Excerpt from The Iron and Steel Exhibits: At the Universal Exposition of Paris, at Paris; A Report to the Secretary of State
Sir: - I have the honor to submit for your consideration the following report on the exhibits of iron and steel which were made at the Universal Exposition of 1878, at Paris, and upon the condition of the iron and steel industries of the world at the present time. In the collection of the historical and statistical information contained in it I have had the valuable assistance of Mr. James M. Swank, the Secretary of the American Iron and Steel Association, and this assistance I thankfully acknowledge.
The Joint Resolution of Congress, approved December 15, 1877, in relation to the Universal Exposition of 1878, at Paris, provided for the appointment by the President of twenty Commissioners additional to the Commissioner-General, and on the 12th day of February, 1878, I had the honor to be appointed one of these Commissioners. The Exposition was opened to the public on the 1st day of May, and was closed on the 10th day of November. A large portion of the intervening time I spent at Paris or in visiting such industrial centres as would afford needed information in the preparation of this report. By arrangement with the Commissioner-General I undertook the consideration of the commercial and business aspects of the iron and steel industries as they were represented at the Exposition, and such observations as I may submit in the following pages will be strictly in accordance with this understanding, leaving to others the presentation of facts and opinions affecting the purely technical and scientific aspects of these industries. A few preliminary remarks of a general nature will, however, be permitted.
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