National Republican., 1885-03-02
THE WORLDS EXPOSITION.

Interesting Exhibit OF the Depart
ment or siRte--so me Of It's Prlnci-
pni Features.
Tho work Of the department of state
in securing collection ia unlike
that Of any other of tho government
group. All the rest have made their col
lcctive exhibits from material already in
hand or gathered in from different parts
of tho United States. The state depart
ment, on the contrary, has through tho
diplomatic and consular corps sent to
every commercial and trade center of the
world and obtained its materials, its pur-
pose being 20 show what were the tastes,
peculiarities, social and religious ideas of
all outside peoples in their rotations to
our manufactures and commerce. To
this cud tho consuls have procured OK
amples of the goods made by all the great
manufacturing nationa of Europe, and
also specimens Of the things used in the
domestic economy Of all nations. The
display us now arranged in the government
building nt New Orleans, is comprohon-
sivo representation of the wants Of the
world, lacking, however, in details that
will DO completed when all the articles
recently shipped shall have reached New
Orleans and been placed in position.
REPUBLICAN representative called upon
Mai. Hill representing this department,
to learn some particulars OF his ex-
hibit. lie found that gentleman occu-
pied with n mass Of correspondence, most
Of the letters being from consuls and con-
tanning invoices Of shipments. In answer
TO inquiries Maj. Hill said: "You can
best understand what my work Is by look
| ing at some of these letters Here is ono
[ from tho United States consul ut Canton,
, who has sent samples Of cotton drills that
were made in Manchester, England, but
| bear tho following trademarks Pure
I American Cotton and Best American
| Drills These goods arc sold in Hong
Kong and Canton In pieces of forty yards
each for 81, Mexican silver, or $3.50.
| United States gold. They also havo this
additional trademark:
THE DRAGON or CHINA
which, the consul respectfully suggests,
shows that tradetricks are not monopo-
lized by tho Yankee. This is an i'm
portant piece of information. proving, as
1t does, that tho superiority of American
cottons Is recognized in the Chinese
markets, and that our British oompeti.
tors have felt it necessary to initiate
our labels.
Consul Lane. Of Tunstall, England,
notifies me Of tho shipment Of two casks
containing sixty.seven pieces of the
finest pottery wares of that district,
valued at Wholesale at $500. Those, aftor
the Exposition ends, are to be presented
to the Smithsonian Institution with the
compliments of the donors
THE industries Of Scotland have been
exempliacd in detail. Consul Malmros
Of Edinburgh, has represented their manu-
facturers by sending full samples of their
textiles, such as shawls, rugs, and piece
goods; also 100 colored platcs-copies o
character sketches by Holbein-whict
illustrate tho many typos Of those canny
folk. He has also sent fine exhibit o
the granolithic industry. This is al
artificial stone made in several colors anC
nodded to any desired design. Consu
Platt sont some time since from Cork !
beautiful model In silver and gold of tina
old church whose tower holds the famou
Bells of Shandon
That sound 30 grand on
Tue pleasant waters
Oftho river Lee
"This beautiful piece of workmanship /
gift to the department Of state from
Messrs. VIM. Egan q Son, OF Cork. Con
sui Smith, of Nottingham, has shipped
largo variety of the lace goods, made by ma
chinery, that are among the special indus
tries of his district and Consul Webster
of Sheffield, has forwarded full line o
fine cutlery.
Here are letters from Amsterdam, Rot
terdam, Stock holm, and from many oter
: cities -Europe, -potilxing me ofgoods
that are Oh their way To be added to tho
collection. l think that the exhibits from
Spain will naturally carry the minds of
observers from the present back to tho
thirteenth century--a period of more than
600 years. When nll the invoices are re-
ceived and the goods displayed every ooun
try of the earth with which we have any
commercial intercourse whatever will
! have supplied to the Exposition samples
of its leading products and OF the articles
it purchases from other nations. Many
Of these things are OF Insignificant value,
others of considerable intrinsic worth, but
all properly have their place in this col
| lective exhibit, for they help US to under
stand what foreign countries wish to buy
Of MS, and what they eau give US in ex-
change"