River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1873-09-23
Our Enir.

| We call it ours because il belongs to
the whole Of the st. Croix Valley, and
not to any town our county exclusively.
1t is the aim of this Association to
combine all the interests that naturally
center here, and not to divert, or detract
from any other interest Or locality. 1t
is only by awaking more lively inter-
est in Fairs generally that they can be
made either successful or useful If we
had quarterly Fairs, instead of annual,
they would be more profitable. Then
the best stock and produce Of all kinds
would not only be put on exhibition,
but it would be put in market. at
recent Fair at Rutland, VT, COWS sold
to Kcntuckians, aud to buyers from
other states, at fabulous prices, even as
high as forty thousand dollars, and some
sold to exporters from England, for
thirty thousand. The Kentuckians
took off over three hundred thousand
dollars worth of cattle from that State
Fair. The prices of sheep, hogs and
horses, were equally fabulous, yet real,
at least to those who sold them.
i While we may not realize the same
degree of prosperity gained by long ex.
, perience in New England, we may
r here inaugurate a system which will
not only tend to improve agriculture
5 horticulture, the mechanic arts, and
, every thing else produced by art or in
dustry, but be profitable rs well as
beneficial to the Valley, as a whole.
This place is tie natural center for au
area of territory equal in extent to one
half of the state of Vermont, to say the
least. BY proper effort, persistently
made for the next few years, our Fairs
will vie with those in that state in pop
uIarity, ifnot in profit.
If this project should prove success.
| full it will not be at the expense of the
County Fairs, but 10 consequence Of
their prosperity. If they fail, this
enterprise will be a dead failure. These
Fsirs must b. worked up, so to speak,
they must be built up, and that too
with determination 20 make them
grand success. 1t is only step by step,
little by little. that the growth Of any
enterprise is marked, especially in its
infancy, and we must not look for
great result from the first efforts. And
yet we predict grand exhibition.
Nor is it any disparagement to any OF
its predecessors to say that we expect it
will be an Improvement upon any thing
ever before held in the Valley.
Let no jealousy arise, then, let no
invidious distinctions be made, but
rather let all be encouraged-encourage
al-.let mutual good feeling prevail
make the Fair a success now and here
after-make it permanent institution
of the st. Croix valley--make il an in
stitution Of which all will be proud,
and make il an institution which shall
be profitable, socially and financially
| And how shall this be doneg Not
| by inaction, or by croaking; not by in
difference or by apprehension, but by
an earnest aud united effort Of all
both near, and remote, who have the
best interests Of the Valley at heart.
Every one can do something, aud a
variety is what is wanted. IL Is a va
riety that creates an Interest," all are
different in tastes aud inclinations, and
all should indulge a free scope. Wait
not one for another but be up aud doing
This is our advice.