The record-union., 1892-07-22
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Assurance Of Great Crowds at the
State Fair.
A Suggested Organization to Accom-
modate and to Insure
Fair Prices.

All the indications now point toward
largest attendance upon the State Fair in
September in this city ever known in the
history of the State Agricultural Society.
The associated effort to aid the eXposi-
ton by new features added to ii have, in
the matter of the historic and mining ex-
hloIts, alone assured the exposition Of
wider advertisement and greater attract
lveness than in any previous year of its
history. There will be an unusually fine
produce and stock exhibit, probably the
largest and best ever made upon the
coast. There viii he very large dis
play Of exhibits that will 90 TO the
Worlds Fair at Chicago, SO that the as
surance is that we will have great gath
ering Of people.
sacramento can accommodate comfort
ably 10000 guests day, and she ought to
prepare to do it now. Her good name
ana her reputation for hospitality will be
at stake, ana possibly more. If she fails
now, she Will lose all aSSemblageS of
great bodies in the future and be under
Jhe threat OF Immediate injury i'll other
ways. But there viii be no failure if
there IS system, for there must be system
10 prevent possible eXtOrtiOn by some
and to secure for each guest a comfortable
lodging at a reasonable figure.
1nere IS just one way to do this: Or
game Cluzens' Reception Committee:
nave It's headq quarterS Just before and
during the fair at the little exhibition
building near the depot. Make a can
Nass OF the city and ascertain exactly
VINO VIII accommodate guests, how
many and the price TO be charged: use
means 10 secure grading of these prices
to a Jar figure. Then let guests as they
arrive be distributed according 10 the
order OF arrival and the kind OF accom-
modation they want.
AS last as rooms are vacated the owners
must be obligated 10 notify the commit
tee day by day that others NAV be accom-
modated. AS will be obvious, by a
method any good disciplinarian could
lay out ana enforce, all comers can be
accommodated. This fact ought to he
made known before the middle of August
throughout the State that the people may
De assured that If they will attend the eX-
position they shall have good accommo-
dation without eXtortionate charges.
The details Of the plan suggested will
readlIy occur to good organizers. Steps
should be taken therefore at once in this
matter; there is no time to lose: the
sooner 1t is attended to the better. In the
meantime the people can rest assured
that there is going to be very large at
tendance in the two fair weeks, and thew
must prepare 10 accommodate all the
guests possible. 1t will require every
one having room TO show public spirit
and arrange 10 receive decent people as
temporary lOdgers.
The Native Sons of the Golden West
managed this kind of thing handsomely
in san Francisco two years ago, and with
very little friction. Minneapolis did it
We'll on the occasion Of the meeting of
the Republican National Convention.
Sacramento must do likewise. and prepa-
ration for it cannot be made too soon, be-
cause 1t Is vitality important that news he
sent abroad OF the capacity and readiness
OF the city. and assurance that there will
be accommodation in plenty and at fair
prices.
There ought to be common agreement
that this shall be red-letter occasion i'm
our history; that there shall be no over
charging, no oVer-crowding, no impo-
sition, but such generous action by private
citizens, and by hotel and clearinghouse
Keepers, that no guest shall 60 away with
the slightest excuse for complaining, but
with only praises of the Capital City in
their mouths. Sacramento needs friends
III these days of hot rivalry between
communities, and she ought to know
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