Year: 1873

these regions to the United States is the American
| Centennial Commission. and that the only means
mission are those afforded by sending out special
agent TO prepare the way and gather together the


nro va1oSs 0r the exhibition ol s1S OF
ington which, In case OF emergency would render
him able to enter into negotiations with Dutch and
spanish Powers for the requirement OF liberties in
| regard TO American merchants. The policy pur-
sued by Holland has been conspicuously prohibl-
tive; hut the moment was never more favorable
| to secure concessions from the Dutch Republic
tnan now. Indeed, as the matter stands at pres
sn we examine the na situation Of Holland
very much manacled, and that had England not en-
tered into special treaty with Holland ip ls7l, the
aims which are, OF course, alone though
England, would be entirely cut or The
the extension OF American commerce such as has
never occurred before, and such Will, in all hu
man prooaoiilty never occur again; for II we leave
TINS vast Held alone some other nation VIII step IN
and win those laurels which are truly and properly
our own, and which really can be secured to US at
an expense OF less than ten thousand dollars. The
money expended by our special agent in visiting
these realms could not possibly exceed this sum,
earnest efforts from the East would pay every
cent OF the debt which we now owe to the West.
The centennial commission ers have, therefore. an
opportunity OI presenting to the entire world such


DISPLAY OF ORIENTAL WEALTH


as has never before oeen attained or even at
tempted; but the agent to whom this mission Is
entrusted must by all means be vested with
proper authority, or else his work must neces-





qulred to bring the perfect evidences OF the
resources for American commerce which lie DOR
mant in the East but would also be placed In q
position where he must clear away all impedi-
ments now existing to that commerce.


|. The Executive Board OF Commission meets to-
day. We would urge upon them the absolute and
immediate necessity Of acting with the utmost
speed, as well as with propOruonate caution. Why
not decide upon the ten best architectural plans Mt
OnceY What Is the use OF delaying Tor days yet to
come a conclusion which should have been arrived
at months agos Why not appoint at once an agent
Tor Eastern lands, who should have already been
gradually fulfilling lis commission by sending
admlraSle opr opportunlsy 0 exists n for 1S the de
veIopment OF naval and commercial tone
and independence why neglect itY When we have
in our hands the means OF increasing our national
resources and wealth. why pass those means by
with indifference and disregardY Why not place
seaboard, since such a step would open i0r us the
distant West and create new outlet Tor the con-
the Executive Committee from the different States,
now In session, to answer all these questions.
There is but one course Tor them to pursue, and
that IS the appointment or an agent at once and
the immediate aecislon upon the lew bsst plans for
the building.
which viii result from mis- exhibition cannot be
at ali overrated. When we Call W mind the fact
ing productions at Vienna, in q single day re-
ceived orders Tor $S00,o00 worth OF machines, we
can readily see how fabulous in number these
orders would be when American industry shows
that glory at home which OF course 1t canpOt hope
to portray abroad The London exposition in Hyde





pianos, and Goodyear's rubber goods celebrated
from one end OF the globe to the other and
flowed to America and still now, from the devel-
OpmentS OF this Exhibition alone. Let every Amer


can manufacturer send in wayes to TIE Centen-
Mai, and the result OF lew months labor will en-
rich him and his family ior many generations yet
TO be. or course some restrictions must be placed
upon our agricultural and manufacturing interests,
or else these separate productions would crowd
building OF any size from one end to the
other. TO illustrate this, Will simply
N
the United States has already applied for
space sufficient to. accommodate twenty large
planOf0rtes. or course TINS amount OF room
not be granted to any single manufacturer; for
il it were, every sewing machine company would
would occupy space to the exclusion OF almost
everything else. Al such CONTINGENCIES must be
described than by reproducing the


PLAN PREPARED FOR THE AGRICULTURAL INTERESTS.
1t Is designed, In the nrst place. that Just
one year before the opening OF the Centennial
the districts, townships or parishes OF each par
ticular county shall contend together In respect
TO agricultural productions at the annual county
fairs. In those contests various men will secure
prizes Or the production OF different things, such
as rye, corn, wheat, melons, potatoes and ali otner
vegetables, Then 1t IS proposed that those who
secure prizes in the various counties shall contend
against each other in the annual iair the state,
and rinaly the successful competitors at the State
fairs must vie with each other for a final prize IN
the grand EXHIBITION OF the whole country as well
as with similar productions throughout the entire
world. An arrangement Ike this will also extend
to the manufactures, so that only those articles





Will be permitted to contend Tor the general Gen.
tennIal Exhibition prHe Inis plan Will greatly
economic space, and Will also serve to bring be-
fore the pubic eye only the best productions In
each particular sphere. Thus 1t VIII be that
tivty and competition in the direction OF our
county and State lars, ana must bear the most
beneficial results upon the agricultural and manu-
featuring interests o. the country at large. The
end this superlative display can be readily dis
cerned At glance. The best productions OF each
state and Territory OF the Union VIII be perfectly
shown, along with its minerals, mines and geo.
graphical bearings to all others. Its inter-
and and its inferionty or superiority to every sister
State will be clearly and accurately ascertained.
There are many of our States so perplexed with
dinculty and debt that their mineral resources
avail them naught simply from want OF funds and
lack ol means oil communication with other States
Exposition the capital Of every foreign Power will
meet at Philadelphia with full and perfect repre-.
THE MEN OF MILLIONS


| will have an opportunity, provided the American
people exert themselves, 10 see the agricultural
| clearly before them They will see the extent OF
its mines, forests and railways. They will what
will be the product OF internal State development,
| and, as a matter OF course, will remove their
| money from home, where their investments pay
| them but three per cent and transfer 1T to tnat
| particular state in which their dollars will yied
them the greatest Interests so that it becomes an
| absolute necessity for all our States to appear In
! their best and most perfect light, for capl-
tai will certainly enrich them If they do.
Nor, is this all. Not only capital but labor will
manual societies OF the world viii send their repre-
sentatves here, as they send them to other inter-
national expositions, and II our display OF the pro-
ducts OF labor Is cOmmendable, the regiments OF
our working classes will be nearly doubled and
immigration be twice as great as now. consider,
in lace OF all these Things that 10 would pay the
government to assume even four times the cost Of
this entire exhibition simply for the sake OF an in
creased commerce, more Substantial International
relations, and greater and more marvellous in
ternal development.


CITIES OF CORK AND PLASTER OF PARIS.
closing IN od.
mirable plan for representing either in clay cork
paper, all the leading cities OF the Union before
and since the Revolution. We will see Boston as
she was before our independence, as she was the
day alter the fire and as she Is now. In Chicago,
as she was forty years ago. we shall behold vast
rolling prairie and o lew scattered huts;
| then we shall behold her as she appeared