The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1876-05-11
THE CENTENNIAL.
From Minnesota there is Nothing.
Hitch About Police Appointments
Turkey d...Philadelphia Co
ing Crazy, and Already Establish
ing ExtOrtiOnate Priccs...The West
Poorly Represented.

CENTENNIAL. GROUNDS. PHILADELPHIA,
May 1.-The latest Centennial topic is
the rumored dissension betwe the Board
Of Finance and the Centennial Commits.
sion. The trouble arose out Of dispute
concerning the management Of the Expo.
sition police force. Gen. Hawley wanted
to make room on the force for a number
of Yale students who were eager to see
the show and the world at a small ex.
pense. The chairman of the Board of
none of his business. The chairman was
sustained by the board, and Gen. Hav lev
and the Centennial Commission became
indignant. The hitch caused some EN-.
barrassment, and may lead to the resig
nation and breaking up Of one of the
bodies.
The further discussion OF the liquor
question by the Centennial Committee
has been postponed until to morrow.
The space in the main hall allotted to
Turkey is still unoccupied. The Turkish
commissioners are here with about thirty
cases Of goods, bu. they are doing
nothing, on account of lack of money.
The home government is too busy with
war and too reduced in resources to sup.
ply the necessary funds.
Although the papers of this city have
claimed that there would be little if any
increase in the price Of living here during
the exhibition, visitors must expect to
submit to every species Of petty extor.
ton and exorbitant charges. To begin
| with, there are the hotels: those which
are rated firstcass formed combination
some weeks ago and decided to raise their
prices on the LIST of May The uniform
price is now IS day. where it had pre-
viously been 81. Eight dollars and $40
are also asked for very ordl.
nary accommodations. To-day
the Globe and Iranscon-
tinental hotels opened They are the
principal Exposition hotels that is,
houses located near the Centennial
grounds. Their rates are 81 and their
rooms are small. \ further raise bv tie
down town hotels may be expected after
the opening day. There is vast num-
Der of lodging houses and rooms adver
tlsed to let. These, If in any respectable
locality. are placed at nearly double the
ordinary price by their speculative own
erS. Many landlords refuse to rent their
single rooms for longer than week.
thinking to still mere increase their prices
after the opening Of the Exhibition.
Even the newspapers are no. free from
the geeci al cupiditv. At the hote. news
stands ) ceat> are asked for 2.cent Phil.
adelphia paper. and ID cents is The price
Of a New York daily.
| II a person goes into barber shop 10
! get shaved and hahds the barber a quar-.
ter OF a dollar, the aris.ocra..c negro viii
| poke, the currency with indifference. If
change is requested, he scornfully hands
back nickel piece. There are onlv two
or three cigar shops in town where an
ordinary Rosa Concha cigar can be Dough.
for less than Is cents
These are only few instances 10 illus.
trate TIE general system Of overcharee
already Hracticed-near'y Two weeks be-
fore the beginning OF the exposition sea.
son.
Amid the chaos Of disorder now pre-.
va,iing within the exposition grounds. it
Is reilct to enter the women's pavilion.
where the preparations are in a compare
lively advanced stage. As Mrs. Charles
Caldwell. the Secretary, assured your
correspondent. there is no doubt but that
the exhibit Of woman's skill 20 be there
| displayed will astonish the world. While
all parts Of the country are represented.
it IS noticeable that the West has q very
small and disproportionate exhibit From
Minnesota there is nothing. Illinois
looks very feeble, though the quality Of
It's exhibit is not surpassed. The Score.
tary urgently requests Through the Tr;-
buRe) the ladies Of Chicago and the IVES,
who desire to be represented to send on
their articles immedi teiy, without wait.
ing Tor their permits.
The specie engagements for to-mor-