Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1913-03-29
DISPLAYS OF. THE
WORLD EXHIBITED
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Most Wonderful and Elaborate Clas-
sification of Exhibits for In
ternational Exposition

tion of exhibits ever made for any
international exposition is that which
has been prepared for the Pana-
mail Pacific International Exposition to
be held in San Francisco In 1915, to
commemorate the opening Of the
Panama canal.
In the vast work of getting ready
for a worlds fair, perhaps no feature
is Of greater Importance than the
planning of the manner in which the
exhibits shall be displayed, in order
that their inspection shall prove of
the greatest benefit to the visitor,
no matter what his walk in LIFE
A modern universal exposition is
an epitome OF human achievement
containing in logical relationship
man Is words and work. It consti
tutes compendium, for ready refer
ence, of the accomplishments Of all
people in all phases of their activ-
tiles, both material and intellectual.
1t is dictionary of human develop
ment.
Because of this development, and
because public opinion becomes more
critical as the years go by, the task
Of creating a classification of ex-
hibits becomes more and more diff
cult with each succeeding exposition
It must satisfy present conditions
of art, science and manufacture
With these fundamental conditions
confronting him Captain Asher Car
ter Baker, U. s. N, (retired) Direct
Or of exhibits has devoted the past
ten months to the plan and prep
aration of plan of classification
that is pronounced marvellous by the
best known experts on the subject
The document has just been issued
by the exposition, and bears the en-
uol oSuCiAI VI LII. EIcucllCh y. ".
Skiff, Director-in-C Chief of the exposi-
tion and well known international ex-
pert ON classification, under whose
supervision it was created by Cap!
tain Baker.
The classification includes eleven
departments: Fine Arts, Education,
Sociali Economy, Liberal Arts, Manu-
factures and Varied Industries, Ma
chinery, Transportation, Agriculture,
Live Stock, horticulture and Mines
and Metallurgy. These departments
have been divided into 1856 groups,
subdiwded into 500 classes. III
The utmost care has been given
by Captain Baker to the classifica-
tion of each department, and in many
instances notable departures from the
methods followed at previous exposi-
tions are apparent. For example, the
visitor to San Francisco ii. 1876 Will
find that the department of electri-
city has been eliminated as such,
and the classes are distributed in
those branches OF human activity
where they are used. The majority
of electrical exhibits are classified
under machinery, and electricity is
made group in that department.
The exhibits which will be grouped
in the Transportation exhibits palace
will be wonderfully arranged, accord
ing to Captain Bakers plans. AS the
exposition is to celebrate the open
ing of the Panama canal, distinctly
maritime event, it is the intention
to feature marine exhibits under the
marine section of transportation ex-
hibits. In the Transportation palace
will be shown the exhibits Of all the
great steamship companies; water
transportation of all countries, navi-
CATION and commerce, characteristic
boats Of all nations, a complete ex-
hibit of motor boats, their engines
and motors, pleasure yachts, sail and
steam yachts, which are generally
shown by models, methods of water
transportation, the great water In
dustry of the great lakes, showing
the transportation of ore, methods
of unloading, models of the great bat
tleships of the world, an historic ex-
hibit OF models of the ships Of the
early navigators of England, Holland,
France and Spain-thereby making an
exhibit in all its form.
A remarkable classification has
been effected by Captain Baker in
the department of Social Economy.
Representation will be had of all
phases Of the important economic
questions which agitate the world at
the present day. Fifteen groups, in
cluding 81 cIesses are found neces-
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