Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-10-24

ST Louis -. 1904 1G5 1G.G9I.Sg5
1T is certainly worthy of note thai,
the Chicago Exposition. with % mil.
lion odd admissions had but G.O5a $50
passes, while St Louis. with 10 ligG-
so admissions. permitted G.S9O. 229
passes. The pass evil at ST Louis
was one OF the chief bones OF con
tention. The U. S. Government Com.
mission took the matter up and MS n
result of the crusade an order was
issued requiring every pass TO he
validated. stamped by the chief of
admissions before using The paid
admissions at ST. Louis were 12.SO4.
ole. That exposition was next door
to city of $50 600 people. all within
n five-cent street car fare and mil
lion people within territory contig.
uous to the exposition. with maxi.
mum of twenty-five cent car IA o. and
the great majority of the $4,000 over
the immediate city could reach the
exposition grounds for ten or fifteen
cents Buffalo was n city of 35l 900
by the 1900 census all within fiya
cent transportation fare, while I'm con.
iiguous territory with n maximum of
TWENTY-FIVE cents fully as many moe.
Yet Buffalo. with its contigultv to
This most popular territory. had 3 100.
oiS admissions, of which A. per cent
were on passe;-.
81! one critically examines the oues
tioi here, it viii be found that we
have been holding our own in com.
parson with many other expositions.
How many people are there within
n five cent ca fare of our grounds .
Practically none. The total ponula.
tion of Norfolk and suburbs. Ports.
mouth and suburbs and the north side
of Hampton Roads will not exceed
100000. and the average car fare will
he twelve and half cents. In effect
comparing with ST Louis or Buffalo
the advanced cost of TRANSPORTATION
cuts the population practically In half
II with 100000 people st. I.omls Ind
l2.QcO0O0 paid admissions. the alto
established Is eighteen paid admis
siohs 10 each person: the Buffalo
ratio is Ii paid admissions To each
person; the average lG. with lO0.00D
people TO draw from in Tidewater. MS
'nfore stated the same ratio will give
100000 paid admissions TO The
jamestown Exposition. When the
final figures are made IN | think this
VIII be interesting reading.
The people w.o are coming to the
Exposition now are the best class OF
Exposition visitors They do not
come simply as tourists. going TO visit
some Indefinite sights. but have come
to the Exposition itself On visit
to Washington. d. c.. a few DAYS ago.
found that there had been more
visitors ut the national capital this
year than had ever before been
known in its history The hotels did
an enormous business. ana the peos
pie were consistent knockers of the
Exposition. BY so doing day O,
two was frequently added TO the tour
lists stay in Washington. although
the tickets We're sold to jamestown
Exncsition on Exposition rates.
ut is the shame of orr country that
the jamestown Exposition has been
flipnantlv Treated Could SeDtembeT
:, the day the Government Pier was
dedicated. have been June Il. the
storv would have been different.
Ratios of population and attendance
ut previous eXposi;ions would have
heon worthless. SO eat would have
been the Attendance In comparison
Ronorfs from the men on ADVERTISING
cars Which sent out were unanimnus
mat the Government Pies incom.
Dleteness was the ono point upDer-
most in the nul'ic mind. and the 100
hnA sheets of EXnosliion paper on tha
walls. and the 500 pages of reading
matter and pictures which on rec
crds show We're printed in the month
OF September and early in October
vac necessary to convince the public
of The fact that the Exposition was
actually ready for them.
with pleasant weather there is n
likelihood of excellent attendance M
to the ve-v close. and II the people
of the Immediate vicinitv fmrn oi,t