Show Gouging at Conventions I T N contradistinction ion to Chicago San Francisco i is anxious to let it be known that the hotels and restaurants restaurants res res- do 10 not intend to profiteer during the convention conven conven- tion lion to be held there in June Chicago seems utterly itterly in this respect and appears callous to the action of the caterers or to its reputation for hos hos- Tho The presumption is the they conceive t that at having bad had so many of the previous conventions the thc habit is is formed and no matter whether they II soak soak the visitors or not conventions eon will continue to be held th there re And so 50 the hotel and restaurant keepers regard the occasion occasion oc oc- casion as a harvest and intend to pile on all the profiteering the thc traffic will ill bear Square dealing reputation reputation tation talon the golden rule rul even common d decency enc a are e outweighed outweighed out out- weighed when tried in m the balance with Chicago's avarice arice a rice and greed gr d. d The Tho Chicago tiger tig-er first tasted blood wh when n the worlds world's fair was held there and it has bas been g gorging on on n the public ever since Y Yet ct there is a Mr lr Hoxie of or Chicago interviewed b by bya a Yn Washington hington newspaper man mall delivering himself of or a warning to tile the San Francisco hotels It t sounds ver very ranch much like bo o devil preaching morality He Hc says The The surest way Vay to keep man many from going to San Francisco however er much they may desire to make the journey is to let it be understood that the hotels out outI I there are arc going to I soak all who seek shelter and susI sustenance sus sus- I during the con convention period Let San Francisco take a leaf l ar out of or Baltimore's I book and md escape the fate that overtook o t that at town eight I years Cars ago S Mr lr Hoxie talks like a book with all the leaves torn out |