St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1884-11-14
ST. PAUL NEWS.
MINNESOTA PUBLICATIONS.
The Department in Charge OF Com
missioner West at the New
Orleans ExnOsitiOn.

Taking into consideration the vital importance
OF the press as an indicator of the progress, adj
vancement. enlightenment and wealth OF a COM
monwealth very proper prominence has been
given to the printing and publishing interest as
a department at the great worlds exposition at
New Orleans, to ne opened next month, Ii. ID.
West. of the West Publishing house, was
made commissioner Of this department
and that gentleman is doing his best TO secure
for this state creditable display, and there is
no doubt that this department will be one OF
great interest and attraction. The exhibit will
be placed in a room covering an area of some 400
superficial feet. situated at that end of the Min
nesota'' building set apart for offices. The ex-
hibit will consist first Of all the newspapers pub
lished in the state, dailies and weekiies amount
ing in all to some BOO. OF these there are sew
enteen dallies These papers will be kept on file,
numbered and catalogued and large reading desk
of 100 superficial feet will be arranged with
hooks on which ''flc stocks will hang, and over
the hook number will be placed corresponding
to the number of each respective paper in the
catalogue. Second, there will be an exhibit
of all the periodicals and magazines published
I'm the state illustrated and otherwise. These
will be arranged on a counter twenty feet long
placed in front of the book cases Third, maps,
engravings, specimens OF job printing and the
''cards'' OF the daily press viii be given some $50
superficial space upon the walls The maps viii
be, OF course, only those published in
the state. Lithography, engraving and
ornamental printing will be very attractive fea-
ture in which the cards OF the various daily
papers viii show conspcuously, although some
OF the latter viii be gems Of art in hand painting
and Lettering on silk, satin and velvet The
books shown.wiil he works published by Minnesota
publishers and Minnesota authors, and although
the collection is already large, Mr.. West would
be glad to hear of or from every writer in the
state so that every book written or produced by
a Minnesotian may be found represented at this
the greatest exhibition ever held in any country.
When the idea presented itself to the guberna-
torial mind 10 have a Minnesota book and pub
fishing how at New Orleans, il looked as though
the exhibit would be so insignificant that il would
not be worth the powder, so to speak; but
it is surprising how great show the state will
make in this respect. large book case twenty
feet long and eight feet high sufficiently large TO
contain at least one thousand five hundred large
volumes, will be completely filed. There are
very few publishers of newspapers or periodicals
In the state whe have not promised TO send their
publications to Mr. West during the entire term
the exposition is kept Open Those few who have
not done so had better hasten to correct their err
ror Of negligence or they will be left out in the
cold. Publishers, engravers. photographers and
authors should all do honor TO their state. The
state cannot excuse one OF them and not one Of
them can afford to be excused and left out of the
greatest show the world ever saw.