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THE WORLD’s FAIRS 
IV. 
After describing Universal Exhibitions 
in some of tbeir chief features, we have 
shown, that their frequent repetition is 
after all due to the influence of the eco- 
nomical interests. We have eoncluded 
from this, that Universal Exhibitions 
should be organised, when and where the 
condition of manufactures and trade 
demands thein, but not as an instrument 
of political deiuonstration. 
As the exhibition countries now take 
for themselves aione, one half of the ex- 
hibiting room, and leave only the other 
half to the rest of the world collectively, 
such exhibitions can no longer be con- 
sidered the occasion of a thorough and 
general comparison of the industrial 
achievements of all nations. They must 
in future be looked upon as the battlefield 
of a couutry’s domestic interests with the 
interests of the commerce of the world.