The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-10-23
Copyright, 1904. by Frank G.. Ca
 penter)

(Copyright, 1904. by Frank G.. Car
 St. Louis I give you today a chat with pr. Theodor Lewald, the Kaisers commis- sioner general, on the Twentieth zen tury Germany. Dr. Lewaid IS one oi the high officials of the German em- pire He Is connected with the m terior department and is one of the im- nerial privy councillors. He was com missioner from Germany to the exposi- tion at Paris, and he has had every thing to do with the exhibit at St. Louis.
 Germany at St. Louis.
 Before giving my talk with him I would say word about the German exhibit. It Is one of the finest and most complete of all sent in from abroad. The emperor is anxious to in- crease the friendly relations which ob- tain between the United States and Germany, and he has done all in his power for the St. Louis Exposition. This can be seen by visiting the imperial German pavilion. which Is composed of rooms copied after some of the most famous apartments of the imperial palaces. The emperor has sent over his own paintings and tapestry from his own palaces for these rooms, and
  wedding presents. Indeed the pavil- ion vies in beauty with many of the palaces of Europe, showing what the Germans can do to reproduce the glories of their historic past.
 The exhibits in the other buildings show the live, up-to-date, scientific pushing. industrious. thrifty Germany of today. It would take columns to describe them, and I will only say that R,,r that that nation is making along edu- cational, industrial and social lines. am told that the German Government has spent more than $1,00O,000 on it's exhibit, outside the money spent by the individual exhibitors.
 Our WOrkingman and His German
 Brother.
 The first part of my talk with Dr. Lewald was devoted to the American workingman in comparison with the German. Dr. Lewald had to use the American laborer to put up his great buildings and to arrange his exhibits. He don't think much of him. Said he: T can't understand how the United States can hold its own in the markets of the world, if the labor conditions of St. Louis are typical of those of the rest of the country. We have had terrible time here whenever we have had to employ American workmen. We used them in ercting our buildings and the wages were outrageous. We have paid one dollar an hour to common mechanics who in Germany would be considered second-class workmen. They would work only eight hours per day, and if we found fault with their work or asked them to remedy any defects in it they would throw up the job and leave. They seemed to have no desire to please us. and their sole object was to put in the time and get the money. One of our German mechanics, who came over with us, thought the con ditions outrageous. I don't know that similar ones prevail throughout the United States, but if they do they can not but work to your industrial injury"
 Labor Matters in Germany.
 What is your situation as to labor matters. Dr. LewaldT
 We have our troubles, too, but we are far better or than you are. Our people are more willing to give fair days work for a fair days wages, and they are yearly becoming more skill full through our technical schools. dustrtal center.
 'Is there an exhibit of these schools here? I asked.
 We, have an exhibit of our techni- cal high schools. but not of the com mon technical schools, which are found all over the empire. I doubt If the in- dustrial centers would encourage the establishment of such schools else where. They are intended to make better German workmen and in this way better products for export. We do not naturally. wish to help the United States as one of our competi- tors In the markets of the world. We have exhibits. however, showing what we are doing in the technical high schools. and also our progress along the lines of workmen's insurance and for tho protection of the laboring man"
 WOrkInsmen Insured and PensiOned. What are you doing in insuring your workingmen?'
 More than almost any other coun- try" was the reply. "The movement for workingmen's insurance began with Emperor Wilhelm l. He proposed 1t in a message in 1881, and the senti- ment in favor of 1t has so grown since then that we have regular system of insurance under the control of the