St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-27
AMERICAN EXHIBIT IN LONDON

AMERICAN EXHIBIT IN LONDON
The American exhibition, which opens
on the second day of next May in London,
promises to be equal in importance and the
benefits which are to follow from it to any
that has ever been held under American
auspices. The object of the exhibition, as
explained by the board of direction, is to
display in the metropolis of Great Britain,
the chief market of the world more COM
plete collection of the products of the
soil and mine, and of the manu-
features of the United States than
has ever been shown; 20 impress tine mill
ions of that continent and others with a
sense of the magnitude and variety of our
industrial resources. and the skill and in
genuity of our artisans; to increase the for
eign trade of the United States wherever
established, and extend it into countries
where at present it has no foothold, and
finally to quicken the flow of foreign cap
ital to this country for the further develop
ment of its natural wealth and resources.
Such in brief are the objects had in view
by the directors of the exhibition. 1t is not
under government control, nor is it
TO be supported by appropriations from the
public treasury. A number of private citi-
Zens Of the United States have taken upon
themselves the arduous task of organizing
the exhibition and of providing the funds.
The board of directors includes in it's mem
bership President CLEVELAND, who is
also honorary president of the exhibition,
Hon. E. B. WAsHBURNE of Illinois, A. T.
GosHoRN, who was director general or the
Philadelphia Centennial exhibition, HENRY
S. RUSSELL of Boston, THOMAS COCHRAN
OF Philadelphia, who was at the head of tn
finance committee Of the Centennial exhi-
bition, NORvIN GREEN of New York and
some twenty other prominent merchants
and bankers in the United States.
The English people are entering very
cordially into the work of aiding the ex-
hibitiOn and contributing to its success.
Several English railroad companies offered
the loan, at a mere nominal rental, for the
purposes of the exhibition, of an admir-
ably situated tract of land, covering about
twenty-three acres in the heart of London,
at Kensington, midway between Hyde
Park and the Thames, and in the center of
one of the best resident portions of the
wy 1Ci4 ulIIuuS VI people I6Slu6 WlGDlQ
one hours railway journey from the site
and more than half that number within
thirty minutes railway journey. Suitable
buildings are being erected and exhibitors
will not only be allowed to manufacture
their speciaities in the exhibition but to
sell them as the most effective means of
extending their foreign business relations.
No better period could have been selected
for holding such an exhibition, for next
summer Great Britain and her colonies will
celebrate in London the jubilee year or
fiftieth anniversary of Queen VICToRIA's
reign, by a succession of fetes and UNIQUE
examples of pageantry. which will attract
large numbers of people from all parts of
Europe. 1t seems as though Minnesota
ought to have some sort of representa-
ton in this great exhibition. and there
ought to be some public-spirited citizen to
take hold of the matter and see to it that the
state gets there in good shape.