Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-08-20
FREE EXHIBIT.
SACRAMENTO WILL NOT COMPETE FOR
STATE FAIR PRIZES.
Meeting of the Changers Committee
Work Cut Out for Various sub-Com-
mite Slime Display Probable.

Yesterday was the day appointed for The
meeting of the committee appointed by
Pomona Grange to consider the advisable
ity of making county exhibit at the COM
ing State Fair, and to determine whether
or not it should be a free exhibition or
entered in competition against those of
other counties. The full committee is
composed of George c. McMullen, E. Greer,
L. II. Fassett, J. III. Hamilton, A. A. Krull.
M. Toomey, George w. Hack, Mrs. Nc
Mullen, Miss Minnie Lynch and Mrs. A.
M. Plummer
There were present at yesterdays meet
ing Messrs. McMullen, Greer, Hamilton,
Krull, Toomey and Hack. Mr.. McMullen
presided, and Mr.. Hack acted as Secretary
In order to bring the matter properly be-
fore the committee, Mr.. Toomey moved
that county exhibit be made and that
the same be entered for competition for the
prizes offered by the State Board of Agri-
culture.
The motion was seconded by Mr.. Krull.
Mr.. Hack moved to amend by making
the exhibit free one, provided sufficient
funds can be got to defray the expense.
Mr.. Toomey said he had travelled about
considerably among the farmers, and he
found great many opposed to making
non. competitive exhibit. While thew ad-
mitted that this county possessed an advan-
tage over more, remote ones in the matter
OF making an exhibit, still they felt that
whichever kind of an exhibit Sacramento
should make, those of other counties
would suffer IN comparison, and probably
not much more in the one case than in the
other
Mr.. Greer said that last wear the same
question came up. He was in favor of a
free exhibit, so that the money that would
probably come to Sacramento in the way of
prizes might be distributed among outside
counties. Sacramento received greater d.
rect benefits from the fair than any other
county, and he believed that ii would be
best to allow those counties that had to 20
to greater expense in the matter to have an
open field for competition. BY adopting
this plan exhibits were made by greater
number of counties than would otherwise
have come in. This materially added to
the success of the fair, and Sacramento was
correspondingly benefited. The county
would have got only $500, anyhow, by
winning the first prize, and the result was
worth many thousand dollars 10 her.
everything that grows on Gods green
earth, and they could put fresh fruits, etc.,
into the fair every day with the dew still
fresh upon them. No other place could
compete with Sacramento in this respect.
Last year the outside counties came in:
the people here gave their repr esentatiyes
grand banquet and treated them nicely.
The plan was found to be great success.
There was no lack of money with which to
make fine exhibit. This year the Super
visors had appropriated, under the law,
500 toward the expense of an exhibit of
the county's products, and he had no doubt
the City Trustees would give $3.50 more.
The expense would not be as great as last
year, as there would be less travelling about
for cereals. The exhibit of this class of
products last year was very fine, and Sacra-
mento could have had the premium had
she been a competitor, but it was worth
thousands of dollars to us to do as we did.
He favored similar procedure this year.
Mr.. Krull said he quite agreed with Mr..
Greer that it would be best for Sacramento
not to compete against other counties, but
to take such action as would tend to induce
the largest possible number of them to
come here.
Mr.. McMullen expressed similar views
on the subject.
Mr.. Greer remarked that the course pur-
oreu os 4acfameh.o county iast year gave
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