Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-05-02
GOVERNMENT.
Uncle Sans Exhibit compIste-A credi.
table Display.

CncAoo. May l.-Due largely to the ad-
ministrative capacity and military precision
that obtains in the conduct of affairs gov
ernmental, the section assigned to the gov
.nment of the United States has been prac-
.ically in a completed condition for several
days. and this ming, with every department
in good order, its doors were opened to the
army of sightseers. 1t is.without question,
the most comprehensive and complete ex
bibit of the character, purposes and scope
of the various departments of the admins
tratiye branch Of great country that has
ever been attempted by any nation. No
attempt was made by the government Of
France to arrange collective depart
mental exhibit at the Paris Exposition,
although some of its bureaus were Incl
dentally represented on a minor scale in
various sections devoted to general dis
plays. There was pre- tentious effort to-
war'i government display at the Centen-
NAL Exposition, but both the building
erected in Fatmonnt Park and it's contents
we're insignificant as compared with the
creation If t,,day. Philadelpbia's struct-
ure was simply an elaborate shed of wood
and glass, while the Government Building
at Jackson Park is an ornate and imposing
structure, covcriog Rronnd area $50 by
| 420 feet, of iron and glass, surmounted by
| majestic dome and bearing a strong re-
semblance to the National Museum, and
other government buildings at the national
capital. From an educational point of
view the exhibit ia of incalculable value
| and Importance, in the fact that it will af-
| ford to millions who have never visited the
national capital, and probably never will,
an opportunity of observing and studying
the processes of each department of the
government, and of looking upon some OF
its priceless treasures.
| The cardinal motive prompting the ex-
hibit il to deepen and intensity the popula,
interest IN public affairs. and 70 that end
the services and exertions Of the chief
workers and thinkers of every branch of the
executive gov, rnment have been largely de.
voted for over two years. Every section ia
school of instruction. The mint, for in.
stsnce, has presses 10 operation, striking
,reetials OF copper, bronze and white metal
| Within heavily virnd glass cases are the
orieinsl proofs of all the coins. paper cur.
rencr, certificates. bonds and other evil
lences OF Indebtedness covering the period
from the year of the Declaration of indie
pendence to the last bond or note issued
from the United States treasury. There
is working postoffice in operation, and an
elaborate display Of all articles relating &c
the postal equipment, not only of this
country, but of nearly all Of the foreign
powers embraced in the postal union. The
largest section is that devoted to the de-
partment of agriculture and which show
models of fruits, cereals, animal and vege.
table fbfes, collections of insects benef
ciai ard injurious to agriculture, models Of
! western methois of irrigation. and com
plete agricultural laboratory, with daily
demonstrations Of food sdalreration.
Under the auspices of the Treasury De
parfment are life-saving service, full,
equipped with apparatus and men, light
house constructed after the latest and mos
approved plans, and demonstration Of
the methods in vogue in the Bureau o.
Internal Revenue. There il . model war
OF the Marine Hospital Service, and vhicl
will be put TO practical nae in caring fo
victims Of Sickness or casualties. The Pa
tent Office section illustrates clearly ans
luciily the marvellous rate Of progress ii
invention Of the present age. and the fos
terng influence Of the American pasen
system in this regard, while the system
pursued by the government in the direction
of civilizina It's Indian wards is exempIi6e,
!. by an Indian boarding school in full oper
stion. with boys and girls studying
working, cooking and playing, an
generally illustrating life upon an India
reservation. The Interior Depastmen
J shows the resources Of it, undevelope