Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29
THE WORLDS FAIR.
AS 1T WAS SEEN BY ONE WE ALL
KNOW.
Gov. Newell Gives EIis impress.
siODs of the Hig SHOW Tho WASH
iEgtOn Exhibit A COmprehen.
sivc Estimate of Its Excellence
Though lnrsCOgnized by Award
The RcaSan Why.

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sivc Estimate Of Its Excellence
Though inrscOgnized by Award
The Rcnsen Why.
"Well Doctor" said the STANDARD
representative. the other dav, to Gov
ernor Newell. 81 suppose you are
ready to answer the usual question,
"What do you think OF the Worlds
Fair?" TO which he replied:
1t would be utterly impossible for
me to answer that inquiry for the ex-
hibition was so stupendous and be-
wildering that no ordinary brain could
comprehend its extent, Importance or
magnificence. much less give a de-
scription of even the smaller details.
One thousand acres of compact ex-
hibits in every department of hui
man art, enterprise and industry,
would require years to examine and
describe. My attention was chiefly
challenged by the architectural display
of the innumerable buildings, all var
led, presenting every conceivable order
or design of architecture, arranged SO
harmoniously and grandly that they
seemed, with the artificial lakes. foun-
tains, exotic arbors, rare vegetation and
distant music, to be a realization of Wis
ions foreshadowed in the apocalypse.
These temples were filled with exhib.
its-agricultural, mineral, forestry,
marine, mechanical, electrical, paint
ing and sculpture, ranging from the
most primitive, rudest production of
the human hand and intellect to the
most perfect of all discoveries, inven-
tons and industries which mankind
has accomplished in slow advance,
up to our present state of civil
cation. Humanity too, was represent
ed from every latitude and cline, the
Esquimaux, Laplander, American In
dian, Chinese, Japanese, Javanese, Per-
sian, Egyptian, Arabian, African, Can
nibal, South Americans, Sea Islanders,
people of every European nation,
and above all the well-dressed, self
possessed American citizens, commin-
CLING in one common mass, all proud
of this grand demonstration OF high,
human possibilities, demonstration
which astounds the old and effete ma
tons of the world in its proportions
and projections and gives assurance of
the inestimable value of personal and
political liberty in advancing our race
onward and upward. / wish that
every American could visit this most
interesting and instructive exhibition.
1t would go far to allay political jeal-
ousies and animosities and satisfy all
people that we are destined to be, from
every standpoint, the governing power.
Governor, how does the State OF
Washington rank, in this rivalry OF
States and nations? You will infer
from your intimate knowledge of our
State, its varied and multitudinous re.
sources and productions. that we are
capable of sustaining favorable COM
parison with any region with whose
productions We come into competi-
ton"
"Indeed, Washington steps to the
fore front at single stride in forestry,
fisheries, minerals, agricultural, vege-
table and fruit exhibits. 1t is not
worth while for me to fatigue the
readers OF the STANDARD by giving de-
tails when each one knows for himself
how our elements of greatness and
prosperity compare with those Of other |
States. Suffice it to say that as ten is
more than three so does our timber
Outmeasure all other such exhibits; as
ten is greater than six 80 do our meas |
urements Of grains, wheat, oats, barley,
flax, hops and tobacco, surpass others.
Our vegetables are OF more prolific |
growth than OF other States, and our
fruits equal to the best in appearance |
and quality. And when it is consid- |
cred that all of our articles, huge and
cumbersome-for example, solid Sec
ton of coal, twenty-six feet by six
square at ends and weighing $1,000
pounds; the flagstaff two hundred
and twenty-five feet in the air, made |
from a 350-feet tree; two fir planks
one hundred and forty feet long, max
ing a counter and a flooring for a |
lunch house, all transported by rail a
distance of twenty-five hundred miles, |
there is nothing upon those vast
grounds to surpass or even equal our
demonstration so far as we exhibit or
compete"
Reporter" Did these exhibits at.
tract much attention."
"Certainly they did. I had two in
terviews with Mr.. Brien, Commissioner
of Foreign Affairs, one of the fathers
OF the exhibition, who assured me that
in his judgment Washington presented
wonderful display. He was so much
impressed that he would turn the at
tention of enquirers to our State. as
he had hitherto done to Southern
States.
Joseph w. Collins. Chief of the
Department of Fisheries, publishes in
Fishing Gazette: 'One of the most
attractive sections in the main hall of
the Fisheries building is the section
devoted to the fishing interests of
Washington. The aquatic resources
of Washington are very great. The
fishery exhibit from this State includes
mounted specimens Of several varieties
of salmon, known to the trade as chi
nook or king salmon, steelhead (the
steelhead is a trout, but usually called
salmon), silver salmon, nasal, blue
back, Alaska, humpback and Quin.
ault; several species of sturgeon, hall
but, rock cod or groupers, buffalo cod,
tom cod, ling cod, sculpin and skate.
These are all mounted by skillful tax
idermists. There are also many of
the smaller fish, such as smelt, her
ring and trout, as we'll as shad, carp
and squids preserved in alcoholic solu-
tons. There is one beauty in large
glass jar. 1t is Dolly Warden trout,
weighing IA pounds. The fish are ar
ranged in groups, garnished with clus-
tiers of star fish, shells, crabs and other
crustaceans. A large oil picture OF
the whale as it appears in life, collec-
ton OF fish-eating birds and animals,
and a display of photographs showing
the fshermen's homes, employment
and methods OF catching fish, showing
the canneries and all surroundings,
and many other interesting features OF
the industry, make the section attrac-
tive. Oysters, clans, mussels and
other shellfish are shown in jars of
alcohol
1.-THE Gazette might have added that
Washington represents at the exhibit
ton 238 kinds OF fish from the Sound,