The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-06
DIFFERENT AMERICAN
EXPOSITIONS AIDED.


rertenee 70 the Country.
Ths. act to encourage the holding OF tho
Pan-American expedition on the Niagara
sTcntisr. within ths counties o. q Erie and
year 1901. was approved on March 3, 1889.
The expositlcn, which will be he'd In the
city Of BUFFALO, In the near vicinity q the
great Niagara cataract and within =
days journey Of which resides 4o.0oAp0o Of
our peopls. VIII be confined entirely to the
Western hemisphsrs satisfactory asss,s-
plomatic representatives OF Great Britain.
the Mexican and the Central and South
American republics, ana moek Of the states
OF the United States, that their countries
and states will make unique, interesting
and instructive exhibit, peculiarly illustra-
tive of their material prosress during the
The law provides an appropriation OF
$500, 900 for the purpose Of making an ex-
hibit at the exposition by the government
partn TIN and TIE smithsonisn inssitusion
and Its national museum, the United States
commission Of fish and fisheries, the depart
Tent OF labor and Bureau Of American
monious arrangement Of this government
exhibit q board of management has already
been created and charged with the se.ec-
Arrangement and safekeeping Of tho arti-
Giles and materials to be exhibited. This
board has been organised and has already
ss eresidaa or s. NE a~ have sSses
reason to hope and believe that this expo
siticn win tend more firmly to cement
the cordial relations between the nations
In accordance with an act Of congress,
approved December u. 1898, and under the
auspices Of the Phtiadeiphia commercial
museum, most interesting and valuable
exposition Of products and manufactures
especially adapted to export trade WAS
held In PHILADELPHIA from the 1Ath OF Sep
representative character Of the exhibits
and the widespread interest manifested in
the special objections OF the undertaking
look confidently to the steady growth Of
our enlarged expectation of manufactured
goods, which has been the most remarkable
factor IA the economic development
of the United States In recent years.
A feature of this exposition which Is likely
to become of permanent and Increasing
utility to our industries Is tho collection OF
countries with special reference to par
tieular markets, providing practical object
lessons to United States manufacturers as
as meet the special demand OF Consumers
and may be exported with advantage.
International Commercial COnereaa.
In connection with the exposition an In
ternattonal commercial congress was held
on the invitation OF the Philadelphia COM
mercal museum, transmitted by the de-
partment. of state to the various foreign
governments for an exchange OF informa-
ton and opinions with view to the PRO-
motion of international trade This trade
met with general and cordial acceptance.
and the convention. which began fits ses-
sons at the exposition on the 18th of Oc-
tober, proved to, be Of great practical Inn
portance from the fact that It developed
a general recognition Of the interdepen-
dence of nations In trade and = most graft
flying spirit Of accommodation with ref
erence to the gradual removal of existing
impedfments to reciprocal relations With
out injury to the industrial interests OF
either party.