The Evening critic., 1884-06-16
THE INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.
Tho Exhibit that VIII BIO Made
Through the Interior Department.
Mt New Orleans.

Through the Interior Department
ut New Orleans.
The Secretary OF the Interior is to be com.
mended for tho good judgment he displayed
In tho selection OF the Hon. Ben Butterworth,
Commissioner OF Patents, TO act as the repre-
sentative OF tho Interior Department IN the
collection and arrangement OF the exhibits for
the Worlds Industrial aud Cotton Centennial
at New Orleans. Mr.. Butterworth has become
conspicuous as lawyer and politician iu his
state, and he was elected TO the Forty.sixth
he distinguished himself as an able aud Ell.
Client Representative. When tho Commits
siouership OF Patents became vacant no was
without solicltation.
The bureaus under tho interior Department,
which Will contribute to the exhibition at the
'World's Industrial Exposition" are the
Patent once, Indian Bureau, General Land
ONCE, Bureau of Education, Deaf Mute
Asy lum, Pension onlco, United states Goologi-
cal survey, bureau OF Ethnology, Smithsonian
Institution, National Museum and tho Fish
Commission.
Each Of thosc Institutions and bureaus 10
headed by an Intelligent and competent gem
tlemnn, who Will spare no pains 10 make tho
exhibits OF their respective bureaus aurpass
any heretofore made by tbs Government.
The Patent Onice proper was frat estab.
liehed In 1890, up TO which time only about
10000 patents had boon Issued. tho whole
number Issued mp to present date Is 290,d00.
century ago we had homespun cloth aud
hand labor, since thon tne telegraph, the
steamboat, the railroad, tho power loom, tue
printing press, tho cotton gin, the reaper and
the sewing machine have all been developed,
ard brain has succeeded muscle.
Every department OF business and all tho In.
dustifal and scientific pursuits OF life havo
been sustained and aided by the patent sys-
TEN.
The wonderful growth ana progress OF the
country Is tho result OF inventive genius
which has acquired for It wealth, prosperity
ana power. The. sewing machine factories OF
the United states turn out u million oil ma
chimes annually, capable of doing tue work OF
12,O0O0OO persons working by hand.
one shoe factory In Massachusetts turns out
as many pairs Of boots as 10000 bOot.makers
IN Paris make by hand during the year. This
same increase 10 found In all tne raminc ATOMS
OF American Industries. Suppose the appllca-
ton or steam to the creation OF power should
be prohibited by law and also the use OF all
agricultural patents for the production and
gathering OF crops, the uso Of inyentions re-
lating to electricity and TO printing, what
would be the remaining value OF the property
In this country To throw aside all patented
inventions for planting and harvesting cereals
and go back TO hand labor OF ifty years ago, the
country would not DO able 10 raise aud har.
vest sunlciency OF grain to feed It's popula.
ton.
In view of these important facts tho query
presents ftaelf what exhibits should tho Pat
ent ONCE present at tLe OK position? Tho In
Vulnerable and Intricate devices wrought out
OF the human brain TO aid and promote human
life and progress which this Office Will present
VIII excite the Interest and wonder OF tho
world.
The General Land once, which has control
OF the surveys OF the public domain can show
maps, charts and other Information relating to
the history, disposition and improvement of
the lands OF tho United States since the organ
izatlon OF the Government.
Tho Indian Bureau Will present maps,
charts and documents, containing Information
In regard TO Indian reservations, models and
Illustrations exhibiting the advancement In
Indian Industrial education.
The Pension ONCE Will present innumetab
features relating 10 the immense pension sys.
TEN OF tho Government.
The Bureau or Education In 1876 made no
pretentions TO completeness In details at the
Centennial Exposition. The display was only
an outline. The articles that made up that
exhibit were numerous, aud consisted OF doc
uments and circulars issued by tho bureau,
maps OF the United States based on tho census
OF 1870 ana the statistical atlas OF the census,
illustrating the distribution OF wealth aud tho
illiteracy of the population, mo leila OF the
primitive log and tho adobe school.houses OF
tho earlier days OF the Government.
The United States Geological Survey has the
power TO make an exhibit OF minerals, ores
and rocks from all parts OF the United states.
1t could make an exhibit OF the gigantic and
interesting fossil animals which have been
discovered In various portions OF tho United
States, with many other fossils exhibiting the
character OF the extinct animals and plants
once inhabiting America. II could exhibit
geologic and geographic models of the princi
pal extinct volcanoes OF the continent, models
OF the grand canon OF the Colorado, the Yo-
semitic Valley and the National Park; plans OF
tho great mines OF the Continent, especially
inc Comstock mining district and mines, from
which more than three hundred millions OF
silver have been taken.
There could BIO sent from the survey specl.
mems representing the ancient life of tho
globe, fishes and reptiles of strange forms,
some OF them OF gigantic size; the multitude of
remarkable qnadrupeds which succeeded
them and have become extinct; tho varied
forms OF shell fish which have Inhabited the
seas OF former geological Periods remains OF
mighty forest trees that once covered n large
portion of the earth's surface, which have been
succeeded by those which now decorate IT.;
minerals of ever kind known to science, from
gorgeous gems to the common clay OF the pot
ter; ores OF eveiJ metal known to human In
dustry, representatives OF mines whose wealth
10 fabulous and known to the whole world;
maps and charts showing the location of this
mineral wealth and the geological structure OF
the continent, and tho rapid pro yrecs geologi-
cal science Is making In America.
The Bureau of Ethnology can, In O short
time, have ready for exhibition a more com.
plete series OF articles and models illustrat-
ing the mounds and other ancient earthworks
OF our country than has ever before been ex-
hibited, showing the restorations OF tho
moundbuilders' houses and many other
curi0sities OF the extinct races.
The display Of the Smithsonian Institution
Will include not only that OF the institution
tional Museum and the Fish Commission.
The history OF the development OF the sciences
In the United States Will be illustrated by the
exhibition OF the various scientific oxplora.
lions and the operations OF tho scientific
societies and Institutions OF research. The
National Museum Will exhibit the animal and
mineral resources OF the county. The entire
department Will be installed after the manner
OF grand museum, rather than according to
the plans usually adapted In temporal ex-
hibitions. Sixty thousand square feet OF floor
space has been asked for by the Smithsonian.
The Interior Department Will make more ex'
hibits OF interest aud science than all the
other Departments Of the Government COM
bined.