The industries of New Orleans, her rank, resources, advantages, trade, commerce and manufactures, conditions of the past, present and future, representative industrial institutions, historical, descriptive, and statistical . Hlit o O)XCO. CD (3 i-ii-t P i-i 1=3 m I-II-I 1^1 ItI I-I THE WORLDS FAIR. The preparations for the grand Worlds Industrial Exposition long-since gave to the business of New Orleans an extra impetus, the effectof which has not yet subsided. This magnificent project was first sug-gested by a proposition of the National Cotton Planters Association to holda special cotton exp
The industries of New Orleans, her rank, resources, advantages, trade, commerce and manufactures, conditions of the past, present and future, representative industrial institutions, historical, descriptive, and statistical . Hlit o O)XCO. CD (3 i-ii-t P i-i 1=3 m I-II-I 1^1 ItI I-I THE WORLDS FAIR. The preparations for the grand Worlds Industrial Exposition long-since gave to the business of New Orleans an extra impetus, the effectof which has not yet subsided. This magnificent project was first sug-gested by a proposition of the National Cotton Planters Association to holda special cotton exposition in the year 1SS4, the centennial year of the cottontrade in America. That \vas in 1S82. Subsequently, upon public consid-eration of the matter, the original scheme was elaborated, and a WorldsFair, that should surpass anything yet undertaken of that nature was pro-. jected. Congress was invoked to assist the undertaking, with the effect thatofficial recognition was given the plan by the passage of an act providing fora Board of Management, for Commissioners from all the States, for a Gov-ernment exhibit and other details. The Cotton Planters Association wasprivileged to select a site for the building, and New Orleans was its finances were speedily obtained. Congress voted a loan of $1,-000,000, and $200,000 besides for the Government exhibit, the State of Lou-isiana and the city of New Orleans each contributed $100,000. The popu-
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