The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-05
ANHRICA'S Showing.
Our Display at the Paris Expo
sition a Failure, .
FOREIGNERS LAUGHING AT US,
Blame Placed Upon American IndIf-
ference Rather Than Upon the
CommissIoners-The AgrIeul'
tural Exhibit Satisfactory.

tural Exhibit satisfactory.
New YoRK, July 4,-The scathing crit
icisms OF Mr.. NJ, II, De Young on thl
failure OF the American exhibit at thC
Paris Exposition, cabled from Paris
seem to be generally endorsed by the
leading exhibitors from this city, whost
displays have in some measure prevented
the entire exhibition ofthis country frou
falling into contempt.
Mr., De Young stlgmatized the Ameri'
can part Of the great fair as ridiculous
and entirely unworthy Of the country
In this about all the prominent exhibit
tors upon whom reporter called agree,
Bat they differ from the fiery editor in
that they don't think the United States
Commissioners are to blame for the fail
ure,
President UPTON, Of the Rochester
Lamp Company, whose exhibition ol
bronzes at the Exposition has attracted
general notice, had just arrived from
Paris few moments before the reporter
called.
"There can be no question that the
show made by America is wretched,"
he said. at makes every American
who sees II ashamed. The exhibit is the
poorest OF the whole lot. The smallest
South American countries make better
showings. But l don't see how the
United States Commissioners are TO
blame. They did everything in their
power to make our representation In
Paris worthy OF the country.
WHERE THE FAULT LIES.
"They made personal visit to every
prominent manufacturer OF special lines
in the country, soliciting exhibits. Their
first intlmation Of the inadequateness Of
the display came with the opening ofthe
boxes IN Paris. Then, OF course, 1t was
too late to do anything. Our business
men didn'tseem to grasp the importance
OF the thing. Most OF them s:nt ordi-
nary collections OF their wares to q man
at the Exposition who had charge Of
perhaps twenty or thirty similar dis.
plays. The result is that the exhibits
are unattended half OF the time. They
are dirty and undusted, and at night
many OF them arc allowed to go unCoS
cred. The great majority OF the displays
from America are arranged on the puck.
ing cases in which they came.
INDIFFERENCE OF AMERICAN EXHIBITORS.
"lor instance, l saw really admir-
able wire spring, which would have at
tracted general attention, buried out Of
sight on an old iron bed which could
have bought for about a dollar. You
can imagine how the combination ap-
peared beside the two hundred dollar
and three hundred dollar French and
English beds which surrounded 1t on all
sides. Our railroad exhibit certainly
was deplorably bad. The main feature
OF it was q Chicago refrigerator car sawed
in half. This was taken by the foreign.
ers as the perfection OF American car
building, and they shrugged their shoul.
ders with contempt. II DR., Webb, Of
the Wagner company, had run his lux.
urious transcontinental train into the
Exposition grounds at Paris 1t would
have created a great sensation and
cClipsed all foreign exhibits in that line.
But both the Pullman and Wagner
people felt that there was nothing to DO
gained in carrying their cars into France,
because the people there have repeatedly
refused to adopt them. Persons who sent
really good exhibits to the Exposition
more than made up for the outlay by
booking hundreds Of ORDERS"
At TitIany's l saw Mr.. Cook, one OF
the firm, who said that while none OF tho
people who had been at their Exposition
display had returned 10 New York he
had received mail adVices from their
Paris representatives which confirmed
everything that Mr.. De Young had said
about tho meagreness Of the American
exhibit,
nuMlLIATINd IS THE WORD FOR 1T.
II have heard nothing at all, thought
continued Mr.. Cook, ITO indicate that
the Commissioners are in any way re.
sporsible. l don't see very well how
they can be. They couldn't force people
W bouu kOouSl auu buey CeIbalulJ ITleu
hard enough to persuade them."
Mr., John w. Miles, Of the Meriden
Britannia Company,'sald that Mr.. Ba.
con, who looked after the firms inter-
ests at the Exposition, had just returned
from Paris.
"He told me that America made very
poor show at the Exposition said Mr..
Miles. ut was humiliating to every
American visitor, and It's ineagreness
was the talk OF Paris. Outside OF the
silveHmiths' section and one or two
other things there was not enough 10
make decent showing at tho American
Institute"
OUR AGRICULTURAL EXHIBIT.
A dispatch from Washington SAYS
The structures in which Editor De
Young, of California, INDUCES in Lon.
don dispatch regarding the American
exhibit at Paris, and especially the dis.
play ot cereals aud wine, are said at the
Agricultural Department, whence they
were shipped, TO be grossly unjust:
Mr. De Young quotes the American
Commissioners az apologiEing for the
poor general exhibit on tho ground that
a good deal OF money was spent In col.
lectlng the display OF cereals. This, too,
the Department officials say, Is incor.
rect. The Government appropriated
$3.50, 900 for tue entire exhibit. Of this
amount Commissioner General franklin
allowed the Agricultural Department
S3s,0OO, Qi this sutn only $4,000 haS
been expended and further OUTLAWS viii
not increase II by more than low hun.
dred dollars.
They say that, with the execution Of
the corn display, which they Scknowl.
edge might DO better, the rest Of their
exhibit could not well bo improved
upon, The exhibit OF wheat, fye, d.
bACco, cotton, hemp, iute and American
grasses and woods Ii really Of A hipi
order, 10 this display they have added
an exhibit Of bee Hives, With ali The an.
plianCes for bee management, and siow.
Ing the improvements In this direction
slnCo 1910,
PLENTY or WINE.
Mi. De Young says that a little case
gIx lCot lohg contains the whole oi'o0r
wine exhibit. Tho agricultural people
say that Mr.. Do Young probably over.
looked the major part oil tie dlsDiAy.
The California wines were shipped dl.