Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-11-10
EXpositions of ALI Sorts Are in Favor
Just Now.
this COUNTRY WILL HAVE EIGHT
Their Great Value in the Way of
Increasing Trade.
IN EUROPE AND JAPAN

| multitude OF eXpositionS, state, national and
| international, that are scheduled to take
place within the next four years. 1t seems
that the worlds Columbian exposition in
| Chicago and the present universal expo
sition in Paris have given an impetus to the
| establishment of a whole series of similar
| projects in this country and abroad, but to
attend them all would be a task requiring
absolute leisure and the privilege of a lib
eral expense account.
The features of national and International
| expositions are well known. but the So
| called permanent expeditions a new
| class that has been increasing in favor OF
| late years, doubtless because of their COM
| mercial Importance to the development OF
| foreign trade.
AS examples Of this new class of fairs
may be mentioned the following permanent
| expositions: For machinery, in Lima,
| Peru: for American manufactures, in Bue-
| nos Ayres Argentine Republic; for sam
| pies of Canadian produces, Cape Town.
| Cape Colony, and for samples OF building
| ana house materials, fitting and machinery,
| in Christania, Norway.
| The success encountered by these enter
| prlseS has raised question of inSutut1ng
| other permanent eXpost.Ons, and among
those already projected are the exposItons
| in Rome for Italian products, in Paris tor
| Mexican products and in Shanghai, CHINA,
| TO: American products Viadivostok, Rus
san Siberia: Madrid, SPAN, and CONSTANT
nople. Turkey. are each to nave analogous
| commercial expositions of a permanent ma
| ture In the near future.
Many in This Country.
! IL this country the exposition industry
| is booming. Besides the coming Pan
American exposition in Buffalo less
than eight important eXpositions face us,
with the determination to take place before
1904. That makes two fairs per year be-
side that at Buffalo and some of these
! faira expect to fight each other in a compc-
! tition for supremacy. Thus, Detroit eX-
! peCted in 1901 to celebrate her second CEN
| 1ennial with a large Industrial and COM
| nlercial exposition. but as Buffalo is to
| have her tan-American performance the
| same year. Detroit was forced into the
! background, and 1t is assured that her
! centennial will not come off until later.
/ Charleston S. c., has a much better
| chance, although her exposition is sched-
uled TO take pace also in 1901. for she in
| tends to open her fair a bout the time Buff
faio closes hers. Charleston will run her
fair with view of presenting the oppor-
| tunities for investment in the south and
to promote closer trade relations with the
West Indian islands. These eXpositions do
not count upon any considerable patronage
from Europe, that continents attention
during 1901 will be largely drawn to the
| Glasgow exposition The Pacific Ocean and
International exposition of San Francisco
is also slated to take place in 1901, but the
proposed Twentieth Century exposition. in
| New York, has been Indefinitely postponed.
| From May to November. 1862, the city of
Toledo Ohio, will celebrate the hundredth
| anniversary of Ohio's admission to state
hood by centennial exposition, Samuel ].
| Ryan, formerly executive commissioner OF
Ohio at the Worlds Fair, in Chicago, hav-
ing been appointed director general.
From June to December during the same
year the city of Newark, N. j., proposes
to hold a national exposition under the
auspices of the boards of trade of the prin-
cipal cities of New Jersey. 1t is not i'm
probable that this exposition, account
| of its unusually favorable geographical
location, will attract the undivided atten-
ton of the manufacturing world. As more
than seven millions of people live within
trolley ride of the proposed site at WaVerly
| Park, it is likely that the Newark EXPOSE
ton will break all records for attendance
among national fairs.
| Louisville, KY, will be the center In 1903
Of worlds fair to celebrate the Louisiana
| purchase in conjunction with the states of
| the southwest. The Louisiana citizens have
demonstrated their patriotism by pledging
| themselves to provide $10000,0OO toward
the enterprise of promoting and managing
| the fair, and it is anticipated that the
United States government will make an adj
ditional appropriation of $5OOO,OOO for the
| same purpose.
| The St. Louis and New Orleans exposi-
lions. originally scheduled to take place
simultaneously with the Louisville fair, will
| doubtless be merged into the latter, as they
| would otherwise conflict too much with
| each other.
Topeka Kan, is arranging for an EXPOSE
ton in 1904, and Richmond. Va, is serious
| ly thinking of starting a southern fair to
take place in 1907.
| Others in the Business.
Turning to foreign countries. the most
| important exposition in the foreground Is
undoubtedly the Glasgow international ex-
| hibition of 1901. Work on the buildings
| has been progressing all summer, and in
architectural design, this fair, at least as
| far as the central section of the exposition
| block is concerned, promises to eclipse any
| similar buildings in taste and dignity Of
style. Among the expositions arranged for
later than 1900, the following are the most
notable:
| The Industrial exposition of 1901 In Riga.
| Russia for the celebration of the 7O0th an
| niversary of the city. AS Riga Is an i'm
portant center for Russia's foreign trade.
| and of the principal ports of the Bal
/! tic, this exposition is destined to have a
| commercial significance of its own.
| The Industrial exposition of Dusseldorf,
| Germany. will be held in 1902 especially for
| the benefit of the provinces Of Westphalia
| and Rhineland.
| During the same year Japan will have
| her first international exposition. The
| japanese government has already taken
| the necessary measures, and as the eXpOSi-
| ton is expected to exert an enormous bear
| ing on the trade of the east, it is looked
|
no little amount of interest and concern
| The international exposition at Liege, Bel
| GUM, will be held under the patronage of
the government and the province and city
| of Liege A beautiful and convenient site
has been selected, covering about two hun
| dred acres. partly valley and partly hills
| Liege is admirably situated for the success
| of such undertaking. being of the
most densely populated industrial districts
| of Europe. The railroad and slack water
| navigation facilities to the Seaboard are ex-
| cellent. and the importance of Liege which
! numbers 17000 inhabitants. as manufac-
turing center should suggest to our manu-
facturers, especially the makers of labor
| saving machinery. the propriety of making
extensive exhibits of their products at this
| fair which Is planned a much larger
| scale than the Antwerp fair of 1894 and
| that of Brussels in 1897.
The Scandinavian exposition at Chris
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