St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-10
such as to justify previous expecta

tions.
The regular Sunday services were the
only special attraction at the park today,
and the now established fact that many
exhibits are entirely closed on Sundays
no doubt worked somewhat TO diminish
the Sunday attendance. The first of
the Michigan Central industrial eXcur-
slons entered the grounds today. A
special train bore about $50 employees of
the Michigan Central's car shops of De-
trolt. All these employees and their
families are furnished with passes. 1t
is expected that the benefit that they
will derive from the unsurpassed exhi-
bition Of industrial aud decorative arts
at the worlds fair will be highly appre-
clated by these wOrkmen and will re-
! dound to the Interests of the company in
the improvements of their technical skill,
the character Of their work and the
training of their perceptive and invent
i've faculties. Commissioner General
-PalmfOrst, of Austria, says
that he is i'll favor of permitting the sale
ana immediate delivery of goods by eX-
| hi6itOrs. He said he was not asking
more than had been granted at previous
international eXpositions or more than
was allowed certain American exhibit
OrS at the present worlds fair. The
latter, as was becoming generally
known, he said, were selling goods
quite openly, and he has been informed
that the guards have been instructed to
clost their eyes to the practice, at least
so far as certain few were concerned.
The commissioner insisted that it was
only right that all exhibitors should be
put on the same footing.
MIR. PaIiTschek added that it was an
unwritten law, OF at least a privilege, at
all eXpOSitionS that restrictions against
the sale of articles brought in as ex-
hibits should not be enforced. At the
Paris exhibition such sales amounted to
nearly ten million francs. There were
rules similar to those of the Columbian
exposition, but they had served their
purpose when they had shut out those
who would have come i'll with gewgaWS
and fraudulent wares for the mere sake
of traffic. Foreign exhibitors, or many
of them, did not care for the doubtful re-
ward of medals under the present sys-
TEN of judging. Their only hope of
compensation for the trouble and eX-
pense to which they have been put lay
in the direct sales which thew could
make. There could be no possible harm
in these legitimate sales. if all exhibitors
were given the sale privilege. Beyon
the negative argument in favor of the
rnnNnual Of m cfrio
the pOSitive,One that visitors would be
grievOuSly disappointed if they could
not purchase souvenirs from amOngIfor-
eign goods.
Already it has been shown that they
were not satisfied to buy for future de-
livery; nothing short of carrying the ar
ticles bought away with them would
suffice. Chief Allison, of the manufact-
ureS and liberal arts building, COM
plains of the disorderly conduct of the
Columbian guards on duty at night in
the Austrian section Of the manutact-
ures building. He said the guards made
free with all articles on exhibition,
using the choice Bohemian glassware to
drink beer from, forgetting to replace
1t. Showcases have been opened py
guards, who had crawled inside to find
comfortable place to sleep. Two
nights ago one had broken a fan worth
$3.50, apparently by stepping or lying on
it. Drawers have been broken open
and other depredations committed. The
attendance at the religious exercises at
Festival hall was not large. Rev. Jekin
Lloyd JOne S preached.
The total tendance today was o.
396, of which 1898 were paid admis-
SionS.