Amador ledger., 1900-07-13
United States Exhibits Are
Noted.
GtRAAArS LARGE VARIETY OF ARTICLES
The United States Has the Finest
Tobacco and Agricultural
Implements Exhibit.
From Our Regular Correspondent


opinion of the Paris Universal Exposi-
tion of 1900. There are of course many
things l have not seen and many that
| could not see If should continue in
spection for six years. But the salient
features of the Exposition have been
noted. 1t is in great part ephemeral
architecture; it is in great part fake,
but, after all spurious characteristics
areaeliminated it will remain the most
stupendous effort and accomplishment
as an exposition the world has ever
seen, shall adhere to my determina-
tion TO avoid attempts to paint in words
architecture, artificial water. works and
illuminations. have never seen any
fireworks that we're comparable to q
sunset or fash of lightning. The
architecture here with its toy-shop ef-
fects, like that at Chicago, is good
enough to be torn down. This and
these are no art of the exposition and
in my opinion are as instrusive and as
much out of place as would be the
latest gown, hat and high heeled shoes
on the Venus of Milo. The only mat
ter worthy the VISITORS consideration
are the results of the competitive efforts
OF the worlds artists, artizans, think
ers and strivers, everyone striving to
attain something little more accept
hi in lie aiol
see these results here. If there was
ever microcosm it is now within the
Champs de Mars and the Esplanade
des Invalides. From Finland to Cape
Colony and from Alaska to Chill the
continents and islands appear to have
striven and wrought with better out.
put than ever before. l say you can
see it but 1t will require more than
glance. 1t will require study and dis
cernment, for the arrangement is not
the best. and for comparative study it
is frequently misleading and often in
tentionally so. Some exhibitors under
the United States flag and in the Unit
ed States sections have no right to be
there. They are not Americans and
have no houses In America. It NAV
be the same with other countries. AS
seen in the Exposition there is not
much to hatter our National pride, but
we do not need hattery-we need the
truth and in heroic quantities. False
teeth, dentsl instruments, corn-cob
pipes and eyeglasses are not repre-.
sentative of the manufacturing skill
and energy of the United States, and
Mr.. Mckinley or Mr.. Peck should not
have permitted dealers in these to
have So much space and such conspicu-
GUS place in the U. S. section of the In
valides building. 1t Is said the EN-
peror of Germany personally inspected
every exhibit of that country and that
nothing was allowed to pass to Paris
without his approval. There must be
some exaggeration In this story for the
German exhibit Is large and varied as
we'll as fine, and no one person could
have given 1t more than very formal
inspection. But it has evidentally been
selected with great judgment and care,
and there is no doubt but that both
the United States and England are out
classed by Germany in large variety
of manufactured articles.
In some things we, of course excel.
Our tobacco exhibit is the finest at the
fair. But to indicate how we are out
done in diplomacy or what may be
called exhibition politics let me instance
the following, all of which may be
traced think, to the negligence OF our
Commissioner. We have but one man
in fifteen on the tobacco jury and he is
a Cuban who has lived for many years
in Paris and boasts that he never sold
or used q leaf Of American tobacco.
He is in short the representative Of the
largest Cuban tabacco manufac turer
and from habit and interest inimical to
American tobacco. Yet he has had
himself appointed as the only Arneri-
can jurist, and this when our exhibit
is finer than and probably as large as
that of all other countries put together.
There are many, many, instancea of
this kind showing = lack Of push and
enterprise on the part of our repre-.
sentatives and an Indifference to the
interests of our people and country
that Is iuexplicable in any way compli-
mentary te them.
In the class of harvesters and binders
and some other classes of agricultural
implements l am told by an authority,
and believe from what can see, We are
much in advance Of all other countries.
This authority says we are about ten
years In advance. Our machines are
lighter but withal stronger though ip
mechanism substantially the same as
theirs for they have copied from us.
The displays we are making here will
doubtless result in the extension of our
trade in a few classes. Indeed such re-
suit Is already assured. The thing to
be regretted is that we have through
negligence Or incompetence lost
golden opportunity to impress upon
the world our superiority In many
other CLASSES. This work will have to
be carried on in other fields and by
other means. 1t was almost criminal
70 send over here on high salaries a lot
Of Of iipTc2yRrpefent &c 2fyRr men, ignorant o. any