The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-12-06

exhibitors. but does not suffice 10 meet
the Increasingly urgent demands OF our
Observation-Disclosures. The efforts OF the COM
missioner general are ably directed toward
strictly representative display Of Ill
that most characteristtcally marks Amerl-
can achievement In the inventive arts aud
most adequately shows tho excellence Of
our National productions.
In this age OF keen rivalry among nu-
lions for mastery In commerce the doctrine
OF evolution and the rulc of the survival
lof the httcst must be as incxorable In
their operation as they are positive IN
the results they bring about. The pIsso
won In the struggle by an Industrial peo-
pie can only be held by unreiaxed en-
deavor and constant advance In achieves
ment. The present extraordlnary impe us
In every line OF American expectation and
the astounding increase In the volums
and value OF our share In the WORLDS
markets may not be attributed to acct.
dental conditions.
The reasons are not tar 20 seek. Tney
lie deep In our National character and
lind expression In every branch OF haud,..
craft, In every new device whereby the
materials we 80 ahundantly produce are
subdued by the artisans will and made
to yield the largest most pactcal and
most beneficial returns. The American
exhibit at Paris should. and am conn
dent VIII. be an exhibit Of skiifully IL.
rected ondeavor, unfaltering energy and
consummate performance. thus SPREADING
ahrosd clearer knowledge OF the worth
| OF our productions and the justice OF our
claim to an important place In the mar
kets OF the world. To accomplish this
by jud'cious selection, by recognition OF
paramount merit In whatever walk OF
trade and manufacture II may appear and
by orderly classification and attractive In
staliaton is the task OF our commission.
The United States governmeai hiildlng
is approaching completion and no effort will
be spared to make 1t worthy. In both arch
itectural plan and completeness OF dis
play, to represent our Nation. II has been
suggested that a permanent building OF a
similar or appropriate design :e srected
on convenient site, already given by
the municipality near the exposition
grounds. to serve IN commcmoration OF the
part taken by this government and country
in this great enterprise. as an American
National institution for our countrymen
resorting TO Paris COR study
| am informed by our commissioner gen
eral that we shall have in the American
section at Paris over 1000 exhibitors from,
every state In our country. a number ten
times ms great as those which We're repre-
tsnted at Vienna in 1879, six times as many
as those in Paris In 1873 and four times as
large as those who exhibited in Paris in
1889. This settlement does not include the
exhibits from either Cuba. Porto Rico or
Hawaii, for which arrangements have been
made
number Of important International
congresses on special topics affecting pub
lie interests arc proposed to he held in
PARIS next summer in connection with tho
exposition, Effort will be made ia have
Tue several technical branches M ,ur an
mh'st@tion efficiently represented at
these conferences. each IN It's sperial line,
and TO procure the largest possible con-
course of State representatives. psrticu-
larly at the congresses of public charity
and of medicine.