The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-12-10
NEW ORLEANS LETTER.
THE WORLDS FAIR BENEFITS;
Extent of the Latin-AmsricaR Trade and
Horticulture Crescent City Histo-
ry with Roseate' Romances
Louisiana's visitors.

by President Arthur, Decem b err 10Th
may be considered full and circum,
stantial reply to . demand but partially
and rudimentarily expressed at At lanta
and Louisyille-a demand on the part of
the south for recognition as positive
great factor in this country's com mer-
cial future. But those past partial ex-
positions and this present comprehen-
sive one may also be regarded as results
or
COLOSSAL CRYSTALIZArIoNs,
of a widespread desire in this section
for light-"nore light"-on the subject
ofimproved methods in mechanism and
the arts which cater to the comforts of
our modern life.
The extension of the original scope of
the Worlds Exposition from an exhibit
of cotton TO an exhibition of all indus
tries was natural and easy step; since
cotton from boil to bale, from bale to
fabric, from fabric to fashion, is so wo
ven up with the wealth of the civilized
world that it would be indeed difficult to
set bounds to it's display.
That all expeditions have general
beneficial effect on the places wherein
they are held is a fact that needs no
proving; but the particular effect which
the Worlds Expos tion Mt New Orleans
is calculated to have Is one of especial
impOrt-one of import and eXport-and
needs onlyto be stated in order to gain
its proper status in the minds OF prncti-
cal men. The export trade of Latin
America aggrega1es S676,000, 00O,. of
which at present we get barely a fifth.
England, as usual, taking
THE LIONS SHARE.
Between these Mexican and South
American countries, with their treas
ures of raw material, and the western
and northern states with their wealth of
manufactures, their should exist ri h
reciprocity.
This being universally felt in the south
and especially in New Orleans, which,
from its geographical position, won d
become naturally grand toll taker N
case such reciprocity were matured, /
became a leading idea OF the WOr n
Exposition to establish itself as a me
dlum and to give an imDetus to the in
PRODUCTION OF our manufactured goods.
our machinery and our improved meth
odS among these adjacent nations.
Ana TO this end, early in the progress
OF TINS enterprise, commissioners were
sent to stir up the enthusiasm of the
Latln-American peoples and secure the
corporation of heir governments. The
result has been greater than expected,
and, in witness thereof, the world will
see this winter such as an assemblage
OF Mexicans and South Americans
might be almost accounted
LATIN INVASION.
mere are two other points in which
the Worlds Exposition may pat for
ward claims Of special interest and
value. The prominence given to horti-
culture by the building of the largest
conservatory in the world, and the thor
ough canvass of Europe made by spe-
clai commissioners to give this feature,
winch has generally been one. of mere
local importance, an International
equlValence-this, and the still greater
attention paid to the agricultural de-
partment, emphasized by the cffer of
over Sl5J'OOo IN cash prizes, are two
points THAT mark this Worlds Exposi-
lion as an enterprise on a more novel
ana more noDlo scale than any before.
graad business moral in the guise of
magnlncent pageant; this is the sum
and substance of the operation of the
exposition on the world IN general, while
10 the individual, in addition to the
FASCINATION OF NEW FACTS
IellCtiorsly presented, the city of New
Orleans and its environs, within a few
days travel, offer such variety of at
fractions as must eclipse the claims ct
oCher cries, modern and historic.
But what city of its age has made ard
suffered more history than New
Orleans? History, did say? Her his
tory is roseate romance, though, alas!
too often have its roses been cruelty
crimsOn-the color and tho odor of
blood. Let us take brief glance at the
past: Two hundred years
ago La Sale added this
territory, then reaching the great
lakes and the Pacific, to France-to
shine for brief space as the richest
level in the crown of the Louis. But in
lIG2 the great soldier and statesman,
blenville, whose name alone survives,
attached to an obscure street in New
Orleans, suffered the supreme agony Of
seeing the colony he had founded and
governed 40 long and well, tossed like q
paltry bonbon by tho stupid king OF
Francci into
qHE CREEPY NAV
OF Spain. The great Il ienvile left the
court, retired 70 his chateau and dioj vt
broken heart. Five years of lawlrss-
moss ensued in the Colony-and then
oRsily, an lrisman from Spain, by col
0rug his flag with the best Creole blood,
made 1t an object OF respect. lie was
another great man Oi the lie
Sale and Raleigh type, wrecks
OF whose deeds still iloat
above the laughing ripples of the river
of oblivion. lie was the first great au.
thor IA land now teemng with that
genus, aud his law hook. the Code
O'lteilly, the first volume ever printed
south Of tho Ohio. But ono copy ct this
legal curiosity remains, which will be
eNhihitpd among the rareSt treasures of
The orlHS exposition, whose mo~a
than hundred gntes, like those OF an
cient Th0bes. are now beginning to
swing upon tltrir hinges.
Briei hut hril,iqnt was the reign of
spain. IN .76 GalveZ, appointed gov
erhor VIII et minor, got orders from
Dis Cath0lu majesty, who had gotten
orders ron mis- holiness tho pope, TO aid
our thirteen original colonies in their
Protest against Prote 5t,.ut England. IL
Is probably not very widely known
now much we owe TO the Catholic church
for
ITS SECRET CJUNTENANCR
vi our great rchtllion II hundred and odd
years ago. Sppin was then our friend
hrst and best, and young Gov. Galvez.
Oh spanish Louisiana, with mere soup
con oi an army, drove the rcd coats ont
ol me valley of the Mississippi, cut of
their hold IN Mobile boy, and OF the
snotes nt Florida. Not satisfied with
,"'S, ne i'Rt-ODated to Pittsburg for the
us9 VI the evolutionary aruy II contin-
,,o a SUPPLY "' powder and shot; so that
Il W. won our national Independence with
Alnmunitiou furnished hv The city of
NV orleans. THIS Galvez was indeed
anarNel!Ous boy; he came o. be vireroy
4 St NoNioo. lie diud Mt 80 hy f,ll from
nls h9rSo, and left his name To- designate
1ufMh M New Orleans; hat before loug
tue spanish Americans OF this city pro-
puNV 10 hOuur his memory with Citing
monument on tho spot where hp huilt
MS great fort, and whore the United
states mint now stands.
III l'92 the Fcench, having regainea
louisiana sent De Corondolct to govern
the colony. The ch Of
COTTON STREET
~ New Orleans is EAmed after him. and
1ho hololning street after his wife. Mime.
la Baronne. The baron was thorough
npusihess mana snui.arian and Il worker