Los Angeles daily herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1884-1890, 1884-11-25

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Mr.. D. N. Rowe is the Santa Ana agent Of
the HERALD.
The Great Enterprise OF the Age.
The din OF politics has been 30
great during the past five or six
months that most of our people have
paid but little heed TO an enterprise
Of great moment at New Orleans which
has now reached almost the stage
OF fruition. We allude to the great
Cotton Centennial Fair which will
open in the Crescent City on the 18th
proximo. Joaquin Miller was there
the other day; and, in letter to the
journal which employs him, he pro-
nounced the preparations for grand
event which he saw unprecedented in
his recollection recollection which
embraced the great Worlds Expos
ition OF Paris, in 1867, and the Cen
tennial at Philadelphia, nine years
later. The grand central building,
dedicated to the United States and to
the State Of Louisiana, will alone
cover the space Of thirty-three acres.
Major Burke, the principal inspirer Of
this memorable exposition, has car
ried into all the operations connected
with IL the energy and genius which
have enabled him, in short time, to
build up one Of the great journals Of
the continent.
Not only will the forthcoming Fair be
aWorld's Exposition, but tits an amir
versary az well. One hundred years
ago there were exported from
Charleston, South Carolina, to Eng
land the first few bags of cotton which
were the apant couriers of those enor-
nous shipments whose manufacture
into cheap fabrics has enabled Eng
land to clothe an enormous proper
ton of the civilized people of the
world, and to hide the nakedness Of
the savage on the banks OF the Fam
best and OF the ryot of India on
the banks Of the Coromandel and
Gangcs. The seed Of mustard in the
scriptural parable, the little acorn
from which the large oaks grow in
the schoolboy's effort at oratory, but
family parallel the marvellous growth
Of this interest. 1t languished until
the cotton gin was discovered, but UNI
der this impetus cotton soon became
King, with what disastrous results
the mortal struggle which be-
gan in 1861, in that very har-
Dor OF Charleston from which
the first shipment OF cotton
was made, and which ended at Apo
mattox Court House four years later,
bore most ample witness. Cotton,
purged of slavery. and cordially de-
voted to the Union, again rears its |
head, not as King, but as one of the
leading factors in the prosperity Of
the United States.
We find in the New York Sun, of |
the 18th inst, the following interest
ing history of the inception and
progress Of this great national and in
ternational work: la
The enterprise was set on foot two
years ago at Little Rock by the Ma
tional Cotton Planters Association,
the outgrowth of the Mississippi Val
ley Cotton planters' Association,
which itself was organized in the
spring of 1873. This body will hold |
a Universal Cotton Convention in |
New Orleans on the 10th of February,
which is likely to bring delegates |
from many parts OF the world, and to
have important results. Congress,
in the spring of 1883, placed the Ex-
position on strong foundation by |
providing that it should be held UNI |
der the joint auspices of the United
States government, the city of New
Orleans and the Planters Associa- |
ton. 1t supplemented this legisla
ton by the loan of a million dollars,
as in the case of the Philadelphia |
fair, and by the appropriation of
$500, 900 for the governments exhibit. |
The sum OF half million was raised
by private subscriptions, and $l00, 900 |
was appropriated to the enterprise by
the city OF New Orleans, and an equal
amount by the State of Louisiana.
All the States and Territories of the
Union will be represented at the fair,
besides at least twenty foreign coun-
tries. Among the latter, Mexico
takes the lead, having devoted
5000, 900 to her exhibit, which
will be held in her own
special Building. Philadelphia and
some 9TH Northern cities have made
provisio' for elaborate exhibits.
Many 5rks of art are on the way
from Italy; fifty tons of miscellaneous
products have started from Russia
the Chinese display in London is
transferring to New Orleans many OF
its wares; in word, the exhibition
will deserve in the fullest sense its
title OF worlds fair.
1t may surprise those who have not
hitherto noticed the scale on which
this enterprise is undertaken, to learn
that its buildings are the most capa-
cious ever erected by worlds fair.
Their site is the Upper City Park, a
pleasure ground of nearly 250 acres
along the river bank, studded with
fine groves OF live oak. The main
building of the Philadelphia fair is
well remembered for its great size;
but the main building of New Orleans
covers an area about one-half greater.
1t is 1873 feet long and 905 wide; it is
the most spacious iron building in the
world. In its hall, fifteen thousand
persons can be accommodated at con-
ventions or at entertainments. There
are three other great buildings, the
Government, the Machinery and the
horticultural, of which the first
named measures $50 feet by $50,
while the last is larger than any ever
before constructed for such purpose.
The horticultural premiums alone
aggregate $35, 900. The machinery
building will have a special interest
as illustrating the processes of gath
ering and milling cotton, sugar and
rice.
Any one who desires to get an idea
of the stupendous extent, the beauty
and the grandeur of the buildings
which have been constructed to ac-
commodate the needs OF this NAM
moth Exposition, has only to get a
sight of their profiles. The Farmers
and Merchants Bank of this city,
whose President, Mr.. |. w. Hellman,
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