Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1893-07-20

ces IN civilization his needs multiply
and become more complex. In q
savage state mans wants are few
and easily satisfied. Give an Indian
the coarsest kind of food and shelter
for to-day and he will be contented,
But not so with civilized man. His
wants are many and the farther he
progresses in civilization the greater
they will be. He wants good and
we'll made clothing, shoes, plates,
knives, forks, cups, chairs, tables,
lounges, beds, carpets, organs, pia-
nos, pens, stationery, books, news.
papers, paintings, sewing machines,
and thousand and one articles
that could be enumerated. There
fore, civilized man has to make these
different articles which contribute so
much to his comfort, convenience
and happiness. Here are exhibited
furniture, upholstery, and artistic
decorations, gold and silverware,
plate etc, iewelry, ornaments, watch
es, clocks, glass and glassware, art
metal work, stained glass, carvings
in various materials, silk and silk
fabrics, fabrics of iute and other f.
bers, yarns, and woven goods OF lin
en-, cotton and wool, clothing, furs,
laces, and embroideries, toys and
fancy articles, trunks, valises. UNI
brellas, rubber goods, scales, safes,
lamps, heating and cooking stoves,
refrigerators, hollow metal ware, tin
ware, enameled ware, wire goods and
screens, hardware, cutlery, paints
and varnishes, chemical products,
type writer's, paper, blank books,
stationary, etc, etc, not forgetting
marble stone and meta al monuments,
collins and undertaking goods,
which are the last wants OF man. l
am sorry that lack OF time prevent
ed me from doing justice to this vast
exhibit, but | saw enough to satisfy
myself that the United States need
not be ashamed of the showing it
makes in almost every line OF manu-
featured goods. 1t was expected, OF
course, that our manufacturers
should make II good display, in as
much as the exposition was held here,
and therefore had an advantage on
account OF accessibility, which for
eigners did not have. Few foreign
countries have done their best. The
development of manufacturers in the
United States during the past thirty
years has been enormous, and we
have outstripped the nations OF the
old world in almost everything. The
wants OF Americans are said to
be greater than those OF any other
people on earth, and they are going
to have what they want as long as
their money holds out. We are ac-
c,lsed OF being fond OF money, too
fond in fact, still no people on earth
spend money more freely than DO the
Americans. For that reason the
American market is the very best
market in the world for manufac-
tured goods. 1t is right, therefore,
that we should be Il great mnnnfac-
turing nation, for not only have we
great resources and an unlimited
supply OF raw materials, but we have
also the desire and ability to buy
the finished product. Manufacture
ing is simply to convert by labor the
crude materials Of nature into arti-
cles OF use Or beauty for the benefit
and enjoyment of man. With the
advent OF machinery and the build
ing OF large factories, Il revolution
has taken place in manufacturing,
and one man now can do what it
took scores Of men to do before. As
a result manufactured products have
become more abundant and very
much cheapened in price. Not long
ago every family wove their own
cloth which was made up into wear
ing apparel by the tailor who went
from house to house. Every house
wife knew how to card, spin aud
weave. We all know it is different
now. But l was going to tell you
something about the contents ofthis
building instead OF philosoplizing
over what | saw. But the catalogue
for this building alone makes quite a
large sized book and if / should be-
gin to enumerate articles, this rticle
would be too long for the SHEAF.
Great Britain makes a big showing,
OF course, especially in cutlery, chi
: navarro, vases, sculptured glass, sill
verware, wall paper, furniture, laces,
wooden goods, ETC., etc. Germany.
also, demonstrates BY her exhibits
that she il q great manufacturing
nation. OF all foreign countries, the
land OF Bismark and MOltke, III our
opinion, takes the lead. Japan has
an extensive exhibit ofvases, screens,
lacquer work, paper, silk fabrics and
porcelain. 1t is clearly apparent
that the articles seen there are the
productions of IN entirely different
civilization from ours. Austria has
O very good exhibit. Russia has n
good display, especially in furs and
pottery. Belgium has a large exlib-1
it Which proves that it stands high
as manufacturing country. France
has q large and interesting exhibitin
this building and was especially i'm
pressed with the fine bronze and mar
bic statuary, vases, and tapestry.
Paris has conquered the world with
her fashions and the magnificent dis
plays in this direction captivated
my good wife, and she surrendered
on the spot, i. e. she surrendered the
gown because she didn't have the 2
or 3 thousand dollars with which to
get it. Norway has very cred
table exhibit in this building which
shows off her industries to good adj
vantage. There were tapestries, en-
broideries, rugs and wood carvings,
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