The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1875-12-22


To the Board Of courol Of The PEontsFs'
Manufacturer and Aecka,dcs' Associdsiol
Of Mississippi:
GESTLKMEN I'll beg leave to submit mi
Annual Report As SecFes ary:
The total receipts of the Fair just cIoseC
amount TO $6093 So, derived from the fol
| lowing sources:
| Receips at the gate . 81 80 3:
| Tickets sold at store 81 @
Receipts from privileges ... 20lS-5'
Receipts from Season tickets. entry
fees, etc l26SOG
$eOe8.
Being $267 Is less than the receipts of the
Fair of 1874. The total receipts. as stated
have been diSbursed by warrants upon the
| treasurer, from No. to No. lab, leaving
| premiums and other demands yet 10 be SAT-
ished, to the amount of S625-00. There are
also outstanding claims against the Fair oi
| 1873, TO the amount of $3.50 90 Public con-
| hdence in the Association has already been
1 impaired BY the delay in settling these
| claims, and unless they are speedily paid, il
VIII be quite useless TO announce another
exhibition.
respectfully ask that you appoint a Com
mittee to audit the books of the Secretary
| and Treasurer, in order that the STOCKHOLM
err may have at their annual meeting a full
| exhibit of the financial condition of the As
| ISOLATION.
We had just reason to hope that the late
Fair would have been a financial success,
but the Indictment weather, aud the nccessi-
ty for continuing che Fair into another
week, kept visitors away, and involved a
heavy additional expense. Had the weather
been pleasant, the receipts would have been
at least eight thousand dollars and the eX
pense one thousand dollars less. Novem-
Der is too late in the year for a Fair, but
this year it could not have been avoided.
most respectfully urge that the stock
holders, aud the community generally of
Jackson, at once make up the deficit on
premiums, so that your Secretary may be
able to satisfy those who have been disap-
pointed by the inability of the Association
TO pay as promised. The citizens of Jack
son, in pecuniary point of view, is very
largely benefited by the holding of these
Annual Fairs, and there are very few OF her
citizens who are not directly or Indirectly
benefited by the large expenditure of mon
ey by visitors, at the hotels, boarding houses
saloons and stores. In almost every city in
the Union where an important Fair is held,
the efforts of the Association are supple
mented by donations or guarantee-fund
subscriptions by the citizens. With the
exception of the original stock subscribed in
1869, and few temporary loans for i'm
provements, the Association has not received
any material aid from the citizens of Jack
sou; and the annual issue OF upwards of
three hundred admission tickets to stock
holders, deprived the Fair of almost all local
support. When. therefore, bad weather, or
other causes, prevents the attendance of
visitors from the surrounding country, or
nei0hboring cities, the result Is a financial
failure, and @bad management" is the gem
eral verdict. 1t is safe to estimate that the
amount of money annually expended in
jackson. incident to the Fair, amounts to
fifty thousand dOlla: $, and it Is but eASOna-
BILE to ask thai in order to secure this, all
should contribute in proportion to tie ben
eIits they receive, to sustaining the Associ-
alton in dischar2ing promptly every obli-
CATION to exhibitors. The least that can
now be done, is to pay the premiums due,
and then give substantial guarantee that
should the next Annual Fair not be able
to pay its premium list, that any deficit will
be at once made good such a guarantee
will, of itself, as in other cities where Fairs
are held, insure success. During next sea-
son, the machine shed should be enlarged.
the main building and fence repaired, and
the track perfected, requiring a total eX-
penditure of about one thousand dollars.
1t may not be cut of place to mention
that visited the State Grange. at its late
annual session at kosciusko, and was cour-
teOusly invited to present to that body the
claims OF the State Fair Association to its
co-ope alton and support. The Master of
the State Grange embodied in his Annual
Report a very hearty endorsement Of our
efforts. and suggested the appointment of a
committee with view to practically CO.
operating with the State Fair Association
in carrying out the objects of its charter
What we have been endeaVOring to carry
forward for the past seven years would seem
to be an appropriate enterprise for the
Oranges OF the State, and / suggest that a
committee be appointed with view to
transferring the entire work OF the Fair
Association to the State Grange, on such
| terms as to outstanding obligations rs might
| he satisfactory tn all parties Interested The
| suggestion has also been urged that, perhaps,
the jackson Jockey Club might be willing
| TO undertake it.
| And here it may he well for the stock
| holders seriously to consider the objections
| urged by many to giving such prominence,
and giving so much money. for trials of
| speed, while at the same time you must
| consider that hundreds, and, perhaps,
| thousands who now attend the Fair, because
/ of the turf attractions, would not attend il
| these were withdrawn NV opinion is that
| if trials of speed were dispensed with. spe-
/ cial trains could also be dispensed with.
| may mistake the public taste. ana It may be
possible that thousands who now stay away
| would then be so eager to come that double
daily trains, from all directions, would not
accommodate the crowds that would rush to
| contribute to the grand display of q strictly
| agricultural and mechanical exhibition
The seven Fairs that have been held have
| come short of creditably indicating the
products and industries of our State and it
might be we'll to entirely change the pro-
graMme-dlspensa with horse Facing, side
shows, etc, and let machinery, agriculture
Anq the line arts have, for one Fair ut least
uUuIVlQeu aIIc0CI0Q OI NlSfCOTS. On6
thing must be done, if the Association would
not ALLEVIATE fpA4 it many good people; all
CHANGE games, of every description should
he rigidIy excluded from the Grounds, and
the city authorities should he earnestly
appealed to not to allow those who ply such
occupations to bring Teproach upon the Fair
and city together, by allowing them to ope-
rate within the corporate limits.
Associations of this character, and annual
FAIRS, under their auspices, exist in every
State in the Union, and they unquestiona-
bly, accomplish great good, when properly
conducted. It IS foy the STOCKHOLDERS, and
Especially for the citixens of Jackson, to say
Whether the Association Is to continue; and
material aid, and not mere resolutions, will
be necessary to that end.
Returning to you, gentlemen of the BOARD
of Control, and through you t. the stock
holders, my SINGERS thanks for the conf
dence expressed, in so frequently callins
me to thfs responsible position, beg to be
relieved from further service. canno
continue in the position without serious
detrlment ia ntheF and more i'm Dortant de
mands upon my time and strength. Under
no circumstances could l again accept tn
office.
am, very respectfully,
j. L. POWER, Sec'y.
a valuable NkedlCssI Treatise.
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