Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1876-10-19
TIL E FAIR.

We regret that We cannot make more
encouraging report Of the fair held here
last week. There were many things on
exhibition that were very NICE. but the
fact is there was not one twentieth part rs
much ut the show rs. there might have
been, had all departments Of industry and
trade manifested Il proper interest. If
the people would have a good fair they
must do something to make one The
life Of an agricultural exhibition is mate.
rial aud attendance. There must be some
thing to sec, and people t" sec it-therc
must DC energy and an honorable c"mpc-
ti,ion. l, is IDLE u depend wholly upon
The officers, and expect them 10 make a
success Of the fair without aid. They
must liayc the ca operation of all CLASSES,
and unless a better showing can he made
hereafter, it were better to abandon all
attempts t" maintain an annual show.
Another thing may as well be stated.
1t will not d" to let anything like favort-
ism or personality creep into the organ
ization. The officers and the committees
should be selected with special reference
to llei: fitness and to Il fair representation
of all portions Of the county, and they
should do their duty impartially. So far
rs we are informed, the present managers
have done what they thought best calcu-
lated to advance the interests OF the So
cicty, but careful study Of The catalogue
will reveal the fact that very large pro-
portion OF the committees were selected
from Austir-antl that those selections
seem to haye been made with some refer.
encc to cliqucs and factions here. This
may not have been the case, but SO great
discretion should be exercised in the
choice al committees is to avoid even :hc
appearance of tavoriiism. There is Il
sensitivcncss in the public mind ahou;
such things, to which some attention
should be pad We mention these matters
not to complain. but that any occasion for
complaint may be avoided hereafter.
In this connection we may rs well say
that committees cannot hc too careful in
making their awards. They should re-
member that committee men are not the
only persons who arc competent Judges
! OF the qualities Of 4 product, AMI that a
first premium awarded TO a second pre-
MUM article, but serves to bcget con-
tempt for those by whom the award is
made. We say this on general principles,
although We are free to admit that in
looking through the grounds last Thurs.
day, VIC SAW the blue ribbon in some places
where The red would have been far more
appropriate, and in one case an animal
went away without arrenaium, which was
| fully entitled to rank first. Exhibitors as
well as spectators observe these things
and it they feel that justice is not done
to them, they will hereafter let the la:
take care Of itself.
One thing more. This society prctcnds
to be AZ Agricultural Society, and under
That rarlc it of rs and pays large purses
to transient trottirg horses, and thus OK
hausts lis treasury, making it necessary
70 suspend payment Of cash premiums,
and to ask home exhibitors to take their
pay in diplomas. r. anything will kill
an Agricultural Society. tina. practice
| is alone sufficient. We have been thus
| frank in dis::u: sing This question, rot fni
! The pu"pus;' of finding fault with am, b;,'
in I'll" hope that hereafter q. different pol
ICY may be adopted, and shat better re-
| -u!iS may follows