The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-09-28

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with other nations. We are Eighteen
months earlier than the United States
was for either the exhibitions Of 1873 OF
1889. For the latter, however. a good
deal of valuable work was done by our
secretary o: legation, NJ. Vignaud.
'Since my appointment, on July 81
have been steadily at work. / spent
q month II feeling the public pulse;
| did that largely through correspondence
and through newspaper publications.
From the answers received l feel safe
| In saying that we shall need more space
in 1900 than at previous exhibitions and
tina. our exhibit will be of higher or
der Of merit. 1 am more anxious to Sc
lecr exhibits which will be truly repre-
sentative and characteristic, rather than
exhibits merely remarkable for their
size. I shall be guided to large ex-
tent by the correspondence mentioned
with regard to the amount Of space re-
quired, etc. 1 have had personal conn.,
munication with the managers of the
larger interests, such as the bicycle
| TRACE, electric concerns, the furniture
| trade an0 such like. Men like President
| Depew of the New York Central, Presi-
| dent Thompson Of the Pennsylvania
| railroad and Mr.. Pullman OF the Pull
| man Palace Car company, have given
| ne personal assurance Of their co-opera-
ton. I have had overtures from the
mana gers OF representative trades. 1t
is better to deal with them In a classified
| way"
| How do you like the classification
made by tine French authorities?" Ma
| jor Handy was asked.
| at is excellent" he answered. ut is
| an improvement on all preceding eXhi-
| billions. 1 notice that, with great pro-
| priety, education is placed first on the
list and art also holds a high place"
What success do You hope to meet
| with in your capacity as special COM
| missioner"
II cannot and would not anticipate
| the result OF our negotiat tons, but 1 feel
| sure that We shall have all due consider
alton. Our people have the friendliest
feeling for France and have great rea-
son to be grateful to tine French repub-
| lie for the magnificent exhibit it made
| in Chicago in 1898. 1t gives me great
pleasure to meet again tined istinguish-
&c Frenchmen l met in Chicago. and I
am quite sure L can rely upon their CO.
operation.
Our ambassador, General Porter, who
was unavoidably absent from Paris
when l reached here. left a most cor
dial note of we.come for me. Meanwhile
I was received with marked courtesy
ny N. Vignaud, the charge d. affaires
Will return in time to present my re-
pert to the president before the open
ing of congress.
Since l nave come here, short as Ii
is, l have received many applications
for space for resident Americans. One
application received was for the repro
duction Of the process of gold mining
from day to day.
Il cannot mention names, but il is
from one Of the largest gold miners in
the world.
Il am in great hope that the work
set on foot in Chicago and New York
will bring a full response so as to en-
able US to Judge as to space. The i'm
preston at present IS that we can fill
credita5ly 800 square feet. There is no
reason why We should have less than
any other country except France. AS
she is the nome she should have the
right Of way. The retrospective part OF
the program, that is. the part which
shows what progress has been made
during the cntury. We could easily lead
in. We have often taken the lead in the
field Of inventions and We can do SO
again. l think the United States VIII
make generous appropriation. APP
propria:ions from other countries are
larger than ever before. When We show
congress the desiiab;liiy OF having the
American exhfbfr hold high place on
the banks OF the Seine. am sure gen
erous response viii be given. The exhi-
bition OF 1860 VII be the greatest the
world has ever seen. In spite OF many
difficulties France did well in 1889
Then though European countries made
respectable showInss. still mona-chizl
governments did MOI enter into the ex-
hibi,ion With enthusiasm. Now the re-
public is no longer cOld-shouldered
Germany joins in enthusiastically; 50 do
the otler countries. W. could not expect
that Europeans woIia have put forth as
much effort for Us IN 1893 as they will
for the exhibition of 1900 In fact. /: re-
qurei the revelation " made in Chi
cago 10 convince the word that We
could do It. The mex, time they Will all /
come 10 see With their best foot fore /
most.
"No lessons taught by previous expo |
siiions has been iost uoon France. The |
much abuse word in de s.ecle NIL Apply /
20 this exposition ot 800 better than % !
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ing everI OF the century
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