St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-11
EXPOSITION MATTERS.
Our Minneapolis Manufacturers
Should Make Creditable Dis

Our M1nnCdDOlIS MduulaCCuftfS
Should Make Creditable Dis
plays.
At the meeting of the committee on
exhibits of the Minneapolis industrial
exhibition. held yesterday afternoon,
Monday, July 81, was decided upon as
the day for allotting space to exhibitors.
Those who have their applications in
before that day will have chance to
secure the locations most desirable for
their class of exhibits, and those who
apply for space after week from next
Monday will have to take such as
is left, although the building is
SO arranged that there is but
very little space that cannot
be proftably utilized by all
classes of exhibitors. While the
directors and Manager Regain have
gone to great expense to secure outside
attractions, they do not want the main
object of the exhibtiOn-to show the
world the diversified interests of Min
neapolis-to be lost sight of, and there
will be any amount of moving exhibits.
In speaking of the matter last even
ing, Manager Regain said: "The great
Edison electrical display, with its 1909
different colored lights. the Reeves
band, the Strauss orchestra and the
finest art gallery in the country
novelties, will make the exhi-
more attractive than ever before. But
we want to show the people the manu-
factories of Minneapolis, and there is
no reason why we shouldn't have every
one of the different branches repre-
sented. Many of them have already
talked about making an exhibit. others
are daily inquiring for space, and some
have already secured it. Now take
box factory. People generally suppose
packing boxes are made by hand. In
the large factories they are not. Not
even nail is driven by hand, but ma
chinery does it all. Now machine
that puts the box together and
drives the nails would be
great curiosity to most peO
Pile. and everybody would be
interested in it. We have such factory
in Minneapolis. and probably one of the
machines will be shown in actual oper
alton. Everybody uses carpets, but
how many know how they are made?
Not as many as you would think, and
carpet loom in operation would be both
interesting and instructive. Take the
manufacture off paper boxes. Hardly
three out of ten visitors would know
anything about how they are made.
Electroplating is mysterious art in
which all would find enjoyment in
watching. Everybody uses paper, but
how many can tell how the writ
ing paper is ruledP A ruling ma
chine and book bindery with
job press all in actual
| operation would not fail to attract at
| tention. Then the clothing manufact-
urers could show how clothing is cut
and put together, and everybody would
be interested. Take the harnessmak-
ers. They could make very credita-
| BILE showing. Glass cutting and the
| a curiosity, and would interest thou
sands of our visitors. Candy manu-
| facturers, cigarmakers and wirework-
erS showing the mysteries of their arts
would prove both entertaining and in
structive. In fact, there is not manu-
featuring concern in Minneapolis
that could not get up work.
ing exhibit at very small
cost which would be credit both to
themselves and to the city. The exhi-
bitiOn is intended to be Minneapolis
| exhibition, and there is no reason why
| it should not be. Some of the Out-of-
| town exhibitors have asked for large
amount of space for their displays. but
we have told them frankly that our own
| people would have to be accommodated
| first. If the manufacturers do not want
| to make an exhibit the chances are that
some concern in the same line of BUSH
ness with plant outside of the city
will come in and show how things are
| done at their place, while our own
| people will lose the credit which right
| fully belongs to them. What we want
| is our manufacturers to let us know as
soon as possible just how much space
they will require, SO that we can give
them what they want. After July q
some of them will very likely say they
couldn't get what they wanted, and
their space was too limited; but if they
do, it is their own fault"
The work of Manager Regain and the
board of directors in this direction de-