The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-02
MIDwINTER FAIR.
A DalIesian Says What He Thinks About
the Exposition.

A Dallesian Says What He Thinks About
the Exposition
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 26, 1S94.-[Spe-
cial Correspondence.lE y The Midwinter
Fair is at last nearly complete; SO much
SO that it takes very long day to see
what is free, without visiting the vari-
GUS concessions" To pay admission
to all the latter costs about $29. so, to
which add fifty cents admission to the
grounds, and you have exactly $50 total
cost to see the whole business. There
ports of the Chronicle are very much
exaggerated. There does not seem to
be an unusual number of people in the
city from the rural districts, and the
chances are there will be no greater
number as time advances toward spring
and summer. Country people gener
ally have little money to spare at pres
ent. Very few of the common and
poorer classes in California will visit the
fair
The exhibits are all that could be
wished for. All the California county
exhibits are remarkably large and fine,
but are mostly made of fruits, dried
fruits and oranges. Everything is COW
cred with the yellow fruit. There is
little variety in the county exhibits, see
one and you have good sample of all.
The mechanical, manufactures and fine
arts buildings and exhibits are all that
could be wished for or expected. The
big Firth wheel is success. Mr.. Chris
man ought to buy it after the fair is
over and make fruit dryer of it. 1t
would just suit some of these prune
raisers who have 500 to 1000 acres.
The electric tower and electric fountain
are hard to describe, but are the won
der of all visitors.
No expense has been spared to make
the fair attractive. If it is not success
financially it ought to be. and in one
way it certainly will be, as an advertis-
ing agent for California. It will add
population to the state. Oregon made a
grand mistake not to have a part in
this fair. She could have made fine
exhibit of fruits, cereals, mineral, lum-
ber, ETC., and with less money than
some counties here have expended, and
it would have enlightened many people
who have an idea that Oregon is an up
ing attached, on which the natives raise
red apples and clans.
San Francisco is burdened at present
with 5000 or 5000 workingmen out of
employment. One thousand of these
are kept at work in the park. They get
81 day, and the public school children
give them each sandwich for dinner.
They take turn about, and if man gets
IL and sandwich week he is lucky
and glad to take it in silver Il mean the
dollar). Subscriptions to the fund for
this work is falling off. These men are
good, reliable citizens; no tramps among
| them. They cannot be left to starve.
One energetic reformer is going to ad-
dress the board of trade at its next meet
ing proposing to charter enough cars to
take 1000 to 5000 of these men to
Washington, claiming that the govern
ment is responsible for their condition
and ought in justice to keep them. It
would be grand object lesson to Cleve-
land, and possibly he could use some of
them to assist the sergeant-at-arms to
hunt up quorum in congress. Others
might go with the president and Mr..
Gresham and gather bait on fishing ex-
cursions. Every one of them would
take silver if they could get it,, and it
would not disturb the gold reserve.