San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1888-10-04
ghe daily Eight.
THURSDAY. OCTOBER. a. 1898.
THE INTERNATIONAL FAIR.

| the San Antonio Fair may be taken as
assured. There is now no doubt that
the Monterey exhibit and the Dallas
exhibit will both be as largely repre-
sented at San Antonio next month as
is necessary for the complete repre-
sentation of the sections interested in
these exhibitions. These, with the
original products gathered at this
point, will aggregate the best collec-
ton of agricultural, mineral and
manufactured products ever brought
together in this section of America.
The managers and exhibitors or the
Nueva Leon and Texas state fairs
manifest very marked and most en-
couraging interest in the forthcoming
exhibit in this city. Assurances are
definite and satisfactory to the exhi-
bition here of all that is material to
the interest and value of the Mon terey
fair, including it's mineral and manu-
featuring exhibits. In addition to this
special collections from the mines in
| Mexico are promised and such pro-
ducts of material kind as will serve
every purpose of fully informing the
San Antonio visitor next November OF
the mineral and manufacturing wealth
of the sister republic, as well as of the
richness of her soil and the variety
and extent of her fruits, grains, vege-
tables, and textile and tibrous pro-
ducts. The Mexican National and
the International and Great Northern
railways are now selling excursion
tickets at one regular fare for the
round trip to all stations in Mexico as
far south as San Luis Potosi, and these
roads will give most liberal terms for
freight to and from our San Antonio
exhibit. The Texas railways give the
same concessions to the managers of
our fair as.are given to the state eX-
hibit at Dallas. Exhibitors pay
freights one way, and are returned
free; passengers are carried the round
| trim for one fare when one fare is five
dollars or less, over five dollars no adj
| ditional charge. When you can come
| to San Antonio and return from amy
part of Texas for five dollars, you can
look for a big crowd in this city, and
you will not look in vain. San Anto-
Mo will have her hotels and boarding
houses and streets filled to overflow
ing next month, and must make
| preparation for the same. All Texas
and Mexico is awake and getting more
wide awake continually over our fair
prospects. The railways have
met our fair management half
way in everything and 1t
now remains to be seen what
our own people are going to do. The
stock holders and the directors of the
fair and its management are doing all
that lies in their power to insure the
success of this exhibit. Let our people
also, interest themselves. 1t is not
private speculation. 1t is public en-
terprise. Every business house, and
prominent professional and real estate
house should be represented upon It's
list of stockholders. Every citizen is
interested in making this first fair a
success, as the perpetuatlon OF the 1alr
and its yearly recurrence will in
large measure be determined by the
success or failure of this one. Put
heart and life and soul into this fair
and the results will put heart and
life and soul into you for all
future projects of similar character.
This fair will put more dollars into
the pockets of San Antonio business
the very first year than IL will take
out. This is true, and the returns
will grow greater year by year. This
| argument is the very lowest that
| should be allowed weight. Local in
terest, and home feeling, and sec
tional pride should lead us, if nothing
was to be gained, to make this fair
the most extensive and varied and in
teresting and successful ever held IN
the state of Texas.
THOSE bloated democr attic bond
holders who are so anxious to wager
their filthy lucre on Cleveland will