St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-01

lIcIn luVdllQS. nave Deon INFORMED
that at least 5000 people had visited the
that as many more were expected by its
close. These people. for the most part,
buy the five days ticket, which costs
$40. The gross sum, therefore. figures
up an enormous amount to be divided
between the hotels and the transporta-
ton company. Now, when it is borne
in mind that the syndicate which owns
and manages these hotels and the trans
portatiOn company enjoys exclusive
privileges in the park, which is the pub
lie domain, and that no person may
either erect hotel, run vehicle, or let
a saddle horse except this concern, it
would seem reasonable to expect that
there should be some condition, express
OF implied, that the vast number of per-
sons enticed there by the stupendous
advertising should be at least decentIy
provided for when they reach the park.
Once there they are entirely at the
mercy of those who have been granted
exclusive privileges on the pub
lie domain by the government.
Surely adequate provision for
housing and properly boarding tourists
should be made. sufficient transporta-
1T is to-day, L do not think it is too
strong to say that at certain points on
the route travellers are treated more
like cattle than civilized people. AS an
instance of this, recall what [ have
said about herding number of men
and women together in one bed room
for the night. All of the people who
visit the park have been accustomed to
the habits and comforts of civilized life.
do not believe any of them expect TO
find Or demand the luXuries of city
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entitled to clean bed and something
fit to eat, however simple it may be,
especially when they are paying 81 a
day for it. But | suppose it is the same
old, old, old story. Oppression and
wrong always seem to logically follow
MONOPOLY
The Government Should Act.
"Were the complaints of mismanage-
ment general?"
81 met hundreds Of people coming out
of the park. and as far as l could learn
they were all indignant at the treatment
they received while in it,"
''What was your own eXperience?'
LAS far as l am personally concerned
| suffered no great hardships. have
travelled in all countries, and have
learned to accommodate myself to cir
cumstances. They asked me to sleep
outside in tent at the lower geyser.
and l refused. Then they gave me
place in little room along with three
other men. l got so l could chew leather
and imagine it was beefsteak. The
rancid butter l did not touch. Other
UNBEATABLE things let alone"
do you consider that congress made
mistake in reServing the Yellowstone
countrY?'
81 do not doubt the wisdom of the
government in reserving this remark
able region as National park, not only
for the wonders which nature there eX-
hibits, but also as refuge for the
hitherto rapidly disappearing large
game of the continent; but l am of the
opinion that the United States should
maintain the most stringent police reg
ulations over those to whom it has
granted exclusive privileges. Such
lection of the public as long as the
policy of these exclusive privileges is
adhered to. [ think the government.
with the aid of the old soldiers in the
park, is taking tOlerably good care of
the game, but thus far the men, women,
and children have been unprotected.
There is no reason in the world why
those hotelkeepers should not have
room for all visitors and plenty
of good food. There are good
hotels in Butte, in Helena, in
Deadwood, in Leadville, everywhere,
and there is no good reason why such
brutality managed hostelries should be
permitted to exist in the YELLOWSTONE.
The secretary of the interior should
have more power. If this system of
creating and maintaining mOnopolies
under government protection is to be
preserved, surely some one should have
the right to put heavy hand oh the
men who profit by it. There should be
some duly constituted head of affairs
in the National park; some one with
whom complaints could be lodged, and
who could investigate outrageS. and
close out any hotel or transportation
company caught doing business in a
tyrannical, uncivilized or dishonest
manner. TO afford immediate relief,
the Yellowstone Park association ought
to be compelled to take no more tourists
into the park at one time than the
hotels will properly accommodate, and
to better its disgraceful service in all
minor particulars.