Revieir of Review?, l/ll/iS. 



87; 



GOVERNOR ADAMS. 



MAJOR Cr,OMAN. 



TOPICS OF THE MONTH. 



XVIII. SHALL AUSTRALIA PARTICIPATE IN 

 THE PANAMA EXHIBITION? 



A notable commission is visitins: Aus- 

 iralasia. It has been appointed by the 

 United States Government, and comes 

 over here to formally invite Australia's 

 participation in the great exhibition 

 which will celebrate the openmg of the 

 Panama Canal. 



Four brainy men are the commissioners. 

 The leader, the Hon Alva Adams, 

 several times Governor of Colorado, is an 

 eminent banker. Major Sydney A. Clo- 

 man has had a military and administra- 

 tive experience few can rival. Mr. 

 O'Neil Sevier is a well-known journalist. 

 Mr. Thos. G. Stallsmith has a unique 

 knowledge of exhibitions and the 

 methods and international regulations 

 which nowadays must govern them. lie 

 is the Chief of the Agricultural Dej^.irt- 

 ment of the Exhibition, so that his in- 

 clusion ni the team is peculiarly fitting, 

 for it is to Australia as a i^roducer of 

 the primary necessaries of life that the 

 Exhibition at San Francisco mainly ap- 

 peals. 



These four commissioners are just 

 now in Melbourne. They have visited 

 Adelaide, and spent some time in Syd- 

 ney. Their stay in New South Wales was- 

 indeed longer than they intended, owing 

 to the quarantine regulations. In each 

 of the States they have called on the 

 head of the Government, and, after ex- 

 plaining the object of their visit, they 

 show the great opportunity the exhibi- 

 tion offers Australia to make her pro- 

 ducts known, tell of her immense re- 

 sources, and show to hundreds of thou- 

 sands the great openings she has to offer 

 settlers. 



Everywhere the commission has been 

 received with mucji cordiaht}', but its 

 members are jiraciical men. and want 

 something definite done, and without 

 delay. Some time ago the Federal Gov- 

 ernment decided to make a grant of 

 ;^20,ooo towards the cost of a Common-' 

 wealth building at the Fair, but thus far 

 the States have done nothing in the 

 matter. 



