The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1870-01-10

teachers for art wofkmeu. These young ipsli.
tutionH Alruady bore fruit 10 1855, and England
WAa no longer outatripped Ia pottery and
glass II IL curious but Instructive to notice
that the Exhibition Of 1881 hAd disguated tho
whols nation with it, blue gafthenwarep plates,
tradition of China, and lite huge lumpi Of glass
called decanteN and glasses cut OF moulded
Into hideous distortions OF form.
tell you that ever since that date, the old pat.
terms are worthless save for export 10 bat6ar-
Gus Countries. That all England has learnt a
.s,sSn snS made revolution In taste In these
This Lessons which French AND German
n'.'onS had Learned we're q another sort,
,"In 1885 we saw that the French and the
lermann had already advanced far into our
own provinces OF iron, steel and metal m anu.
lecture. We found that they had already "a.
tahliahed schools In every metropolis, large
town, or centt" Of industry, for educating pro.
ieasional men aud m1steri, for training fore
men aud skilled work 70, and for eduoatlnE
struotive to TIL olear-ilghttA and the Thought
~, but II was not humiliatiuE to the mass Of
G9Slsh visitors, aod 90 not alarm NE Ing
ia not take warning In time. They merely
committed the blundst OF lespIsing thelrrlyAls
s shIs heii.satl,,taeuon was huge blunder
reality.
The third lesson was our own Exhibition
Tor us. The building itself WAS 10 US as an In.
sniisStSSSl mechanical "ud Arti.tic nsiOu an
"Thus disgrased BY the edlaee itself there
vas little to be found In the interior to give
IN Engliahman cause for self-gratulAtiOn.
Switzerland had thore her wonderful anil
eolots, the discovery OF her Distinguish :
chemist, Sehonbeln, Russia was there wi
her huge inEots Of Krupp's steel, already be-
ansSt qualities Of Yorkshire iron. America
vas there with some OF her exquisite ma
ehlnety Tor encouraging labor. Italy was
there with her already feVtvinE m manufacturer
Of classic eArthen ware, her decorated glass,
Nnd her Etrusoan gold. France had been dili-
gently following up her liberalization to equal
us 10 our crest staples Of machinery and iron
manufacture, and the stately steam-enSines
she then produced aa examples OF her ordinary
york In the steamship Of her navy and meF-
5antilo marine SqtaSed to show as that her
Us in that Exhibition were proofs that every
dAtion had begun to rival Us In some one OF
our great speeialtie.i and u were not In
gusted TO feel and to express AYery perVAdlbE
conviction that for our part We would cease TO
repeat Exhibitions which failed to mark ABy
progress Of ours, and only served to advertise
he world the more rapid progress OF rival
1T was the EXhIbitiou of 1897 Ia Parl, which
hnal lesson. BY that Exhibition We were
rndely awakened and thoroughly alarmed.
We then learned, not that We we're equaled,
o.
out BY some nation or other on nearly all
selves.
ola the great manufactures Of iron meu-of-
var, wifi their huge steAm engines and
oondetOus wrought-ifol amor, we found our.
selVea equAlsd " not beaten, The design OF
ne Ffeaeh enEino showed so much lore
thought, practical wisdom and provision for
seonomy 40 left no doubt that 1t would con
sumo less fuel, do more work, endure longer
,nd run les chance , q aseident than our own
englnef, All OF these being qualities heretofore
constituting our own superiority.
Next, In iron Armor, Their ships ttrlod
ron Atmor as thick and As strong as our own,
md presented arTAngemeats for securing ali
The advantages OF Simultaneous firing In every
direction which We had claimed for ours with
sSs IsssiSsa a sss nsi,S thH the French
Expense tried but failed In obtaining-etnclent
nIeeeh-loading guns, which enabled them
rheetually to deliver seventeen shots to our
Thus our naval supremacy " As shown to be
ended 80 far As the manufaoture OF material
aud mechanism 10 conserved.
"UominE to the lAnd maohinefy and .stTue.
lures, We found, In the French dspArl men Of
the great building, multitude OF ste am engine,
u French manutaelpre, and even from distant
Of mechanical execution and high hniIh, but
distinguished also beyond any OF our own by
the elegance and perfection oftheir mechanism
ttd arrangements for economy. They also
contrived engines 10 such manner as TO turn
steam to better account than In our engines
80 As 70 get more power out Of a given guam.
ttty Of fuel in higher proportion even IN 20
he greater cost OF our own fuel exported 10 to
France, A clear ttiumph Of forethOuEht \ nd
ingenuity over wasteful, unthin king wealth
There was but one steam engine which
riTalled them, and that was more the contrIy.
