Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1893-09-29

grea, palpable loss.
81 spent much time in the New Jer
sey building and elsewhere, where al
interest seemed to concentrate in thi
new Pacific State. There was II dens,
crowd OF interested and inquirin,
spectators in the Washington huildin,
constantly, and bnt few left it Of al
the vast throng of millions withou
favorable comment | am Statistic,
that II we were not so far remove,
from thickly populated centers ant
travel less expensive, we would see
repetition of the immigration which
flooded us in 1888 and 1889 and 1890
As it is many will come seeking new
new lands and healthful influence
when they reflect deliberately upon
our conditions as presented to thei
own realistic vision and touch"
Reporter" Doctor, what did yol
think of the Washington building?"
"That is enc OF the most conspicu
ously located and best arranged build
ings for its purpose upon the grounds
The foundations are of fir logs, hewI
square. One log conspicuous for be
ing cut from ga stick" OF four hun
dred feet, squaring three feet for u!
feet, the depth of the structure. Their,
are no lounging facilities nor spacious
halls for balls and banquets and cele
bratiOns, but the main hall is enteret
at the threshold, and almost every ar
ticle is visible at glance. The crow,
cannot stand, but like our State move
on, to make room for new visitors
The structure is seen and noticed TO
its peculiar style and materials by tn,
millions who bell the grounds by tn,
intermural elevated railroad" at
tention being attracted by the con
spicuous sign boards. fore and aft
State of Washington 1t is LOCATED
at the main entrance and is upon the
chief avenue"
"Did you meet our State Commits
sioners?"
"Only the President, DR.. Calhoun, t.
whom / am indebted for courtes;es
He is ever on duty and vigilant fo
our best interests, which could no
have been committed to more faithful
hands. / met Mr.. Meany, State Pres.
Agent. He, too, is faithful and eff
cient in the management OF his de
partment and does much volunteer
work for which he is entitled to the
consideration of our people. l do moi
know who are our other Commission
ers save Mr.. Cavanaugh, whom l saw
for moment at the Postoffice stand.
"Then we may expect many pre-.
miums, and much population in return
for our princely outlay for the exhibi.
tiOn?"
81 had hoped for that result, but
since we were not not noticed in the
list of preferred States on forestry, and
as we were 80 far superior to all other
exhibitors in that speciality, l fear we
shall have no favorable notice in any
department"
How do you account for the fail
ure when We are 80 plainly SUPERIOR"
1--WE have the rest of the world
for competitor. The populous and
wealthy States have influences which
we do not possess; States which were
potential in securing appropriations
for the fair, whose commissioners are
crafty business men Of the world, &C.
quainted with affairs, and industrious
and INSCRIPTIONS in effecting their
purposes OF superiority for honor and
gain. In my belief We stand no
chance with these people, and further
more / regret to believe that the want
of harmony, the wrangling and the
ordinations and disparage-
ments which have stultified the man.
agement, all of which is we'll under
stood and is a subject of comment at
Chicago and by the public press all
over the land. and want of intelli-
gent, forceful, concentrated, high
effort by those in charge of
our most essential interests will be
fatal to our success in premiums, but
we have the possessions. Washington
holds confessedly and indisputably the
great timber reserve of the world, and
our failure to secure corresponding
recognition is an insult and an injury
which should find expression by our
at the fair, in unmis-
taxable language and protest. if the
timber award was made to Michigan
and was based upon the exhibit which
| saw, pile of horizontal logs twenty
feet long, not one over two feet in d.
ameter, logs which would be discarded
from any respectable boom on Puget
Sound and would be classed as piling
il the trees had been sufficiently long.
Such an award is a burlesque on
sense, justice, or regard for
the sense of sight or of ordinary pass.
ing observation. 1t would require six
Of these logs to equal the diameter of a
section in the Washington building,
the top of which could only be reached
by stretching on tip-toe with cane"
"You have not made mention of
the Bush exhibit, the miniature farm,
the woman's department and the pub
lie scholar"
"The Bush EXHIBIT is the most ex-
tensive single county presentation on
the ground, and is admired. Mr.. Bush
called out to me as / left, Tell the
people Thurstom county is in it,
"The miniature farm is located in
the very heart of the main building,
and while it serves to amuse people it
takes space which might be better
utilized in spreading out to the inquir-
ing mind our multitudinous, material
which are thereby pushed to
the wall. As adisplay it is puerile in
the extreme, and will have much
weight in prejudicing umpires on pre-
miums against our other exhibits"
al did not take much interest in the
Woman's Department. which is con-
sidered good, preierring to contem-
plate our natural, stupendous produc-
tions of which l never tire, to the
of knitting, needlework and
painting, demonstrations useful and
necessary as they are to mankind.
"Our school exhibit was equal to
the best, but Twas not enchanted by
the calisthenic, posing and posturing,
as exhibited in The Photographic gal
lery of that division"
Anything more, Doctor"
"Yes, myriads, which in the Ian
guage of the revelator "no man could
l will be pardoned, however,
for one more statement. l was drifted
along by a multitude of fifty thousand
Or more people toward the lake, where
found to be upon exhibition the U.
s. Life Saving Service. The corps
were drilled, the lines thrown across
the wreck, people brought safely to
the shore on life cars and upon buoys.
But save for improved appliances. IL