Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-08-08
OUR COUNTRY LEADS TIE WORLD.

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ers arc amazed that the people Of Chicago
should have produced not only the biggest
Of all international fairs, but the most ar.
tistic and impressive. High praise was
the verdict Of distinguished and critical
foreigner that the Worlds fair r. the
grandest object lesson In architecture the
world has ever seen.
Three of the structures In the White
City are models Of architectural art and
Will live throughout all history, side BY
side with the Acropolis, the cathedrals Of
st. Peter and 81. Paul These are tho Ad.
ministration building. whose designer
was recently decorated BY the queen OF
England. the Palace Of Fine Arts and the
Agricultural palace. A fourth building.
the greatest ever placed under roof,
shows signally that the Americans lead
the world In structural iron work. The
rapidity with which this fair was created
has demonstrated the matchless energy
Of Americans, and the processes BY which
the work was done. and the erection ofthe
tall and statsly ONCE structures In Chi.
cago itself, servo to call attention to the
fact that out here In the center OF the
western continent Q revolution In building
methods has been effected-a revolution
which II having it, influence upon build.
Ing and architecture throughout the world.
Il u noteworthy, moreover, that Chicago
II today the finest city enthusiastically
ON the globe. Travellers say II contains
larger number of hsbitations Of scientific
and hygienic arrangement-equipped with
all modern appliances for health and com.
fort-than any other municipality. This
d not the least Of the conquests OF our
western civilization, not the least evidences
Of our rapid advancement.
Go to the Palace Of Agriculture and you
will zee that this country easily leads all
other countries In variety, volume and
value Of output from the soil. Thisis the
chief of all agricultural countries. Eot
only II our output greatest In volume, but
Il IN greatest In proportion to population,
q sure measure of wealth. In all the ap-
pliances of the farm, excepting perhaps
that scientific agriculture on small scale
which as yet has not become essential
here-ths methods Of fertilization and
soll-cons~rvation which are followed
through necessity TO such great extremes
abroad-we acknowledge no rivals. The
nrst reaplng machine had It's trial In this
county. Here about oil the successful
laborsaving apparatus Of the farm have
had their development. The variety and
usefulness OF our farm machinery aston.
Ishes all beholders who come from foreign
lands. In the mere tools OF tho farm, the
hoes, rakes, axes, knives, ETC., we also
maintain an easy superiority. In these
lines our makers enjoy profitable export
trade, and their wares are Initiated by for.
eign manufactures. In live stock and
dairy production we are now on q par with
the greatest countries OF Europe I'm these
lines and are rapidly developing our meth.
DDS and perfecting the breeds OF our AMI
mails. In forestry we stand supreme. Ma
tnrs endowed this favored land with Q
wealth Of timber, In quantity. variety and
commercial usefulness, which no other
country enjoys. As workers In wood for
all Industrial and economic purposes we
cannot be approached. Our manufactures
of specialties Of wood, of furniture by part
machine and part hand labor, the houss .
which we build when compared cost for
cost, are superior to anything known In
any other country. The woodworking
machinery designed by Americans and
built In their shops Is used throughout
the world. II IL Initiated elsewhere but
not equaled.
In transportation we stand at the head.
We have greater railways h greater mile
age, a greater number OF trains and pas.
sengsrs In proportion to population, more
travel by our people, than any other coun-
try. Though the locomotive had Its origin
In England and France, America has done
more to perfect IL than any other nation.
Il was this country that demonstrated
how chsaply railways aud their rolling
stock and motive power could be built and
thus made the use of these means OF trans.
portation commercially possible the world
over, whereas II the English type had
been followed humanity In many coun'
tries would have waited another genera
ton for The rails and cars which confer
upon them p, many blessings. America
developed anI specialized the railway ~
no other country has done. The sleopl
ear, the dining car, the automatic brake,
the baggage-checking system, innum.r-
able signals and appliances which make
railroadlng safe, cheap and comfortable,
had their origin here.
In wagon and carriage building, both ip
design and workmanship, we lead the
world. An hours walk through the
Transportation building will convince any
one of this. In this held the ingenuity of
our designers has been sufficient to con
struct q vehicle for every special need that
the commerce and industries Of man may
present. Even In pleasure and ornamental
vehicles and carriages by far the finest n
well a. the most graceful and artistic ere
stions are those OF our countrymen.
without America the world Of machiii'
ery would be q poor one indeed. Space
doss not admit specifications, but wander
through the great building here devoted
TO powsr-producing and power.using ma
chimes and note that In everything Of Inn
portAnce the American works are superior
10 all foreign productions. Even in steam
engines it IL admitted we lead the world.
In looms and all textiles and fabric ma
chinery we are either abreast the best Of
the foreigners OF ahead Of them. In
printing machinery, pumps. papermak'
lug, and all the spsciai!,rtions Of mechin.
err, Of which typessttirg, type-making,
nsii-making. wirsmallns. occur TO me
this moment a. convenient examples, We
are unrivalsd. Specialization and adAp
tation are the strong points In America.
Much moro quickly than any other people
do we perceive where q machine can be
made to do the work Of human hands, and
much more promptly and ingenlously do
we provide that machine. A following
out Of this principle will lead you TO the
examples, innumerable and sometimes
amazing, which prove the superiority OF
our countrymen a. machinists.
In the new world Of electricity We ara
admittedly the leaders. We gave the
world the telegraph, We Laid the hrst A.
lantic cable, We perfected and made com
mercially indispensable the electric light,
We offered the world - gift OF precious
value the telephone, ws follow 10 with
electrical machinery which Accompanies
marvels In better ways than things wers
svsr accomplished before, and now W
have The telautograph and the phono'
graph aud microphons. The electric rail-.
way had its development In America and
| n may now bs found al over the world,
| from the north Of Russia TO the borders ol
Patagonia and the mining and farming
r,Qions Of ire south Of Africa In svery'
TING pertaining 10 electricity save instru
msnts Of measursmsnt, precision, seten
ti0o obssrvatiou and surgical usss whers
the Germans sxosl, ws have bssn III
worlds pilots..