Viewing page 461 of 741

This transcription has been completed. Contact us with corrections.

^[[279]]
^[[(Copy 1]] 
[[stamped]] FEB 4 1876 [[/stamped]]

[[letterhead, 2 columns]]
[[preprinted]]

[[column 1]]
[[left bracket]]
BOARD.
[[short line]]
Col. S. C. LYFORD, War Dept., Chairman
Adm'l THORNTON A. JENKINS, Navy Dept.
Hon. R. W. TAYLER, Treasury Department.
Hon. JOHN EATON, Interior " [[ditto for Department.]]
Dr. C. F. MACDONALD, Post Office " [[ditto for Department.]]
WILLIAM SAUNDERS, Esq., Agricultural Dept.
Prof. S. F. BAIRD, Smithsonian Institution, and Commissioner of Food Fishes.
WM. A. DE CAINDRY, Secretary. 
[[/left bracket]]
[[short line]]
Col. JOSEPH S. CONRAD, U. S. A., Disb. Officer 
[[/column 1]]
[[column 2]]
International Exhibition, 1876.
[[short line]]
OFFICE OF THE 
Board on behalf of U. S. Executive Departments,
No. 1725 G Street N. W.,
Washington, D. C.    187
[[/column 2]]
[[/preprinted]]

JANUARY 31, 1876.

HON. A. T. GOSHORN,

DIRECTOR GENERAL, &C., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

SIR:

IN ANSWER TO YOUR LETTER OF JANUARY 29, INCLOSING ONE FROM E. G. BLACKFORD, OF 24TH INST., I HAVE TO STATE THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE A COMPETITOR, BUT JURORS WHEN AWARDING, MIGHT, IF THOUGHT BEST, REFER TO THE COMPARATIVE MERITS OF UNITED STATES PRODUCTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE SUPERIOR.   IF A FOREIGN GOVERNMENT IS TO EXHIBIT AS A GOVERNMENT, THEN PROPERLY THE UNITED STATES MIGHT COMPETE WITH IT, BUT UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES WITH OUR OWN OR FOREIGN CITIZENS.

RESPECTFULLY, YOUR OBEDIENT SERVANT,

^[[(Signed)]] S. C. LYFORD,

BVT.- LIEUT.- COL., U. S. A.

CHAIRMAN OF BOARD