Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-05-07
AMERICAS PART.
the United States is the Only Country
OniciaIly Represented-An Epi-
tome of the Leading Feat
49,. ~ ,ha nianIav
ures Of the Display.


The Exposition of 1889 is unlike all its
predecessors in certain large respects. The
chief of these is its emphasis of the inherent
conservatism of skilled labor, which has
pursued its liberal way all over the world,
and which seeks under the auspices of the
republic of France an opportunity for tax
ing note of its progress and of learning the
great lessons of new methods, new means
and more economic logic in a comparative
study of processes, means, appliances and
results, for the Exposition is a triumph of
industry over caste.
The United States is the only Govern
ment of Importance which officially partiei-
pates in it. No diplomat, resident or
transitory, in Paris accompanies the Presi-
dent of the Republic in the ceremony of
Inauguration. The success of the under
taking in the face of international coldness
or antagonism is, therefore, a vindication of
democracy and labor
Although the monarchical governments
have instructed their representatives to be
absent from the Inauguration and have de-
clined to make appropriations for repre-
sentation by exhibits, the exhibits classified
nationally vastly exceed in scope and inter-
est those of all preceding exhibitions.
FROM ALL DIRECTIONS.
The countries represented by their skill
are, in addition to Fh4nce and the United
States, Great Britain, Austria, Hungary,
Italy, Switzerland, Russia, Sweden, Den
mark, Norway, Holland, Belgium, Spain,
Portugal, Greece, Roumania, Servia,
Egypt Persia, Mexico, Brazil, the Ar
gentine Republic, Bolivia, Chilli, Nicara-
qua, V.nezuela, Guatemala, Uruguay,
Paraguay, San Domingo, Salvador, Hayti,
China, Japan, East India, Siam, Morocco
and Australasia. The unrepresented coun-
tries are Germany-an absence as inevitable
as it is deplorable and conspicuous-Turkey
and Montenegro.
So far as the present indications go the
American exhibit on the industrial side will
be most impressive in gold and silver smith
ing. in glassware; which has made marked
sensation among the French and Austrian
glassmakers, and in machinery.
The palace, rightly so named, devoted to
machinery, is a magnificent edifce in which
a worlds congress might sit Its architect
ural beauty and the splendor of Its decora-
tions also render it one of the great centers
of interest.
EDISON TO THE FRONT.
The chief attraction in it is the Edison
display of motors, machines and apparatus.
An idea of the vastness of the Exposition
may be gained from the area it covers.
Although the exhibition buildings are |
closely grouped, the total ground surface !
exceeds 3,000.0 900 square feet. The Champ |
de Mars alone covers over 103 acres.
The exhibition structures take in the |
Champ de Mars, the Trocadero Palace Gar |
dens, the Esplanade of the Invalides and |
the quays of the Seine extending between
the Champ de Mars and the Invalides. The
buildings blend strength, suitability and
grace in their composition. The interior
architectural lines are notably free and
symmetrical, while their decorations surpass
in elegance of design and richness of tone
those of any structures ever put up for simi-
lar uses.
The most accomplished artists have been
employed upon every part of the work, and
the color schemes, while high in kew, are
rich and effective Githout being glaring.
Indeed the decorations of the interiors
would adorn the finest permanent public
ediices. Their variety is infinite in detail
and as diverse as human invention is likely
ever to be able to match, while the pervad-
ing unity, both of symbolism and color,
maintained throughout their variations is
tastidious in its delicacy and propriety.
ONE INTERESTING FEATURE.
One Of the most interesting features ofthe
Exposition, which will require calculation
hereafter, is the exhibit made by profit
sharing organizations. France will vet
place statue of Lectair, the son of the
village shoemaker and father of proft-shar-
ing industry, among those of her heroes.
Upon the foundations he laid are being
erected many enduring temples IN which
The problem of labor and capital is being
gradually and safely solved, and under
whose protecting roofs the workman is ac-
luiring habits of frugality, temperance,
culture, thrift and content.
The admission to the Exposition grounds
IS only 20 cents for all the departments, and
,nce in it is unnecessary to leave them until
he hour for closing at night. There are
ample resources for feeding the multitudes
within the grounds at moderate prices, the
restaurants being under official control.
Most of the railroads give excursion rates.
The Whitsuntide vacations in England
will precipitate large portion of the inhab-
tants OF the British islands upon the Expo-
Iition, while the American steamers,
specially the speedy French line direct to
Havre, are loaded with cur fellow country
men and women. The American colony in
Paris is no longer q coterie, ii is a town,