The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-11-09

1t is seriously commended, says the
PHILADELPHIA Ledger, that there shall
be no Worlds Far held in this coun
try, either in 1892 or IN any other year,
until our Tariff laws are repealed or du
ties materially reduced, as it is said
that the Old World countries will not
care to send exhibits OF their manufac-
lures to country three thousand miles
or more distant, which offers them no
market because of its customs exac-
tons. The idea is that foreign nations
can gain nothing by sending samples
of their merchandise to another that
excludes them from its market. twill
undoubtedly surprise the manufacture
ers of Europe a good deal to learn that
they have no market in the United
States, as it is one OF their best markets.
The tariff is not prohibitory it is not
even sufficiently high to prevent foreign
merchandise competing with domestic
products. If any one really thinks
that this country is not market for
European products he has only to con-
slder the fact that the combined value
of the goods imported oy it during the
year 1883 was S7S3,295,Ioo, and that
it exceeded the aggregate value of our
exports $40, o2o.4Io. There is good
cause for the belief that, if assurance
were given to the manufacturers of the
Old World that an International EX-
position, having Government counte-
nance, would certainly be held here in
1902, they would be glad to fetch their
wares to it. The French Exhibition of
| this year was the most successful ever
held, yet the Governments OF Europe
did not officially recognize it, not one
OF their Ministers to France, or other
high dignitaries having been present at
the opening of it. The English, Rus
sian, German, Austrian, Italian, Spanish
and other European manufacturers,
receiving no encouragement to exhibit
their wares, abstained from doing so to
such an extent as to render the display
of their productions most inadequate
and unsatisfactory. Even the English
exhibit was most pitiably unrepresenta-
tive of England's industrial, CONNER
cial, scientific and artistic wealth. The
tariff will be no bar against the people
of any country sending their goods to
the proposed Worlds Fair; it was
higher tariff in 1876 in respect to some
things than i. now is, but 1t did not
prevent England, Germany, France,
Austria, Italy, Russia, Spain, the Meth
erlands, China, Japan and other coun-
tries making large and attractive ex-
hibits at the Centennial Exposition.
From that Exhibition foreigners learn
ed great deal about this country of
sort to convice them that 1t will be
much to their profit to make the Amer
lean people familiar with their produc-
tons. The extent and variety of the
foreign exhibits will not be determined
by the Tariff, but by the question of
time. If something is not speedily
done 70 make it absolutely certain that
great International Exhibition will
be held in this country, under Govern
ment auspices, IN 1892, foreign manu-
tacturers who desire to contribute their
manufacturers to 1t will not have suh
cient time to get ready, as very large
proportion of such exhibits are special
ly prepared for the occasion. The
tariff can stand still, so far as the Fair
is concerned, but its promoters must
make the thing itself progress, and that
with all possible speed.