The record-union., 1899-05-28
The EXPORT EXPOSITION.
TO BE HELD IN PHILADELPHIA
NEXT FALL.
A National Affair in Which Cali
fornia is Expected to
Participate.

The management of the National Ex-
port Exposition. to be held in Phila-
delphia next September, October anu
November, are desirous that the State
OF California shall be well represented
by exhibits of the products peculiar to
the State, and have sent to this state
j. M. Stauffer, who represents the eX-
position on the Pacific Coast and IS
making a canvass among manufactur-
ers, to the end that California may be
properly represented at the exposition,
was in Sacramento the past week IN
the interest of the exposition. Inc
Chamber of Commerce and the Board
of Trade of San Francisco have both
evinced considerable interest in the ex-
position, and Mr. Stauffer will cooper
ate with those organizations in their
efforts to secure exhibits.
The authorities of the exposition be-
Heve that fine exhibit of the CAN
fornia wines would result in consid-
cradle increase in the export trade OF
that product A special effort will be
made in that direction Mr.. Stauffer
will also endeavor to persuade packers
of fruits, salmon and other canned
goods of the Pacific Coast to make
creulIaDIe eXnlD1tS.
Mr.. Stauffer is favorably known
among business men of California. He
has traded extensively in California
products and canned goods in Philadel-
phia. 1t is his intention, after calling
on representatives of the various busi
ness interests of San Francisco, to visit
other centers of trade throughout the
State. His headquarters will be at 2O3
California street.
OF the numerous national and inter-
National expositions projected for the
next three or four years in different
parts of the United States, the one to
be held in Philadelphia in September,
October and November of the present
year is in many respects the most i'm
portant to the trade and commercial
interests of the country.
The National Export Exposition is an
exposition for the development of
American manufactures and the expan-
sion of our export trade, and it will be
the first national exposition of that
character ever held in this country.
It is the purpose to exhibit at next
falls exposition every line of manu-
factured products of the United States
especially suitable for export. Such ex
hibits will form the principal depart
ment of the exposition, and will COM
prise everything which is, can, or
might be exported
There will also be a department of
foreign manufactured goods consisting
of collections of samples of goods made
in the commercial countries of Europe
and successfully sold in all foreign
markets in competition with American
goods. These samples will show our
manufacturers just what competition
they must meet abroad, as we'll as the
peculiarities in the demands of every
foreign market. The samples of goods
OF foreign manufacture are being Sc
leeted and being purchased abroad by
representatives of the exposition aided
by the entire Consular service of the
United States.
A third department of the exposition
will show how American goods must
be packed, labeled and shipped in order
TO meet the requirements of foreign
trade. which vary according to the de-
gree of development or civilization in
each country of the world
In October commercial congress
Will be held in Philadelphia in connec-
tion with the meeting of the Interna-
tional Advisory Board of the Philadel-
phia Commercial Museum. Every for
eign Government and the leading
Chambers of Commerce of the entire
world have been invited to send dele
gates, and the Commercial Museum has
sent out invitations to its agents and
representatives abroad to send to the
exposition their buyers or members of
their firms
The exposition will be under the joint
auspices of the Philadelphia CONNER
cial Museum and the Franklin Insti-
tute, two great public institutions of
Philadelphia, whose standing is such as
to assure the success of the exposition.
The Board of Directors of the Philadel-
phia Exposition Association, the cor
poration organized to conduct the ex-
position, includes number of the
most prominent and energetic business
men of Philadelphia
Sanction and support has been given
to the exposition by the National Gov
ernment, Congress approprating $3.50
W0 to aid it. The city of Philadelphia
has given S2000 and the State of
Pennsylvania S15.000, and 100000 is
being raised in Philadelphia by indi-
fNldual subscriptions.
The main buildings, which are now
under construction, cover eight acres
of ground. and the available exhibition
space will be at least 100000 square
feet.
Outside of the space occupied by the
main buildings there viii be within
the exposition grounds. which COM
prise tract of fifty-six acres of land
on the bank of the Schuylkil River.
Within fifteen minutes ride of the City
.Hall, ample space for the erection of
detached structures for special exhib-
its. There will be large area for
amusement features which promise to
be as unique and interesting as the ex-
position is practical.
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