The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-04

here and have seen the workings OF this
new system, now duhbed tie hatcher
system. place no confidence n the swards,
and indeed they uniformly condemn fne
whole scheme.
However. there are. OF course. many
people Ia the state OF Warrington VINO DO
not understand this matter. and VINO de-
mand 20 know. If this is als true and the
awards we're 30 easily o5ssined- Why ala
not " ashington get more O. them here
comes the necessity Of Es1cther expsana-
ton OF this neg-fsagied ~ stem OF AWARDS
Zach exhibitor gets one award. no mater
how many articles Of tins same class ne
may exhibit. For examFss: One farmer
in North Dakota exhibited eighteen yari-
cites OF potatoes. He got an award
Another farmer in tire same state
exhibited one variety and he also got an
award Of equal merit Nearly ali the ex-
hiblts from the state Of Washington dis
played in the general department build
ings, that liz. outside Of the state building.
were allowed TO be examined by the
judges, but in almost every case they were
credited Is q hole TO the state of Wash
ington and got the collective award. In
other states the exhibits were entered
separately in the names of the producers,
and the various individuals get the awards,
equal in value bus of course many times
more numerous than those granted to
Washington.
When the degrees of any college or
university are granted TO Tom. Dick and
Harry without due consideration of merit
or worth OF the candidates, the degrees OF
those institutions become worthless and a
source of ridic1e more than of honor.
So also with these awards at the Column
bian exposition. They stand for little or
nothing and the people will not be slow in
realizing this when they find that the
awards were sown broadcast, falling alike
on the barren and the fertile soil and not a
few falling among the byways and hedges.
AWARDS IN THE FORESTRY pEPARrNKsr.
II have noticed tina, the awards to Wash
ington in the Forestry building have
ELECTED much unfavorab!e comment in the
state papers, SO hunted up one OF the
many clerks in that department. and asked
him some pointed questions.
"'iiow many awards did the state Of
Washington get in the forestry depart
ment7'
81 don't know: let me see, and he
pulled out sheet of paper that had been
posted on the walls of the office and read:
White hemlock barx and tannin extract
both get awards for the WiiIapa Harbor
in whose name these exhibits were en-
tered. Then the state OF Washington gets
an award on ayellow fir log
That's il. Now, that one yellow fir
log is what makes our people laugh. Ex-
plain to me how tina: one log was singled
out
"'Well. let Ls turn here to the big forestry
record of awards. Why. it wasn't the yell
low log at all. That log happens to be
the first on the list of entries for the
state Of Washington. but see this notation
in this right hand column. 1t says: "Com-
prising entries No. 563 TO Gil inclusive,
and also entries GA and 6i5." In other
words, the state of Washington gets an
award on fifty-one exhibits in the forestry
department, because they were all entered
by the one party. and it has been given
out as one yellow fir log because that ex-
hibit happened to be the first on the list.
with this new light thrown on the situ-
alton, took the trouble to COPY of the
exhibits included in this award TO the
state of Washington. They are a. follows:
Yellow fir log, yellow fir. white fir, baIsam
fir, Western ash. red alder, Alaska cedar,
crab apple, red-berried white cherry On,
red cedar. red cedar slab, Western flower
ing dogwood. upland willow, Western or
black birch. Northwest or Garry's oak On,
Western white pine, scrub pine, spruce,
red fir, yellow fir, black -berried elder,
river willow, trembling aspen, quaking
asp. Western yew. red haw, cottonwood
balm, beech or Hooker's willow, large
ieaved maple, vine maple, Western hem
lock, Alaska pine (2), lovely FIR, Western
giant lareh, Madrona laurel, Western yell
low pine. tamarack pine, holly-leaved
barbcrry, red or pencil cedar, Pacific coast
wax myrtle, silver-leaved maple, common
sumac, Western ozler dogwood. hazel nut,
choke cherry, heart-leaved willow. black
haw, maple burl, yellow fir board. cedar
shingles. model house, showing specimens
OF different kinds OF woods
"From what | learned in this investiga-
ton it is plain that if this list had been
entered, each exhibit in the name OF some
individual. there would have been credited
to the state about fifty awards in the
forestry department instead of one award
for the collective exhibit and covering the
entire list OF specimens.
''rhe expert judge who passed upon the
merits of the Washington exhibit was
Il. l.. Joiner, of Wisconsin.
MINES AND MINING AwARpa
1.-THE only exhibit in the Washington
state building that received an award was
the world beating block of coal, entered in
the name of the Roslyn mine, because.
said the judges, we can't afford to over
look such wonderful undertaking as this
placing on exhibition single block OF
coal Weighing sA,sso pounds, thus sur
passing ali other known records
Resides this special award, the state of
Washington got i've collective awards. rs
follows One Tor its collection OF IRON ores.
one for its argentiierous gaiena, one Tor
gold, silver and copper ores. one for its
argentifercas and auriferous ores, and one
for It's exhibit OF coal and coke. In addi-
ton TO this i've coal mines had separate
exhibits entered in their names, which 60,
awards: Seattle Coal and Iron Company.
Black Diamond Mining Company. New.
castle mine. Fairhayen Land Company.
Green River Coal aud Coke Company.
$50 1t Is seen that the entire tieid al
Wsshington's exhibit in the mines and
tstAAsAhA AfliaA ttatNb las SofSfc4 RN aNArus,
though most OF them are collective, and
are thus made 10 cover by FIVE or SIX
awards several hundred exhibits
wAsHiNGroS's FISHERY AWARDS.
Certainly the people OF the state al
Washington have little cause Of complaint
for the lack oi awards, and especially car
this be said about the fishery exhibits. and
also she mining and forestry exhibits men
ll0ned above. In The fishery department