The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-03-23

ing to encompass the Manufactures anc
Arts building alone, and all about it ar,
structures OF magnitude and architectu
raj pretension M thick as soldiers tent
at an encampment. Many Of the state
and territories have impoverished thei
appropriations In the construction o
headquarters alone, and unless their leg
islatures come forward with relief ther,
will be but half-filled houses to mark tn,
efforts OF over-sanguine commissioners
Already some Of the states have sem
committees from their legislatures to in
quire into and remedy the matter as IA
as possible, and so far the reports hav,
been to the advantage OF the fair.
The more one Investigates the Colum
bian exposition the more it appears {
matter Of shop. While in itself il is much
greater than any preceding exposition in
the history of the world, 1t must be con
fessed it lacks the public character of it,
forerunners. Chicagoans have gone into
this half-year holiday with marked and
illy-coneealed desire to gain by it. They
have sold not only eating privileges, ad-
vertising privileges, the soda water and
fresh water privileges, tolet-room conces.
sions and thirty other concessions at enor.
nous prices, but have also demanded
from rs to 40 per cent. OF the receipts
and as result the prices Of everything
one utilities on the grounds will be ad-
vanced marvelously in rates. The Amer
lean people are great travellers. and not
withstanding that the Bureau CT Publicity
and Promotion is sending out thousands
Of letters per week extolling the wonders
of this truly wonderful fair the report Of
observing wanderers is being spread
about, and legislatures and their con-
stituency are hating before granting fur
ther contributions to a show in which
the main part they can play is that Of
the guileless victim.
No sophistry should be allowed to in
terfere with the understanding Of man
which tells him, il his caterer has to give
40 per cent. Of his price to the manage
ment, the charge to him must be conse-
quently increased.
The natural sequence Of the concessions
as granted will be-circus lemonade at
ten cents per glass and no free water at
hand. Yet 90 vast and so big and 80
marvellous will be this Worlds fair,
whether considered in its buildings or its
exhibits, or the vast concourse from all
the nations of the earth which will at
tend 1t, that, all who can do 80 should
avail themselves OF the opportunity and
come.
The object Of this letter is to impress
upon its readers the nee essity of taking
precautions; for whether it is in the
grounds or in the city, improvidence will
bring outrageous charges and lack Of
comforts.
My remedy is to form state orgsniza-
tons, join the latter or Worlds Fair
School Teachers organizations, or Ma
sonic, trades or laborers' societies, and
secure the protection of agents who look
out for you rather than for the Worlds
fair management and the boarding
houses.
Not only will the Worlds fair be re-
plete with interesting private, state, gov
eminent and foreign exhibits, but Mid
way Plaisance, adjoining Jackson park,
will be filled up with street and home
scenes from many foreign lands. There
will be illustrations Of the daily lives Of
the people Of China, Japan, Egypt, Ire
land, the South Sea Islands, the hardy
Esquimaux and other nationalities
Dancing girls, wrestlers, curios and cafes
from the far East and the tropics will
charm the nimble sixpence from nearly
all who visit the exposition. There will
be much to see at the park, and it will
take weeks to see it Understandings !;
and there will be much to observe in the
city, which will be well worthy of atten-
ton from whencesoever the visitor may
come.
This young city, which aspires to the
first place in American cities, is full of
points of interest and entertainment.
The Masonic Temple, standing twenty
stories, costing upwards OF $4,000, 900, is
the largest Office bnilding in the world.
On State street is the Seigel & Cooper
store. occupying the largest store build
ing of this mundane sphere. On Michi-
gan avenue, extending through to Wa
bash, is the Auditorium Hotel building,
with its tower as high as the Masonic
Temple building, and containing the
largest American theater. The Ashland,
Great Northern. Monsdnoc, Monon,
Unity, Pontiac, Manhattan. all IA to
10 story-buildings, can be inspected with
wonder and interest. One can visit the
tunnel extending four miles underneath
the Michigan, through which Chicago
gets its water supply, or can pass under
the Chicago river through solid masonry
If 90 desiring. There are thirty-twc
theaters in Chicago, and the greatest ce
lebrities of the footlights will be in at
tendance during the fair. The Chicago
opera house will present the Spectacular
pieces, "Sinbad," "Ali Baba" and "Crys
tai Slipper" alternating weekly. II
short, great efforts are being made TO en-
terrain the vast crowd that will visit th'
city during exposition months, iboth a
the fair grounds and in the city, and til,
Columbus exposition bids fair to pas