Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11
LETTER BAG.
The State Citrus Fair,

The State Citrus Fair.
EDITORS HERALD: I notice in your
issue of the sth very courteous criti-
cism on the project of holding the state
citrus fair for Southern California at
Cotton, this county.
think that few facts laid before
your readers would be of benefit to
them. There have Seen three state
citrus fairs held in Los Angeles, none
elsewhere. There is no permanent
citrus fair association for Southern Cal.
ifornia, as / understand. Che chamber
OF commerce of Los Angeles has taken
the financial responsibility OF holding
these fairs and has taken portion of
the profits for their risk and work. Last
year when they commenced with the
fair they had quite sum on hand from
the prior fairs. The chamber of COM
merce, through its committees, have
had charge of the fairs. These commit
tees have been appointed from different
sections OF Southern California, but the,
principal management has been in Los
Angeles. Last year they took one-half
OF the receipts for their time, trouble
and risk, and after the fair the sum of
money that was left from the aggregate
savings of the three fairs was turned
over to the Southern California Worlds
Fair association. The last fair held in
Los Angeles cleared, l understand, about
5000.
The citrus fair held at Cotton last
year, under very unfavorabIe circum-
stances, netted about $l1OO. They had
no pavilion then. At the close of the
state citrus fair at Los Angeles last
spring the management was very much
discouraged because the people of Los
Angeles did not turn out and patYonize
the fair as they should. They appeared
to think that if any other section of
Southern California wanted the fair it
could have it. Acting upon this feeling
in Los Angeles, the people of San Ber-
nardino county thought it was good
time to hold the next citrus fair in this
county, and therefore the board of di-
rectors of the Twenty.eighth District
Agricultural association unanimously
resolved to apply to the state board Of
agriculture to have the next citrus fair
held in the new pavilion at Cotton, and
they would act towards that fair the
same as the chamber of commerce in
Los Angeles did there; assume the
financial responsibility, and, if there
were any profits, they would take one
half for their responsibility and give the
balance, or the other half, to the South
ern California Worlds Fair association.
The people of Cotton are erecting fine
pavilion with this in view. 1t will be a
larger and much more desirable pavilion
for fair purposes than the one in use in
Los Angeles.
For four months past this proposition
has been before the public in various
ways in the newspapers, and beel pub
licly discussed, and no objection has
been raised to it until this week. In
the meantime Cotton has gone ahead
with it's work, and all arrangements
have been made for no ding it there, as
the two members of the state board of
agriculture from Southern California
have desired that the next state fair
should be held there.
For three years San Bernardino county,
which has produced one.half OF the
oranges of this state, has gone to Los
Angeles with its exhibits, and has taken
many Of the premiums. This county is
conceded to be the leading citrus fruit
county in the United States, one little
section, Riverside, producing one-third
of the crop OF the state. The citrus fair
10 hCiA lOl buC DCnCub VI Juc US lIulb
growers. There are many people from
the east who spend their winters in this
county. The eastern population is q
floating one, and can attend the citrus
fair at one point as we'll as another.
The people of this county would turn
out en- masse to attend state citrus fair
at the new pavilion at Cotton. We be-
lieve the attendance here would be
greater here than it would be at Los An
geles. The people of Los Angeles have
got tired of that kind of fairs, and did
not attend last year.
1t is necessary to have harmony and
good feeling among the different Sec
tions OF Southern California regarding
this fair. There ia no use in holding it
in any place unless all sections can
unite in it. San Be-nardino county
feels as though it ought to have this
fair once where Los Angeles has had it
several times. II this is denied them
will not the feeling here be detrimental
to the interests of the fair? By concili-
ating all parts of the county and moving
about occasionally from place to place
where facilities can be had for holding
the fair all sections of Southern Califor-
MIA become interested in the work and
much better results will be obtained.
present these facts to your readers
30 that they may know that this is not
entirely one.sided question. and that
the people of this county have rights in
this matter that those OF other counties
should respect. L. M. Holt.
A Real Estate Boom
Attracts th 3 attention of every property holder