The Forrest City times. [volume] (Forrest City, Ark.) 1871-1919, 1898-12-23
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
Rules and Regulations which VIII
Govern Exhibitor. ut the
Great Fair.

sioner general. Alfred Picard, recite
that all the civilized nations of the
earth shall be invited to participate in
the exposition, and that to the contem-
poraneous exposition a Retrospective
centennial exposition shall be Joined.
This latter will resume the progress ac-
complished throughout the world in all
branches of art, music, industry, ETC.,
since 1900. and special exhibitions of an
eient art, exhibits of ancient agricul-
tural implements and machinery, and
musical congresses will be made.
The entire space occupied by the ex-
position VIII be considered as bonded
warehouse, and foreign products for
warded to the exposition will enter
France thu ough all goods traffic offices.
The sender will be required to forward
statement, which must be joined to
the goods traffic receipt, and in which
must DC indicated the nature, kind,
weight and origin of the products. All
shipments to the exposition will be
subject 20 the conditions of interna-
tional goods traffic or ordinary goods
traffic. at the option of the parties in
terested. Shipments made by interna-
tional or ordinary goods traffic will not
undergo examination at the. frontier
of France. Sealing will be done free,
and all shipments will be exempt from
statistic charges.
Foreign products received into the
exposition grounds will be taken
charge of by the special customs de-
partment of the exposition and subject
to the gene raj rules of warehouses; any
! such products offered will not be taxed
with more than the tariff applicable to
similar products of the most favored
nation. Objects manufactured within
the limits of the exposition, from ma
terials of foreign origin imported under
the customs regime, will not be liable
to any other duties than those pertain
ing to the manufactured materials.
The management of the exposition
VIII take measures to protect against
Danger all objects exhibited, but will no {
I've responsible for loss by fire or other
accidental causes. Exhibitors will be
expected to insure their products at
their own expense. On the other hand.
the manos ement will assume the re-
| sponsib;li'y for damage done to objects
exhibited in the retrospective or GEN.
tennial sections, but only to the amount
fixed by actual agreement. The man.
agement OF the exposition will not as
sumo airy responsibility for thefts and
robbery, but will organize a surveil.
! lance department to prevent robbery.
Guards can be appointed by exhibitors,
subject to the approval of the director
| generals department, but they must
obey ali the rules and regulations of
the management of the exposition,
upon pain of dismissal.
Exhibitors will have all the rights
and immunities granted by the French
law OF May %, 1868, as to the guarantee
OF invention liable to be patented and
also of manufacturing designs, within
the delays and subject to the conditions
of said law. No exhibitor will b. re-
quired 20 pay rent for space occupied
in any of the palaces, pavilions or build
ings erected by the management of the
exposition and all water, gas, Steam
and motive power necessary for work.
| ing al, apparatus and machinery ex-
hibited will be supplied free of charge
Exhibitors, however, will be required
to furnish at their own expense the
necessary piping for receiving water,
gas or steam, also the informed airy
transnissions required for the recep.
ton of the motive power on the driv.
ing bards.
| Exhibitors will be required to pay
all expenses connected with packing,
shipping, unpacking, storage of eases,
placing objects on exhibit, repacking
and reshipping. No exhibitor will be
allowed to erect a private building un.
til the complete plans have been sub
mitted to and approved by the man.
agemen- Of the exposition, and all earth
work and gardening done by exhibitors
must be at their expense, and only
upon inc approval of the management
No exhibitor, concessionaire or other
person will be allowed to advertise
within the limits of the exposition by
means OF posters, prospectuses, hand
bills, etc, without authority and per-
mission from the commissioner.gen-
eral.
All Industrial and agricultural prod
ucts admitted to the exposition must be
| placed within the exposition in the
period from December /, 1899, and Feb
ruary 2s, 1900, and all works of art
admitted must be placed in the palace
in which iEey will be exhibited between
February Is and February 30, 1900
Since the last Paris exposition no
countr~ in the world has made -uch
enormous progress in all kinds of in
dustriai enterprise as the United States,
and the manufacturers alone of this
country would use, if it could be Sc
cured, ten times the space allotted to
America.-N. Y. Commercial Adver.
tiser.
STAR PLUG
L. & M. NATURAL LEAF PLUG ~
CLIPPER PLUG
| C0DNED CTnNE vYN