Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1890-12-11
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| ShhaUtARhhA 0HnA1AAARA OOtsA-
| parisons.
| [Chicago dispatch.
Great Britain seems to be the quickest
nation to take advantage OF the chances
| offered by q Worlds Fair. A study OF
such Worlds Fair records as are availa-
BILE shows that she has been near the top
| Of the list In the number and character
OF her exhibits.
Leaving out, OF course, the countries
| In which the fairs were held, Great Brit.
ain headed the list at Paris in 1855, was
second at Philadelphia in 1876, second at
Paris In 1878, and first at Paris In 1889.
| No other nation can show as good a
| record, so England must be considered
at the head OF exhibiting nations, France
| easily leading all others in the line OF
| giving exhibitions.
| The United States only recently awoke
| to their value. It's exhibits have not
| been numerous, although the prizes ii
| has captured show that what 1t did ex-
| hibit was the best. It has captured
more prizes in proportion TO the number
Of its exhibits than any other country.
| In going over the records one Is rather
surprised to find that the smallest ma
| tions have frequently made some of the
largest and best exhibits. They are In
| teresting also as indicating where some
| OF the best exhibits for the Worlds
Columbian Exposition are coming from.
At London I'm 1851 more than half of
| the exhibitors were from Great Britain
and colonies, but il is impossible to dis
cover what foreign nation led 1t was
| clearly not the United States as IL sup
| pied only 400 out OF total of 6,446 for
| eign exhibitors. II Is probable that
France headed the list.
At Paris In 1858 England was clearly a
leader, making n better exhibit than she
did at her own fair in 1851. The United
States was somewhere near the bottom
on the list, not even making as good a
record as 1t did at London. Its exhibit
ors numbered only 144 out OF 11,96s from
| foreign countries.
There are more complete records OF
the Fair at London in 1862, and the rec
ords show that France returned Eng
lands visit. In space occupied and num-
Der of exhibitors she led all other coun-
tries, Germany coming next The United
States was near the tail of the list again,
but the United States was in trouble
again at that time, so IL can hardly be
blamed for allowing Austria, Belgium,
Italy, Russia, Sweden, Norway, SwitZer-
land, Turkey, Egypt and Denmark to
lead it in the number of exhibits and the
space occupied. Even Holland and Pbrtu-
gal gave 1t tough rub, and in some
ways beat it. China and Japan began to
take an interest in exhibitions, and were
well represented. As exhibiting nations
Slice, sihscSe ifHd and may % Sbe IEd IooEed for to make an
excellent display In 1898.
At Paris in 1867 England again called
on France and took one-ninth of the en-
tire space allotted to exhibitors, thus
holding her position as the greatest ex-
hibiting nation. The other eight-ninths
were divided between some thirty ma
tions. The United States got its display
| in about one-fourth the space that Great
Britain needed.
At Vienna in 1873 Germany led both
in the number OF exhibitors and the
space occupied, doing better than Aus
| trla itself. France and England both
/ furnished more exhibitors than the Unit
ed States, and Italy nearly as many. In
| amount of space occupied Germany, En-
gland, France, Russia Italy, Belgium,
Turkey, and Switzerland all led the
United States At nearly all these fairs
the United States exhibits were due to
individual enterprise rather than to any
interest on the part Of the Government,
and that may account in measure for
the So SSiarrdH Far dHowMhf WITH he 81 iist It,
AT Philadelphia, in 1876, Great Britain
| received a shock. Spain took notion
that 1t had some things worth showing,
and when noses were counted IL was
| found that it Lad furnished more exhib-
itors than any other foreign nation.
England was a good second and Portugal
third. 1t was a surprise to all other
nations.
At Paris, in 1873, Great Britain took
| twice as much space in the main build
| ing as any other nation, but did not
| lead i'm the number of exhibitors. Italy,
Austria Hungary, Russia and Belgium
occupied more space than the United
| States, and Switzerland was pretty close
| to it. Austria Hungary supplied the
most exhibitors outside of France, with
| Spain second and Great Britain third.
Algeria, Belgium, Italy, Portugal and
| Switzerland were all ahead OF the United
States In this respect.
| At Melbourne in 1880 England again
| led without counting her provinces, and
| Austria, France, Germany, Italy, British
| India, and number OF minor states did
better than the United States.
| At Paris in 1889 Great Britain led,
with Belgium second and the United
| States third, bnt the United States did
not make the best use of its space, and
| did not present as attractive display as
many other nations with less space.
| Mexico, with about one-fourth the space,
appropriated nearly five times as much
money, and a number OF other Govern
ments spent more money than the United
States on much less space.
From tho record it would look as
though Great Britain would make the
| greatest exhibit at Chicago, although
Spain may duplicate her record at Phila-
| delphia, and some of the smaller nations
may come up with a rush. They have
been taking great deal of interest in
such exhibitions recently, and are apt 10
be more lavish in proportion to their
means.
Another interesting matter in this
connection is the record of the assistance
given exhibitors at Philadelphia and
Paris by tho various governments. Some
/ governments gave great assistance, and
some none outside of tho expenses Of the
commission and of making the govern
ment exhibit.
At Philadelphia the Argentine Repub-
lie appropriated $4,000, and went SO
far as TO employ agents to interest its
citizens and gather together exhibits. II
also advanced money to exhibitors 10
enable them to make the best possible
showing.
Austria and Belgium appropriated
B75, 900 and $4,000 respectively for the
use of their commission, and to pay for
the Government exhibits. Private ex-
hibitors had TO look after themselves.