New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-06-28
L1TIN1MERTCA At CHICAGO

One Of the most attractive features of tho
Worlds Fair will be the exhibits from Latin
America. The organization of a special bureau
of the State Department for promoting the in
terest of Southern countries in the undertaking
has already yielded large results. Special COM
missoners appointed mainly from the army and
navy lists have been sent TO the West Indies,
Mexico, Central America and the South Amer-
can States, and wherever they have been OIL
cially received interest has been aroused in the
Worlds Fair, and active measures have been
adopted for securing effective representation Of
Southern industries and resources. Mr.. ODER
was most enthusiastically welcomed in Cuba,
and strong commission recruited from the most
influential business classes of the island was
Immediately appointed. After short stay in
Hayti he reached Jamaica in time to present the
invitation while the West Indian Exhibition
was still in progress. Thence he sailed for
Santo Domingo where he was received with
enthusiasm The West Indies will have large
and exceedingly varied exhibit at Chicago, and
Mr. Ober owing TO his familiarity with the re-
sources of the islands has been able to make
many valuable suggestions. Lieutenant Baker
has been equally successful in Mexico, prepare
tionS having already been made on a large scale
for q complete and characteristic exhibit of its
unique civilization.
In Central America and on the West Coast
seven commissioners have been employed since
the opening of the year in similar efforts to
stimulate activity in preliminary organization
for the Worlds Fair. These commissioners are
automatically accredited to the United States
legations in the capitals. are officially intro
duced to the Presidents and Ministers Of For
eign Affairs, and are furnished with all facili-
ties requisite for meeting business men and ex-
planning the scope, object and magnitude of the
undertaking. As they arc accomplished men
who speak Spanish huently, they are able to
make addresses in the principal cities and to
supply the local press with full information re-
specting the Fair As commissioners have also
been sent to Venezuela Guiana Brazil and the
River Plate countries the Southern Hemisphere
is now we'll informed respecting the great event
of 1893, and thoroughly interested in having
a credtable display of its industries and prod
ucts. With the exception of Chill the ground
has already been covered and satisfactory ar
made for securing the finest and
most varied tropical exhibit ever witnessed at
q Worlds Fair
The Illinois Central Railway has taken tho
precaution to send a commissioner of its own
to the West Coast Venezuela and Colombia for
reporting upon transportation scheme which
will be of great utility in connection with the
Fair. The project includes the establishment
of fast steam communication between New
Orleans and the Gulf and Caribbean ports, by |
which passengers and freight can be carried by
the shortest and most direct lines to Chicago. |
While New-Yorb will be Disseminated against
as terminal point by this scheme, we shall be |
very glad to have it crowned with success and
heavily aided with capital. If a fast steam SER
vice can be organized between NewOrleans |
and the Caribbean Gulf and West Indian ports |
under the American flag it will facilitate the
movement of passengers and freight, and in
the end powerfully stimulate trade with all the
Southern countries.