Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the President, December 6, 1880

No. 280.
Mr. White to Mr. Evarts.

Legation of the United States,
Berlin, June 22, 1880. (Received July 8.)

No. 132.]

Sir: The jurors’ awards at the International Fishery Exhibition were made known on Thursday last in the presence of the German Crown Prince, the patron of the German Fishery Association, under whose nominal auspices the exhibition has been held. The Crown Prince was accompanied by Prince Hermann, of Saxe-Weimar; and there were also present Dr. Lucius, the Prussian minister of agriculture and honorary president of the exhibition committee; the ministers of finance, education, and the interior; the diplomatic representatives of a large majority of the leading powers; the duke of Ratibor; the governor of Berlin; Mr. von Schlözer, the German minister to the United States; the leading members of the exhibition committee, including its president, Mr. von Behr, its vice-president, Mr. G. von Bunsen, Ministerial Director Marcard, and others.

The minister, Dr. Lucius, having-delivered a brief address, the Crown Prince requested that the prize-list be made known.

To the United States, and to each of the other governments—ten in all—participating in the exhibition, there were accorded an address of thanks and a gold medal. The foremost name on the list for the great prizes of honor was that of Prof. Spencer F. Baird, the official representative of the United States, as the recipient of the first prize, a magnificent table decoration in gold and silver, the gift of the German Emperor. The announcement of this award was received with expressions of hearty approval. The remaining twelve honorary prizes were awarded to the leading pisciculturists of Germany, Italy, Sweden, and Denmark. The gold medals with especial honorary diplomas were awarded to twenty-five exhibitors, and of these, as will be seen from the inclosed official list, the United States took two, one being awarded to the Department of the Treasury, and the other to the Fishery Commission, for our collective exhibits—a success attained by no other country represented at the exhibition. Our country, indeed, surpassed all others in the department of pisciculture, in which, of the eleven gold medals, six were bestowed upon citizens of the United States.

The commission also received a gold medal for fish products, and a silver medal for its exhibits of fishermen’s costumes, portable tents, and fishing appliances generally. Nor should the numerous private exhibitors of the United States, who have taken off a very large proportion of the awards in Class I, that of preparations of fish, be forgotten. The exhibition has enabled these, as well as the commissioners, to make a display of American goods which is sure to benefit our commercial interests by extending a knowledge of the value of our fishery products.

When the reading of the list was ended, the United States deputy commissioner, Mr. Brown Goode, in a few well-chosen words, proposed the health of the Emperor. The Italian commissioner having made a similar proposal with reference to the Crown Prince, His Highness congratulated the commissioners and the leading prize-takers one by one on the success of their efforts, and in the case of Mr. Goode added expressions of thanks for the cordial manner in which he had referred to the Emperor.

It was generally admitted that the display of the United States was far the largest and most comprehensive in the exhibition; and the congratulations heard on all sides were a pleasing proof that our success has been received in the best and fairest spirit.

I may add, in summing up the whole matter, that the exhibition has succeeded, from first to last, far beyond the expectations of the most sanguine. Many of the rulers and statesmen of Germany have made special visits; the buildings have been steadily thronged with thoughtful observers from all parts of Europe; and while the main purpose of the exhibition—the increase and extension of knowledge regarding the great industries involved—has been subserved in the highest degree, there has been as certainly spread among thousands of thoughtful leaders of European opinion an increased respect for the skill, vigor, and thoroughness of our own countrymen.

I have, &c.,

AND. D. WHITE.

[Inclosure in No. 132.]

prizes of honor.

• 1. First prize of honor of His Majesty the German Emperor and King of Prussia: Prof. Spencer F. Baird, of Washington.

gold medal with special diploma of honor.

• 15. United States Treasury Department, Coast Survey. 1516. Illustration of apparatus for deep-sea fishing examinations. Coast map of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Documents and maps.
• 16. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, at Washington. 1510, 1512, 1514,
• 1520, 1521. Grand collective exhibition.

Class I.

gold medals.

• 15. Isinglass and Glue Company, Gloucester. Isinglass and glue, with articles manufactured therefrom.
• 31. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, America. Collective exhibition.

silver medals.

• 1. Alaska Commercial Company, San Francisco. Seal-skins.
• 2. At wood, N. E., Provincetown, Mass. Fish-oils.
• 3. Beardsley’s, J. W., Sons, New York. Salt and smoked fish.
• 12. Booth, A., & Co., Chicago and San Francisco. Preserved salmon.
• 18. Forrest & Co., Halifax. Live lobsters.
• 45. Potter & Wrightington, Boston, Mass. Preserved fish.
• 46. Portland Packing Company, U. S. of America. Preserved fish.
• 50. Russian Cement Company, Rockport, Mass. Fish-glue.
• 60. Rosenstein Brothers, New York. Preserved fish.
• 64. Thorne, Chr. Aug., Massachusetts. 1020, 1075, 1120. Preserved fish.
• 65. Thurber, H. K. and F. B., & Co., New York. Preserved fish.
• 70. Ward, Dr. H., America. Objects of natural history of various kinds.
• 73. Hagedorn, Hamburg, New York. 145. Fresh American oysters.

bronze medals.

