. Life and character of William Taylor Baker, president of the World's Columbian exposition and of the Chicago Board of trade. in the companion-ship of Snoqualmie, will serve the same ends equallywell for probably all time to come. This is a projectthat would before this have been annihilated by themanipulation and jobbing it has run the gauntlet ofsince my father and I went out of it, had it not beenfor its unusual merit and the ingredient honesty whichwe incorporated in it. It is a situation from whichhistory will not divorce us. Even as I close thischapter a letter has come from a gentleman
. Life and character of William Taylor Baker, president of the World's Columbian exposition and of the Chicago Board of trade. in the companion-ship of Snoqualmie, will serve the same ends equallywell for probably all time to come. This is a projectthat would before this have been annihilated by themanipulation and jobbing it has run the gauntlet ofsince my father and I went out of it, had it not beenfor its unusual merit and the ingredient honesty whichwe incorporated in it. It is a situation from whichhistory will not divorce us. Even as I close thischapter a letter has come from a gentleman in Seattlewho voices that community as he writes: I am pleased to know that your prospects in your newenterprises are good, but I would much rather see you makeyour fortune out of Snoqualmie and White River. Time hasproven this much, that whenever Snoqualmie Falls is men-tioned, your name is found linked with it and mentioned inthe same breath. Business men here who honestly differedwith you now acknowledge that you paved the way towardsfurnishing the power that has built up the factories of thisand other nearby T Chapter IX ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO 1878-1903 HE different sides of Fathers nature foundnatural expression in the different things withwhich he chose to be identified. The Board ofTrade reflected his commercial instinct. The CivicFederation and the Worlds Fair reflected his courage,his great business and executive ability, and his fight-ing qualities. The Art Institute reflected a differenttemperament, of gentler and loftier attributes withwhich he was endowed. This Art Institute stands today among the threeor four great museums of the country. It is remark-able that it had its first beginning as early as 1866 andearlier than any other similar institution anywhereelse in the country except New York and nucleus of the present organization was knownas the Chicago Academy of Design, which was merelyan association of artists which continued in m
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