The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-01-22
THE TEXAS EXHIBITION.
ITS MAGNITUDE AND VARIETY
In th. worid's Industrial and Cote" Cen
,enniai rposition-An0 m'iai He
port from untt.d states Com
missioner Gammage,
The worlds history gives us no par

Centennial exposition now be-
ing held in the city OF
New Orleans, Louisiana. Both In mag
nitude and variety il oNeells all other
eNposilions heretofore held IN
this or any other coun-
try. Besides, IL Is the most attractive
one, principally because IL contains
many inventions and Improvements
ne or before collected together. In
these Il far surpasses those heretofore
held In London, Vienna, Paris, Phils
delphia, New York, Cincinnati, Louis
Vile ana Atlanta. In other words, the
world In miniature was never
before 50 faithfully dellneHied,
and II IL safe 10 predict thai
no one now living will ever SEQ lis
equal again, The nation, In its official
capacity, has united with its states and
territories, individually and collectively,
for tho purpose OF exhibiting 10 the en-
tire world our resources, our Improve
monts aud our capacities, aud the other
nations have placed their offerings
along side oi ours, and the entire world
has been summoned Ia Witness this
grand display aud pass is Judgment on
The sdniu. This fOsst has been set iurnll
nations, regardless ofeNpense,0nd there
il enough of IL 10 surlolt each anu every
guest To critically examine every aIti-
rlG on exhibition here would require
more time than IN allotted tomiy one IN
diyiGual, and truly II may be said that
'.Iife IL TOO ShOrIm for such task.
IL would be foreign 10 our purpose to
enter into details with a view of show.
ing up this entire exhibit; we will, There
fore, limit our description To our own
section,
THE LONE scsG STATE.
As Texas leads all lhe other states and
territories In urea aud resources, so
dors che space allotted Tor her exhibits,
ana lg,OOO square feet were set APP for
her exclusive use. This space her man
AYERS have economically utilized 80 rs
To give her exhibits the prominence due
To them. In this connection We cannot
refrain from stating thar IL three Ciphers
had been added to the above area, they
would not have expressed more space
than would be required 10 exhibit ..pecl-
mems of the products the great state OF
TeXassis capable of furnishing. Hence
her present display Is q very meRgrc
ore when compared with what she
Iuight do. Although the state commits
sioner of Texas, Col. John i. Elliott,
aud the United States commissioner Tor
the state of TrNas, Hon. 4. II. GammaSe,
entered the field immediately after
their appointment and worked as faith
fully as any two gentlemen ever worked
in any cause, yet The states EXHIBITS
are lar from being as full as they
should be. IL l. true tia; The
10, 600 feet of space allotted are al filled,
yet had the state appropriation been
$50 90, instead OF the mcagre sum OF
$4,000, and had the people OF the state
iully appreciated the great value to be
derived 10y their EXHIBITS, an annex al
the states expense, embracing twice II
not three times AS much space AZ has
been allotted, could haye been added
and filed. But we are not ashamed Oi
our exhibition MS IL is. 10 docs not
suffer by comparison win that OF Any
other state. 1t should have led all IN
the same proportion that TeAaS ledh,
all the other states in size. ms, OF
course, would have necessilated large
appropriation and much more space,
but IL would have paid. Even ri this
early dSy-and We write before ali the
exhibits are placed-IeXas has been
benefited by her exhibit more than IT.
has cost her. This exhibit has already
attracted the favorable attention OF tens
of thousands of visitors, many of
whom, by seeing, have resolved
to visit the state ia person and sec ii
these things are RS represented. What
then may We expect when millions III
stead ui thousands have stnCied our eN-
hIbit? puutuWh tx Texas cannot over
estimate tie benefit that will be derived
from her exhibition, meaGer as IL IL. No
bread WAS ever cast upon the waters
that yielded q richer harvest than this
will. Not a day passes that the mana
gers of the Texas exhibit do not an -wer
cores OF questions put by representa-
tive men from all parts of the union,
conserving the resources and capable
ties OF the "Lone Star state"
We have spoken OF the interchangeable
energy and industry exhibited by our
two leading commissioners eyer since
their appointment as such, We will
now let them speak for themselves. We
viii give the report of the United States
commissioner first, because ii was the
first one published:
RhPoRT or THE UNITED STATES COMMITS
.IoNEK. non. I. =. GAMMAGA.
Department of Texas at the Worlds Expo
siLiOn, New Orleans, La, Dec. % lSA.-Io
His EXccllcncy, John Ireland, Governor OF
Texas:
EXoELLENr SIR:-It becomes my
pleasant duty to report to Your Excel
lency that the collective exhibits from
Texas is now all upon the space allotted
to that. STATE in the government and
states building, and in consideration Of
the tact that this is the first time in the
history OF our state that It's citizens have
attempted making, NJ an international,
national or other great far, an eXHibit
of its industries, resources ana Capaci-
ties of the state, IS Wei as by compJri-
son with the displays made 10y the other
states u the uhiun, our exhibit Is pro
bounced success.
beg TO report that on the 7th day of
May last, having received my commits
siou as representative Of the state, in
obedience IL summons from the Ill
ctOr-genoral. | went to Washington
city, and there joined in tho conference
oi United States commissioners, and the
director genera, at which the
" hole plan for the collection of state
exhibits was formulated and agreed to,
under which | and those appointed by
your eNcellsncy under the act OF the
legislature oil the state OF Texas APP
propriating money, etc, have worked TO
the successful end above noted. At this
conference 1T was also proposed and ac-
lcepted 10y us that the'AnAnagementO oil
the exposition should donate to each
state making an exhibit the sum of
5000, to b6 expended by the United
States commissioners for such state.
in the collection and plac-
ing such state's exhibits. Upon
my return home on the Goth day OF
May, entered at once upon the work
of collecting an exhibit from Texas. |
opened correspondence it'll j II. Ill
Ip.1 Sbt+tt ttlillltScf NAsFN ~ nut cLr' ttllA
district, aud the numerous honorary
commissioners, asking their assistaue
and cooperation, which WAS prGmptiy
accorded Dle. then took the field ~
person and canvassed tho entire ate
accessible by rail, and many porlions
10 visit which had
to usa private cgnVeyanCeF
THE months ofJune to Novemhet incln-
siS e, we're occupied hY mo in canvaseil2
tire state, icctunng az princlpAl points
and organizing societies. 20 I'D in The
great work II any portion OF tho st.lle