New-York tribune., 1884-12-18
TIE FAIR 1T NEW-ORLEINS.

The Centennial Exhibition III Phiadclpha wa'
q triumph of organization. IL proved that
Americans have n natural talent for conducting
large enterprises with energy and precision
The opening day found the preparations for the
Worlds Fair III an advanced stage of completion.
There were empty spaces III the exhibition
buildings and il was several weeks before the
arrangements in all departments were per-
fcctcd but there was better organization on
the whole than had ever been known at any
previous international exhibition OF the opening
dav. We regret TO observe at New Orleans
Indications of rciTogrrSsion from the high grade
of advanced preparations The exhibitors seem
to have waited until the last moment before
forwarding their goods, and the steamboats, and
railroads nave been unable to move the freight
in time for the opening day. There were so
many vacant spaces in the buildings that the
Director General fell obliged to make an cx-
tended apology to The public for the incomplete
ness of the exhibition and the backwardness of
the preparations. Probably if the truth had
been told the confession would have been made
that the necessity for decisive and energetic
action in view of the ma gnitudc ot the enter
prise had rot been appreciated by the local
managers. But this. after all. is one of the
common experiences of international exhibit
tious. The opening day ordinarily finds the
work only half done, and the details of organ
ization in incxtricablc confusion.
The ceremonies in the Main luilling seem TO
have been fairly interesting and TO have
afforded satisfaction To n very large throng of
spectators. The Presidents function in touch
ing button NJ the White House and setting the
machinery i'm motion. and in receiving and
returning by wire the grcctngs of the south
west. was novel II not impressive. The Wuilds
Fair hrld under the nnspirrs ol ihr National
Government. the Cotton Planters Assucinilon
and the Corporation ol New orleans has hccn
opened. and notwithstanding the dnlor, hnbita
of uNhbiiola aud the rlupgahnrs, uf local
managers. already givca cNcrllcut promise of
being or permanent benefit to the mdualiica of
the countiN, Ono oi the mud gratifying
lrniurra n tho National chtnrlor ol the
cNhihllon, While special prominence IL given
10 the products o tho South. sectional lines are
not drawn, aud Northern cNhihilors are allotted
ncrcs ol space within the buildings ior The dis
play of fabrics manufactures and machinery.
II is in fact, ~ well ns IN name, Worlds Fair,
and Europe, south America. Mexico and the
West Indies have con tibutcd generously to its
vancd departments.
The chief lesson which these Worlds Fairs
teach s the dignity of human labor. The time
has been in the South when this lesson would
not have been thought worth learning. Work
was once considered in Ncw-Oilcans n badge of
scryitudc. Young men grew up with II convic-
ton that labor was discrcditablc-a sordid
Yankee habit which gentlemen ought not to
contract. This prejudice against the best
fashion of n toilsomc century is last disappear
ing in the new South. Social antcccdents and
ancestral pride no longer stand In the way of
sclf-respectiDg labor. and the sons of the first
families " in every State are no longer taught to
dcspise industry, thrift and enterprise. Ii s "A
dull visitor who cannot now detect in Rich
mond, Savannah and Atlanta many traits of the
workaday North. The cities which have made
the most rapid progress since the war are those
where the population has learned to regard
industry ~ the crowning honor of man. The
residents of Richmond now feel complimcntcd
| when they arc told that the hustle in their