Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1886-07-03
THE AMERICAN EXHIBITION
IN LONDON.

HN bON
John w. Mackay has joined the Board
of Directors Of the American Exhibition
to be opened in London in 1887, and has
been appointed its Vice President for the
Pacific Coast. 1t was first proposed to
hold it this year, but it was found that
the Colonial and Indian Exhibition, now
in progress, would interfere with the sue.
cess of the movement, so the date was
postponed to 1887. The work of organi.
cation is already far advanced. The con.
Germ has its President, Secretaries, Com.
m~issioners and Councils, all appointed
and at work, and all the preliminaries
are being thoroughly attended to. The
President of the exhibition is Mr.. e. B.
Washburne, ex-Congressman, ex.Secre'
tary OF State and ex.Minister to France,
q man known at least by reputation to
every citizen of the United States. We
cannot better tell what this exhibition
will be than in his words. We quote
from a speech recently delivered by him
in Philadelphia:
The disposition of an American Exhi-
bition in England in the heart OF the
greatest city in the world was q happy In
spiration; it gives our country an oppor-
tunity to make known to England and to
all Europe what has been our progress IN
the arts, the sciences and in manufactures,
and in the development OF all those great
industries which have been subordinated
to the uses and purposes OF man. Ihere
were, I believe, 10, 900, 600 admissions TO
the Centennial Exhibitions; OF this num-.
Der I am told that it has been estimated
that not more than l per cent we're Eu-
ropeans. If the Centennial did so much
to make America known abroad, now
much will be accomplished by this Amer
lean Exhibition, where OF the millions who
will go to see il if not more than l per
cent will be A~mericans-all the rest being
foreigners. 1t will tell the story OF our
greatness to the furthermost ends of the
earth.
As to the success of the undertaking
there is no doubt. As Mr.. Washburne
said, on the occasion already referred to-:
"1f there be any who think this Ameri-
can Exhibition in London will not be a
success and an honor to our country and
interest all Europe, they little appreciate
the curiosity and interest already felt
abroad in the enterprise, the ingenuity.
the skill and the unpausing activity OF
our countrymen, nor do they understand
the desire to be better informed as to our
wonderful and varied inventions, the
variety and extent of u products and
resources, our manufactures and improve
ments. All these must extort the adj
miration of the whole world and show
the strength and stretch of American in
genuity and enterprise"
This pleasing prophecy was empha-
sized by the Director General of the Ex-
hibitiou, Mr.. John Robinson Whitley,
himself an E~nglishman, who said that
our people can scarcely form any concep-
%tion-'of the interest which has already
been aroused in England.by the prospect
of such an exhibition. A Council of
Welcome" consisting of over 1000 Of
the most distinguished men in Great
Britain, has been organized. and its men,
bers are many of them SO enthusiastic as
to have offered to the committee in
charge the use of their town and coun'
try houses for the entertainment Of
American guests.
With Mr.. Mackay at the helm. there
is no doubt but that the varied interests
of the Pacific Coast, and especially those
of the mining industry, will be well rep
resented. If now the products of the
Coast could be placed before the
European people-as they were placed
before our own in l876-it is certain
that a strong impulse would be given tc
our chief industry. mining, and that
much European capital would be at
tracted hither by the that YET
remain to be developed.