The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1885-06-27
The North. Central and south
American Exposition.

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This is the title adopted by the Man
agement for the new Exposition, to
open on the first of November next
and close on the 3lst of May, 1886.
The name indicates what the charae-
teristic feature of the Exposition will
be. 1t will embrace the exhibits of
the resources, products, manufactures
and industries of all the States and
Territories in the Union; the States Of
Mexico and of Central America; Of
South America and especially of the
empire of Brazil, which made the
finest display of all foreign countries
at the Philadelphia Centennial. These
are the countries to which the South
and the whole Mississippi Valley must
look for their future trade and com
merce.
We have been feeding upon each
othor at home so long there is but lit
tie more substance left, We must
seek for other pastures to Craze upon
if we would grow fat and healthy.
These are to bo found in the rich and
wide expanse of an undeveloped land,
near neighbors to us, and inviting our
more progressive and enlightened
methods, and offering reciprocal fa-
vors through commercial relations that
must inure to the benefit of all. To
bring these countries OF North and
South America together upon a ami
cable basis, and better understand
ing of each other, the next Exposition
will accomplish more in that direction
than any other agency that could be
invoked.
To that end no time should be lost
in thoroughly canvassing the States
of our Sister Republic, of Central and
South America, with the view of
arousing the people and their govern
ments to a realization Of the Importance
of taking an active part in, and having
the largest and most complete exhibits
at our next Exposition that have ever
been seen.
Let'our own people of the United
States be given to understand that the
"North, Central and South American
Exposition" will make special efforts
to attract to it the displays and the
representative people of foreign coun-
tries-people who are not up to our
progressive march in the way of i'm
proyements, Inventions and methods
and our manufacturers of machinery,
of agricultural and farming utensils,
apd Of every variety of goods, will find |
it to their great advantage to make
full exhibits of their specialties; and
by their superior merits must force
themselves upon those who havelneyer
seen or heard of such wonderful in
veutions as will thus be presented to
a new class of people who will soon
make profitable market for our home
manufacturers.
England, Germany, France, Spain,
Italy and other foreign countries will
want to show their goods to compete
with our own manufacturers, and will
likewise be pleased to come in contact
at the same time with the rich and
growing countries of Central and South
America. ...
1t should be tho purpose of the new
management to give the next Exposi-
tion broader scope than the first, in
so far as it relates to foreign exhibits.
The national and interstate depart
ments were all that could be desired,
and there is no doubt Of their being
repeated. But with the exception of
the Mexican exhibit, which was sim
ply superb, the other foreign displays
were not SO full or SO grand as they
might have been. Attention, then,
must be paid this time to correcting
this only deficiency in our last great
Exposition.