The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1901-04-01

ny u EDWARD ruler, Assistant SUE
perintendent In Charge of Foods
and Their Accessories.
~ ORN Of great idea. achieving
* matchless greatness under the
best management any great ex-
position has ever had the ma
tured benefit of in the Western
world, anu with a landslide Of pros
perity threatening to thrust itself upon
1t, this Exposition Of all the Americas
IN these glittering first days of the new
century makes a fair bid to pass into
history as one of the incidents inevita-
bic in the forward sweep cE the West
ern Hemisphere; one Of the things call
ed by Manifest Destiny and not found
wanting.
In the Division of Foods and Their
accessories installation is about to be-
gin In a compact manner and with an
elegance suited to the selectfve char
acter which has been made possible by
the overdemand for space. Lucky do
those consider themselves who are
among the accepted ones, while others
who waited until the last moment and
then found a full house are not quite
satisfied with the limitations which bar
would be exhibitors out three months
before opening time-an unheard of
thing in food shows heretofore. Com
pensation will be found, however. for
the small limits of this division in the
highly finished quality and ineligible
arrangement of the appetizing display.
Harmony will prevail in the details of
construction, while value will be given
to every feature which offers a chance
for artistic Improvement by a studied
system of general decoration quite up
to the twentieth century mark Of
grace and refinement
Among the number Of enterprislng
exhibitors are the following firms,
whiet will make especially interesting
exhibits: Swift & Company, Libby. Nc
Neil & Libby, Crosby Flour
Mills Company, the Akron Cereal Com
pany, Oh. Hansen's Laboratory the
Wesson Process Company. the Matted
Cereals Company, the American Cereal
Company, the H. J. Heinz Company,
Erie Preserving Company, Chas. 3.
Knox, Horlick's Food Company, Run
kle Bros, B. Fischer & Company, Hec-
ker-Jones-JewelI Milling Company. Ma
tional Food Company, Armour & Com
pany, the J. K. Armsby Company, the
Geneva Mineral Water Company, the
Oscar Company, z. McIlhenny's Son,
the N. K. Fairbanks Company, the
American Cotton Oil Company, Egg
Baking Powder Company, Walter Ba-
ker & Company. Pillsbury- Washburn
Flour Mills Company Processes and
methods of manufacture and packing
will be shown, and in addition sOuve-
Mrs and samples win be given away
and the quality of the goods demon
strated. so that this division will pre-
sent an altogether festive appearance
day and night, and, with handsome at
tendants and elegant booths, will be a
popular free rival of the Midway in
entertaining the expected twenty odd
millions Of visitors who consume foods
and some kind of accessories three
times day, whether they indulge in
the allurements of art, music and sci
ence or not. The exhibits consist Of
chocolates. coffees. teas, spices, flavor
ing extracts and baking powders; sug-
ars, confectionery and other sweets.
preserves, jams. jellies.s marmalades,
nuts, mushrooms, dried fruits and veg
etables. foods prepared from cereals.
beverages for household and other
uses, preserved and prepared meats
and fish, gelatine preparations. grocers'
sundries and household antiseptics.
AS an annex to the Food Exhibit
Equatorial Pan-America'' viii be a
realized dream Of the tropics which must