Missouri Botanical Garden 
Georgs Engelmann Papers 
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Vienna Universal Exposition. 1873. 
Contributions from the United States. 
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Sir : 
The United States Commissioner Ifc^he Y^arta Exposition of 
1873, Gen. Thomas B. Van Buren, has requested the^fcntlemen whose" 
names are anEexeti, to dct as an Advisor^CQipmittee for GROlJPs.IV. 
^U^STANCES/ OF FOOD AS PRODUCTS OF INDUSTRY. 
^This group embraces, in the classification of the Imperial Cbrrf- 
missioners : 
a) *Clour another farin aceous products, malt and its products; 
b) Sugar and it§ prbducfs; 
c) Spirits and spirituous liquors, &c.; 
d ) Wipes; 
e) Ale, beer, porter, &c.; % v W 
/) Vinegars; NL. jL 
* 0) Preserves and .extracts, (^tracts of meat, portable soup, condensed milk, Erbs- 
wurst, preserved vegetables, pj*ft$grvedqneat, &c»s : ^ 
li) Tobacco, And similar manufactures^ - ^^ ** 
i) Confectionery, ginger-bread, chocolate, coffee substitutes, &c.; 
Tc) Processes^mdjnventions fdrpreparirtg all these articles * 
t) Statistics oi^rockiction. V„ ^ x 
The Austrian Cb^njissidhers earnes&y invite illustrative models, 
o^gro^esses which are labor ^nd time saving, as well as carefully pre¬ 
pared prodi&ts in tfie^several branches; of industry. 
^ cannot be doused thatuimple return for the time and labor it 
may cost each worthy exhibitor, \ffll b^rnade, b«^r ki~the recognition in 
.r &e com petitiv e exhibition, and in the increased demand for his produ¬ 
ctions. ' 5 
Congress will doubtless make*: appfo^iatlbn as^ ^ill 
greatly relieve the cost of transportation storage and proper exhibition. 
