Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1915-07-23
WASHINGTON STANDS HIGH IN THE BIG EXPOSITION At SAN FRANCISCO
Republican Newspaper Says State Need Not Be Ashamed Display
at San Francisco Exposition Discusses
Each With Praise
From the Elma Chronicle. Republican.

International Exposition opened
declaring that this state was either poorly Or pprop H rrpr
scented at the big fair In the main the articles scored the exposition
show for the quite large appropriations that this had made
1t has been many weeks Mr. sumner
publication N which he made such
six fish exhibit and
thousand dollars This really mild however, few days
later another worthy gentleman Of this commonwealth visited the
exhibit and asserted that he could find but fish, and that thus
The writer while visiting the fair anxious to find how
present Mr. Sumner either coud not see did not know fish wu
he mbued with the idea Of throwing little mud
''S'' ''' ""t Cheap WA" Way tbs Play Politics.
The last probably the surmse That mighty cheap
way to play politics The facts are that Washington has most
There salmon and salmon trout shown Matching all times and
people gather around this exhibit in Large numbers and are pleased
Fastener who questioned asserted that the Washington fish
exhibit interesting than the display off
fish, Instead of six fish being shown there were certainly thousands
by only in the American Union and that naturally Cali
ona In the Washington building there are reception halls assem-
bly, and displays
grains minerals and other products
There complaint Washington building
vertabe county pavilion with
apn grasses and pumpkins from gas to aftsr The Oregon
their because their did not build building in
@ a w ane GFr xhh STATE on rest % a
Displays Attract Possible Settlers
In the Washington building there attractive displays that
people possible settlers Also
the motion pictures daily shown in the building of state
frequently greet the pictures which shown all afternoon
the methods used excellent
views of the roadways and the scenic drives illustrate farming
methods and in short rscla of
the and advantages of this commonwealth The pictures
made decided hit with all who have them and they
certainly good advertising medium could have been devised
exhibits of confined the palaces Agricu
Horticulture and Food Products The fish exhibit has already
been mentioned The display fruits the Palace Horticulture
satisfactory and really representative of the Not
apples and other fruits shown Oregon and California displays
but the quality products fully worthy
The is true of the agricultural display.
Washington Lumbermen Missed Opportunity
WaSh haSf
However noticeable that the fine California exhibits in this
line placed the fair by lumber and
certain thai the mbemen of Washington missed opportunity
advertise their by not exhibiting at the exposition The
uactuers with fine displays, but
the makers of red cedar shingles lacking
AN unprecedented view the entire Washington display and of
the adverse made the conclude that
most of the bitter criticism unjed in and calculated
to dscredit the state administration
need be ashamed instance of the displays made
at the San Francisco fair.