New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-11-14

ment to the Palace OF Industry, now going up, or
rather going along, upon the Q1ai de Ia Confer
sret. And there is where found new sensa-
ton the other day. walking by the side Of it at q
rood pace for fifteen minutes-not q very lively
sepsation, but the longest one on my brains
record-more than kilometer, say three-fo1rths
Of mile, in length. 1t takes in street, with
lite sidewalk and sha ie- xees-ihe longest strip
of out. doors ever enclosed Its effect on the
transient spectator is pecuar-coming to the
,ensoriuu By peculiar chsnnels-the legs as We'll
a. the eyes-eonsequenily not to be Obtaine from
stationary posnt of view, nor 10 be reproduced
by the epgraver's art. 1t must be walked past
t. be fel, in its cumulative force. This building
being only temporary, 10 less solidly constructed
than the main Palace, in whose close neighbor-
hood il lies, although not materially joined, but
more favorable to the purposes for which It's
intended, namely, the exhibition Of machinery.
1t il department of the fair in which We ought to
.hine-otherwise than by absence. The Pc icyof
the French GOyenment-as wise az LIBERAL IN
this respect-faciitates our Efforts in that dIrec'
ton. | cannot do better here than to quote IRON
the circular handed me BY one ofts signers, CHAs.
L. FLEIscHMANs, the excellently wel'-chosen
commissioner of New-York at the Universal Ex-
hibtion.
In view of the short time which Is &c Ella pee be-
fore the opening of the Exhibition, May !, ls9',)
we are prompted to communicate such iuf rmau1n as
we have been put In possession OF oy rs o1lcets,
so that our coubtryman who may be disposed ~ De
exhibitors may, through you, be ihfor.ned OF the
regulations whi,h the Imperial Commission us
adopted. And We take pleasure in inform
!. mia n fADftQp
regards the space allotted to her, and It's prominent
locality in the Palace OF Industry, worthy OF her dig
nity a. a great nation. Objects are received ron
| Ian IS 10 March Is, 1855, lnclusiyely. internai
tr,rsport of articles both % aud from the Exhibition
il AT The cost of France. Exhibitors are not subject
! TO any expense under any prete1t, for entrance
space, moving arranging or placing articles, NOT lor
! motive power for working machinery. Idoles,
counters flooring inclo, ures, ETC., furnished gra
tuitously; particular gements however such AZ
shelves glass cafes hangngs, ornaments etc. are al
the charge Of the exhibitors. Exhibitors oil
to be moved by steam or Of founains, or other ny
| draulc engines should make known their intention
| at early date, stating the amount OF steam power,
or quantity of waller required which VIII De furnished
| at Government expeIse.'
The States of New.York and Alabama are the
only ones that have yet appointed Commissioners
-Messrs. Fleischmann and Vattemare, and Root.
L. Coke, the signers of the circular cited above.
Ia il not full time that other States should appoint
theirs The Office being neither political nor
paying oue it is TO be hoped that they wilt do as
your State has DONE and give their commissions
to men of special fitness for their functions.
But, above all it is desiIable that the exhibitors
come themselves. They will not carry back all
the prizes; they will carry back even convic-
ton that they do not deserye them; bat with
that a wealth of suggestive hints disclosed in
this great display of European ingenuity.
speak of ingenuity, rather th.n of art aud of
taste, which will doubtless be more strikingly
apparent at the Palace, because, while we gener-
ally accept Europeans as our masters in the latter
respects, we are too spt-addng sort of pro-
yncia cOnceit to our uudeniable merit in the
former respect-to prize Yaakee ingenuity as
UNNECESSARILY cutter than any 81 nilar European
faculty. This comparative rating is erroneous
how erroneous, may be roughly guessed from the
fact that 4, GOO patents were granted last year in
| France. 1t is calculated, from the number of
applications already received, that 5000 will have
| been granted at the end of this year. Mr..
Fleischmann, whose long experience in the
Patent Office at Washington sanctions bis author
ity in these matters, tells me that fax proper
ton Of them for practically applicable, useful
|. inventions.
While our mechanics, chemists, engineers may
take profitable French lessons our Government
might wax in knowledge by a study of European
patent laws. II it be repugnant to our enlght-
ened legislators to come to school at Paris, let
them 60 to Berlin Vienna, ST. Petersburg, where
they will still find their masters. A man IL not
always to be judged by the company he keeps;
DR.. COtmans friend is not an ass. The Autocrat
of all the Russias is shrewd enough to know that
an invention is a productive agent, source of
wealth making his realms the richer, him the
stronger; and that these qualities are proper to
IT, without reference TO its geographical origin.
Nicholas, accordingly, grants patents to foreign
applicants gratis. No European Government, so
far as know, makes any distinction between na-
tive and foreign applicants, to the disadvantage
Of the latter; while we demand $500 frem au
Engisfman $500 from Frenchman, or other
foreigner, and $50 from an American. Thus our
legislative wisdom, with all its free trade ten
denotes, lays heavy duty upon class of foreign
products, that comes not in competition with, but
in contribution to, our industrial progress. This
is not a protective duty-there is no application
Of the principle of protection in the case; nor
duty of revenue; nor prOhibitve duty-which |
would be absurd, past suppOsitOn. 1t has no
name in political economy. In the language of |
modern common sense, its generic name is blum
der. In the nomenclature of old, semb,rbarous, |
middle-age impOcy, il is q retsliatory tax. We |