| Show Fair Fo Official rites to tle Deseret I Says Sn an nn Erroneous Men Iden Was Given l o Cost of or tho in Tho Thu ii In This on April 11 Ils Us is in Detail Bolow I weeks ago today the Dos Des cret News published from a II per reliable 81 Hl Louis corre carre correspondent nn 1 article which ap lp penrod simultaneously In a I number ot at the tho loading pai of or tho country II 1 dealt particularly with tho cost ques question tion tol associated with a 11 visit 1811 to ho Louisiana Purchase o exposition That com was represented as ns being consider ally In advance of at what the popular could coult stand In a very er few marked copies of oC tho Iho Newt containing this particular article com can to find then thel way l Into the tho of offices flees of ot the fair at lt St Louis gentlemen did not regard It ns a n correct statement of at existing condi conditions and during tho the tho following letter letor has hns been heen received from them thel which Is given Ilven space In II the tho hOllo that It I wil will accurately state the tho situation fit Rt Louis t t H A May IllY 3 I Ti Tithe the Snit Salt Lako City Cly Utah Dear Deur Sir A of ot the tho News ew of ot April AIrl 23 containing an nn ar article lt under the head lino What It Will Wi Cost You YOI When Wh n You Ont to Worlds has been sent to mo me I 1 havo read the article carefully do not hesi hesitate h sl tate to say Iny that It I contains the tho most unfair unjust and Ind unpardonable menta upon the and city of ot fit St Louis I 1 lVe ever eVor read The rhe article seems to 10 have Inspired by 11 II eo It was duplicated l In whole or In part pan t tho Portland Me Express I the tho Los AnKe Cal al Times Cincinnati ald other papers and elves a a wholly UM I n of ot the cost coil of or living In Ht at this time timeTo tUo To 10 bo the IB IN made mude madea to a shuro n dark room rOl 1 3 per day dllY will bo There 1111 11 bl ll ruet may be he places where fuch can be paid by n person foolish li lipay II pay them but I think it Is II to 0 say 1 that on last tho commission scoured for tor fora torI a I party part of or CO 0 nt lt the Hotel Jefferson a n aa nn a n nl I cuisine and equipment are or not excelled I Ib by b any nn hotel In or 1 at nt I prices far bolow that Il named by I th writer of or this article This statement lan can ho verified by mall mal or telegraph by addressing lon lion Henry R P Walton I chairman ot the tl committee of ot tho Pennsylvania worlds fair Ion Klon Heal Iel tate Trust building Phil Philadelphia adelphia u Another statement roads I i room 10 p per r day 11 1 take pleasure In Ii enclosing you OU a 1 book lot giving n Hit of or thousands at ot room together with wih prices l and and I complete Information ns ni to t and I 1 do not think there th re U II a R ten dollar listed In the book room l bOk Penult mo 10 also to call 1111 your IUt to the tie list of ot hotels enumerated therein therin together I With wih schedule of ot The statement IK II that the ho Ht ft Loula leulA street treet car service Is II Inadequate to han handle dle ele tho crowds NOW The Tho bent bell ot the fatuity of lt this statement Is WP 1 have passed through the opening day ea when people were carried to and tram from tho grounds almost ex ox exclusively on the he t cars and ther r i iwas was absolutely no delay tellY no congestion lint not nt a n fIngle accident in 0 mar the festivities Cabs Caba arc charging n T ru u round Ilp to the fair grounds Your lour attention Is 11 called Cl I 01 to the legal lenal cab rates rate In St loul and every ovey policeman In Iu the city el has hOI hiM bin Instructions In to l any 1 cab driver who charge dl In excess ot these thes rale rile arc as Ri as 11 In fIl metropolitan city ly In America If I any an man 11 n woman or 0 child hlll Is II enough to pay 17 to from tho grounds a 1 guardian should I h appointed or 01 thy they should hould bo Il kept nt nl homo hOlo under surveillance Another statement l II 1 B 60 fi tOI a asteak t steak I have hale no doubt this statement Is II true I haw have myself paid as lS high ih I IS S for tor steak not only olly In Ht Hl Units hut but In Salt Sni I ike In Sun BUl Now New York and Ine Boston Roston hut but I 1 Idid did til It I deliberately and Inc with wih full tl edge of at the expense I had hl assumed I 1 Iam am lUl that on the Ihl ot f or more high class Ial restaurants Anti and hotels In the lt f Ht Mt Imis It I would I II possible to lo Und 1111 even el more than this thill hut but Ih meats 1811 an these thel are arc not Intended for tor the tl masses nor lo Int r they the eaten by h the masses I down dowl yesterday with wih mv ll daughter to a dinner at It the Inside Inn which ii I within the exposition grounds and was with wih H I meal for tor 80 cents lIntl was wal good enough for tor any ony man manI I trust that the Deseret P News New will wi bo 0 fair Calr enough to 10 correct some of at the mm ml statements made mad In the article Irtel com complained 01 of nt which Is all al the th more mN ml lending by reason of ot the fact that oc occasionally o some splendid compliment are Ar paid the exposition management and the city of at St h Toura YOUn very truly M Chief of ot l Deportment Of ot Ex I |
