Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-06

Journals OF Great Britain the Unite,
states are dismissed daily with I
brief paragraph as to the markets
or a longer account Of n crime, or
Hood or fire, and in the coRtinen
tai newspapers they are rarely men
toned at all. To the European, tn,
Asiatic, the African, the Australian
education as TO the products ant
positions Of foreign countries i
largely from the ,enees, the eye, tn,
touch and the ear. Our efforts q
reach the world through this, the
only channel which we have, hav,
been Iamentably inadequate. Oul
first exhibition in New York, IN
1853, was managed by a privat,
corporation, aud was properly sup
ported by the government, and wa,
opened by the President Of th'
United States and closed by the
Sheriff Of the county. FOreigr
exhibits were seized for its obliga'
tions and
HORACE GREELEY,
one OF its managers, was imprisoned
exhibition, ths Centennial one OF
1876, at Philadelphia, was every
thing that r city and state and the
Intelligent endsRyo- NJ ngtTiOtic tit
liens could create, but il lacked the
cordial cooperation Of the govern
ment 10 make il all that Il might
have been. The gRndeSt and most
satisfactory display Of the products
and the civilization Of the world
ever gathered was the exhibition in
Paris during the last summer. Its
spleG.d0i aEd completeness riiled the
observer with the proudest cOmprc-
hensiOn Of the products, the deyel-
Opment and the progress Of man
kind. The visitor was lost in Won
der at the artistic and mechanical
perfection and resources, not only
OF the countries Of Europe but those
Of Asia and Africa and the
continental Islands Of the South
Seas. Russia and little Belgium,
Germany AMI tgrritUrialig dininu-
tive Holland, Italy anu Sweden and
Norway, Great Britain and her de-
Tendencies around the earth, China
and japan, Egypt and AlgicTs, the
descendants Of the tribes who sue
cUred the children Of Israel ON their
march for tie promised Land. aud Of
the peoples who fought against
Alexandria in India, presented so
fully the lest results Of their skill
AM culture, Of their products ami
pcculiarities, that a walk through
their department w9s equivalent b
a Journey arJuri The globe. Ii was
only when an American came to
the limited space, but partly filed,
assigned TO the United States,
ami saw how utterly inadequate was
the exhibit As a representation or
even suggestion OF cur advance
ment and
ACHtTvE'tENTe IS THE ARTS,
IN mechanics, in Industries and in
ventiOus, that, with the blood mant-
ling his checks with modification,
he FELT that our credit and our repu-
tati0n could only lie established
among trading and coIamsrcie' peO-
pies ~ ga exhibition in America,
the most majestic and COmprehen-
sivc, and an Invitation 10 the nations
and tribes Of the earth - hOspiilble
and imVOrtunate ~ % bring them all
within the boundaries Of our fair.
On that occasion the republic must
wear all her decorations upon her
breast, and receive her guesis with
uusiiu;'i Nbesality. such n fair
eau only be GRATED 10y the cordial
cooperation with you, not only Oi
all the States, but vi the federal gov
ernment. When European Cabinets
discovered that the invitation to the
Philadelphia Centennial really ema-
mated from 4 corporation, they de-
cided not to give II any Official rec
ignition, and they regarded the in
vltItiOn Itself "a au insult TO their
sovereignty. IL was only when Cen
eral Grant 10y = second proclamation
assured them that the Invitation was
from the government Of the United
States that they decided to recognize
the exhibition, but that invitation
necessarily Garfield with It the in
formation that the government was
ahsOlved from all responsibility fer
the administration or results Of the
fair. With The knowledge now so
universal about industrial eNhi-
billions, We cannot hope 10 have the
world properly represented here, I'M
less the invitation be from the gov
eminent Of the United States, in
such form and with such assurance
that foreign ministers will under
stand that their people come here at
the bidding Of and as the guests Of
the republic.
There can Ice no hesitation, no
bickwardness, no niggsrdliuess in
this matter. Either let US have an
exhibition, national aud iuterna-
tiOnal in its character, f0sterej and
fathered by the United States, or
none at all. Let the generosity Of
citizens, the efforts Of
YOUR GREAT MUstCiTALITY,
the assistance Of vour con,n,or,-