The sun., 1873-08-06
1HE VIENNA ExHIBITIOy.
The Uesuif OF q Vast Expenditure Of Pubiic
Money- The American Department Called
Complete Fraud.

From lie Danube Of Jui1 9.
The exhibition of the great republic OF
the United States of North An erica is a complete
fraud. II Is one OF the most disagreeablc sur.
prisos which the last few months, so rich in ca
lamities and sad vexations, have given u.s.. Al
friends Of progress and modern civilization have
been accustomed to regard the United states as
the land Of promise for all the great things to-
ward which we vainly aapire-as an Ideal which
ehete Europe cannot realize save after long years
Of struggle and endurance Consequently the
United States were expected to gave at the uni
versal exposition an imposing tabeaI 0f their
Industry, of their labor, and proveTbnl energy
under conditions which should nut to blush the
antique societies Of Europe and at the same time
be an example and lesson to them. The length
OF time which elapsed before the American Com
mission opened the galleries Of the new world
added to the general excitement and curiosity
1t was In veriiabie fever heat that the
crowd OF visitors preciptated themselv vos
into those galleries on the day Of their opening.
But In place Of the spiendors and instruction
which they had hoped to find there were only
coarse and untasteful articles. In every re-
pect inferior TO those shown by the European
states least advanced In the arts OF industry
Even the arrangement OF the articles exhibited
is defective in the highest degree II proves that
there Is not single man In the American COM
mission capable OF organizing an exposition
conforinably TO exigencles OF science and good
taste Furthermore, the history of this same
American exposition
Is MOST sCANDAIOUs
aud but little calculated to arouse the sympathy
Of Europe. IL is matter Of public notoriety
that the members Of the first commis ion
which the American Government sent to Vienna
To organize their exhibition W ere guilty Of abuse
and prevarications which neoessitated their re-
moval. A second commissions nominated after
the old one Of May |, aud equally meritUrious
and capable of arranging the gallery of the
United states, was then put To the work.
After these few preliminary words, which un-
fortunately could not be sympathetic ones, let
us proceed to a rapid examination Of the pro-
ducts exhibited. The fabrication OF machines
forms the principal branch of American indus
try, ana PRODUCTIONS IN that category occupy the
cialists affirm that, without any exception, the
American machines are inferior to the French.
the English, and even the German, and say With
astonishment that the INSPECTION and study OF
them present absolutely nothing either insiruc-
tive or new. Their mechanism IN rough and i'm
perfect; there - not single recent Improve
meDt Of which America can boast. Sewing ma
chimes alone-that specially oi the Yankees
Of England and France. They occupy nearly
half the space set aside FOR the United States.
American art Is represented by "a marble statue
called THE Sleeping Beauty" a conventional
work, mediocre In execution, and giving one
very sorry notion Of the condition Of the nne
arts In the United states: This statue, az well
as a colossal plan of Philadelphia. on which
bit of red marks the site OF the building to be
erected for the universal exposition Of 1879, and
which has an extremely eloquent legend emu
meTuilng the grandeurs OF America, with an IN
vitation To all European peoples TO expose their
wares In 10, Is placed at the entrance Of the prn-
cipal gallery, which Is filled with cupbOards,
pncks, and thinss Of every sort-alr indesriba-
ble chaos.
RIG SODA wATER MACHINE
holds the place ol honor IA the gallery, so that
the visitors attention is at once struck with its
aesthetic appearance, while the liquid howing
from II Is certainly refreshing in this hot
weather. Alongside of tins monster machine ia
10 be seen any quantity Of analogous engines.
smaller and of different pattern. ana % siphOns
and bottles Of soda wator, California vines
brandy, &C., besides n case flied with tobacco,
cigars extracts Of meat. and various altmcntarv
cOn-erves. The portion reserved for cloth,
wearing apparel, boots, shoes. aad hats IL blled
with specimens gross and devoid of taste that
one might readily believe them to have been
made by village handicrftsmen or In a country
but little removed from semi-hnrbaTism. 1 be-
lieyc that the worst tailor In Iuaim or Carpen-
tras could turn out better work than do the FIRST
houses in New YORK and Philadelphia. Pencils,
gold pens, and leather work are very well done,
although they cannot be compared with those
Of European production.
The only branch Of industry which seems to
have reached high degree Of perfection Ia the
United states IL the dental art, as messieurs the
tOoth-Iulers call their department " labor. The
sets OF false teeth and the instruments exhibited
in the American section are really excellent, aud
appear To surpass the analogous products OF
other countries. An immense number of photo
graphs and drawings Of doubtful merit. OF spe-
cimen bank notes, collection of globes and
musical Instruments. especially of very good
pianos, occupy the right side OF the gallery
but on the other hand, their price is so extra
VACANT IA To equal that which Is asked In our
nntquated and degenerate Europe for the chefs
d'Uuvres Of the FIRST masters. To cite but one
example, for violin ado IA PhI!adelphia SlU,-
ODO ts demanded.
These Yankees, when they set about II, never
do things by halves they stop for nothing not
even ridiCule. II We add a collection of cotton
bales OF different qualities; some specimens Of
colonial culture, and an exhibition Of public In
picture ~ all which the United States has sent
to the exposition.