The Portland daily press., 1893-10-31

Exhloltors.-Pottery Most i'll Demaho' h"1
the Grand Vases UnsoId.
Woods. Stones, Etc.
Now that the great Fair is nearing its
close, commissioners and exhibitors are
beginning to calculate their gains and
losses. Of the divisions of the count
| that were represented, California, Louis
ana and Utah will be likely to derive
the greatest benefit. The exhibits of
| each OF these were fine, and they were
OF - nature to interest visitors. There
was certain monotony about the agri-
cultural exhibits of the states located
in the valley of the Mississippi
that caused them to lose their attract
ions. The New England and some of
the other eastern states derived little
benefit from making agricultural exhi-
olts, as they were so much inferior to
those made by the western states.
Without doubt Canada will be a great
gamer by the Fair. It's exhibit in every
department was surprise to those I'M
| familiar with Canadian resources in
grain, fruit, live stock, vegetables, fish,
lumber and minerals.
VI theEuropean nations, Russia perhaps
occasioned most surprise by it's display
OF manufactured goods, especially
iea1her, textile fabrics, furniture, furs,
prone, etc.. Spain will gain glory by
the FAR, and will gain reputation for
IT'S wines and textile fabrics whether it's
eAnlpiGs serve to increase it's trade
WIN TINS country or not. Germany and
dianavs W than certainly gain by the fine
france will probably neither gain nor
lose lose much by the Fair; it is conceded
that neither country did its best in
making displays, and every class of
thelr exported goods is well known
| IN this country. What is true of these
| TWO countries is also true Of Italy. Bel
| GUM, Holland, Switzerland, Denmark,
Sweden and Norway, Greece, Bulgaria
and a few other small countries were at
much expense to make exhibits without
much prospect of commercial return
| Tor the expenditure of money
Japan will undoubtedly increase its
| trade by means of the Fair. It's exhibits
| were line, and it's commissioners attract
ea ATTENTION by their efficiency and intel
| population, made most creditable
exhibit at the Fair, and is likely to de-
rive benefits from it in various ways
South A frica will also be gamer, as
will Java, Cuba and Trinidad The
countries of this continent lying south of
the United States have shown by their
exhibits higher development than has
country; and for this reason, if for no
other, they will gain by the Fair.
| Their exhibits have shown mnufactu-
rers and shippers what kind of goods
they desire. They also have shown
many products heretofore comparatively
unknown in which trade can be built up.
The Exposition has proved to be sore
| disappointment to foreign exhibitors
who expected to dispose of most Of the
articles they displayed. It is reported
that Italy has sold but fourth of the
| proportion of goods sold in the Swiss,
Danish and Belgium sections is reported
to be even less than this. Reports are
| somewhat contradictory about the
| quantity of goods sold in the depart
ments of Japan, Germany and Austria;
but all unite in saying that it was less
than half what was expected. Com
| paratively few articles in the British,
French, Russian or Spanish exhibits
were for sale, with the exception of pot
| terry.
| Artistic pottery is said to have met
with the most ready sale, the smaller
and less expensive pieces being preferred
by buyers. Other small articles, not liza
BILE to break, have generally been pur-
| chased by visitors living at distance
from Chicago. Of the larger and more
expensive articles, corved furniture has
found the most purchasers. Probably
the Fair has done mnch good in showing
domestic and foreign manufacturers
what styles of articles are most in de-
mand. In the Italian and Swiss sections
duplicates of the same article have been
marked as sold to as many as twenty
| purchasers. 1t is intimated, however,
that the name of the first purchaser, if
of some distinction, influences many 9TH
| ers to follow his example. AS yet the
| grand vases and other expensive articles
made expressly for the Exposition have
found no purchasers All the textile
| fabrics of several large exhibitors have
been purchased by leading merchants in
| Chicago and eastern cities. Renting
half the duties on articles exhibited at
the Fair has not as yet, tbs said, in
| creased the sale of goods to any extent.
| 1t is generally understood that goods
which are not sold at the close Of the
| Fair will be sent back to the countries
from which they came. This will entail
| d Sreab loss ON Jhe manufacturers, who
pay freight both ways and have their
capital locked up an entire year. Many
foreigners believed this country was SO
full of money that they could sell all the
articles they sent to the Fair. Of
course the stringency in the money
market has diminished sales to very
| great extent.
The Fair will be likely to produce
changes in several branches of trade. A
number of foreign manufacturers of
cooperage have made arrangements to
obtain future supplies of materials from
this country and Canada It is reported
that contracts for ornamental woods
grown in Central and South America
have been made by parties who build
palace cars, make fine furniture and
furnish finishings or fine buildings.
| The lumber produced in the Southern
States has attracted great attention, and
the trade in it will be increased by the
Fair. Many think that the Fair will in
crease the value of timber lands in the
| South.
Those intereated in the trade in stone
employed In the construction of build
lngs have also been astonished at the
variety of ornamental stones desirable for
ornamenting the interior of dwellings,
ana at the fine building stones exhibited
| by MANY States ard TerritnireS IT, ic