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THE W'ORLD’s FAIRS 
Germany’s economical importance to the 
world by bringing a specimen of every 
single article, tbat was produced in the 
country, to exhibition. The result was, 
that the visitor feit, as if he were in an 
immense general störe or warehonse, and 
the best of articles remained unnoticed in 
the general ma9s. Many manufaetnrers 
were naturally disheartened by this ex- 
perience, particularly as exhibiting linder 
German bureaueratical direction is far 
from pleasant for practical business men. 
Under these circnmstances the Ger 
man department nt Philadelphia turned 
out, as was to be foreseen, a failure. The 
commissioners, who should have feit per- 
sonally responsable for this state of things, 
because they had not succeeded in making 
a profitable use of the large means plaoed 
at their disposal, anticipated all reproach 
for themseives, by unduly qualifying the 
nature of their country’s prodncts as poor 
and cheap, and consequently unable to 
make a better appearance at au exhibition. 
The German professor, who as chief of 
bis commission gave this oracular ex- 
planation of Germany’s want of succcss 
at Philadelphia, deserved to have the 
freedom of the city of Manchester offered 
to bim. His compatriots at home have, 
however, learnt, that exhibition matters