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Comments of a Visitor
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Source: Chicago Tribune, letter to the editor, 22 July 1933, pg. 8.
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Harrisburg, Pa., July 18.—The last week in June I was in a party of twenty from Harrisburg who visited the Fair, and we were mighty well pleased with it and our week's visit in Chicago. However, not as a complaint in any sense of the word, or in any way fault finding, but with the idea that these words may be used by you in such a way as to further increase the success of the Fair, I wish to say that your statement about hotel rates being reasonable and plenty of hotel space we did not find to be altogether correct. In the first place, one of your most prominent hotels did not make good on its confirmation of reservations for two members of our party, in that they raised the rate $2 and they had to stand in line for an unreasonable length of time before they were given attention. The only purpose in mentioning this at this time is that a word passed along to the hotels concerning such performance might be beneficial to the interest of Chicago.
The only other matter which was commented on adversely, and about the only matter that I heard so commented upon, was the charge of 5 cents all over the grounds to answer the most common call of nature. I realize that there were free places, such as Sears, Roebuck & Co. and General Motors, but in nearly all buildings of every character a minimum charge of 5 cents was made. There was considerable adverse comment in our party concerning this, so much so that each evening, when the party got together, the men jokingly twitted each other on how much it had cost them that day to use the lavatory.
On the other hand, during our entire stay in Chicago there was not one of our party who had seen any disorderly conduct on the streets, in the hotels, or at the Fair, while the courtesy of the various persons everywhere about the Fair was so marked that frequent comment was made about this feature.
It is a great Fair and will do unlimited credit to Chicago; and out party, since returning home, have been boosting it at every opportunity. I trust that the two matters to which I refer will be considered in the spirit in which they are given.
W. F. MILLER.
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