louisiana. Correspondence was
opened with manufacturers and exhibitors
throughout the world, and the construction
OF the necessary buildings is being pushed
forward rapidly.
The growth ofthe interest in sxpositions,
their importance to man afscturers In opes-
ing new markets for thsiI products and
tb.ir value In presenting the natural re-
sourses which attract immigration andcapi'
tai, nre .orcibly exsmplified by the state
mept the applications for space have been
received by the Worlds exposition manage
ment rs follows:
Square feet
Fourteen foreign governments 10000
Foreign individuals and firms ,......,,..2 10. 0V0
United States government exhibits .......o0 900
States aud territories. .......,. 100000
Miscellaneous exhibits, United States :. 100000
To,al So. 100
The Miscellaneous exhibits at the Pbils-
delphia centennial covered about 10000
feet OF space, and the total exhibits re.
auired about | zoe, 600 feet of floor space.
Many al the applications for space In the
New Orleans exposition can he reduced,
but il 10 evident that additional buildings
will be required to accommodate tho de-
mands from all parts of the world.-INew
York Herald.