Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 December 1900 — ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

ATTRACTIVE EXHIBIT.

That of Food, and Their Accessories, Including Pan-American Sptce., A very dainty pamphlet has been issued by the Division of Foods and Their Accessories of the Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo. The food work at the Pan-American comes under the general department of Horticulture. Forestry and Food Products, of which Mr. Frederic W. Taylor is superintendent Mr. G. Edward Fuller, as assistant superintendent, has entire charge of the Division of Foods and Their Accessories. and he has prepared himself for unusual work in this line by special travel and study such as no one else probably ever undertook with'’the same object. This pamphlet calls the attention of jobbers of teas, coffees and spices and all dealers in food products generally and their accessories to the interesting, useful and educational work in their lines of business which is going on for the Pan-Amerlean Exposition of 1901. The assistant superintendent, Mr. Fuller, says: “In the far east there are foods and condiments of which we are almost utterly ignorant here, and one of the aims of the food exhibit will be to educate the people of the western hemisphere to the cultivation of the products which flourish in the east. It will be my aim to show bow simple and profitable it would be. for instance, to grow ill tlic West Indies ■ what 'is grown tn the East indies. The climate and soil conditions are remarkably similar, and the conditions are favorable. “The best proof obtainable or desirable that the soil and the climate of the West Indies is as favorable as that of the East Indies for the production of spices is already available. The products now received from the West Indies are not equaled by those from any other section of the world. At the present time they grow better allspice, ginger and red pepper there than anywhere else on the.globe, and the vanilla bean, wbieb Is queen of spices, as the nutmeg is king, is found nowhere in the world in such perfection as in Mexico. The Coffee grown in Mexico has a flavor obtainable in no other coffee. not even the Mocha or Java surpassing it. Emperor William of Germany appreciates that fact, and all of the coffee used In the royal household is sent from our nearby republic. Venezuelan cacao, frotn which chocolate is made, is superior to the East Indian product. “With the view of massing together in one effective, instructive and useful exhibit the economic plants, vines and trees of tropical Pan-America which produce teas, coffees, apices and kindred things, it has been decided to appropriate considerable space at the

Pan-American Exposition for their display on a scale never before attempted. To show this interesting collection to the best advantage an attractive conservatory has been provided, while a museum, ns an annex to this, will contain finished products as well as rhre and curious articles to illustrate a variety of features under the head of ‘Foods and Their Accessories.’ “It is a fact well known to exports In exhibition matters that a scattered display of special articles loses force, while a condensed exhibit of a line of things pertaining to a specific subject becomes educational. Now, as the object is to increase the production and promote the consumption, of the things called for. much trouble and expense is justified in making this collection unique and unparalleled. “It Is intended to make the exhibit of red peppers the finest and most extensive collection ever made, with the object of demonstrating by special exhibit connected with the ’accessories of food' that Pan-America can produce all the red peppers consumed in Pan-America. It Is perhaps only known to experts that vast quantities of red peppers are imported from Europe, Asia and Africa every year because Pan-Americans are not actively alive to their own Interest In this important matter.”

SEAL or PAN-AMERICAN EXPOSITION