The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-10-18
A FLOATING EXPOSITION
Our Goods to be Display ed
in Worlds Principal
Ports.

A floating exposition, carrying dis
plays Of the goods Of American manu-
facturers 10 the principal ports Of the
world and establishing American trade
where Il has not yet a solid foothold. Is
the unique undertaking Of the Export
shipping company OF New York. says
the brooklyn Eagle A big ocean
steamship, ntted out especially for the
purpose, IL 20 leave New York about
April next year, rs cargo a eondens.
ed American Industrial exhibition, with
a representative Of each Of the exhlb-
itors on board, and sail around the
world, circlmg continents and zigzag
ging across the oceans and seas to
make island ports in all cllmes.
Seventy Eve ports In forty-slx differ
ent countries viii be visited, aud $4,000
miles win be-traveled in fifteen months.
The continents Of Europe. Asia. Aus.
tralia and South America aud the
coasts of Central America and the
West Indies are included in iAe itin-
erary.
II is TO be an American invasion in
a most novel form Extensive adver.
tising is expected TO bring together
large numbers Of the native merchants
at the ports where the exposition drops
anchor Stops OF from two so seven
days will be made at the ports Of the
itinerary. giving the exhibitors repre-.
sentatives plenty of time TO show and
explain their goods, quote prices take
orders and appoint local agents.
II is estimated that the cost OF the
floating exposition for the fifteen
months win be $4,000. The promot-
ers figure out that at the rate they will
get FOR the space there should be ST.
OO0,000 coming in According 10 the
plan outlined in their pamphlets the
balance OF 100000 will be refunded
- the exhibitors pro rata The man
ayers Of the scheme say they DO not
expect to make a cent except 70 be ben
eited 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 aud aemizcd
vouchers which will be made public
upon the request Of any exhibitors. In
al scheme for furthering the interests
OF the manufacturers participating.
Exhibit space on the ship viii be sold
for $50 per square foot, and the mini.
mum sold will be forty square feet,
but several exhibitors may group their
exhibits II they so desire, buying the
space together The representatives Of
the exhibitors on board will be board
ed FOR 81 n day. II has been carefully
figured out that the cost to an exbibi-
tor 70 thus show his goods TO the many
foreign markets tc be invaded will not
be over 81 per day.
so that the exhibitors represents
tives may he 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 a slight knowl.
edge Of these languages besides their
own it is believed the representatives
viii be able 10 make themselves under.
stood In any port visited
The managers Of the enterprise want
as great a diversity df manufactured
products as possible. and they want
the most suitable in every line. II is
announced that competition between
exhibitors will be discouraged, al
though or course Il is not expected that
II can be entirely eliminated.