• 7. Bartlett, J. H., & Son, New Bedford, Mass. Preserved fish. Fish-oils.
• 15. Carley, J. B. M., New York. Oysters and preserved fish.
• 19. Cook, Caleb, Provincetown, Mass. 159. Fish-oil of different varieties.
• 22. Dodd, A. W., Gloucester. Fish-oils.
• 58. Lewis, W. K., & Co., Boston. 146. Preserved salmon.
• 67. Mattheson & Brown, Campbellton. Lobsters.
• 80. Palmer, Joseph, America. Zoological preparations.
• 84. Pryer, Jasper, New York. Oil of sea-mammals.
• 92. Schmidt, J., New York. Preserved fish.
• 93. Smillie, F. W., America. Photographs of fish.
• 102. Underwood, William, & Co., Boston, Fresh fish.
• 114. Wonson, William H., & Co., Gloucester. Smoked fish.

honorable mention.

• 3. Ams, Max, & Co., New York. Pickled fish.
• 7. Anthony, H. M., New York. Preserved salmon.
• 12. Booth, A., & Co., Baltimore, Chicago, and San Francisco. 237. Salmon in boxes, Oregon salmon in boxes.
• 17. Cavin Brothers, Alberton. Preserved lobsters.
• 23. Day, Kemp & Co., New York. Mackerel, oysters, muscles, preserved.
• 51. Howe & French, Boston, Mass. Isinglass.
• 75. Maryland Packing Company, Baltimore. 146. Fresh hard-shell crabs in boxes.
• 77. Mayo, H., & Co., Boston. 141, 143, 145, 146. Preserved herring, cod, and other fish.
• 78. McMenamia & Co., Hampton. 146, 237. Fresh crabs, oysters.
• 108. Snow, Franklin & Co., Boston. 141, 143, 144, 145. Preparations of mackerel.
• 109. Schmidt, S., New York. 145. Pickled eels in jelly.
• 116. Stone, Livingston, Charlestown, New Hampshire. Pictures of fish (in water-colors), salmon eggs in alcohol.

CLASS II.

gold medal.

• 9. Leonard, H. L., Bangor, Me. Fishing-rods of split bamboo.

silver medal.

• 20. Everson, James, Brooklyn, N. Y. Shell-boat.
• 49. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middleton, Conn. Fishing apparatus.

honorable mention.

• 26. Collins, J. W., Gloucester, Mass. 1511. Marine drag for vessels lying to in a storm.

CLASS III.

gold medal.

• 1. Atkins, C. G., Bucksport, Me. 39. Fish-breeding apparatus. Hatching-house.
• 5. Ferguson, J. B., Baltimore, Md. Fish-breeding on steamers.
• 6. Green, Seth, Rochester, New York. Collective exhibition of apparatus for salmon and shad breeding.
• 7. McDonald, M., Lexington, Va. Salmon ladder.
• 8. Mather, Fred., New York. Original infundibular hatching apparatus, and apparatus for the transportation of young fish and spawn.
• 11. Stone, Livingston, Charlestown, N. H. Fish-breeding apparatus.

honorable mention.

• 1. Annin, James, Jr., Caledonia, N. Y. Hatching apparatus.
• 2. Clark, F. N., Northville, Mich. Boxes for breeding salmonoids, and automatic selectors.

CLASS IV.

bronze medal.

• 4. Mather, Fred., New York. Vessel for transporting live fish.

CLASS VI.

silver medal.

• 6. Merriman, C. S., New York. Life-saving costume (of India rubber).
• 8. United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries, Washington, 1515. Clothing for fishermen. Portable tent and fishing apparatus.

CLASS IX.

silver medal.

• 3. Goode, Geo. Brown, Washington. 1520, 1521. Maps of the dissemination of esculent American fish.
• 7. Forest and Stream Publishing Company, New York. Newspaper: Forest and Stream.
• 17. Scribner, Charles, & Sons, New York. The Game Fish of the United States.
• 18. Thaxter, S. & Co., Boston. Eldridge’s coast maps.

honorable mention.

• 10. United States Hydrographic Office, America. 1520, 1521. General coast maps of America.
• 11. United States Engineer Bureau, Washington, America. 1520, 1521. Map of the inland waters of the United States.