Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-05-16
THE WORLDS EXPOSITION
WHAT COMMISSIONER BACON
SAYS ABOUT 1T.


SAYS ABOUT 1T.
The Washington Meeting and its Re
sults-Georgia's Exhibit and How IT
VIII be OrganIzed-whAt is Being Done
In Adjoining states.
Hon. ID. c. Bacon. United States Com
missioner OF Georgia TO the WORLDS TX
position. was called upon by a MORNING
News reporter upon his return nom
washington. Mr.. Bacon left Savannah last
week for the purpose Of visiting NASHVILLE
and Raleigh. to confer with the commits
sioners of Tennessee and North Carolina.
Upon his return from Nashville. where
he was in conference with Commits
sioner McWhorter, he was called TO
Washington TO attend a meeting of
State and Territorial Commissioners. for
the purpose of exchanging views and
of recommending a uniform plan TO
govern the accumulation anG display OF
the collections Of State exhibits. This,
said Commissioner Bacon, has been
great obstacle in the way Of arranging
any definite plan. No one was aware
what constituted a State exhibit. Inc
result of the meeting was the adoption OF
a method of collection and installation OF
exhibits. defining just what constitutes
State display. For instance, products OF
the farms. forests, mines, quarrles and
fisheries, all the natural resources and
manufactures. and regulating their ar
rangement at the exposition"
SWhat are the prospects for display
compared with the Philadelphia EXposi-
ton of 1S16f'
1T will far exceed it. All the States
and Territories are represented by CON-
missioners except New Jersey. That
State. however, VIII be represented IN the
exposition. and more States have already
made application for space than at PhIla-
delphia. The United States Government
DISPLAY will be far greater and double the
number of foreign countries will be repre-
sented. Thew ashingtOn meeting was an
evidence of the volume OF the
display that will be made.
Twenty-eight States and Territories
were represented and the members OF the
United States Board, created under the
executive order to represent the govern
ment departments and bureaus, were also
present and took part in the dellbera-
tiOns."
ssWhat organization has been effected
in Georgia to prepare an exhibit"
sThe organization includes, besides the
State Commissioner. District Commits
siOners from each Congressional district
and County Commissioners for each
county. The District Commissioners
have all been appointed and about three
fourths of the County Commissioners,
Hon. James NJ. Copper, OF Brunswick,
representing the First district"
tsWhat appointments Of County Com
missioners have been made in this dis
trict?"
"AlI the counties southwest of the AL
tamaha are represented and Mcintosh on
the north. The County Commissioners
are appointed upon recommendation OF
the District Commissioners. NO appoint
ment has yet been made for Chatham"
Chow is the cost of the exhibit from
Georgia to be sustainedV
I'm the inability of the General Assem-
bly,, through constitutional provisions, to
grant an appropriation for the
purpose. the Commissioners have, after
deliberatiOn. concluded that fund based
upon an assessment of , per cent. upon
the State tax of each county which, for
| the wealthiest county, would calltOr ABOUT
81 800. and from the smallest county not
more than about $40, will organize an eX-
hibit of which the Stale Will be proud.
The extent Of the display will depend
wholly upon the efforts ofthe Commission
ers in the various parts Of the State.
''What will be the general nature Of the
Georgia exhibit"
1T will include chiefly natural pro-
ducts. With her varied and extensive
territory and rich soil, her high lands and
low lands. her mountains filled with ore
and her interior with forests and with eX-
tensive manufactures, Georgia is able,
above all States in the South, to make a
presentation that will merit and receive
the admiration ofthe world"
ssWhat progress is being made in ad-
Joining States towards eXhibits?'
ssIn South Carolina, Commissioner But
Ter. who is also Commissioner of Agri-
culture, is actively at work. and promises
an exhibit of which the State may be
proud"
Nv hat is being done in North Caro-
linaY"
commissioner Howard, with Professor
Charles w. Dabney, Of the Agricul-
tural Department, are ener-
geticallv at work, and her
exhibit promises to rank among the most
extensive of any yet heard from. With
an adequate fund upon which to draw,
and with no necessity for an approprla-
ton, North Carolina has an adj
vantage which few States possess. The
famous exhibits at Boston and Louisville,
which attracted so much attention, were
organized by Prof. Dabney. Fifteen thou
sand dollars was expended npon the Bos-
ton exhibit. and with results which are
clearly to be seen. The pro-
ducts of the State, arranged
with careful attention, not only in their
magnificence displayed its resources
and attracted immigration within its
borders. but at the same time prevented
emigration
sWhat is being done in Florida?"
Il was surprised to read in the CORE
spOndence of the MORNING News that
Florida would make no display. In the
commissioners conference at Washing
ton Commissioner Sebring stated that
Florida would not only require all the
space that was allotted to her in the Kx-
position building, but would require adj
ditioual space for her horticultural eX-
hibit."
Commissioner Bacon will leave for At
lanta tonight on business connected with
the EXPOSITION.