The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-12-13
HER MONEYS WORTH.
Washington Will Get 1t Out of
the Worlds Fair.
WHAT HER CITIZENS SPENT.
Al Least %. eoo. 900 From the states
Sisitors-hesurns Already Coming
Great 1mmixrstfou-

now much money Was spent at the
Worlds fair by citizens of Washington ?"
was asked by Posr-IsTKILrSGEscER re-
porter Of Edmond 8. Meany last evening
That question has been asked me many
nmes aimee my return" was the reply.
and have just been doing little caleu-
iation on thai line. Our register in the
Washington state building showed that
between 1900 and 1900 citizens of
the Evergreen state visited the Worlds
fair. II Is difficult TO estimate the
average outlay Of each visitor, but it is
certain that none of them got back to their
homes from such visit without spending
ut least 800. and probably twice that sum
would be q more conservative estimate.
But at the low figure of 500 visitor and
taking the lowest estimate of the number
OF visitors from this siate-l5. ooo-and you
see that Washington's contribution 70 this
immense show was At least s.. 90. 600.
THE city of Seattle was represented by
many more visitors than any other city in
the state, and 1t is safe TO say that from
500 GOO TO 81 .000, 900 were spent at the
Worlds fair by citizens Of the Queen City.
Why, | was told yesterday that the school
teachers OF Ballard. a suburb of this city.
drew out of the Ballard bank 81 600 at one
time for the purpose of visiting the
Worlds fair.
These figures seem large during . Pc
Rod of Unprecedented hard times, but
from what have seen at the exposition
believe they could be multiplied by two
or three and still fall short of the real facts
of the case"
do you think the state viii ever get an
adequate return for ali this outlay"
''Indeed do, and that, too, in a short
time. In the first place it should be borne
in mind that the visitors who attended
the fair got more than value received for
their outlay, as 1t was very rare 20 hear of
anyone visiting the fair who expressed re-
greet at the outlay necessary to give him
such a treat. So in reality the investment
made by the state which should be ex-
pectcd TO be returned Is the outlay made
by the state for its exhibits. The state
originally appropriated 100000. At the
next session SIS, 600 more was appropri-
ated. and the deficiency, minus what has
already been returned from the sale of the
gold nuggets and other property. will
probably not exceed 5000 or $4,000 So
the states real outlay will not exceed
$4,000.
Now, am confident that many times
that sum will be invested in this state as q
direct result of the states exhibits. In
fact nearly that sum has already been in
vested in Pacific county alone as result
OF the fair. A large firm of New Jersey
tanners sent out representatives after
seeing the exhibit of the Wiilapa Tannin
Extract Company, and they have an
nounced that they will invest about
$4,000 At another time gentleman
representing extensive growers of cram
berries at Cape Cod came to the state
building and showed that he had bought a
ticket for South Bend. saying that he had
done so after seeing the exhibit of cram
berries from Pacific county. He stated
that diseases had attacked their vines at
Cape Cod. and he was ready to invest at
least SIS 900 IN new field il found salts
factory. A cold storage plant to handle
fresh fish and oysters has also been
erected at South Bend as q result of the
fair. These are points that came directly
10 our attention, but the general good re-
suits are not susceptible Of such definite
outline"
"Here is another straw" continued Mr..
Meany, "that will indicate the direction
OF this beneficial blowing OF the immigra-
ton wind. The lists of names of inquir
ers. which published from time to time,
were sent to ali the newspapers and deyei-
opers throughout the state, and also to
the various railroad companies. I have
already heard of many direct good results
from this work. but will Just quote you
one rs a sample. Mr.. w. T.. Powell, the
immigration agent of the Chicago. Mil
waukee & ~. Paul railway. was given a
set of these lists. and about two weeks
afterward he invited me to ais Office TO
show what results he was deriving from
them. There found an assistant spec
tally detailed 20 write to all the inquirers
who were tributary TO that road. Mr..
Powell showed me a handful of reptile.
that he had already received. One of
these was from farmer in Southern Hi.
nois, who wanted TO get the names of peo-
pie 10 correspond with in several parts of
Washington. saying that after he returned
from the fair he had talked with his neigh
bors. and they were organizing a colony to
go to Washington TO engage in the bust
ness of butter and cheese making. This
was only one Of the 1000 names and ad-
dresses published in Theses lists
81 really believe that the population of
Washington will be doubled inside OF
three years. Have you ever heard how
Kansas increased her population after the
Centennial exposition Ii vas a wonder
ful showing. In 1876 az the state census
Kansas had little over 4o0. coo people.
They made an excellent exhibit At tie Cen
tennlal, and at the Federal census of IssO
the population of that state exceeded
i,oOo, 900. showing gain Of nearly 20 per
cent in four years. What Is Washington
entitled 10 expect with this precedent be-
fore her and with the additional adj
vantages of state with many times the
natural resources and without any of the
horrible drawbacks OF grasshoppers.
dronths and eyclones9
"rhe state OF New York spent $3.50. 600
and more On her State building alone AZ
the fair. and vet the officers Of that state
frequently said that they believed that the
stste of Washington would resp much
greater results from the fair than any
other state IN the Union. Sc. all in all, IL
Is apparent that II the money market
eases mp by early spring. 1904 will show q
heavier increase In WashIngton's popuIa-
ton than has been seen in any year of the