Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-15


1t viii be of special interest to the
and to all intelligent and
workmen III the United
States. Indeed, it is TO the industri-
al classes that such exhibitions are
interesting, rs it is the pro
gress of their occupations that they
most affect.
During the Centennial Exposition
of 1876 the municipality of Paris
selected delegation of the most
intelligent mechanics of that city and
sent them to Philadelphia to repre-
sent their fellow workmen, to observe
the prograss of American industrial
art and to report such observations
as would be of value to their brethren.
They were received not only as re
preventative French workmen, but
as representatives of the French
nation as well and their visit had a
wholesome effect upon French me
chanical art and upon Franco
American relations too. They were
WELCOMED WITH DISTINGUISHED HoNoRs By
the workmen of this country, and
this determination had useful re
suits IN the subsequent correspon-
dence of French and American labor
organizations.
The present occasion is most
happy one on which to return the
visit of the French labor delegates
American mechanics would no doubt
profit as much by visit TO Paris as
the French mechanics did by their
visit to Philadelphia.
But aside from the industrial
significance of the exposition itself
the present year Is one peculiarly
appropriate for Franco-American
determination. 1t Is at once the
centennial anniversary OF French
liberty and American constitutional
government, and it Is eminently
proper that the two nations which
together inaugurated the reign oi
human liberty should be information.
ally associated III the celebration oi
the centennial of that sublime epoch
Since no other agency seems ready
to undertake the responsibility and
burden of this important work, Tn
ScRPPs LEAGUE has resolved to under
take II, and to
BEAR THE LABOR AND EMPRESS.
The proprietors of the Scripps
paper have given the subject careful
consideration in all its details, and
have appropriated sum of money
ample for the project as they hav,
conceived it
In conjunction with the three
journals with which The Press i,
associated III management and
proprietorship-THE News, of Detroit
The Posi-, of Cincinnati, and Til
CHRONICLE, of St. Louis-THE PRESS
of Cleveland Ohio, will place itself in
communication with the leading labor
organizations, especially those OF
Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania and
West Virginia and on their nomina
ton, select representative workmen
from those states. The labor dele,
gates viii he chosen from as wide a
variety Of localities and trades as
possible, but with IA view to
REPRESENT THE MOST IMPORTANT TRADES,
by their most skiIlful, industrious
and intelligent workmer. The de
tails of the mode by which they viii
be chosen are not Vet quite fully
but 1t can be safely an
nounced that the following features
viii be embodied III it:
First-The organizations from
which the delegates are to be chosen
will be invited to make certain
number of nominations each.
Second-THR PnEss and its sister
Journals of the Scripps League VIII
choose from these nominees at least.
FORTY REPRESENTATIVE MIN AND WOMEN.
These viii be chosen with especial
regard to their prefect knowledge of
their respective trades, their sobriety
and reliability, their capacity for
and their ability to
convey to their fellow workmen, in
plain but clear and exact English, a
fair conception OF what they have
seen and studied in Paris and
Third-The delegates selected,
ready for departure, they viii be
assembled at some point of rendez-
vous, to receive instructions, and
then depart for New York in palace
cars, where they Will take frst-class
Passage for Europe.
Fourth-Arrived in England, they
Will first visit the leading industrial
centers of that county-including
London, Birmingham and Sheffield
and then cross the channel to
France.
THEY WILL REMAIN AT LEAST TWO WEEKS
IN PARIS
studying the exposition each delegate
making a special study of his own
trade and the exhibits which illus
trate 1t. They will next visit the
great manufacturing establishments
IN the neighborhood of Paris, and
afterwards take flying trip to
Lyons, and possibly V some other great
industrial city of the interior.
Fifth-From each point of interest,
and especially from Paris, each dele
gate viii write carefully prepared
report of his observations in his own
special trade These reports will
deal not only with mechanical i'm
provements that may be observed,
bnt also with the
RELATIONS OF EMPLOYER AND EMPLOYED,
as they are illustrated by the obser-
vations of the delegates in Europe as
compared with their knowledge of
such relations III America.
Sixth-Among the trades to be re-
presented in the delegation there will
be engineers, machinists, shin
carpenters, furniture designers, agri-
cultural implement makers, etc, etc,
etc
From the hour of leaving their
homes the delegates Will be in charge
of competent and responsible agent
of HE SCRIPPs LEAGUE, who Will look
after their comfort and