Daily Los Angeles herald., 1880-09-11
The Coming Exposition.

In the apportiOnInento VI ePace iol
the exhibits at the coming Horti-
cultural Exposition, what shall be
the basis of classification? The
exhibits may be classified upon the
basis of ownership-that Is, all of
John Smiths entries being togeth-
er. Or upon the basis of genera
and species-that is, all the apples
together, all the pumpkins togeth-
er, etc. Or upon the basis of coun-
ties or horticultural centres-that
lie, all of the exhibits Of county,
or, classified more infinitely, oil Of
single horticultural centre to-
gether. The first method involves
an endless superintendent of insig.
nilicant spaces, and correspond
ingly interminable series of insig-
niflcant displays, bewildering to
all except the laborious newspaper
reporter. The second method has
the merit of simplicity, and Is apt
to win the approval of all, especial.
ly Of the people of Los Angeles city
and county. Why, then, not adopt
the second method? Simply be-
cause the average visitor will leave
the Pavilion impressed with the
idea that he has witnessed a great
Los Angeles exposition, without
any just conception, or perhaps
without even q faint impression of
the parts of the display from Santa
Barbara, Ventura, San Diego and
San BernardinO COMMITTEES. The |
remedy for unduly Identifying the
exposition with Los Angeles Is full.
ly secured and applied under the
third method of classification, that
lie, by counties or by horticultural
centres. Each of the more distant
might make display,
while Los Angeles and San Der.
nardino counties might take spaces
by horticultural centres. Under a
a splendid belt or shield, boldly
lettered "Santa Barbara" reada-
BILE from the remotest corner of the
would be found the al
most matchless products of that
splendid county's Carpenteria,
La Pstera, Gabiota and other fa-
nous horticultural centers. Under
equally conspicuous insignia, the
ten thousand, to a man, woman
and child, would inevitably see
what would make every San Die
gan proud and every outsider de-
termine to get inside of San Diego,
to go touring, and some to settle
in that land of the vine, the orange
and the olive. Across the hall,
very distant from thousands of
but perfectly legible at
the point of greatest distance, is
the name "San Bernadino,n maxi
ing o noble arch of letters, keyed
with Cotton and resting on massive
lettered Riverside at one extremity
and Old and New San Bsrnardino
cities at the other. The displays
beneath this arch might amount
to an annual exposition, alone
worth the ticket money. Then
would come the Los Angeles cOun-
ty horticultural centers, each with
an elaborate exposition. Ventura
county would assert her capacity
for an Independent exposition
within an exposition. The now
magic name of Arizona would be
read by all, under which,
grouped together, will be seen five
thousane dollars worth of speci-
mems from that region of bonanzasl
But enough has been stated to
give the idea. 1t ia plain that the
multitude to visit !
DOR fair next month would, under
this arrangement, go away
with tho impression that
they have seen not merely
q Los Angeles fair but a Santa Bar
bara fair, a Ventura fair, San
Diego fair, q San Bernardino fair, a
Fountain City fair, a Riverside
fair, a Cotton fair and q Pomona,
q San Gabriel, n Pasadena, q Flor
ence, Downey City, an Anaheim,
n Santa Ana, Westminster, u
Gospel Swamp, an Orange City,
and Los Angeles city fair.
These expeditions within an ex-
position will show forth, as never
before, the greatness Of Southern
California.