ARGENTINE EXHIBITIONS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 725, 26 January 1910, Page 4

ARGENTINE EXHIBITIONS.

The Argentine Republic celebrates, the .centenary of its independence on May 25, 1910 '■ (says :/the ;Bnonos : Ayres correspondent ,of ,the "'Glasgow', Herald").. The chief' numbers in. the iprqgrammejpf jtho Jcele-. brations,;, ,as ' far as"' foreigners-:"arb.'con-cerned,: aro, & Series, of exhibitions. The' organisation; of-thesb.;was;left ; to-the last' - moment. At. first-it^was-proposed-'to .hold : a large general/ universal "oinibition,. -'bit! the. - numerous v manufacturers :of.. goods that, would, obtain no market were it not for'artificial/protection by'a fairly,high tariff—aggravated by;:ihflatbd official' valii-, iitions/of impßrUid.'/gbods.-'-'upon'.'-which raised'. an'd/ r not /.upon - true. ..values—were afraid that such 'fin: exhibition would, but serve" io' show/ the pebple ' liow much' superior Burbpei?in,' i .'goods' .were'; and how much cheaper such goods could' be placed' ;on.':the markets'here, but ..for the/tariff and the .costly/ system; of ; collecting tho duties. ;, ; The /industrial influence was powerful enough -.to. kill;- the ; idea, /of a universal 'exhibition,', and instead' the Government decided.'to hold .'four./, separate; exhibitions,' one, of railways;and .locomotion,/ one of ;hygiene; :ono/of /agriculture-arid;stock-raising,/.and'.one-of,'flhe art./;'-' ; . The/' docisibn/Twas' arrive'd- at. andV announced -to - .foreign Governments very lttte.. in'' the: day. '• Those; who "afeV accrisK . tomed • to •- the dilatoriness", of the' latitude arid longitude: doubt/yery:.much' -'if . these, exhibitions , will; be'': satisfactory.- ~; Still they afford' a opportunity of adver- ; tisemeut, and Scotsmen, are likely to take a leading part in the., cattlo department, Eicdlent op'p'brtttriities , are ; also/ offered by the art • exhibition, 'as .Bnenos - Ayres is,/ ,quite a gocid.' market' for - pictures. There are' few native artists'of, even local note. . . • '■/"./.K-/ : : / : '.l/' : -i.-;;. -I -There' is a flftil:-. exhibition in]l9lo here, but it is' not official.. It is being organised, ;by /a. powerful and' go-ahead ."society of-grocers, wholesale and - retail. They 'objected to' ; tlie local ; ..manufacturers quashing a general: exhibition of foreign pi-pducts, so decided, to ' organise onb: ol 'their own. .The. buildings, are/progressing rather". morei rapidly than.those-of-, the. official exhibitions, and are in the: hands of a British contractor. : This' exhibition, though not official, has the approval of the Government,. and ,is 'well vforih exhibiting in, as it', is. likely to bo managod better, and made more' of a popular, attraction than /tho -.official shows, l. '■- •;.