The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1874-10-01

entries and could not give opportu.
nifty to copy them, but would write
off a list of the entries in the evening
and furnish it next morning. In the
morning we got word from him that
there was rule Of the Society,
which he did not think Of when he
promised, not allowing him to give
tie entries or allow them to be cop
led, till the awards were made, and
so he could not furnish them. In
the afternoon we said to the Treas
urer in the presence of other officers
in their office on the Fair Ground
that, il tie officers had furnished in
formation, or afforded facilities TO
obtain it, we s! ould have issued a
Daily for distribution and to send
into the country, without expense
to the Society or the public, but as
there was no information furnished,
nor any facilities afforded to obtain
information, and the rain the night
before indicating that it might be
rainy during the Fair, we had not
done as we intended. The Treas
urer replied that they did not furnish
information to any one. This is
true so far as we are concerned. None
Of the officers gave us any informa-
ton in relation to the Fair-what
they had done, we're doing, or in
tended to do; or, what others had
done, were doing, or intended to do
except what the Secretary fur
nished for publication, which was
published. Why they should thus
withhold all information is, to us,
unaccountable. The rules Of the
Society may unwiseIy require them
to withhold the entries, but al other
information in relation to the Fair
should have general publicity. And
it would seem to be tie duty of the
officers to give all information within
their power, and to strive to give it
general publicity.
The less general the information
in relation to fair. provided there
is anything worth knowing, the less
general, it might be- expected, would
be the attendance. Ard the con-
verse is equally true. The more
general the information, the more
general the attendance. To secure
the largest and most general attend
ance 1t is necessary to give the larg-
est and most extensive information.
This was not done. And, its not
being done, told seriously against
the receipts of the Fair How Sc
riously can not be known. That it
was comparatively large there can be
no doubt. 1t it had been generally
understood at an early period that
the buildings would be ready in
time; if the public had been kept
fully apprized Of what was being
done and was expected to be done !;
if arrangements had been made at
an early period with the railroads
to carry at reduced rates, ard pub
licity given to the fact and, if a
daily report had been published and
extensively circulated, of the entries,
and Of the Fair, from the commence
ment Of the entries being made to
the close of the Fair, it is reasonable
TO suppose that the receipts might
have been double what they were.
We have in the foregoing indica-
ted, in our opinion, some of the sue
cesses and failures of the Fair.
Some may differ from us in opinion.
All will agree that valuable lessons
may be learned from the Fair. All,
or nearly all, will agree that Keno
sha is the place to hold the fairs.
ALI will agree that the grounds and
buildings should be IN readiness.
All will agree that general and early
publicity should be given to the
time and place of holding the fairs
and the premium lists. And all
will agree that publicity should be
given to the entries and exhibition
during the entries and fairs. as far
as the rules of the Society will per-
nit. Opinions may differ as to what
the rules should be in relation to
giving daily publicity to the entries
and the exhibit during the en-
tries and the fairs. In our opinion