Anee OF the American than Of the Engllshmaa
whose name II bore.
but perhaps the most remarkable group OF
All the exhibitions in Paris, was the group o {
large Manufacturer In iron which showed the
pr0iuots Of the furnAOeS, forges, And iron
mills Of france ,IfermAny, and Belgium Every.
where 10 rails, railway wheels, railway tires
md Axles, In large wrought Iron beams Tor
house building, In Iron plates and bars, and
frames Tor iron ahips, we found ourselves
rivAlled, exeelled, 10 sire and quality, and
competed with in price. Ga land, therefore,
"a well as At sea, our mastery OF the iron trade
seemed to have disappeared.
In smelling, minlng, locomotive building,
aud the great branches Of commercial m .ohIn.
cry single great establishment in France
lAnd.
"uteuSot possesses the natural advantages
OF England, inAsmuch as under Its own soil IT
has the iron, the coal and other minerals in
the same abundance as ourselves But CFeu
sot, under the wise direction OF President
schneider was endowed with an ADVANTAGE
which we have neslected-the possession Of A
systematic Organization Of technical schools
III is not in price merely that Creusot com.
sionally to be occupied 10 foreign countTy
where the iron tor large eag ineeflng under.
tAkinE was about TO be contracted for. Com.
petltiYe tenders were obtained from some Of
the best works In England and from iIreusot
The prices were 60 near as to have little In.
nuenee on the result, but they were slightly
In favor OF the English manufacturer. The
contract vas given 70 Creulot, and when IA.
CURED Oi1eiAlly the reason which had sent
the contract to France, l was Informed IN It
sxosisaSs Of tSs aGsIIiy ~ ~. We iso Gni form
OreusOt than from EnElnnd-a reSuit 10 an
Edstsh engineer sqm9iently huuilIating,
asked the value OF this character In the |
opinion OF the buyers, and WAS answered that |
they considered It equivalent to more than |
per cent. In favor OF France.
Another TACT Of the same sort In the same
place expressed the SANE conviction. The |
large iFOR fOTgings which were Imported for |
me sane work came fLom ftsaee not Eag-
llnd than In France, but that in France the
SnIsSsa Shsps a. to Se worth MORN Ue 70 ,ss
difference in price.
''In the PTussiAu department were trlumphS
Ses ssnSon e thar AL q
own, carrying larger shot with heavier powder
dhALge, Large ingoth ofsteel, of N AEnituds Ant
motive wheels, which, Imported into Eng.
land aupercede our own highest qualities Of
IRON, and complicated members OF machines
so As to Be eqiivsIent 10 eight OF nine OF the
old pieoeA, formerly fastened imperfeetly into
one, These were some Of the tridmphs hastily
eAhiVlteuo FfuAbihf eNoh NJ tne emu oil hef
costly war;
l have said enough TO let the reader under.
stand how the Exhibition OF Paris startled a
thinking EngltlhmAn, add ended by eoBVInu.
ing him thai England had been asleep, and
that whole generation Of wAksful, skilled
workmen had been trained In other countries
during the interval between 1851 and 1861
Fifteen yoars 10 the time necessary to train a
generation OF skilled men. Some nAtlOus a I'D
already possessed that time, and ned It TO
that account, with the results We then saw
20 Paris. That Ia lesson on no account to
DO lost
1t 10 the croWning lesson Of the series begun
IN 81, and II IL the Intention OF thia evidence
TO impress on EnEllshmen, from the legislA.
tor TO the craftsman, the great TACT thai we
nave let Que generation grow up uhedueated
IND untTainedi and that no question now re-
ialna for US but this: Shall we now allow
second generation to grow up equally uu.
trained, unskilledI and left behind 10 the
FAoer'
This is the testimony Of this great English
authority, As to the educational value OF The
International Exhibition hitherto held 10
Europe. II Is fully coAfrmsd BY the reports VI
such eminent baudRt as DR.. Lyon PlayfalF
Prof. Tyndal, nF, David Price, Capt Beau.
mont aud many others, representing the most
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