The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-12-06
the resources of this great field for
American trade and enterprise.
THE PARIS EXPOSITION.
Benefits to Accrue from the Making
of a Creditable Display.

The death of President Faure in Feb
ruary last called forth those sincere ex-
pressionS of sympathy which befit the
relations of two republics as closely al
lied by unbroken historic ties as are
the United States and France.
Preparations for the representation of
the industries. arts and products of the
United States at the Worlds exposition
TO be held in Paris next year continue
on an elaborate and comprehensive
scale, thanks to the generous appropria-
ton provided by cur congress and to
the friendly interest the French gov
eminent has shown in furthering typ
ical exhibit OF American progress.
There has been allotted to the United
States a considerable addition of space
which, while placing our country in the
first rank. among exhibitors, does not
suffice to meet the increasingly urgent
demands of our manufactures. The ef-
forts of the commissioner general are
ably directed toward a strictly repre-
sentative display of all that most char
acteristically marks American achieve
ments in the inventive arts, and most
adequately shows the excellence of our
natural productions.
Age of Keen Rivalry.
In this age of keen rivalry among ma
tions for mastery in commerce, the doc
trine of evolution and the rule of the
survival of the fittest must be as mex
orable in their operation as they are
positive in the results they bring about.
The place won in the struggle by an in
dustriai people can only be held by UNI
relaxed endeavor and constant advance
in achievement. The present eXtraor-
binary impetus in every line of Amer
lean expectation and increase in the
volume and value of our share in the
worlds markets may not be attributed
to accidental conditions.
The reasons are not far to seek. They
lie deep in our national character and
find expression year by year, in every
branch of handicraft, in every new de-
vice whereby the materials we so aDun-
dainty produce are subdued to the ar
tisans will and made to yield the larg-
est and most practical and most benefl-
cial return. The American exhibit at
Paris should. and / am confident Will,
be an open volume. whole lessons of
skilfully directed endeavor, unfalterins
energy and consunmate performance
may be read by all on every page, thus
spreading abroad a clearer knowledge
of the worth of our productions and the
question of our claim to an important
place in the marts of the world To
accomplish this by judicious selection.
by recognition of paramount merit IN
whatever walk of trade and manufac-
ture it may appear and by orderly clas-
sification and attractive Installation IS
the task of our commission
Will Have Many Exhibitors.
The United States government build
ing is approaching completion. and no
effort will be spared to make it worthy
in beauty of architectural plan and in
completeness of display to represent
our nation. II has been suggested that
a permanent building of similar or ap-
propriate design be erected on conve-
nient site already given by the munich
patty near the exposition grounds, to
serve in concentration of the part
taken by this country in this great en-
terprise, as an American national in
stitute for our countrymen resorting to
Paris for study.
/ am informed by our commissioner
general that We shall have in the AM
erican section a Paris over 1000 exhib
itors from every state in our country, a
number ten times as great as those
which were represented at Vienna in
1878. six times as many as those IN
Paris in 1878. and four times as many
as those who exhibited in Paris in 1889.
This statement does not include the ex-
hibits from either Cuba, Porto Rico or
Hawaii, for which arrangements have
been made
A number of important international
congresses on special topics affecting
public interests are proposed to be held
in Paris next summer in connection
with the exposition. Effort will be made
to have the several technical branches
of our administration efficiently repre-
scented at those conferences, each in its
special line and to procure the largest
possible concourse Of state representa-
tives. particularly at the Congress of
Public Charity and Medicine.