Fairhaven herald. [volume] (Fairhaven, Wash.) 1890-????, 1892-09-24
MIR. BUoEY's EXPLANATION
TACOMA. Sent. q.

TACOMA, sept. Il.
EDITOR HERALD, L desire to reply
TO a communication recently appearing
in the columns Of the HERALD, entitled
Executive Incapacity," and signed
Contributor in which am made to
appaer as discriminating in the allot-
ment of exhibit jars in favor of Pierce
county and against WhatcOm county.
Nothing could be more unjust toward
me. will state the true condition of af-
fairs, and my action with the Worlds
Fair Horticultural exhibit:
On June last, at a joint meeting of
the State Board of Horticulture, and
the executive committee of the WASH
ingtOn Worlds Fair commission, an ar
rangement was perfected whereby the
State Board of Horticulture was given
charge of the collecting of the horti-
cultural exhibit of the state /, being
president of the board, was made gem
eraI superintendent of the horticul-
tural exhibit. At that time there were
at Walla Walla some 500 jars in storage,
which were ordered to be distributed
equally between the various members
of the board VINO were designated SUI
perintendents and in charge of certain
districts, +. l.. Won GOhTen, being su-
perintendent for the FairhaVen dis
trict. The jars upon examination were
found to have received water upon
them which had rusted the clamps,
which had to be japaned before they
could be repacked and shipped. In doing
this much unnecessary time was con-
sumed and the jars were not received
until the 9th Of June / did not re-
ceive any Of those jars for my district as
I thought l could find enough empty
jars at the Tacoma Exposition build
ing to meet my wants, in this / was
mistaken. My district, comprising the
counties Of Pierce, Lewis, Thurston,
Chehalis and Mason, has had less than
100 jars and most of them have
been half gallon jars and none
of them over gallon jars,
while the Fairhayen district has had
some seventy-five jars and nearly all of
them have been two gallon jars or
larger. In fact every district of the
state has received more jars than the
district | have charge of, which | am
sorry is the case. In July | had the
Worlds fair commissioner order about
400 more jars, mostly of large size.
They were ordered by telegraph and
shipped in July from Philadelphia to
Walla Walla. l have made numerous
inquiries about them from the time /
thought they should have arrived, as /
was having calls for them from every
part of the state from the various
superintendents. At last | got them
shipped from Walia Walla, some ten
days ago, they having been lying i'm
Walla Walla for over three weeks pre-
vious. / have done all in my power to
get those jars shipped to the various
superintendents, given instructions
how | wished them distributed when
they arrived over two months ago. DIR.
Blalock says he ordered the man in
charge at Walla Walla to ship them to
the various superintendent and the
man in charge says he does not remem-
Der any such order being given. These
are the facts, 50 draw your own con-
illusions. The Worlds fair hort cultus
raj exhibit, now collected from every
part of the state and on exhibition at
the Tacoma exhibition, is grand one,
and one which every citizen of tn
state that has seen it is proud Of And
in this exhibit Whatcom county is
much better represented than my own
county, and in fact as well represented
as any county in the state, excepting
Walla Walla county. MY work in the
NoANNNAoh vi NiAiS tAillbll anu
jars for it, has been a very difficult
task, and like all similrr work,
thankless one. Some of the What
com county people doubtless re-
member that some four or five years
ago when brought the large tent to
Whatcom and held the first public
exhibition of the products of Whatcom
county. The account of it was written
up and sent throughout the United
States, and this was done on my part
for the general good of the horticultu-
raj interests of the whole state, and
especially of Whatcom county, and for
which l spent my own money. The
money that 1 have expended in the
interest of horticulture of this state has
amounted to thousands Of dollars, and
those persons who know me best will
not believe the accusation and imputa-
ton presented in the article referred to.
received the article by clipping sent
me in a letter by gentleman by the
name Of +. l., Benton, a resident of
Whatcom county, who knew me so
well that he would not let such a state
ment, which he says he knew to be
false, go by without my notice.
Yours truly,
HENRY RTCEV