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the affording of an opportunity to foreign exhibitors at the World's 

 Fair to further display their goods in the United States, and in conse- 

 quence a great number of exhibits were shipped direct from Chicago 

 to the Pacific coast. The exposition was located in Golden Gate 

 Park. 



The Atlanta Exposition had its inception in a belief that the agri- 

 cultural, mineral, and manufacturing resources of the South were 

 not adequately represented in Chicago in 1893. It was believed that 

 a better exhibit of the products of the Southland would tend to foster 

 greater trade relations between that section of our country and other 

 parts of the United States, as well as with foreign countries, espe- 

 cially those to the south, such as Mexico. The Cotton States Ex- 

 position was held in Piedmont Park. 



The exposition in Nashville was designed primarily to celebrate 

 the one hundredth anniversary of the admission of Tennessee into 

 the Federal Union. Recognizing the commercial and educational 

 advantages to be derived from such a demonstration, it was deemed 

 wise to characterize the celebration as an exhibit of " the matchless 

 resources of Tennessee, and at the same time to lead to their greater 

 development." The old West Side Park was chosen as the site of the 

 " Centennial City." 



The exposition held last year in Omaha had for its purposes to do 

 for the Trans-Mississippi States what the more local exhibitions had 

 done for Atlanta and Nashville. It was claimed that it would for the 

 "first time fully illustrate the wealth-producing power and the ex- 

 tent of productive industries of the Greater West," and it did. The 

 exposition grounds were included within what was called the Kountze 

 tract and the old fair grounds. 



Each of these expositions has been projected for distinct commer- 

 cial reasons. They have had for their immediate purposes the pres- 

 entation of the products of the region in which they were located to 

 their neighbors, to the nation, and to the world. In this sense they 

 have been simply the offspring of the fairs of the middle ages, dif- 

 fering from them only in that the feature of sale has been largely 

 eliminated. That they have been successful in accomplishing the 

 results desired is beyond doubt; indeed, the expositions in Nashville 

 and Omaha were even financial successes. But they have done more 

 than this; they have accomplished a world of good in the way of 

 education. 



Let us consider some of these benefits. Beginning with the 

 grounds, these have been given over to the charge of some competent 

 landscape architect under whose skillful supervision the desert has 

 been made to blossom like a rose. The sand hills of San Francisco 

 became the beautiful " Palm City," which since the close of the 



