New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-09-16
THE PHILADELPHIA EXPOSITION.

Ample proof Is found in the opening OF Pha-
delphia's National Export Exposition Of the
changed conditions To which American com
merce and industry are gradually adjusting
themselves The unhampcred development guar
anteed to American manufactures under the
protective system has borne It's natural fruit
and domestic production having expanded be-
yond the limit of National demands is now
eagerly and confidently seeking that foreign
market 10 which under earlier conditions it had
been able TO give only secondary concern.
No centre Of industry in this country has re-
sponded more keenly than Philadelphia to the
stimulating influences of the American tariff
system; and it is significant that in this con-
spcuous and long established seat Of protected
manufacturing the new impulse to export trade
should show itself in greatest volume and
energy. The National Exposition. which opened
its doors on Thursday. has for its object the
promotion Of our rapidly growing commerce
with the world In manufactures. by familiar
izing the foreign consumer with the exceptional
skill. resources and ingenuity which contribute
10 the superiority Of the American finished
product No such experiment would have
seemed feasible or plausible dozen years ago.
and the readiness with which the Pennsylvania
industries have invited competition with older
rivals for the worlds market must be taken as
one of the most interesting signs of the times
In our commercial and economical life
To all those who participated officially in
Thursdays opening ceremonies this seemed to
be the keynote of the Philadelphia Exposition
President Mckinley wrote that In his view the
new fair marked an important and most graft
flying advance In the extension of our trade
sand commerce" To Representative Hepburn.
Of Iowa, the orator Of the day, 1t exemplifed
the natural working out Of our chosen system
Of National development. Years ago." he
said. I'VE began the struggle Of securing to
yourselves our own home market. We then
''thought that II that could be accomplished the
completeness Of our labor field would be es-
Established. But. under wise policy, we have
accomplished this. and still find that It is not
"enough. Supplying the home market does not
Exhaust the energies Of those who have won
"it To keep our people employed we must do
"more. The necessity TO keep them employed
lis the great question before us, and 1t can be
'sOlved only by securing our full share Of trade
Gin the markets of the world
No more suitable time could have been chosen
FOR the Exposition than the year which. through
the Atbara Bridge and other similar contracts
has seen American superiority confessed in the
great branches OF iron and steel construction
The impetus given to export trade by the
extraordinary sales abroad since 1897 OF Ameri
can manufactured goods will. II is to be hoped
he greatly accelerated by an exposition which
through its different congresses promises to at
tract to this country many OF the progressive
business men Of Europe and South America TIL.
spirit Of Industrial conquest is indeed not to IN
aenied. and all the influences most potential ir
American life have combined to strengthen ant
fortify IT, Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. how
ever. are 10 be- heartily commended for thu
promptness and heartiness with which they
have emphasized their belief in what the re-
cent Republican Convention at Harrisburg de