Gardnerville record. (Gardnerville, Nev.) 1898-1902, 1900-08-30
EXPOSITION LETTER

GOOD and ma, therefore he regarded AS
a success; II he takes 1t as the greai
majority do, that is earelessly, gapnsly,
why then il does him neither good nor
harin aud 80 succeeds in none of lis pur-
pose. and aims | make these remarks
because there is "A very large class of
people of all countries, America. as usual
I foremost among them where anything
useful is to he learned, who have nothing
/ IN common with ihe crowds one sees
wandering III the last stages of boredom
abont the palaces and grounds. re-
+ Ter Ia the congressonlsts. or these
there must be quite hundred Thousand
for already at least thirty Congresses
+ have been held and there are plent,
more 10 follow Seven thousand mem
j bers attended the Medical Science Con
.,ress alone. Architecture. Law chroho=
merry. medical elecirology, pharmacy.
,lermatology. customs. regulations al
,nost every conceivable subject. III
fact. las its Congress, Is to have 1t, of
mas had it, and very few indeed of tiios
who have attended Them, or his own
special one of them. has done so and hoi
been greatly benefited. Are not these
ueople different from the gaping multi
tnde. aud for Them is not The Exposition
a success!
One of the Congresses held this week
that ON Colonial Socio.og, Il lie Ter
name would be G,loniul Civilization re-
minded me strongly of the discussions
Wa used Ia he IN parls towards the
,.l,se of 1893. when ihe American com
missloners, after the war with Spaih,
were. here 10 draw up treaty. The
questions Of taking the Philippines, ana
of what sbonld be Il ne with them when
taken. we're burning ones Throughout
the period OF negotiations, aud the afgu'
ment- then made, the objections raised
the hopes formed. were all almost lientl-
call, reproduced by NJ. Decrals, tht
French Colonial Minister and Other
speakers at the Congress Oh Colonial
Sociology. 1t would hass done Senators
Ora, aud Frye the two anti annexation
ist members OF the Peace Commission
n great deaI Of good Ia hear ihe speeches,
and pafticularl, that of the French Mini
stei with lis noble breadth OF view. At
he pointed ont. there ARE two orders ol
problems such acquisitions give rise To-
lhe one matsflal, regarding railways ana
roads and canals aud other mems OF de
yeloplng The colony. the other. on
higher plabe. regarding the organization
nf a system pnder which HE natives.
moral and material conditions may iih
prove. and themselves recognize the faci
and be greutfnl for il. ] shall not b'
nnknd enough Ia ask which of these
orders of problem onf government II
srappllng with. II Is only too obvious,
if the bystunder really does Zee most ol
he game thai ir not grappllng with, AND
cannot grapple with, either. However,
this opinion is ohier dicta anu onl,
meant 10 show ynn how things look from
the European rnl Of the telescope.
An end. ! hsifu Ia adj, winch ma,
he aud was Yer, nearly blocked np. -
Tar At. lenst. as France is concerned
This IL another way of saying HAT The
dock strikes Mt le ilasfe. which have nov
lasted "A week. threaten Ia put atop
10 the steamer service between that pofi
and the United or indeed any. State.;
and Lul for the admiral good sense ol
the French Minister Of Marine, NJ. de
l,anessan, who for once kicked over iht
traces of otlicialism aud put French nav,
stokers on board mail steamers, the
Bertagne and succeeding steamers would
NOT have heen able Ia leave this side of
the ocean at all The question at issne
Is one of wages, the conl londefs, and
stnkers. and fireman, especially. are nci
content and, like many other people III
other departments Of life, imagine the,
cannot he replaced NJ. lie lsanessan's
prompt action must have come upon
them ~ u very llisagreeable surprise, and
no doubt before write again the strike
will he over aud the strikers wiser. The
fact is they are disconiepted without
reason Their earnings are enough Ion
comfortable exstance an with econom,
they eaa save money What more can
they ask in an age where competition is
So fierce?
10 revert for Il moment to the ESposl-
ton. ireland puts IN Il decldediN poor
appearance. II is fair however, io say
that in one department. sthe textile, she
is falrl, strong, while .''she has one good
exhibit. display of pneumatic harness
and snddlsry from n far-awny spot
cnlled Cornamona DOORS. in the county
Galway. The house ~ Guinness Lord
Iyeagh) too, is well 10 tho front with n
special kiosqne where nothing but
"Stout" is sold and a couple of Irish
whisAs, firms have exhibits. But there
is little else and absolutely Hnthng 10y
by which nne eonid guess that Ireland
was an agricultural country with Ter
tile soil and a strong and bFalny poptila-
ton. One might surely expect dairy
farming exhibits of some sort, some m
yentions in appliances and processes
crr,a,,1t,,rol iudrcfrioa Somp-