The daily morning journal and courier., 1900-12-04

tween this country and South America efforts have been made during the past
 year to conclude conventions with the southern republics for the enlargement of postal facilities, Two such agree ments were signed with Bolivia on Apri
 24th, of which that establishing the money order system is undergoing certain
 changes suggested by the Post-OAice De
 partment A treaty of extradition with
 that country, signed on the same day, is
 before the Senate.
 X boundary dispute between Brazil
 and Bolivia over the territory of Acre is
 in q fair way of friendly adjustment, a
 protocol signed in December, 1899, hay
 ing agreed on definite frontier and pro
 vided for it's demarcation by joint com-
 mission.
 Conditions in Brazil have weighed
 heavily on our export trade to that coun-
 try in marked contrast to the favorable
 conditions upon which Brazilian products
 are admitted into our markets. Urgent
 representations have been made to that
 Government on the subject and some
 amelioration has been effected. We rely
 upon the reciprocal justice and good will
 of that Government to assure to us a
 further improvement in our commercial
 relations.
 The Convention signed May 24, 1897,
 for the final settlement of claims left in
 abeyance upon the dissolution of the
 Commission of 1893, was at length rati-
 fed by the Chilean Congress and the
 supplemental Commission has been or gan2ed.
 It remains for the Congress to appro-
 priate for the necessary expenses of the Commission.
 The inSurrectionary movement which disturbed Colombia in the latter part of 1899 has been practically suppressed, all though guerrilas still operate in some de- partments. The executive power of that Republic changed hands in August last by the act of Vice-President Marroquin ill assuming the reins of government dur ing the absence of President San Gle mente from the capital The change met with no serious opposition, and, following the precedents in such cases, the United States minister entered into relations with the new de facto Government on September 17th.
 It is gratifying to announce that the residual questions between Costa Rica and Nicara qua growing out of the Award of President Cleveland in 1888 have been adjusted through the choice of an Amer ican engineer, General E. F. Alexander, as umpire to run the disputed line. His task has been accomplished to the satis- faction of both contestants.
 A revolution in the Dominican Repub- lie toward the close of last year resulted in the installation of President Jimenez, whose Government was formally recog nized in January. Since then final pay ment has been made of the American claim in regard to the Ozama bridge.
 The year of the Exposition has been fruitful in occasions for displaying the good will that exists between this coun- try and France. This great competition brought together from every nation the best in natural productions, industry, sci ence and the arts, submitted in generous rivalry 10 a judgment made all the more searching because of that rivalry. The extraordinary increase of expectations from this country during the past three years ard the activity with which our in- ventions and wares had invaded new markets caused much interest to center upon tho American exhibit, and every en- cOuGuRtNtIit WuS DHtItu III lut way pl space and facilities to permit of its being comprehensive as Il whole and complete in every part.
 If was. however, not an easy task to assemble exhibits that could 6tly illus trate our diversified resources and man. ufactures. Singularly enough, our na tional prosperity lessened the incentive to exhibit. The dealer in raw materials ! knew that the user must come to him; ! the great factories were eontented with ! the phenomenal demand for their out 1 put, not alone at home, but also abroad, | where merit had already won profitable i trade.
 Appeals had to he made to the patriot ! ism of exhibitors to induce them to incur 4 outlnys promising no immediate return. \ This was especially the case where it be- { came needfu to complete an industrial 4 sequence or illustrate a class of proc esses. One manufacturer after another had to be visited and importuned, and at times, after q promise to exhibit in n 7 particular section had been obtained, it would be withdrawn, owing to pressure of trade orders, and new quest would have to be made.
 The installation of exhibits, too, en- many obstacles and involved cost The Exposition was far from ready at the date fixed for it's open ing. The French transportation lines were congested with offered freight. Be ated goods had to be hastily installed in unfinished quarters with whatever la- Dor could be obtained in the prevailing confusion Nor was the task of the frightened by the fact that, ,wing to the scheme of classification adopted, it was impossible to have the entire exhibit of any one country in the ;ame building or more than one group If exhibits in the same part of any building. Our installations were scat cred on both sides of the Seine and in widely remote suburbs of Paris, so that additional assistants were needed for the york of supervision and arrangement. Despite all these drawbacks the con- of the United States was not nly the largest foreign display, but was mong the earliest in place and the most rderly in arrangement. Our exhibits were shown in one hundred and one ut of one hundred and twenty-one , lasses, and more completely covered the ntire classification than those of any , ther nation. In total number they anked next after those of France, and he attractive form in which they were resented secured general attention