The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-08-04

with that % Johns Hopkins Our n1ec-
zeal libraries. in his opinion. are remark
able, and as for American nospatai
nurses he remarks that in France they
have nothing comparable to them, and
as for the American schools Tor nurses
those IN Paris are far below Those IN
this country. The system o. selecting
professors for medical colleges because
Of their scientific attachments and not BY
narrow competitive examinations, as IN
France. IS cordially approved. and the
organization Of such dental schools as
vie possess is highly recommended.
surprise Is expressed al the advance in
this country Of the manufacture OF scien-
siflc instruments. Formerly tributary 10
Europe. the United States Is now indie
pendent and becoming an exporter. The
delicate instruments OF rneteoroiogy are
made with all the perfection and exact
nezs that could be desired. the Yerkes
telescope is a monument TO American
genius. and the apparatus OF the coast
and geodetic survey is the most original
tina. has been executed up TO the present
time.
In the report on mines and metailurgy
the French commissioner says the min
eraI wealth Of this country is so great.
the needs and outlets so considerable, the
individual energy and ACTIVITY so intense
that, once through the present depression.
manufactures will make new bound and
before many years Europe may have to
count with America even in the industrial
field. as is already the case in that OF
cereals.
Commenting on American philanthropy.
the report says: Throughout the Union.
from Ithaca TO New Orleans, from New
York TO San Francisco. private initiative
has raised veritable monuments TO science.
Profoundly attached TO their soil. proud
OF their Independence. but admitting TO
a certain degree the intellectual supe-
riority of the Old World. possessing meal
culable riches and actuated by the ardent
desire TO render the United States, both
morally and intellectually. the greatest
country on the earth, the Americans rival
one another I'm the generous way in which
they create useful and philanthropic insti-
tutions''
In the report on books and printing.
Henri lie Louder says Printing has
been developed to such degree in Amer
ica as really to astonish US Whether it
has to do with the production Of news
papers or ourrages de luxe. the triumph
OF American machinery must be acknowl-
edged. American bookmaking is really
marvellous. and it is no exaggeration TO
say that in this department the United
States occupies one OF the first places. IL
not the first place; and as for the rich
and well-arranged libraries, there are per-
haps more in the United States than in
any other country in the world
Mr. lie Louder closes his report with
the following reflections. which will GER
tainly be peculiarly satisfying to the
ordinary pride: when we consider the
comparatively short time during which
the United States has existed as a nation
we are astounded at the progress which
has been realized; for the American peo-
pie have advanced with the stride Of
giant. Up to the present time no other
nation has offered such spectacle. and
the foreigner does not know what to ad-
mire most-the unequalled activity of the
Americans. the steady nerve which they
display in carrying out a design with
rapldity that makes one dizzy. their in
contestahle superiority in mechanics, or
their common emulation in the promotion
of education art. learning and charity. A
great truth flows from all that precedes-
the New World has created new methods
and advances to the conquest of the Old
World. a conquest which is not less GER
tain because IL Is pacific
In the midst of all this praise there is
some criticism. either In the published
official reports or in lectures delivered by
the commissioners since their return to
France. Many OF our personal traits and
habits are not approved, as where Victor
Legrand, OF the Seine Tribunal of Com
merce. rather savagely remarks that
Americans are as vain as the castilian:
they magnify. exaggerate and employ all
the superlatives. and, IL they possess
everything else In unlimited quantity,
they certainly haven't modesty." In spite
OF the fact, however. that we are a land
OF ''puffism," good deal ought 10 be for
given in view OF Mr.. Legrand's estimate
OF the Worlds fair city. which is as fol-
lows: ''The prodigiously rapid growth OF
Chicago is without example in the history
OF nations. Nineveh Babylon. Athens.
Rome. Byzantium succeeded in attracting
the worlds attention after long years Of
grandeur and prosperity. but none at
tanned so rapidly such an extraordinary
development. It's history recalls a tale CT
The Arabian Nights"
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