The St. Johns herald., 1900-07-14

heIe to my deteflnlnail0n t0 avoid
 attempts to paint in words the arch. itectHre, artificial waterwoIks and
 illuminations. l have never seen
 any fireworks that were compati-
 bic to a sunset or flash of light
 ming. The architecture here with
 its thy shop affects, like that at
 Chicago, IS go1d enough 10 b,torn
 down. This and these are no part
 of the exposition and in my opin-
 ron are as intrusive and as much
 out of place as won d be the latest
 gown, hat anu higb heeled shoes
 on the Ve3us of MiIo. The only
 matter worthy the visitors consi6-
 eratiOn are the results of the com
 petItive efforts of the worlds ar lists, artizahs,. thinkers and strIy-
 CTS, every one seeking to attain something little m re acceptable in his special domain, And you can see these results here. If there
 was ever a mIerocosm II is now
 within the Champs de Mars and the
 ESplanade des Invalides. From
 Finland to Cape Colony and from
 Alaska to Chili the continents and islands appear 10 have striven and
 wrought with better output than ever before. l say you can see it but II will require more than a glance. It will require study and discernment, for the arrangement
 is not the best, and for comparative study ii is frequently misleading and often intentionally so. Some exhibitors under the United States flag and in the ULited States scc- tions have no right to be there. They are not Americans and hayo no houses in America. It may be tho same with other countries. As seen in the Exposition there IS not mnch to futler our National pride, but we do not need ffat!ery, we need the truth and in heroic quantities. False teeth, dental In- struments. corneob pipes and eye glasses are not representative of the manufacturing skill and ener- gy of the United States, and Mr. Mckinley or Mr Peck should not havo permitted dealers in these tu have so much space and such con- spicuous place in the U. s. section of the InvaIides building It is sad the Emperor of Germany per sonally inspected exhibits ot that country and that nothing was al- lowed to pass to Paris without his approval. There must be some exaggeration in this story for the German exnio;t is large ard varied as we'll as fine, and no one person could have gwen it more than very formal inspection. Rut 1t has evidently been selected with great judgment and care. and there is TO doubt but that both tho United States and England are Outciassed by Germany m a large variety of manufactured articles.
 Ih some things we. of course, ex- eel. Our tobacco exhibit is by far the finest at the fair. But to indi- cate how we are Outd0no in dipIo macy or what may be called exhi- Oition politics. let me instance the following, all ot which may be traced, think, 10 the negligence of our Comm issioner. We have but one man in fifteen on the to- bacco jury and he is Cuban who has lived for many years in Paris and boasts that he never sold or used a feat of AmerIcrn tobacco. lie is in short the representative of the largest Cuban tobacco man. ufacturer and from habit and inter- est inimical to American tobacco. Yet he has himselt appointed as the only American jnris, and this when our exhibit is finer than and prob ably as large as that of all other c c,upirics put together. There are many instances of this kind show ing alack k ot push and enterprise on the part of our representatives and an indifference to. the interests of our people and country that IS incxplicabls in any way compli- mentary 10 them.
 In the class of barvesters and