The Progress., 1892-10-15
JUsT TWO WEEKS OFF.
The Shreveport Exposition VIII be
success.

Just two weeks from Monday the
Seventh Annual Fair Of our Fair As
sociation will be open to the
world. The interest taken IN tins 10y
people abroad assists very materially
in compensatinS the directory for the
lack of it displayed by those at home.
At first The PROGRESs was TO seme
extent restrained from making decla-
rations that it was good paying ad-
vertieement for all who made credit
able displays, BECAUSE we feared we
might be placed in the position OF the
one who could talk glibly because it
cost nothing, while to make exhibits
did. But we are prepared for that
now and unhesitatingly state that all
creditable exhibits are good paying
advertisements. Our proofs OF this Is
the experience OF the Munger Ma
chine Company of Dalla-, which has
for the past two on three years had
splendid exhibits of thoir gins and
attachments.
TIE PROGREss was hOnOred by Sec
retary John j. HoJan with an intro
duction to .,r. s. |. Munger, the sec
retary and manager of their company,
and a pointed query from US to hun
whether these exhibits of his COM
p4ny paid, elected the response that
there was no doubt of it, the best
evidence of the fact being that they
kept coming every year.
On learning, as we thought, that 1T
was a god paying advertisement,
our next query, how much does each
exhibit here cost? brought the answer
about $500.
The lesson from this to ShreveDCrt's
business men is too plain to need
much comment. Ii tins Dallas ma
cbinery Company finds it a good
paying advertisement to make q dis
play at our Fair at a cost of S40O,
how much more viii it pay our mer-
chants to initiate this example when
it can be dons at SO much less cost ?
One Of the secrets of the Munger
Company's success, however, lies in
the fact that they always make good
shows and are not deferred by ok
penses in doing so. For instance, in
J order to properly show the working
powers Of their gin, the company Will
build cotton house at its own ex-
pense. Thus they can show off their
gins to their fullest excellence. Our
own merchants are by no means dis
playing the right spirit in this mat
ter. Whether they make anything
or not, they certainly should perform
their portion of the necessary labor
and outlay to keep the Fairs up, as
no one is beaver loser than they
when town begins to go on the
} downward road, as Shreveport surely
will unless her home people take
more interest i'll public measures
coming up at their very doOrsteps.
Ii will PERHAPS be surprise when
it is known that only sixteen OF
Shreveport's business men have Sc
= cured space in which to make exhib-
it's. Just think of it, onl y sixteen
, firms out of all Shreveport's varied
. mercantile establishments, trades and
|, occupations, have taken sufficient in
terest IN this Fair which means Sc
: much to them, to show to the world
: that they indorse and support the
directors of the association in theil
! enterprlse,in giving these Exposition,
! which have always been commended
by the outer world and besides adj
, vertise the town well.
!, The exhibitors are The Singer Nar
: ufacturing Company; NJ. Levy s
= Son; Jordan & Booth; e. j. Leman
, A. Kahn; w. ID. Tnsten; V. l.. Ful
q ton; Kahn Dry Goods Company; L
Phelps; Sheridan 81 Stormer; Wm
y Enders x Son; Morris Il Dickson
= Mack WellmaD, in the main building
5 and Messrs. Buckelew & Pleasants
! Glsssell Rives & Company, and tn,
y Southern Hardware Company IN tn,
machinery hall.
The foreign exhibitors of note il
i these two buildings will be the Loui
! Grunewald Piano Company; the Val
+ Winkle Gin Company of Atlanta
|. GA. the Outlet Gin Company, ant
:. Thomas Manufacturing COMPANY
}, from Little Rock, Ark, while th
t Planet Jr. Plow Company of Littl
= Rock, will bring tent for its displa,
because there is not enough space il