The herald., 1893-10-01
A CLEARLY OUTLINED HoGGrNG GAME.

The charming scheme OF our astute
journalistic genius of San Francisco, the
editor of the Chronicle, for midwinter
Worlds Fair is still in an inchoate state.
The Hon. Michael De Young, as we have
frequently admitted, is man of genius.
Realizing the facts that the Comstock is
played out and that the people of San
Francisco can never-no never-be di-
vorced from their well ascertained habit
of keeping tight grip on what they
already possess-which is equivalent to
saying that they are in favor of syncope
for the aforetime metropolis of the Pa
cifc Coast-Mr. De Young got up very
neat plan for Midwinter Worlds Fair
in the city OF gales and pneumonia.
This was a notable advertisement on the
part of Mr.. De- Young, and fully justi-
fed the Fresno newspaper men in call
ing the venture Mickey De Young's
Fair. All the same. the editor of the
Chronicle is the real inspiration of the
pleasing to his amour propre to see the
Examiner and Cali snd Bulletin walking
with limping grace in his rear. He
was not able to either insinuate or
crowd himself into the senate of the
United States-perhaps for good and
sufficient reasons-but all the same he
has managed to suggest to the people of
San Francisco the only programme by
which the declension Of the Toll.taker
by the Sea into an innocuous dsuetude
can be prevented.
To that degree we are willing to con-
cede the fact that the Right Honorable
Michael De Young, like Nazareth, has
some good in him. He has hit upon q
scheme by which the people of San
Francisco can temporarily arrest their
descent into a somnolent community.
At the same time the fact must be
borne in mind that If the Honorable
Michael and his colaborateurs do not let
up in their contemplated exactions the
midwinter lair will be mere bagatelle,
strictly confined to San Francisco. Day
before yesterday we reproduced, in the
editorial columns OF the HERALD, some
interesting observations from the
columns of our esteemed contemporary
the San Bernardino Courier. apropos of
the midwinter fair and of the attitude of
q large number of moneyed men towards
that proposition, which is as vet, in
every essential, IN future. Yesterdays
Ontario Observer has some equally inter
esting remarks apropos Of the projected
midwinter exposition, viz:
The scheme OF the midwinter fair man.
agement to raise revenue from the in
terror by taxing counties for each square
foot of space to be occupied by their
exhibits, has caused great howl to go
up from the people of the state. As San
Francisco will be the chief beneficiary OF
the fair, and as the opulent citizens of
that venal and porcine city can well af-
ford to provide space gratuitously to the
counties that propose to go to the ex-
pense of maintaining exhibits, there will
be dearth OF county exhibits at the
fair if the scheme to have the interior to
maintain exhibits and pay the running |
expenses OF the fair is not abandoned.
If San Bernardino county must pay
$500 for the poor privilege of maintain
ing an exhibit, it is not likely that the |
imperial shire will be represented at the
San Francisco expoaition.
The cupidty of San Francisco seems
without bounds. An exhibit that ought |
to be at least locally attractive is threat
ened in it's entirety by spirit of rapac-
ity without rhyme or reason. 1t threat
ems to jeopardize the whole success of
the project even as local exhibit. In
view of the peculiar greed of San Francis
cans, one is tempted to exclaim, "Insa-
tiate archer, would not one sufice?"
referring, of course. to the So front
foot,