San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-09
UNITED ACTION NEEDED.

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time have given the Fair association
as much moral support as the enter
prise deserves. The reason for this
I is, largely, that the people have been
inclined to regard the Fair as private
enterprise rather than public one,
and so have left it as private enter
prise to care for itself, or be cared for
by those who have undertaken it.
Then the exhibition of last year was
COnspicuOusly failure for lack Of time
to make preparation. The manage
ment was changed last year from that
of 1883, so that 1t could not have been
dissatisfaction with the officers of the
previous year which prevented our
citizens from making exhibits, but
the exhibits were not made. There
has been some friction over matters,
and it IS not wise that this
feeling should continue. No mat
ter for what cause, or upon what pro-
vocation, fancied or real, this prejudice
exists, it must be dismissed from the
mind if the exposition of this year is
made a success. san Antonio does
not need to be told the advantages of
a successful fair. There is some rea-
son to believe that the lack of city
display in last years fair was owing
in some measure at the least to the
enlarged business of previous year
during holding of the fair Certain it
is that some of our merchants when
impOrtuned to visit the fair alleged
their increased trade as an excuse :or
staying at home, and others said they
could not spare the men necessary to
arrange and supervise the exhibits,
as they would be needed in waiting
upon customers at home. On the
other hand the leaky condition of the
building around the eastern gables
spoiled many valuable goods in
1858, and those who thus suffered |
were not anxious to repeat the |
costly experiment last year. Assu- |
rance is given the public that this |
will not again occur. A radical
change will be made in the building |
by the addition Of a large semi-cirCu- |
lar auditorium for music and public |
gatherings and a resting place for the
weary, and so the face of the east |
front changed. \ thorough over
hauling of the roof will also be made
and perfectly storm tight structure
be insured.
San Antonio should take stock in |
this fair. interest the citizens in it,
interest the country in it and the
Board of Trade should be active in !
this matter. The county Of Bexar |
should put her best foot forward to
lead the county exhibits of the state, |
not necessarily in competition for the |
81 900 prize, but to show her interest |
in the fair and her advantages. The |
LIGHT has called the attention of the
Board of Trade to this matter
formerly and does so now, stirring |
up their minds by way of
remembrance. Every industry in
this city, no matter how small, should |
be represented. Every handicraft
should have a display of its skill.
What is made here is what is wanted
above everything else. Let the er-
roneous impression die, that San An
tonic manufactures nothing, and you
can kill it no more speedily and
quickly than by showing the actual
creation of your hands. This Fair
can be made goose tnat lays golden
eggs for San Antonio trade, and it re-
mains for San Antonio people to say
if they will foster and cherish it and
feed it and nourish until it grows
strong and fat and lays an abundance
of golden fruit; or, if they will starve
it in its infancy and kill with neglect
the source of a certain and profitable
harvest.
THE alarmists are not safe leaders.
The provisional government of Brazil
is much more liberal and progressive
than the reports which came through