The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1891-05-17

TINS building every known means of trans
portation, such as railway cars, cable and
horse cars, the various kinds of electric
cars, carriages, wagons and every vehicle
on wheels for the carrying Of merchandise
bicycles, tricycles, models of war ships,
steamships and clippers. all of the various
kinds of pleasure boats-in fact, every
known means used for transportation Of
persons or merchandise on land or on sea.
Another great building will be known as
the Forestry and Forest Products. This
will be magnificent exhibit. 1t wilt con-
tain complete sawmill, perfect in every
particular, containing all of the logging
and saving machinery, and the great saws
which will be III active operation during
the exposition. Some of the great trees of
California will be brought on, and put up
just as they stood in their native forests.
The next novel feature in which this
novel exposition will differ from others
will be the great Electrical Display build
ing. This display will, think, astonlsh
even experts as to the varied uses this
wonderful current is put to. For instance,
there will be in active operation the weld
ing of metals, its uses III metallurgy, as a
motive power, as an illumination and its
capabilities Of making startling and Won
dertul displays, rivaling the fireworks of
modern ages. In addition 10 this, the
building will contain its various uses for
commercial purposes, the telegraph, tele-
phone and photograph.
Now, in contradistinction to the Paris
exposition, IN which the majority of the
great nations of Europe refused TO officially
recognize the exposition and did not make
any government exhibits, our exposition
has already had the official acceptance and
assurances from the following great gov
ernments: Great Britain, France, Ger
many, Russia, Mexico, Argentine Repub-
lie, Guatemala, Chile, Brazil, Italy, China,
vsa ax1I I'm
setting the example, there can be no ques-
ton that the rest of the nations will ac-
cept the invitation of our government and
will make exhibits.
The deep interest taken in the exposi-
ton by foreign nations is we'll exempliied
by meeting of the prominent merchants
OF Berlin petitionlng their government to
make an appropriation of 81, 600, 900, and
promising to raise a like sum themselves.
There have also been similar meetings in
Vienna and St. Petersburg. The ambition of
foreign governments to cater to and secure
and increase their trade with our great ma
ton is bound to spur them to make great
Efforts towards making magnificent ex-
hibit of their manufactures and products.
The impression that all Americans are
rich and prosperous is the inducements for
them to bring their wares here to.exchange
for our money.
1t will be seventeen years since we had
an exposition In this country of any i'm
portance, and there need not be any fear
that the shrewd merchants of the world
will not take advantage of this opportunity
to increase their business with us
There cannot be to any extent any po-
litics in any commercial enterprise. The
managers of the fair have, in the spirit of
the act of congress. divided all of the great
offices and all of the committees equally
between the members of both parties
Every committee of the national commits
sion consists of an even number, and the
members of same are evenly divided be-
tween the two parties. The six presidents
and vice-presidents of the national COM
mission are also evenly divided between
the two parties. While the president of
the national commission is a Republican,
the president of the Chicago board is a
Democrat.