The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

f letters. science and arts. men cori1e "the great factors of contemporary Pie duction, the most powerful asen.ss of industrial achievement at tue eio 94or;oi the nineteenth century -.iie nt.a,,ics and general processes or llecllatilCiH, electricity, civil engineering, melhoue of transportation. Next follow the eA1 nIoitation and the products, supernclal or subterranean, of the earth.dSl ICul ture horticulture. forestry, the cllase' fisheries, placer mining, loou "., mines and metallurgy. Next III oruer are decorations and furnishing ot pup lie buildings and habitations, threads, | warns. tissues, textile fabrics, wearing apparel. chemical industries, various n1anufa ctllres. Social economy, to l which have been reserved the deVelop- ments worthy of it's actual role' iolloMs naturally the various branches or dItls- tic. agricultural and industrial produc- tion." It will embrace also hygiene ana public or organized charity.
 The interest in the exposition shown bv Americans seems to be very great In his report, Major Handy says: Ap- plications informally made by indlVld- nal exhibitors show bona fide demands for 152 969 square feet, besides eStlmat- ed requirements of associated educa- tion, arts and mines to the extent or 125. 900 square feet. In other words,
 
 opening of the exposition there is a de- mand for more space than was ever occupied by the United States in any international exposition on foreign soll. These demands emphasize the neceS- sity of cooperating with the authorl- ties of the exposition in their earnest determination to make it one of selec- tion.
 France sets a good example in re- uuiring that all applications for space shall be passed upon by two Juries Of selections, or boards of examiners. Germany, heartily seconding Frances intentions, proposes also to thoroughly sift all applications and serd to Paris only those articles which survive the l most careful expert scrutiny. Only products of the first class will be ac- cepted,' says MT. Richter, the German Commissioner General. 1 strongly recommend that we follow the same policy, and would suggest that no article be shipped to Paris for exhibi- ton until it has passed the most crit ical scrutiny of the Commissioners or committees of their appointment.
 My idea would be to have commit tees for this purpose sit in New York and Chicago, and perhaps in other cities, whose duty it shall be not only | to sift exhibits thoroughly, rejecting | all that are commonplace, trivial or in any respect unworthy, but also to scale l down the space to reasonable dimen- 1 sions in every case. It cannot be too | thoroughly understood that in the coming international exposition the difficulty will not be to get exhibitors, but to moderate the demands of eXhib 1 itors and to- meet in any degree the | reuuirementS of such exhibits as will | be a credit and honor to this country" l The propriety of having a special de- partment for the display of woman's | work, to be installed and managed by | women, has been urged upon the ad- ] ministratiye council of the exposition,
 but so far without perceptible effect. The Midway Plaisance of the Worlds l Columbian Exposition will have it's counterpart, and the authorities are | busying themselves deviSing plans or
 passing upon those of individuals, for 1 the amusement of the crowds that will
 throng the grounds in 1900. Quaint and l queer customs of the little known na-
 tions are to be shown, making it possi-
 ble for one to see the ends of the earth
 without journeying that distance.
 l Work upon the grounds and buildings
 is proceeding rapidly, although with l great care, and there is no doubt that the exhibits will have been installed
 by April 15. 1900, the date set for the opening of the exposition. The site will De practically the same as was occu- pied by the exposition of 1889, the total
 space being 336 acres-96 more than
 was available for the last exposition.
 The area compared with that of the Worlds Columbian Exposition of 1893,
 which occupied all of Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance-740 acres in all shows the limitations with which the
 officials have to contend. A larger space
 might have been had in the suburbs,
 but the Municipal Council of Paris and
 the Council General of the Seine De-
 partment strongly opposed all propo-
 sals to locate any part of the exposition 1 outside of the city.
 The industrial progress of the United
 States and the evolution of it's material
 resources during the hundred years
 which the exposition is to crown have
 been unequaled by that of any other l nation. It is not too much to saw that