The Bennington banner. [volume] (Bennington, Vt.) 1858-1894, 1891-07-17
ooLuMnIAN EXPosITIoN.

y The statement has been frequently
: made that there is an absence of infor-
y nation among foreigners concerning the
< Worlds Columbian Exposition. In re-
futatiOn Of this, the exchanges received
in the Department of Publicity and Pro
motion furnish ample proof from every
: : country in the world, and in almost
= every language.
Following are few of the many COM
ments:
Our industries must be splendidly rep
resented at the great Exposition. We
have nothing TO lose and much to gain,
were it only the comparison which will
/, be made between our products and those
of other countries. 1t has been said that
the Americans want foreigners to come
to Chicago so that they cancopy their
models. This is absurd. The pencil of
the artist carries to the whole world
every new thing in art or industry, and
for such purpose the Americans would
not need the ExpOsitiOn.-Ld Liberte,
Paris, France.
The Worlds Columbian Exposition
celebration is of peculiar interest to us
Frenchmen. 1t is like a challenge to us.
The Yankees propose to beat us at our
own game. Win they succeed We are
not daring enough to reply until after
we have seen what they are going to do.
However hat may be, the people of the
world will crowd to this Universal Ex-
p0sitiOn.-Ld Petite RepubHque, Paris,
France
For the Worlds Exposition in Chi
cago the great inventor Edison has con-
structcd u machine by which one will be
enabled not only to reproduce the voice,
but also the gestures and appearance of
speakers, actors, etc. Qui vivra, vera.
l-HdrlemSche Cyurdnt, Harlem, Holland.
The fact that the Government so cor
daily and swiftly accepted the invita-
tion to take part in the Worlds Colum-
bian Exposition ut Chicago, is matter of
widespread satisfaction, which is daily
growing all over France.-Les Debdts,
Paris, France.
The great Exposition which is to be
held i'll Chicago in 1893, is one of the
greatest events of the worlds history,
and is awakening worldwide attention
and interest,-Ei Corre0 de Ia Tdrde,
Guatemala.
Chicago is the magnificent stage on
which the spectacle of the Worlds Fair
is to be set Behold a city which pro-
duces more than many nations addSd to-
getherl Such is the splendid city which
will be visited by the whole world at its
great Worlds Fair. In a word the
Worlds Columbian Exposition will be a
cosmopolitan university in which each
nation Will be willing pupil, and in
which every article exhibited will be an
object lesson for the benefit of all man
kind.-Ld Estrelid de Panama, Panama.
From time to time desire has been
expressed that this colony shall be rep
resented at the Columbian Exhibition at
Chicago; and, rs wo have received by
the mail a mass of information from It's
Department of Publicity and Promo
ton it may be advantageous to take
this opportunity of placing before the
local public the latest which has been |
written and said on the subject. We
may reasonably accept the information |
supplied as authentic, and the promise |
of n most gigantic enterprise as being |
made on very substantial premises. In |
word, il may be said that the people |
of the United States arc going to make |
the Worlds Columbian exhibition a |
great and unparalleled success, and when |
the people Of the United States make up |
their minds in q matter of this kind, |
they Invariably expunge from their vo-
cabulary any such word as fail. The |
Exhibition will provide mart wherein |
|
| of man can show it to the world at once.
Therefore, it would seem fitting that the |
toO-littlc- known products of this mag |
nificent province should therein find |
place.-Demerdrd Daily Chronicle, of
Georgetown, British Guiana.
Whoever may think that Chicago will |
not he ready for the Exposition does not
know American enterprise. -SchleSische |
Zeitmg, Breslau, Germany.
| NJ. p. Handy, chief of Department of
Information Of the Worlds Columbian
Exposition, asks for addresses of such
rs seek information, and the United
States Consul will gladly forward their
names. s.--Melbourne (Australia) argus.
Congress showed great wisdom in fix
ing upon Chicago as the spot for the Ex-
position, and tho various states in the
Union are now generously coming to the
support Of the western metropolis in its
vigorous efforts to prepare a fair which
will be worthy of the whole American
peOple.-Gibraltar Chronicle.
Our American cousins are nowhere
unless they do things on a magnificent
scale. Chicago has got everything under
way for q Worlds Fair, which is to be
opened on, the first of May, 1898.
1t Is evident that before the fair has
opened, the Importance Of Chicago as
business center and as a pushing COM
munity will have been heralded far and
wide, and whatever guarantees its in
habitants may have to make mp, will
have been well spent in the grandeur of
the means taken to advertise the town
] to the word.-Manawatu Qndia) Herald.
II we are to be properly represented in
Chicago, the subject of a Worlds Expo
sition at Berlin should be temporarily
dropped. We must 90 TO Chicago to
save our markets in South America and
| Asia. .-FrdRkf1rtcr Zeitung, Frankfurt
on the Main, Germany.
By the way, Chicago, called the swim
DIV city, is looking forward to the day
when some of our great ocean steamers
will be anchored OF her lake front.
Nothing is considered impossible 10 the
enterprising Americans, and II is really
to be regretted that this great scheme
cannot be completed before tho Worlds
Fair is open.-RGii,udy ReUieio, London
The elaborate preparations which are
being made for tile Worlds Fair TO be
held at Chicago i'll 1S03 give promise
of that exposition being equal to any
which the world has yet seen.-Dundee
(Scotlandl Courier.
While the government remains faithful
10 its declared intention Of not officially
participating in any worlds exposition,
yet il announces its intention, so far as
may be possible, OF assisting exhibitors
and making 1t possible for them 10 par
ticipate in the Worlds Columbian Expo
sition at Chicago. de Ia Serra,
Milan, Italy.
The Worlds Fair at Chicago Is 20 be
the biggest thing ON record. The Amer
leans have said this before about other
things, but they are anxious that Euro
peans should believe that they are not
cxaggerating this tinte. II all the pro-
posed exhibits arc secured thoy will not
have overestimated the importance OF
the great fair.--Manchestc (Englandj
Courier.
II London, in 1851, could erect its
Crystal Palace in less than six months.
whore no experience had been gathered
in iron and steel buildings. there is no
doubt that Chicago In nearly five times
the time can do ten times as mrch.-
I 81 Pcfersburger Herald, 81. Petersburg,
Russia.
The electrical department will build
at the Chicago Exposition an electric
dwelling, in which everything will be done
by electricity.-Nationai zeii,mg, Berlin.