The Irish standard., 1901-10-19
American Visitors or Exhibitors will be
Cordially Welcomed by the
Hospitable Celts.
An Interesting Sketch of the Exposition
Giving Full Particulars of
the Great Event.

The following interesting SkeIcA oA
the Cork exhibition, which takes place
next year, has been contributed to
Donahoe's Magazine by the secretary
Of the association, Mr.. Herbert Hona-
han, who says:
For some months past the matter of
organizing what it is intended shall be
a great international exhibition, to be
held in Cork from May to November,
1902, has taken up the attention Of a
large number of the citizens of the
"Rebel City" The idea was first moot
ed by the lord mayor, Right Hon. Ed
ward Fitzgerald, at a meeting of the
Cork city council, and, spreading from
this, it began to assume proportions
which at first it was never anticipated
it could. The general idea was that
it might emulate to some extent the
exhibition of 1883, which, as the times
went, was a distinct success, and left
a tidy profit behind it, but the promot-
ers of next years show were rather
modest in their program at this early
stage, and chary to engage in a big
enterprise without being certain that
the country would come to their assist
ance in an earnest manner, and hence
the scope of the exhibition was of a
limited character as was it's title also.
The name fixed upon at the first pub
lie meeting was that of the "Cork In
dustrial Exhibition, 1902" but when
the project began to take root and de-
velop, and when the department Of
agriculture and technical instruction
for Ireland, which was only called into
existence last year by act Of parlia-
ment, began to throw in their lot with
the promoters. and subsidized the pro-
5ect to the extent OF $25. 900, the COM
mtttee Of organization began to con.
slider whether it would not be wiser to
considerably enlarge the scope and al
ter the title to that Of the "Oork Inter-
national Exhibition, 1902" This It
was eventually decided to do some four
months after the opening meeting, and
the-yarious committees set to work i'm
medaately to endeavor to make the ex-
htbition worthy of its title and worthy
Of all Ireland.
It was the cooperation of the depart
ment Of agriculture, indeed, that sug-
gested embracing the entire country in
the program Of the exhibition. This
new body are desirous Of showing
what is being done, and what can be
done, for the industries of the country
and for the development Of its mineral
wealth, and with the government funds
at its disposal, for which no better pur-
pose could he got to spend them on,
they gladly availed of this opportunity
to associate themselves conspicuously
and intimately with the promoters
idea For this purpose the virtual
head of the department, Hon. Horace
Plunkett, Travelled to Cork, and was in
formed that the committee was natu-
rally desirous of spreading themselves
under the @gis Of the department to a
certain extent, and thus the scheme
while not being in any sense govern
ment or departmental one, has the ad-
vantage of treasury funds to the
amount stated, and in addition to this
has the advantage, which is still more
valuable, of the departments organiza.
tion.
The department propose to make the
first real burst Of their existence
through the medium of this exhibition.
They have applied for space Of 10000
superficial feet in which they propose
to show a wonderful variety of exhib-
its of wool. clay, minerals, peat pro-
duce, building stones, wood carving,
metal work, electric motors, etc, the
raw materials i'll full process of devel-
opment and manufacture. OF course
all of what they purpose showing are
not produced or manufactured in Ire
land at present, but it is the opinion of
the department, from the experience of
continental and other countries, that
those that are not yet in the country
\ might. with advantage, be introduced,