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THE WORLD’s FAIRS 
are a Science, which the English and 
French commissioners understand, but 
those persons, who have been selected to 
represent German interests, have yet to 
master. 
Bureaucracy, however perfect in theory, 
in practice does not always succeed in 
putting the right man in the right place 
at the right time. 
The entire want of bureaucracy may, 
on the contrary, have a great deal to do 
with the unsatiefactory appearance of the 
American department at the European 
exhibitions. 
Taking into consideration the loss of 
prestige Gennany has suffered at the last 
exhibitions, and at the same time the im 
mense affluence of Germans to these ex 
hibitions, it is evident that the fashion and 
taste for foreign producta must from day 
to day grow stronger in tliat country, un- 
less sornething is done to reinstate home 
manufactures in the national favor. The 
best means to doso is by an international 
exhibition, which places the domestic 
manufacturer on a niost favorable footing 
against his foreign competitor. The public 
can then fairly judge, where its interest 
is to encourage home production, and 
where it is to be supplied by foreign 
trade As an international exhibition has