The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1899-12-06

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/ as to the industries and commerce of other
| countries, and in the care and promptitude
| with which their reports are printed and
/ distributed, has continued during the past
| year with increasingly valuable results in
suggesting new sources of demand for
| American products and in pointing out the
| obstacles still to he overcome
| In any arrangement of the great and COM
| plieated work of obtaining official data OF
| an economic character when congress may
| undertake it is most important, in my
! Judgment, that the results already secured
! by the efforts of the department of state
| should be carefully considered with view
! to a judieous development and increased
! utility to our export trade.
Union OF American Republics
The interest taken by the various states
forming the international union of Ameri-
! can republics in the work of its organic
| bureau is evidenced by the fact that Tor
| the first time since its creation in 1880, all
| the republics Of South and Central Anerl-
/ ca are now represented in it.
! The unanimous recommendation OF the
! International American conference proVld-
| ing for the interna tional union OF Amef-
| can republics, stated that it should con-
| tinue in force during term of ten years
| from the date of its organization, and no
| country becoming a member of the union
| should cease to be a member until the END
| of said period of ten years, and unless
| twelve months before the expiration OF
| a
| the union had given to the secretary OF
| state of the United States official notice
of their wish to terminate the union at the
| end of its first period, that the union
should continue to be maintained Tor an
| other period of ten years, and thereafter
| under the same conditions, for successive
periods of ten years each.
| The period for notification expired on July
| A. 1899 without any official member having
| given the necessary notice of withdrawal.
| ,i,,t1 L. Ttar assured the
| next ten years. In view of this fact, ana
| of the numerous questions of general IN
| terest and common benefit to all of the
| republics of America, some of which were
| considered by the first international
| American conference, but not finally set
| tied, and others which have since then
| grown to Importance, it would seem ex-
| pedient that the various republics constitu-
| ting the union should be invited to hold at
| an early date another conference in the
| capital of one of the countries other than
| the United States which has already en-
| joyed this honor.
| The purely international character of the
work being done by the bureau, and the APP
| probation of its value, are further empha-
| sized by the active cooperation which the
| various governments of the Latin American
| republics and their diplomatic representa-
tives in this capital are now exhibiting, and
| the jealous endeavors they are making to
extend its field of usefulness to promote
| through its commercial Intercourse and
| strengthen the bonds of amity and conf
| dence between its various members and the
nations of this continent. The act to en-
| courage the holding of the Pan-American
| exposition the Niagara frontier within
| the county of Erie, or Niagra, in the state
| of New York in the year of 1901, was APP
| proved on March 8, 1899.
| This exposition, which will be held in the
| city of Buffalo. in the near vicinity of the
| great Niagara cataract, and within days
| Journey of which reside 100000 of our
people, will be confined entirely to the
| western hemisphere. Satisfactory assur-
| ances have already been given ny the dip
| lomatic representatives of Great Britain,
| Mexico, the Central and South American
| republics and most of the states of the
| United States that their countries and
| states will make an unique interesting and
| Instructive exhibit, peculiarly illustrative
of their material progress during the CEN
| fury which is about to close.
Government Exhibits
The law provides an appropriation of
| 100000 for the purpose of making an ex-
| hloit at the exposition by the government
| of the United States from its executive de-
partments and from the Smithsonian insti-
! tuition and national museum, the United
! States commission OF fish and fisheries, the
! department. of labor, and the bureau of the
| American republics. To secure a complete
| and harmonious arrangement of this gov
| ernments exhibit, a board of management
| the selection, purchase preparat ton, trans
| portation, arrangement and safekeeping of
| the articles and materials to be exhibited.
| The board has been organized and has al
| ready entered upon the performance of its
| duties, provided for by the law.
/ have every reason to hope and believe
| that this exposition will tend more firmly to
| cement the cordial relations between the
| nations of this continent.
| In accordance with an act of congress,
| ana-pya6 Tlaohpah 10 md ilr1da he
| auspices of the Philadelphia Commercial
| museum, most interesting and valuable
! exposition of products and manufactures,
| especially adopted to export trade, was
! held in Philadelphia from the 14th of Sep
| TENDER to the LIST of December, 1899. The
| representative character of the exhibits
| and widespread interest manifested in the
| special character of the exhibits and the
| objects of the undertaking afford renewed
encouragement to those who look confident
| ly to the steady growth of our enlarged
| expectation of manufactured goods, which
| has been the most remarkable fact in the
| development of the United States in recent
years.
| feature of the exposition which is like
| ~ to become of permanent and increasing
| utility to our industries, is the collection of
| samples of merchandise produce in various
| countries with special reference to partcu-
| lar markets, providing practical object les
| sons to United States manufacturers to
| qualities, styles and prices of goods, such
| as meet the special demand of consumers
| and may be exported with advantage.
In connection with the exposition, an in
| ternational commercial congress was held
| upon the invitation of the Philadelphia
| Commercial museum, transmitted 10y the
| department of state to the various foreign
governments for an exchange of informa
| ton and opinions. with the view to the
promotion of international trade. This in
| vitation met with general and cordial
ceptance and the congress, which began
| its sessions at the exposition on the 18th of
| OctobeR, proved to be of great practical
| importance, from the fact that it develop
| ed a general recognition of the independ-
ence of nations in trade and a most graft
| flying spirit, of accommodation with refer
| ence to the gradual removal of existing
! impediments to reciprocal relations, with
| out injury to the Industrial interests of
| either party.
Peace Conference
| In response to the invitation of his majes-