National Republican., 1885-11-28
CONSUL MAsoN,s REpoRrs.
He Corrects Ills Cholera Prescription
The Glazed Fruit Prooess-The French
Iron Worker "A Failure.

He Corrects His Cholera Prescription
The Glazed Fruit Process-The French
Iron Worker Failure.
Consul Frank II. Mason, at Marsellles,
has Informed the Department of State that
in the publication I'm this country Of pre-.
scription for the cure Of cholera, which was
forwarded by him last summer, an iSsport-
ant omission was made, The prescription,
which was originally made by DR. Nalen-
tine Mott, Of New YORK, is as follows
Tincturc Of rhubarb, ten parts tncturc OF
calsicum, two parts; laudanum (Sydenham),
four paiis camphor, Onc.half part; sirup Of
parts, One teaspoonhil in little water and
rcptut until eymr toms cease.
Consul Mason, in obedience to the in
structiOns Of the Secretary of state, and in
compliance with the requests Of American
fruit growers, hos made report upon the
process OF preparing "crystalizedp and
"glaZedn fruit rs practiced in the district
OF Maiseilles The report describes the
process practically and In detail, and om-
bodies a comprehensive statement of the
cost Of material and labor. "Thcre would
scem,n writes Mr.. Mason, "to be no good
reason why this dainty and profitable Indus
try could not be established with lmmc-
diatc and complete success In the United
States, where most ordinary fruits grow in
prOfuso abundance, aud with finer flavor
than is developed by the same varieties In
any part of Europe. Sugar is equally
cheap, and fuel far less expensive In our
country than IL is herc.n
The processes described are plain aud sim
pie, but there is much In the art which
can only be learned by experience. For
this reason Mr.. Mason advises American
pioneers IN the manufacture to employ
"a 70 la
tend the construction Of plant and to ln-
struct operatives.
Consul Mason has also forwarded a re-
port upon the subject of labor, wages, and
cost Of production, in the conclusion Of which
he has this TO say of the FrenhCman as a
miner or iron worker.
"The visitor to the metal and mining dis
tricts Of France is impressed everywhere
with the idea that the iron and steel indus
tries are exotic In this country. The French
man Is not by nature a miner or an iron
maker As n manager he is plodding and
conservative, slow to adopt new ideas and
| processes, and given to repairing his old
machinery instead Of replacing it with new
ard more effective apparatus. As work
man he ia careful aud industrious, but slow
and perfunctOry, doing mechanically what
LIE is taught, working against time with the
| single purpose Of earning his wages. An
|
| of the Gard says that he would gladly pay
English or Welsh workmen double the
wages per day that are paid to Frenchmon
for similar kind of labor. The few British
operatives who are employed on piece work
| In these establishments uniformly earn
| twice as much as native workmen of the
same class. At several silk factories In the
same and adjoining departments It has been
found that English women could operate
simultaneously two looms, while their
French sisters could attend only one.
"The French industrial classes are, per-
haps, the most frugal people in Europe,
but they, like their employers, are sclf-sat-
isfied, trammeled by routine, and lacking
in that ready ingenuity and enterprise
which alone can maintain competition In
this age Of progress. The severe conser-
vatism that weighs cargoes of wheat aud
sugar with steelyards on the wharves OF
Marseilles, and still tolls in the counting
room until o'clock at night, In order tc
do its banking and commerce by the
cumbrous methods of the Middle Ages, be
comes fatal when applied to modern manu-
| faCturen