The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1870-07-16
80 FAIR THIS YEAR.

Never were the chances better in this
have been good, many of the farmers are
raising blooded stock. our manufacturers
have greatly improved articles to exhibit, the
works of art exhibited last year induced
many to prepare more elaborate and extern
sive articles, owners of tas, horses at home
and abroad have been preparing to visit
Rock Island after being at the Scott county
fair. And yet with oil these things pointing
to successful and paying fair, the prospects
were never better that we shall have no fair
al all.
There are various causes that have led to
this state OF things. First the controlling
stock IN the society insisted that the
stock should not be holden for
any deficit, neither would it claim
any of the profits. This did not suit the
controlling directors who seemed anxious to
assess deficit upon the stock in order to
force certain parties to sell. Finding this
game blocked, they resigned end others
were appointed and the arrangements went
on for a satisfactory adjustment of the diff
culties, The controlling stakeholder pro
posed to rent the grounds for series of
years with the privilege of the society buying
now or at the expiration of the lease This
was satisfactory, and meetings were called
and recalled without any quorum. The
difficulty now appears to come between the
two rival Moline direcsors,-one proposes
and the other opposes, and there is enough
of the specializing element inside and out
side the board to hold the matter in statu
quo. Meanwhile time ia passing, and no
arrangements are being made for fair,
neither can there be between now and the
time the fair should be held.
1t is unnecessary to comment upon the
action OF any of the parties who have been
instrumental in blocking every move tina,
has been made to go on and hold fair.
They are sufficient to show to the people of
the county that the matter cannot be fixed
with the present influences controlling
hSltiitT Is IL GS5lEaDit tHht tlLiZSUb SOOuiU
exert themselves to build up an institution
that is controlled by spectators who can
claim all the profits that should be devoted
to the purchase aud improvement cf grounds
or distributed among the exhibitors
in the way of additional and
lar ger premiums, nor will they do it as long
as it is controlled BY one man or any set of
men, or run in the interest of any set, sect,
or private interests.
There seems to be butone reasonable and
feasible method for the people of the county
to pursue, and that is to organize a society
upon basis similar to those in successful
operation in other parts of the country, 80
that all interested in the welfare and good
names of the country can have voice in its
man agement by complying with the rules
that may be established, so that no one man
can come in and bay up the whole concern
and control it. With such a society,
working under the state law or special
enactment, our exhibitions can be made as
successful as any in the country, aud money
enough can be made to purchase grounds,
improve them from year to year, and con-
stantly make the fairs more attractive by
large premises.
The failure this year is severe COM
rnentary upon the partisan feeling in refer
ence II, An institution in which there should |
be no other feeling than one of mutual inter,
es. and cooperation. In this instance it is
perhaps unavoidable, but With . society or.