The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1907-07-30
TOBACCO TRADES FAIR
EVERYTHING is READY
Opening Of Marvellous Show
at Madison Square Gar
den Labor Day.

New York, July 29,-President Will
liam B. Turk yesterday announced the
completion of all but the most insig-
nifcant details for opening the annual
Tobacco Trades exposition at the Mad
ison Square Garden on Labor day, Sep
tenber g.
This big show, the second of It's kind,
is being looked forward to with much
pleasurable anticipation by the millions
Of working and business men who have
no love for trusts" and who entertain
keen appreciation Of the straightfor-
ward and open-handed methods of the
Independent manufacturers and dealers.
The approaching exhibition is novel
and its success is assured from the In
credible number of exhibitors who
fastened to secure space for their
products long before midsummer.
The element OF "unpreparedness"
which has been a conspicuous handi-
cap in national and International expo
sitions in America, and in London,
Paris, Dublin and a score of other Eu-
ropean cities is quite out of the ques-
| LlOu So 1cil iS Tic lOBdCCO bApOSIllOH Is
concerned. The booths, kiosks, bodegas
and stalls of the exhibitors have al
ready been made in sections and then
knocked down" for transportation to
the garden where each one may be
erected and the finishing touches put
on inside of twenty-four hours and at
the Garden will be turned over to the
/ &c
prior to the opening Of the show every
structure will be complete when the
doors are opened to the Labor day
throng Of visitors and there will be SO
little noise from hammering that even
Mrs. Isaac l.. Rice, the noise- wreclIer
herself would not find just cause for
complaint.
The total attendance last year far ex.
ceeded all expectations but 1t IS conf
dentlally predicted that twice the num-
Der will pass through the admission
| gates this year
The Onondago Indian band won sucF
enconiums last year that by genera
request these thirty musical geniuse'
have been engaged for the present oc
casion, and their gifted leader has IL
preparation some, unique features fol
his program for each afternoon ana
evening performance.
Those fortunate persons who had The
privilege of listening to the inspiring
strains of this band al the last exhibit
ton will recall the fact with mucl
The smoking contests will be repeat
ed each afternoon and evening, ant
the winners will receive prizes which
will far exceed in value those of las
September.
Four windows have been devised AM
constructed especially for the window
dressing contests. which will take place
every Afternoon and evening. Thes
contests are open to all competitors
, whether professional or amateur win
dow dressers.
Women have already expressed de
! sire to compete in the window dress
, ings Uncle Sam is to send from tn
) department Of agriculture at Washing
/ ton q comprehensive exhibit which vii
include smoking and testing machines
, seed separators, seed bed sterilizers
, and a lot of the paraphernalla use'
by the tobacco experts in their valu
able researches and experiments TIL
; United States government does not It
self raise tobacco, but 1t sends intelli
gent students and experts to varlou
: stations in states like Kentucky Vir
/ ginia, the Carolinias, Connecticut, Ma
i ryland and Florida, where the narcoti
weed is cultivated by farmers VIII
make a speciality of this product.
These government experts are in tn
tobacco plantations day and night, an
not only closely observe the variou
methods of cultivation. but make sug
gestions to the less scientific planter
: who usually reaps financial benefit fror
their suggestions and experiments
The government wisely makes goo
} lany financial loss that a tobacco grove
may suffer through having acted upo1
an experts advice, suggestions or eX
periments.
Plants of the various types of to
bacco have been potted especially 70
the exposition and their study vii
prove OF great value to all interested