Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-04
Exhibits of These Industries to Go
to the Paris Exposition.
EXTENSIVE SAMPLES TO Be SHOWN
Processes of Growth and Prepara-
ton for Shipment.
VAL U z OF XPORTS

stellar Importance to the world-sheep hus-
bandry and cotton Srowing-will receive the
attention due their exalted rank in the cat
alogue of exports from this country in the
United States industrial exhibit at the
Paris exposition of 1900. The material that
will make up the cotton and wool displays
from America has been gathered together
in Washington from all parts of the west
and south through the Agricultural De-
rartment and under the supervision. of the
Washington bureau of the Paris exposi-
ton commission, of which Mr. Charles
Richards Dodge is representative of the
Secretary of Agriculture and director of
agriculture. Cotton and wool samples of
the finest possible growth are stored in
the warehouses of the commission and are
being prepared and packed for shipment
from Baltimore in the near future.
The Cotton Exhibit
The cotton exhibit has been collected by
ment of Agriculture. About six hundred
samples of growers cotton have been re-
ceived from the actual growers of the sta
pie, many of whom are the regular cor
respondents of the Agricultural Depart
ment. A superb series of Sea Island cottons
has been sent in by prominent firm of
cotton factors, who are specially anxious
that this long staple cotton may be shown
at Paris This particular item of the eX-
h;bit will fill a large glass case and spe-
cial samples of the growth will be kept on
hand to be given TO Europeans interested
in the product
The farmers collection of upland and
other cotton will be shown under plate
glass in panels measuring two by five feet.
There will be twent. -four different varieties
in each panel duplicate specimens of the
staples displayed ~ This manner Will be
stored in the bases of the cases for eXami-
IltI- limit 1f1.ay- of
samples Of the various classes can be given
away. In its entirety it is expected that
the Paris display will be the finest cotton
collection ever brought together at any pre-
V;ouS exposition.
Growth and Shipment.
In order to show to the foreigners who
have never seen cotton in its natural
growth a large glass will be provided
in which will be seen a full-sized cotton
plant with open bolls, precisely similar to
the millions Of such plants in the southern
fields This display will be made in the ex
position proper On the Champ de Mars. At
Pare VinCennes, an annex of the exposition,
and some little distance from the main
buildings, there viii be a second exhibit
showing the latest process of preparing
cotton for shipment. Balng machinery
and congresses will be shown in operation.
But this will be somewhat remote from
the exposition proper, there will also be
shown in the cotton space at Champ de
fashioned congresses. These will be con-
tributed by the Southern Railway Com
pany a special exhibit. and with the cot
ton machinery will be shown models of a
plantation wagon in which the cotton is
transported to the railway station, box
cars filled with the tiny bales and in
train on their way to the markets of the
east. This exhibit is expected to prove ex-
ceptionalIy interesting
Illustrating the Importance of making a
fine cotton exhibit at Paris, it may be
stated that the American exports of cotton
during the past year amounted to over
$2j0.U0,0o0 While the subject of
figures it might further be borne in mind
that the American material shown in
groups VII and Y of the forthcoming eX-
position agriculture and food products,
Director DudgeS department, represents 40
per cent Of Americas exports to foreign
countries, which last year amounted to
more than $500. O00,0o0.
The Wool Exhibit.
The wool exhibit has been collected under
the direction of Mr.. J. r. Dodge, who was
for twenty years statistician of the De-
partment of Agriculture. and is a recog-
nized authority Oh sheep husbandry. The
exhibit will represent the different breeds
and grades of United States wool. The
exhibit will be composed of selected sam
pies sent in by the wool growers of the
west and the wool dealers of Philadelphia
ana Boston. In many instances there will
be three samples from each fleece, showing
the different qualities Among the tools
shown Will be the famous merinO the
SaXony, the Ramboullet and the Delaine.
Especial attention will be paid to the long
combing woods, such as the Southdown,
Hampshircdown, OXforddOwn and Shrop-
shtredOwn families
The wool will be attractiVelv displaVed in
panels covered with plate glass.
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