The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-04-29

Philadelphia, April 2S.-On the first
of June the commercial museum which
has been established i'm Philadelphia
on such a large scale and has already
been so successful will be inaugurated
with formal ceremonies, and there will
be fOrty-four delegates from boards
of trade and chambers of commerce
in other American republics present to
participate in the proceedings. The
Philadelphia museum was organized
for the purpose of promoting trade be-
tween the United States and the rest
Of the hemisphere. 1t is a great object
lesson to teach the manufacturers of
Philadelphia and the surrounding
country all that is necessary for them
to know about the resources, staples
and the markets of the rest of America.
1t occupies the building formerly
used, by the general offices of the Penn
sylvania railroad at Fourth and Wal
nue. streets. It's rooms are filled with
samples Of raw products used by the
manufacturers of Philadelphia and
samples of the manufactured products
required by the people of Central and
South America. 1t has a bureau of in
formation that will furnish general or
specific reports on any subject relating
to foreign trade or domestic manu-
faCturers. 1t has agents and corre-
spondents in every foreign country,
ana its advisory board is made up of
the most prominent importing and eX-
porting merchants in the other Amer
lean republics. Many of the members
of this board will visit America for the
first time when the museum is formerly
inaugurated in June, and it is proposed
to entertain the foreign delegates by
an excursion throughout the country
as the members Of the international
American conference were entertained
in 1889 There will be thirty gentle
men from South America. Several of
them are already on the way. There
will be fourteen from Mexico and Cen
trail America.
THE PROGRAMME.
The programme for their entertain
ment includes five days visit i'm Phila-
dclphia, beginning with the first of
June, when the museum will be for
mally opened. on the I'd President
Mckinley will greet them, and Il re-
ceptiOn will be held in their honor at
the Academy of Music. on Thursday
there will be a banquet at the bourse,
with 1900 covers, and a reception at
the Academy of Fine Arts, when they
will be the guests of the city of Phila-
delphia. The 4th and 5th of June will
be spent visiting factories in the vicin-
ity Of Philadelphia, and on Saturday
afternoon the party will be taken TO
Atlantic City to spend Sunday. Mon
day and Tuesday, the 9TH and Sth, will
he spent in Baltimore; the 9th and 10th
in Washington; from the 11th to the
18th the guests will be in New York;
the 18th, 18th and 20th in Boston; the
2lst at Worcester and Springfield,
Mass the 22d at Hartford and New
Haven, and on the 23d they will take
a special train at New York over the
Pennsylvania railroad, for Pittsburg
whore they will spend the oath and
25th. The 26th and eth will be spent
in Cincinnati, the 2Sth i'm Dayton, the
29th in Indianapolis, and the rest of the
week in Chicago-from the 30th Of
June to the 5th of July. After that
they will go to Milwaukee,, Detroit,
Cleveland, Buffalo, Niagara Falls and
Albany Tor one day each. At all these
cities they will be the guests of the
commercial organizations and business
men, and the purpose is to give them
as thorough a knowledge as possible
Of the manufactures and resources of
this country,