The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1899-05-18

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the Commissioner General, the Direc-
tors General and the Directors, and
pursuing the rule the management OF
the exposition VIII not correspond d.
rectly with foreign exhibitors at all,
nor will it recognize their right to cor
respond. -ss f-z-~
Section 50 of the general regulations
declares:
ucts shall be decided upon by the
department of the Directors General, at
the instance of the Commissioner dele
gated by the nation to which the exhib-
itor belongs. No demands shall be. con-
sidered after February 10. 1899.
In this instance it will be observed
that the Director General of the Paris
Exposition in Paris has the sole right
to determine whether foreign products
shall be admitted.
Section 81 declares.
Demands Of admission shall be made
according to the forms prepared by the
Commissioner General.
Section A declares.
No work shall be withdrawn before
the closing Of the exposition without a
special permit from the Commissioner
General, delivered at the instance of
the Director Of Fine Arts
But there are stin more stringent rules
concerning this matter.
Section 4S declares,
The expenses connected with placing
objects on exhibit comprise: Provid-
ing flooring, furnishing and decorating
partitions, separating exhibits one from
aIother, erecting poTticos. imitation
ceilings. show cases and exposition fur
niture ali Of which shall be according
to the plans adopted by the department
OF the Director General.
The entire tenor Of the rules and reg
ulations is to the effect that the Com
missioner General in consensus with
the Minister of Commerce and Industry
of the exposition, and all of the regula-
tions look to the supremacy of that
control. No exhibitor is to be allowed
to advertise within the limits of the ex-
concessions.
These rules are put forth under the
law Of the republic of France and were
signed by the President of the repub-
lie, the Minister of Public instruction
and Fine Arts and the Minister of Com
merce and Industry, Of Posts and Tele-
graphs. They therefore have a dignity
equal to a statute governing the expo
sition.
From all this it is clearly seen that a
cumulative exhibition cannot be made
that the exhibition must be made in
departments, and that California can
space that would be allotted to her as
one of the forty-sx States of the Amer
lean Union, and this she would have
been entitled to and would still be en-
titled to if no appropriation from the
State treasury had been made.
These are matters of serious import
They are worthy of serious considera-
ton. They are not presented in any
hope that they will receive that sober
attention which the magnitude of the
interests involved demands.
There is means Of escape from all
these perplexities. The appropriation
made by the Legislature is for the pur-
pose of collecting, transporting and
maintaining an exhibit Of the products
of the State of California in Paris dur
ing the international Exposition in
1860 We offer the suggestion to the
Commissioners who will have charge of
this important interest on behalf Of the
State that a cumulative exposition
should be secured, if not in the grounds
of the exposition, then as near the
grounds as possible, and that a burea u
OF Information concerning the resources
CT California be established. If the
commission can rent ground space on
which to erect temporary building, OF
If the commission can rent advertising
floor space which will be available, even
at high cost, and maintain a cunu-
iative exposition and esta bIish bureau
OF information, much direct and prae-
teal benefit may be expected. Such an
exhibition would be under the exclusive
arrangement and control of the Com
missioners who will represent this State
and therefore consistent with the or
ganic law.