Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1867-02-02
RAE PANS ExposIrIoN.

AaAA C1N AgEa I
The following letter from the United
States commissioner general for the Paris
exposition contains matters Of import
ance to all who are interested in the ex-
hibiiion ]: nssI 1
ATR. BEcRwTTH TO MIR. USHER.
[Copy transmitted by Mr.. Beckwith to the Sec
rotary OF State for mis- i~nforInation1
PARIS, December 8, 1885.
Sir: The documents issued by the inn
perial commission relating to the various
classes OF prizes were published by the
government at Washington in June last,
- series, page 49, but the new class Of
prizes does not seem 10 have attracted
much attention in the United States.
The new class is nevertheless most inn
portant Of ali. 1t Is not composed Of the
material products Of industry, but relates
to the source Of all industrial products,
viz the producers 1t is composed Of
the persons, establishments, or localities
which have developed in a remarkable
manner good order and harmony, and
the material, moral and intellectual we'll
being of the workmen and laborers.
h prizes are comparatively large,
ten of 10000 francs each, and u ofl0O,-
900 francs, which indicates the import
ance attached to the subject.
Material improvement precedes all
other Improvement, and is the source OF
them.
Associations and organizations which
combine the sciences and industrial arts
with labor and skill, augmenting the
productiveness of both in an eminent de-
gree, and at the same time improving
the condition of the laborers, are among
the most important institutions of the
time, and they are without parallel in
any past civilizations.
This new quality is, that they not only
make the rich richer, but they make the
poor richer a result which was never
before studied nor attained, and in place
of industrial populations devoted to i'm
morality and poverty, we have now
thriving communities acquiring proper
ties and education, and rising constantly
in their material, moral and intellectual
condition.
These organizations are not the result
of accident or the mere growth of time,
but they are the combined product OF
the ablest thinkers, the best judgments,
highest motives, superior science-the
practical skill and the solid knowledge OF
the age.
Each country makes its own develop
ment in conformity with its condition
and its wants, and the attempt to bring
together the most successful of these in
situations, to be carefully studied and
compared by competent men, cannot fail
to be instructive and useful.
We have many industrial establish
ments which, properly presented, might
compete successfully for the prize but
whether successfully or not, they could
not fail to improve by the competition.
Tho ranorfu of fhaca- phnnlA .annfufu
their organization, administration, cap
ital, number of hands of both sexes,
ages, wages, schools, libraries, churches,
charities, publications, sanitary regula-
tons, plans, marriages, births, deaths,
savings and accommodations, investments,
quantity and value of raw products,
dividends, and, in fine, all the import
nat facts relating to these small eommu-
mites as If they were states.
These should lie tsbulated and briefly
and accurately stated, to facilitate the
understanding of them and the com
parsons.
Similar reports will be sent in from all
civilized countries, and will be submitted
to the study of a special jury of twenty
five men, selected for the purpose from
the different nations, and where labor
! has no connection with class, %juries, Oh
products.
r The jury commenced their work OF
the LIST December, instant, and will
continue it through the winter. tina
l they may completes their reports ant
render their verdict in May, in time fol
> the general distribution of prizes in July
next.
Our representation this special duty
! is Charles C.. Perkins, Esq, of Boston, {
{ gentleman whose cultivation, genera
knowledge, studious habits, and acquain
lance with continental languages qualify
) him for the labor, and whose circum.
2 stances permit him % devote the requi
site time to it.
, The reports, in conformity with the
regulations, should all have been sent il
by the LIST of December; but the jury re
solved at their frs meeting to remain
] open a short time longer, and will proba
bly, fix the last day for receiving reports
, at their next meeting, of which / vii
notify you. If this subject appears t.
you of sufficient interest 10 call for you
= exertions, be assured that any report
whiek you may send me, if received il
time, viii be clearly and amply devel
/, Oped to the jury by Mr.. Perkins, and re
e ceive the consideration they may merit
I But / need not dwell on the necessity 0
immediate action.
Your obedienl servant,
a Y. NJ. BECKWTTH,
United States Commissioner General.
J. NJ. USHER, Esq, Boston, Mass