Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-01-10
Davis and Major Handy to New York and

Davis and Major Handy to New York and
their consultation with the Committee on
Foreign Affairs, meeting of the Committee
on Fine Arts, of which Hon. A. G. Bullock,
of Massachusetts, is Chairman, was also
held, and / see by the telegraphic reports
that the committee is likely to recommend
Henry G. Marquand. of New York, chief Of
the Department of Fine Arts. This ap-
pointment would be extremely satisfactory
not only to the artists OF America and for
eign countries but to all intelligent patrons
of the fine arts and to collectors generally.
Mr.. Marquand has been for pumber of
years President Of the Metropolitan Mus
cum of Art. and by taste, education and
experience is admirably fitted for the
position mentioned. To fill the position OF
Art Director, well a man is required who is
not only known and respected by artists,
but who is associated with collectors all over
the world. The Worlds Fair must not rely
for the success of its fine art department on
contributions from artists alone, but must
put under tribute the most famous, public
and private collections of this country and
Europe, and there is probably no man in
America better able to reach the custodians
OF such collections than Mr.. Marquand.
The Centennial Exposition was fortunate in
securing the finest collection of modern
No exposition has been held even in Eng
land which included SO many and
such valuable modern pictures. They
were loaned by ,owners at the personal
solicitation of the British Commissioner
undertaken by request of a number Of
prominent connoisseurs in Philadelphia.
New York's Position Toward Chicago.
"Are the New Yorkers going to turn in
and help tine Fair?''
''TheY are already doing so and the
establishment of the branch Office in New
York will materially aid the Worlds
Fair, as it will be source of accurate in
formation regarding the progress of the
work in Chicago, which has been up to this
time greatly lacking in the East. As soon
as the newspapers Of New York and other
Eastern cities are able to find out exactly,
through this local force, what is going on
from day to day, their interest in the
Worlds Fair will be very greatly In
creased, they will give more and better
I news regarding it, and the interest of the
general public will be aroused to degree
which has not hitherto been possible.
There is general apprehension les
European countries should fail to make
poets in that direction?"
and vigorous work is already begun undel
the direction of General Davis, to whom tht
| Foreign Affairs Committee has con
fided the expenditure of the appro.
priation made for their special use
One of the most important functions of tn,
department of promotion will be to attrac
| the attention of European manufacturers t.
the advantages they will gain by exhibiting
in Chicago, in spite of the fact that they
will have 10 go long distance from the AT
lantic seaboard to reach the Exposition.
was laughabie to read during the recent po
litical campaign, the statements in various
| Western papers to the effect that the McKin
| ley bill was going to keep foreign exhibitor
away from the Exposition and consequently
| detract from its international character. NJ
man who has an intelligent idea OF the mar
kets sought by European manufacturers
can for moment entertain any such appre
| hension.
One Feature Never Before Had.
The Chicago Exposition will have one
| feature which no previous international Elk
position has ever had, and that is a series o.
extensive and carefully organized exhibits
from all the eLatin-American nations. Rep.
resentatives of the fair who are officers Of
the United States navy and army have been
tries, and remain until an adequate exhibit
of its resources is arranged for. These
Latin-American countries afford the bes
existing market for the various products o.
the European manufacturers and thest
manufacturers have never had before, anc
never will have again, so good an op
portunity to meet the representatives of the
commercial interests of the Latin-A,hericar
States, as they will have at Chicago in 1898
One of the main objects of the Pan-Americar
Congress of last year was to get these peo
pie interested in the manufactures of the
United States, and to win, it possible, q
share of their business away from European
nations, who now practically have the whole
of 1t.
''It makes no difference what the Euro
pean manufacturers think about the mar
kets of the United States or about the Nc
Kinley bill, their largest interests on thii
continent are in the markets of Central apo
South America. They now control that
trade, and they will 60 to any length tc
prevent the United States from getting thai
trade from them. European manufacture
ers understand perfectly that the trade oI
Central and South America is likely to be
lost to them entirely unless they make 6
desperate struggle at Chicago to retain it in
opposition to the growing competition Of
American manufacturers and merchants
This consideration alone insures large anC
representative exhibit OF the industries and
manufactures of every important European
country"