San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-06-17
A EAIR AEEAiR.


against the San Antonio Fair and Tx
position and against its management
as necessarily connected Herewith,
the Stockman of this city must not
forget that it takes two parties to
make bargain. Speaking of an in
terview with the secretary recently
and referring to former criticisms OF
an unfavorabie character and the
promise of better things by the asso-
citation this year, the Stockman con-
cludes its review by saying:
They have to get up great fair,
the conditions are all favorable, and
and we like the way Workman talks.
We are going to keep pretty close
track of the matter. If they do the
square thing, we propose to give
them credit for it. If they do not
we'll, just wait. But, in consideration
of the adverse conditions against
which they labored last year,
wouldn't il be fair to give them
another chance? While little rough
sometimes, this paper is always fair"
Who is they? All the manage
meHt In the world cannot make a fail,
it can only make at it. AS the old
darkey said, eff de Lord tells me to
jump tru' stun wall rs guine to du
it; jumpin' at it long to me, gwine
tru' it longs to de Lord" Jumping
at this fair business belongs TO the
management, but jumping through it
and making a success Of 1t belongs to
the people. The exhibitors make the
fair, aud all that the management
can do is to prepare the way and
open the gates of inducement wide as
possible. The Stockman is just now
in condition to put its Croad shoulder
right under the wheel and lift. The
stockmen of Southwest Texas want
to be alive, heart and soul for this
and SO do the
farmers, and the "S:ockmann is
the very medium through which an
influence, not only favorable to the
fair, but that shall result in numer-
GUS and creditable exhibits may be
excited. When the stockman tries it
on and goes over the whole ground he
will find that four months is very
short time in which TO get up a
great fair" No doubt much can be
done in four months, and more can be
done through hearty endorsement of
the work undertaken by the press
than can be done without it. The
LIGHT led off and pledged the asso-
citation to offer 81 900 premium for the
best county exhibit before the asso-
citation had fairly organized. 1t
knew that it must be done AID that
the counties must know it as early as
possible in order to commence prepa-
ration. The LIGHT has stood by the
fair first, last and all the time and is
out of pocket to-day for having
so done, but it is a duty the LIGHT
owes to the people to do So The
LIGHT would probably manage Fair
business differently, and the Fair
management would no doubt run the
LIGHT differently, but that does not
count. The Fair is more benefit to
San Antonio than anything that
comes this way, and for that reason
the LIGHT stands by it, gives it pub
lie approval, cOuntenanCe, encourage
ment, defends It, and if it has any
kicking to do does it in private, across
the table of the president and secre-
tary. Stand by the Fair, right now.
Don't wait to see which whips, the
management" or old general in
difference Sail in and help the
project, by inducing exhibitors of
every class to come forward and score
their entries and the fair will be a
success. The LIGHT will keep up Its
end, let the press Of southwest Texas
follow suit.
THE democratic papers that harp
on ex-President Hayes and his sup
posed parsimOny do not know, or do
not want to know, that while the
ex-president is economical he is also