Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-08-01
THE LOUISIANA STATE FAIR.

November next promises to be a
stirring month in Louisiana. The
State Fair Association of this city
and the Mechanics and Agricultural
Association of New Orleans purpose
holding their respective exhibitions
for the year in that month; the
former commencing here on the 5th
and the latter at New Orleans on the
10th. In view Of the fact that each
Of the Associations are at work in
the same good cause, namely, that Of
aiding in the development and ad-
vancement of the material resources
and interests Of the State, it is proper
that each should entertain none other
than the most friendly spirit of
rivalry toward the other Their
"platform of principles" is one and
the same, and the only difference ex-
listing between them is upon the score
Of locality and pecuniary facilities
in which our New Orleans neighbors
have undoubtedly the advantage.
We are struggling here to raise from
its ashes, as it were, an constitution"
which, prior to the war, was the only
one of the kind in our State. 1t had
reached an acme of success and use
fulness of which its friends had Just
reason to feel proud In the absence
Of profusion of means and shorn by
adverse circumstances OF much OF
that zeal and enterprise which gave
prestige and strength to its former
status, the work of recuperatlon, it
may we'll be conceived, has not been
all that we could wish. At the same
time, the nucleus, which but a few
months since was formed, is "gather-
ing as it goes and like the cloud, at
first "no bigger than mans hand"
it is increasing, not rapidly, to be
sure, but at rate which promises
well for an outpouring of signal bene-
fits to reward the exertions of the
devoted few who are striving to re-
build the proud fabric of other days.
Whilst grati6ed at the evidences
which appear to justify our' hopes
and expectations with reference to
our contemplated Fair, We are also
no less gratifed to learn that the
Second Annual Fair to be held at
New Orleans gives abundant promise
of triumphant success. The leading
press of that city find much for con-
gratulatory comment upon that score,
and we select from late number of
the Times an excellent article peril
nent thereto, which we take the
liberty Of copying, as much for its
ability aud information respecting
the New Orleans enterprise as for its
peculiar adaptation, with here and
there few slight changes), to the
subject of our own State Fair in
embryo:
THE SECOND ANNUAL STATE FAIR
1t has been very truly written
that
"Protected Industry, careering far,
Detects the cause and cures tho rage of war"
Surely, therefore, the industry of
no land ever stood in greater need of
protection and encouragement than
does that of the war-ravaged South
at the present time. Unfriendly legis-
lation, unfavorable seasons, and I'M
ceasing social disquiet, have con-
spired to complete the sad work Of
prostration and ruin inaugurated by
the war, and hard and bitter has
been the struggle of our people. In
their determined efforts to overcome
these obstacles, and restore to the
country somewhat of its former hap
piness and prosperity, the people of
the South have manifested such high
traits of courage and endurance as
must eventually bring rich reward
At this time it is the duly Of every
one to give aid and encouragement
to whatever movement or enterprise
be inaugurated having for its object
the advancement and reward Of those
who labor. whether in the field or in