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<3ay of independence, they hoped to open the grandest exhibition the 

 world ever saw — to show that during the lapse of those hundred 

 years America had worked out her independence, not only in a politi- 

 cal, but in an industrial sense. 



At the close of Mr. Greeley's address Mr. Kingsbury, superin- 

 tendent of the wool manufacturers' exhibition, presented to the Insti- 

 tute, through Mr. Cleveland, a magnificent American flag, made bj 

 the United States Bunting Company, of Lowell, Mass. Mr. Cleve- 

 land received the flag on behalf of the Board of Managers, and said : 

 We accept the flag presented by the United States Bunting Com- 

 pany, of Lowell, and shall take great pride in hoisting it over the 

 future exliibitions of American industr}'-. We shall be the more 

 proud of it because it will be the first time an American flag, made 

 of American bunting, will ever have floated over an American exhi- 

 bition, and it will be an apt token of our progress in the manufac- 

 ture of textile fabrics. We shall further treasure it as a reminder of 

 the magnificent display the National Association of Wool Manufac- 

 turers has make in this fair. W^e believe every true American 

 should be proud of your department. You have shown reps, mohair, 

 poplins, lastings, and other fabrics not before made here, and cloths, 

 blankets, and other products of the finest character. Your Axmin- 

 ster carpets — of which the imported article costs at retail here from 

 six to seven dollars a yard, you have exhibited of equal quality, at 

 about four dollars a yard ; and the best part of it is that the Euro- 

 pean carpet is woven hy hand., while the American is woven bj 

 poiver looms; and tliat while the imported has a miserably weak 

 back, that lasts but a short time, the American article has a firm 

 back that never wears out. It is like the back-bone of the American 

 people — you cannot wear it out. [Applause.] 



We claim that we have shown five of the best stationary steam 

 engines ever placed on exhibition. You have seen in operation Lyall's 

 positive motion loom, entirely new and never before exhibited, one 

 of the most important improvements in the manufacture of textile 

 fabrics, perhaps taking rank next to the cotton gin. The Bullock 

 printing press, feeding itself, cutting the paper to a suitable size, 

 printing both sides at once, and throwing off newspapers at the rate 

 of 20,000 an hour. 



We have shown cotton in the raw material, before your very eyes . 

 carried through all the various processes and brought out a spool of 

 thread, and. handed to the lady visitors for trial. Agricultural imple- 



