The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-01-12
A PURE FOOD EXHIBIT.
One Will be Held in Infantry Hall
Right After the Worlds Fair.
ITS SUCCESS Is NOW ASSURED.
IL Will be Held Under the Auspices OF
the Rhode Island state Fair Associa-
tion and VIII Last About Three
eeks-Lots OF Exhibitors Expected.

The executive com nittee of the Rhode
Island State Fair Association has decided
to hold an exhibit Of pure food at Infan-
try Hall next October or November or
as soon as possible after the close OF the
Worlds Columbian Exposition.
Two principal facts were taken into
consideration before the date was chosen.
One, that the exhibit would not be such
a great success ms otherwise IL held at n
time when the big exposition at Chicago
was open, because many of the large
manufacturers. who would have sent
their displays to Providence. would de-
vote their energies to their Chicago
show; the other. that the manufacturers
would probably transport great part OF
their exhibits from jackson park TO In-
franty Hall, thus allowing the people OF
Providence TO view exhibits from the
Worlds fair.
1t was thought by the State Fair AS
sociation that pure food exhibit in this
city would bring about good results
when the success of the New York exhi-
bition became so marked as To attract
notice everywhere. The display in New
York was held last October, and was
participated in by about three hundred
deal rs in food products. 1t was held at
Madison Square Garden for thirty days,
and was visited by thousands. This was
the first time that an exhibition OF pure
food products was held in this country.
The manufacturers formed stock COM
pany, each exhibitor was a stockholder,
and enough stock was taken by each one
to assure success.
The outlook is that the State Fair AS
sociatiou's exhibit will have as many ex-
bibitors as the one at New York. There
will not be as many large booths because
of the limited accommodations of the
lan fa.
rurers who eXpeud from $780, 900 TO $780,
600 annually in advertising their
goods through exhibits and these, with
Others, have already sigpified their in
tention of taking part in n display such
as Providence never has had before.
The only attempt that has been made
at a food exhibit has been by "a few ex
hibitors at the annual State Fair. The
one at Infantry Hall will contain the pro-
ducts of manufaci urers from all over the
United States, and the executive ommit-
tee in charge of the affair feel that the
success of the undertaking is assured at
the start.
An exhibition of pure food prod ducts
will be OF immense value to the public.
Table food, novelties, ETC., will be brought
before IL, and IL will learn what are pure
foods and what are not.
People will learn more about the local
manufacture of food products than they
knew before. There was Providence
visitor at the New York exhibit who saw
"A row OF bottles OF table oil Upon in
spection he found that it was manufac-
tured by the Union Oil Company OF this
city and was sold in competition with
imported oils. Though a neighbor Of the
company he did not know what it manu-
factured. People will also find out some
thing about the products Of Western and
Southern manufacturers.
Connected with the exhibit will be
lectures by manufactures, cooks, etc.
Days will De set off for professional men
State and city officials and others. The
exhibit will last about three weeks.