The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-06
BAD MANAGEMENT AT CHICAGO.


The Timber ohould he Unpaintods and
the "farm" II Absurd.
Tacoma Ledger.
Frank B. Cole. editor Of the West Cbast Lwss-
6ernsox, Of this city, has returned from visi, Of
three weeks duration to Chicago and the
Worlds fair. Mr.. Cole says that any man who
goss to Chicago and ssss the fair can 60 away
with the certainty that hs has seen . big thing.
something which will b remembered ana
talked about 10 long - there are histories In the
world to record and praise the events OF the
past An exposition. no said, was in one sense
OF the word merely an index OF the growth OF
the past aud the status OF the present This
idea the present exposition represented In the
fullest sense of the word. In the national
buildings there were few things that would
admit of criticism. Tho architecture OF the ex.
teriors Of the buildings 10 almost perfect and
the interiors arc studies OF the best which soil
and climate or the art Of man man living in the
nineteenth century could produce.
lie did not take ssneuine view. however. OF
the manageme { OF the Washington state build
ing. "The exhibits In our buildinR." said Mr..
Cole, "appear to b In . very bad shape. Tho
contrast 70 IN observer going out OF the well-ap.
pointed national buildings into Il 10 very stsik-
Ing, and 10 enough to prejudice him against the
state It represents At once What objected to
In particular was the way In which they had
treated the timbefs inside Of the building. In
stead Of finishing the timhen In oil to show the
natural grain of the wood. they had gone to
work and painted them. One OF the commits
sioners said that this was necessary. a. tho tim
hers had been thrown down In tho mud and BE-
came % badly soiled and stained that they could
not be worked in any other way. suppose 1t
did not occur to them TO take Z little water and
wash them of. As II now II they show to very
bad advantage. The best part OF the door space
is taken up by Commissioners La follette's min
taturc farm. This IL about thirty feet square
and occupies the central part Of the building.
1T represents a toy farm OF hills aud valleys
About six inches OF the heads OF oats and other
grain are cut off and stuck up through the dif.
ierent fields Toy horses, about four inches
high. are hitched up 70 toy reapers and moving
machines. evidently in the act of cutting this
toy grain Around certain portions OF the field
small shocks of grain are standing The entire
fabric ha, no earthly practical use ~ showing
toe growth OF our grain. There was an Irish
man who said when looking at IT. BE jabbers.
the wheat In Washington heads out young To
make the thing more realistic rattiesnaks 10
coiled up In the field. although the jug OF
whisky 10 kill the poison was not visible. How
ever, this was no reflection upon the commits
sioncrA Anybody who has ever seen farm Is
bound to be touched by this miniature sgricnl-
tural display.
"ou.side the building looks all night. The
immense logs are great s;trscsion 10 Eastern
people. The lags.sa 10 badly put together. and
carries with 1t the impression that II Is made OF
two trees. While IL is the highest stan on The
ground, there several Gags that foa; higher
than the Washington flag, they being set on
higher buildings"