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eifected, and the chief outlines of the plan for the exhibition 

 have been agreed upon. 



This exhibition is to be international and universal — inter- 

 national inasmuch as all nations will be invited to participate 

 in it ; and universal, because it will include a representation of 

 all natural and artificial products, all arts, industries, and 

 manufactures, and all the varied results of human skill, thought 

 and imagination. 



The outlines of a simple yet comprehensive classification 

 have been adopted. There will be ten departments, each sub- 

 divided in ten groups, and these again into classes. The 

 details of this classification are now being elaborated and will 

 be published in due season, together with such rules and regu- 

 lations as may be found necessary for the proper conduct and 

 management of the exhibition. 



It is intended that ample space shall be assigned to each 

 state, territory, and foreign country, for a just and proper 

 display of their products. It is believed that not less than 

 fifty square acres of floor space, under roof, will be required for 

 this purpose. A site combining the advantages of a sufficient 

 extent of level ground, with picturesque and cultivated sur- 

 roundings, easy of access by rail, water, and by ordinary roads, 

 has been assigned for the buildings and grounds at Fairmount 

 Park, in the City of Philadelphia. The exhibition will open 

 in April, and close in October. 



Each State of the Union will be expected to send its peculiar 

 products, illustrating its resources, both developed and unde- 

 veloped. A complete exhibition of this kind by all the States, 

 will afford the means of comparing their industrial condition 

 and capabilities. The products of mining and of agriculture 

 will occupy a large portion of the space allotted to each state, 

 and will receive tlieir just share of attention in this universal 

 display. 



An undertaking so patriotic in its conception, so vast in its 

 proportions, and so useful in its results, commends itself to 

 the hearty sympathy and support of an intelligent people. 

 Patriotism, as well as an appreciation of the industrial, educa- 

 tional, and moral influences of well organized exhibitions, 

 should impel all citizens to lend a helping hand. It is the 

 duty of the Commission to prepare the way and open the doors, 

 but the people, in their sovereign right and strength, must 

 make the exhibition. By their aid, alone, can it be made a 

 just and comprehensive display of the industrial, intellectual, 

 and moral development of the Nation during the first century 

 of its existence. 



