Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-10-16
FLOATING EXPOSITION
Our Goods to Be Displayed In
 Worlds Principal Ports.
a NOVEL AMERICAN INVASION

Huge Craft, Loaded With Uncle
 sam's Goods, to Make sixty Thou-
 sand Mile Trip-seventy-Gve Ports In Forty-six Different Countries
 Will Be Visited.
 A floating exposition, carrying dis plays of the goods of American manu- lecturers to the principal ports of the world and establishing American trade where it has not yet solid foothold, Is the unique undertaking of the Export Shipping company of New York, says the Brooklyn Eagle. A big ocean steamship, fitted out especially for the purpose, is to leave New York about April 1 next year, it's cargo condens- ed American industrial exhibition, with representative of each of the exhib- itors on board, and sail around the world, circling continents and zigzag ging across the oceans and seas to make island ports in all climes.
 Seyentyfive ports in forty-six differ ent countries will be visited, and 60,000 miles will be travelled in fifteen months. The continents of Europe, Asia, Aus tralia and South America and the coasts of Central America and the West Indies are included in the itin- erary
 It is to be an American invasion in a most novel form. Extensive adver- Using is expected to bring together large numbers of the native merchants at the ports where the exposition drops anchor Stops of from two to seven days will be made at the ports of the itinerary, giving tse exhibitors repre- sentatives plenty of time to show and explain their goods, quote prices, take orders and appoint local agents.
 It is estimated that the cost of the floating exposition for the fifteen months will be $S40,000. The promot- CTS figure out that at the rate they will get for the space there sauld be ST. 100000 coming in. According to the plan outlined in their pamphlets, the balance of $160,000 will be refunded to the exhibitors pro rata The man. agers of the scheme say they do not expect to make cent except to be ben efited in the same way as the exhib- itors. All money is to be paid into a Manhattan bank and by the bank dis bursed only on certified and itemized vouchers which will be made public upon the request of any exhibitors. In other words, it is advertised as mutu- al scheme for furthering the interests of the manufacturers participating.
 Exhibit space on the ship will be sold for $50 per square foot, and the mini mum sold will be forty square feet, but several exhibitors may group their exhibits if they so desire, buying the space together. The representatives of the exhibitors on board will be board ed for S1 day. It has been carefully figured out that the cost to an exhibi- tor to thus show his goods to the many foreign markets to be invaded will not be over S5 per day.
 So that the exhibitors representa-  tives may be able to converse with the merchants in the ports where English is not spoken, instructors in German, French and Spanish will give free les sons in these languages during the time spent at sea With slight knowl- edge of these languages besides their own it is believed the representatives will be able to make themselves under stood in any port visited.
 The managers of the enterprise want as great a diversity of manufactured products as possible. and they want he most suitable in every line. It is announced that competition between exhibitors will be discouraged, al- .hough of course it is not expected that f can be r--..'--l-- eliminated.
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