The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1884-02-16
THE WORLDS EXPOSITION.

| The President and Board of Manage
mentof the Worlds Industrial aud Cotton
Centennial Exposition to be held at New
Orleans have submitted an admirable
scheme to the Governors of the various
States and Territories looking to the or
ganization of local associations with view
to forwarding the objects and securing the
greater success of this important enterprise
| We had intended publishing the plan at an
earlier date, but have been unable to devote
the necessary space thereto until the pres
ent time. After calling attention to the
fact that the act of Congress creating the
Exposition requires the appointment of
State and Territorial Commissioners prior
to the LIST of February, 1854, the following
suggestions are made:
| Ii. That the Governor of each State and Ter
| rltory request the citizens of each county or
| parish to meet and form permanent local Or
ganlzatlon for the purpose of collecting a thor
| ough exhibit of the county parish, and the
| distribution of information.
LII. Each county parish organization
| should elect a chairman and such officers as
may be required, name of chairman to be for
| warded to the Governor. and by him to the Di-
| rector General, to be commissioned by tho
| President of the Exposition.
w. The State Commissioner should have
| general supervision of all local organizations,
conduct all correspondence. and distribute in
formation IN order to unity the varied inter-
| ests of the State In a general exhibit. making
such report to the Goyernor of the State as he
may require, and the Commissioner should be
the medium of all communication with the
Board OF Management.
'. There should be meetings of the county
and parish organizations at least once a month,
inf for pj fl, Il
hearing reports Of committees. The chairman
should at each meeting. make written report
of progress of work to tho State Commissioner,
who should forward the same with suggestions
ETC.. to the Director General
vi. In order to avoid confusion, a uniform
system of naming the local organizations
should be adopted, as for instances: ''--
county Tor parlsh), Worlds Exposition Asso-
c1atlon.
=, VII. The Commissioner in each State and
Territory should, in accordance with article 10
OF the general regulations, communicate direct
ly with the Director General of the Exposition
Line duties of the Commissioner thus de-
fined:
TO make known throughout the State the
rules concerning INSTRUMENTATION of the Ex.
position. and to distribute the forms of appl-
cation for atimission.as we'll ass other docu-
ments relating to the Exposition.
TO encourage and to organize the collective
exhibition of groups of similar products OF the |
State, aud to accredit to the President the dele
gates charged with the representation and
III
We sincerely hope that the parish of As
cension will not be backward in lending it's |
aid to the successful carrying out of this
plan of local effort .andTorganization, but |
that some of our enterprising and public |
spirited citizensswill take hold of the mat
ter at an early day and establish an CAS-
cension parish Worlds Exposition Asso-
clation' upon practical basis that will
arouse the general interest of our people
and lead to proper exhibit of our products
alonside those of the. other parishes of the
State. We ought to make a first-class show
ing in sugar, our leading product, while
the New River country can furnish samples
of cotton comparing favorably with any
grown in the South. Rice of superior quail
lty is produced here, while corn, vegetables
md fruits attain a degree of perfection
On our river and back lands that gives As
,ension high rank among the s'garden
parishes" oftLouisiana. The moss and
timber of our cypress swamps and of the
section Of the parish traversed by New River
md skirted by Bayou hanchao and Amite
Ire elninentiy worthy to be represented in
he exhibit, and doubtless there are other
articles not occurring to our mind at this
which might form interes ting and
yaiuable features of a display that could
lot fail to rebound 10 gar credit and adj
rantage.
Bids for the first installment of lumber
o be used in the construction OF the Expo
ltlon buildings have been received by the
5oard of Management, and the work is to
70 lnaugurated at the earliest possible day,
o be prosecuted thence without intermis-
ion until completed. With the assurances
Il cooperation already received from the
states and Territories of our own country,
rom Mexico, Central America, South !
lmerica, Africa and other foreign lands.
ne success of the Expo5ition is already 3
laced almost beyond peradyenture, AID {
re should deeply regret a failure on the :
art of the parish of Ascension to contrib /
tie its quota to the advancement of this !
reat home enterprise.