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Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXVI, Issue 9603, 22 December 1891, Page 4

The local Committee in connection with the Chicago Exhibition is setting to work in a manner which augurs well for the general management. The idea, embodied in the resolutions of the Dunedin C hamber of Commerce, and accepted by the Canterbury Committee, that the exhibits from this Colony should be of a national character, and on a suitable scale, rather thau a collection of small exhibits from individuals, meets with our hearty approval. It will probably imply the union of interpro* vincial interests, and to this end there should be co-operation on the part of the different local Committees. Provincial representation will prove almost as inefficient as personal. The people who will visit the Great Pair will know as little or Hawke’s Bay or Otago as of individual firms trading in those districts. The exhibits from Hew Zealand must be representative of the Colony. On that point we think there will be a consensus of opinion. The further resolutions, affecting what we may call the general policy of the Committee, are comprehensive. It is intended to make the first consideration the display of those articles which constitute the leading items of export to America. In this category will come wool, hemp, rabbitskins and kauri gum. Bat we trust that the greatest possible prominence will he given to the vast mineral resources of the Colony. Our object should he not only to extend the trade we are already doing with the States, but also to show the world the latent resources of the Colony. These are quite sufficient, if made known, to attract capital and skill to New Zealand. Capital and skill are tha prime requisites for the working up of the raw material we already possess.