New-York tribune., 1900-08-31
EXHIBITION AWARDS.
zr TINTED STATES COMES NEXT AFTER
GERMANY. AND ONE POINT AHEAD
OF GREAT BRITAIN
Paris. August 21.

..,srsl Peck and the American oTucials con-
- with the Exposition, it is the United
- which, after France has secured the
s--s-nost place. This gratifying opinion is ac-
..,.sd as correct by nine out OF ten Americans
: paris. bu; q careful and impartial analysis
? = .,s ruu list of recompenses which was pub
= ,+ss Saturday evening by the Journal Of
s,,sr- IN its closely printed supplement OF $50
gss shows that after France IL is Germany
-. ,s far and away ahead OF all ether nations.
-As United States comes second and Great
,,-s,sin third. Germany has secured 251 grand
,-as the United States 21S and Great Britain
30 OF the total number Of classes comprised
= The Exposition, Germany triumphs over all
o.,s-s IN hfty-one, the United States wins in
..,-4v-one and Great Britain in thirty. These
srures represent fairly and inpartially the rela-
~. order OF merit OF the three great competing
nations
THE SYSTEM OF SELECTION
7, order 10 establish the relative merit OF
- country q process Of selection was applied
> +be q 80 awards distributed among the
5g1 exhibitors It should be explained that the
svsrds are Of FIVE grades: Grand prizes, gold
medals silver medals. bronze medals and hon
cable mentions. The number Of classes COM
r-ised n the eighteen groups Of the Exposition
1s12l The full lists OF awards In each OF these
~ classes were arranged by the writer accord
,.r 70 the three nations that make the closest
,orperiton; namely. Germany the United
s.stes and Great Britain. France is not in
ended n the analysis. because. as was the case
vth the United States at the Worlds Colum-
hsn Exposition at Chicago in 1898. the home
nation occupies q position OF such overwhelming
advantage and preponderance that comparative
statersnts drawn from the list OF recompenses
would be misleading. Let Us take, then. Ger
many the United States and Great Britain. It
was found that the grand prizes on tbs whoIe
furnished the best test Of merit, but whenever
N ary particular class neither Germany nor the
United States nor Great Britain won any grand
u-.ze. OF whenever there was g tie or dead
heat" as Il were, between two or all three in
regard 70 grand prizes, then reference was made
70 the god medals, and, failing them, 70 silver
medals bronze medals or honorable mentions
In nine classes neither Germany, the United
States nor Great Britain was represented at all
O. they were represented in such way that the
question OF predcminanoe might be practically
cancelled Such is the case, for instance, IN
Class No IS (theatrical materials In this
class no grand prizes were accorded to any for
eign country. Germany and England each Sc
cured gold medals, the United States obtained
one silver medal and bronze medal. While
OF the eight grand Jurors OF this class. among
whom were N Ganhard, director Of the Opera
there was only one foreigner Milward Adams. OF
the Chicago Auditorium, whose exhibit was in
eligible fJr q prize because o1 his position on
The jury.
GERMANYs SUPERIORITY.
The departments IN which Germany shows an
tncontesIible superiority are in Class No. 5
Chigher agricultural education), Class No. 13
(nnusicaI publications and books and Class No
Is instruments OF precision and -nedals). In
this department. Germany makes a superb rec
u-d, securing sixteen grand prizes, where the
United States only gets three and Great Britain
four. TAe German steam engines (Class No.
80 are altogether the best IN the Exposition and
carry OF four grand prizes where Great Britain
gets three and the United States none. In
porcelain and pottery (CIass No. 70 the royal
factories at Berlin and Dresden enable Ger
many 10 carry OF three grand prizes. where the
United States gets only one and England none.
Germany has II all her own way Il the depart
meuts of electric lighting (Class No. 20, where
she secures four grand prizes against the United
States none and England's none In the de-
partrneut of house decoration (CIass No go
Germany wins ten grand prizes, where England
gets only three and the United States only one.
The German section OF house furniture CClass
No So IS 80 per cent better than the exhibits
q England OF OF the United States. Germany
No. 73), in clocks (Clsss No. So and in naval
and military administration CClass No. 120).
But Il Is IN the department Of chemistry (Class
No. 81 that the progress Of Germany IS most
marked. IN this section Germany has obtained
zen grand prizes. where England gets six and
The United States only two The Journal des
DEBATE" devotes q leading editorial 10 the Ger
mau discoveries IN textile dyes and calls at
tention 70 the great factories that have sprung
u II Baden and produce artificial indigo, which
has been pronounced by French experts as equal
% The Indian product, besides being very much
cheaper The "Debats7 says that the striking
superiority obtained IN Germany over all other
countries. including France. in applied chem
istry IS due to the fact that the German chem
lists worx hand in hand with the men who man
age the factories In France says ths Jour
nal des Debats." we have TOO many chemists
II our universities but not the hundredth frac-
Ton Of the number that We ought 10 have in
or workshops"
TO Snow how evenly the awards were divided
between the United States, Germany and Great
Britain il some o. the sections, let take that
OF painting and drawing (Class No. D. where
e2ch OF the three countries obtained two grand
prizes The American recipients were Sargent
and Whistler, The Germans were Lenbach and
Non Chde and The Englishmen were Sir Law
renee Alula-Ts derna and Orchardson. Six gold
meals We're accorded 70 Germany and 70 Great
Britain and seven gold medals were given 10 the
Nnlied States. consequently the seventh gold
hecal secured for the United States in this class
z position next 70 France and first among the
oaner nations
In typography and printing CClass No. III the
competition between the United States and Ger
many wae very keen. Each country got six
grand prizes. but Germany scored only nineteen
go-o medals, as against twenty gold medals given