New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-09-11
THE UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION.

FROM THE REGULAR CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRDUNE.l
VIENNA. Aug. e2-The official list Of the awards,
ssued Immediately after the announcement of the
names of the recipients Of the Diplomas of Honor.
At the assembly in the Hofburg on Monday. was full
# errors. Some exhibitors were credited to coun-
res where they did not belong some classified
wrong groups. others were adjndged by the wrong
Ury and awarded the wrong medal while few
were lucky as TO have two juries pass upon their
articles and TO get put down for medal from each.
Besides the mistakes in the spelling of names
we're naturally numerous in list of over $4,000 IN
all civilized and hslf-civil:zed languages of the
.arth Then the names were not arranged by
aationahtes, and the only way to find what exhib-
tors from any country received awards was to look
he whole enormous volume through, task COM
parable to nothing less difficult than the proverbial
search for the needle in the hay-mOw No doubt
every American correspondent, however keen-eyed
ne might be- missed some names in making up the
list for his paper. An examination of the revised
list Just issued shows few names not included in
nv las4 letter. They as follows:
Pleasant Valley Wine Company, Hammondsport.N N. Y,
gine Medal Of Progress.
Poesehel Sheersr, Harreman Mo-. wine Medal OF
Merit.
Mowry Axle and Machine Company, Genesee. N. Y,
American Tire Setter" Medal OF Progress.
W. Kurz, New-York, photographs Medal Of Good
Taste
National Bank Note Company, New-York, steel en-
craving Medal Of Good Taste.
The United states of America, Medal of Progress for
collective exhibition of cotton made by the following
exhibitors; Mobile Cotton Exchange; F. Ingate, Mo
sile New-0rleans Cotton Exchange; n. W. McCull,
Sew-Orleans; Williams, Ruperti Co., New-orleans;
Nv. Jefferson & Co., Memphis A J. Ingerso. New
Orleans.
The jury refused to award medals to the exhibitors
,n the ground that they did not produce the cotton
The award to the United States is absurdity. The
Government does not exhibit cotton, and was to no
pains TO make the collection. The medal given is
also inappropriate. No progress has been made in
otton culture in late years The culture of 1878 is
whit better than that of 10 or 20 years ago.
While the prodigality of the jurieS in distributing
medals leaves comparatively few exhibitors with
.ause for complaint. there are nevertheless some
Who have been very unfairly treated. 1 shall not
make a catalogue of the disappointed, but cannot
'orbear mentioning a few whom all Americans here
agree have not got their deserts. The firm of
:. Remington g. Sons of Lion, New-York. have es-
ablisbed a new industry in our country, and by
heir enterprise have brought American breech-
oadng arms into notice and favor throughout the
world. They get only the cheap merit medal the
ame as is received by arms company that has
out of existence for five years. Two of our best
Known reapers and mowers, the Buckeye" made
sy AdriaDce, Plat & Co., New-YOrk, and the Ex-
,elsior," by ]. F. Sieberng & Co.. Akron, Ohio get
10 award while a clumsy German imitation that
broke down in the trial. receives the Medal of Pro-
yress A moving machine, surpassed by
he trial. the Superior" of Wheeling. West Vir-
Tinia, is also entirely overlooked. A beautiful
team fire engine fran Seneca Falls, N. Y, is not
,ven honorably mentioned, and the best-knOwn
American fre-extinguisher fares no better. Cowing
Co. of Seneca Falls, N. Y, who make a remarka-
,ly fine display of pumps also 90 home
Empty -handed. The firm of Estey d Co. of
Brattleboro, Vermont, who among the
most extensive makers of cabinet organs in
inc United States, get neither medal nor diploma,
whlle an exhibitor of two zithers receives the mach
coveted Medal of Progress The only American
,ianos exhibited are awarded nothing better than
he ArerkennunOs dploma-equivalent to an hon.
prable mention. careful examination of the list
md comparison of the rewarded with the unre-
Tarded articles in department justites the
:usion that the awards would have been about as
airly made if the medals and diplomas had been
distributed like prizes IN alottery
To the incomDetence of some of our American
jurors is no doubt fairly chargeabe many of the
anomalies and injustices in the awards to our De-
,artment Few of our jurymen could speak any
languages which their colleagues could comprehend.
While the jurors of all other countries could meet
sn the common ground of the French language, our
representatives, with perhaps half dozen
exceptions, were better than deaf and
sumb men while the discussions were being
held and were unable to explain the merits of
the articles in their groups. The selection of our
nrors appears to have been made on the principles
which govern political appointments at home. First
inch persons as were particular friends of the APP
oointing power were provided for, and the remain
mo places were Sled with men who pertinaciously
ougbt them without regard to their fitness. We
we're lucky enough to get few very excellent Jur-
,rs by this process just we now and then get a
rood postmaster or a competent consul, but 1t was
pure luck.
The unsuccessful exhibitors may console them
lves with the reflection that the honors they failed
10 obtain were scarcely worth striving for. copper
medal Just like ten thousand Others is after all, no
yery great prize. and exhibitors who have spent
thousands of dollars in displaying their goods and
N employinp agents 10 buttOn-hoe jurymen may
we'll doubt whether they have got the worth of their
money in the paltry medals that confer no dlstnc,
ion because thousands Of Others have received
hem As said in my last letter, the Diploma OF
Honor is the only prize worth having. VI these we
get only eight for our department out OF over 9W
awarded Certainly very scanty ALLOWANCE. we
Ih ould beside the eight, have had one for trears,
m which we excel the world another for chromos
which we have brought TO greater perfection than
any other country; another for sewlng-Inachnes;
boon to labor for which all nations are indebted
70 America and another for photographs our dls-
olay OF which is unexeelled In the whole ExhDtlon
Dur shoemaBing and cotton-splnnlng machinery
co. are fairly entitled TO tins honor PROPER enors
IN the part of our Jurors would probably have Sc
cured much more liberal award OF diplomas lor
our exhibitors
malicious distribution of prizes here should Dr1ng
;he whole system of awarding medals and diplomas
INTO disfavoT and result in its abandonment at fu-
lure Exhibitions 1t is unsatisfactory and too often
lnugt. Cannot something better be substituted Tor