New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-12-08
FOR THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
LIBERAL. APPROPRIATION URGED BY
THE PRESIDENT-MAJOR
HANDY'S REPORT.

Washington Dec. THE President to-day trans
mitted TO Congress the report OF Major Moses =
Handy Special Commissioner TO the Paris inter
national Exposition Of 1870. In his letter OF trans
INITIAL the President says the report gives cie"'
md commemorative presentation Of the situation
,,h coum,ssioner recommends that appropria-
,or ., teIa go be granted. that creditabie dis
NAV nm behalf OF the United States may he made.
The President says:
Resides securing a much larger amount OF space
than had been reserved. Major Handy obtained
tho gratifying assurance that the United states
,,,u he placed on a footing with tho most favored
nations and that in tho installation OF every I'M
nortant department the United states VIII hA'e
4 location commensurate with the dignity ana
nnor,anc. Of the country. and adjoining In every
casa countries Of the FIRST rank. In View or the
magnitude and importance OF the approaching Eh-
post,on and OF our standing among the nations
that will there be represented and In view also
OF our increased population ana acknowledged
nrogre.s In arts sciences and manufactures. ear
nestly commend tho report OF Major Handy TO
your consideration and trust that liberal APP
Precipitation may be made Moreover. mo ma6-
nhcet exhbi, Of ne Frencn hepGne, al boS
be a strong Incentive to reciprocal lberaty on the
In this repor. Commissioner Handy tells how he
took measures 10 feel the pulse ~ The American
Exposition By sending out vast number OF circu-
lar letters TO persons who had maze EXHIBITS NJ
Chicago or who might reasonably be supposed TO
contemplate making exhibits. In Paris the condi.
tons were not at first suspicious. Many OF the
oric!als were absent. and those he did meet told
tho Commissioner how much they regretted the
hardness shown by the United states in applying
for n prope- place. The fact that the French
Covernnen. desired the Exposition to be one In
which ouaii.y rather than quantity should be re-
garded was impressed upon him and the Minister
OF Commerce tod Major Handy that they wished
TO avoid tho mere multiplication OF commonplacSe
ex hibits Visitors" said ne. are not Interested
in sariine boxes and tomato-cans however nu-
merorf or tastefully arranged In the end the
TYposition Authorities graciously yielded 10 Major
Handy's request that the space to be given to the
United States be enlarged. inasmuch as this coun-
Try was entitled to ar large an allotment as any
other nation. and more than II had IN isS' since
Tho spaco at disposal larger
Major Handy believes that In the nd this coun-
try will secure about two hundred thousand square
feet OF space Already. two years In advance OF
the EXPOS Ition, he has had applications by intend
ing exhibitors for 1872 500 feet or more space than
was ever occupied by tho United states IN any
foreign Exposition. The Commissioner strongly
recommends that every intended exhibit be sub
mi,trd 10 a critical inspection by the United States
Commissioner in order to keep out the common
Mace I'm view OF the great preparations being madc
Nv European nations to excel IN the q'lalty OF
,be,r OF hbIts The report abounds In suggestions
looking 10 the adequate representation OF the
United States at the Exposition