The record-union., 1893-06-14
STATE INDUSTRIAL EXPOSITION.
Importance of the Annual Fair to
California.
How It Benefits the State and All the
Industries Therein-The Next
Exhibition.

bSAOiS me HOIu4ug OF the next SIaIe i air,
and it is high time that people were be-
stirring themselves in the matter of out
lining their plans for that important
event. The State Fair is something in
which every citizen and community who
feels an interest in the success of the
commonwealth should help so far as he
is able.
There can be no exhibition worthy of
the name unless the people who have
articles to exhibit send them to the fair.
The State is liberal in its offer of pre-
miums, giving $4,000 annually to be di-
vided in premiums among the exhibitors,
and the officers of the State Association
give their time, their energies and their
talents to the work of endeavOring to
make each succeeding fair a success.
1t is not they who derive the benefit
therefrom, but the people of the State,
wherefore the latter should supplement
the efforts of the officers of the associa-/
ton by doing all in their power to make
the fair what it should be-a compre-
hensive exposition of the varied indus
tries of the State.
Secretary Edwin +. Smith of the State
Agricultural Association has issued an
address to the public, in which attention
IS called to the matter and the many ad-
vantages to be derived from the State
Fairs are set forth. He says:
THE sECRETARY's ADDRESS.
The fortieth annual State Fair of Cali
fornia will be held at Sacramento Sep
TENDER 4th to 10th, inclusive. The
premium list just issued contains CLASH
ned awards amounting to 600 in cash
for agricultural, mechanical and indus
trial exhibits. These annual exhibitions
have been most successfully managed by
the state Agricultural Society for the past
tnirty-niue years, and il is the intention
of this society 10 give the public pro-
gresslVe exhibition for the current year.
line producers Of California demand these
annual exhibitions to assist and stimulate
the various Industries OF the State, and not !
outstanding the counter attraction of
the w Orld'S Fair, find ii essential to cater
to local trade. Consumption OF home |
products still continue, and the farmer |
and manufacturer must have opportunity /
to show what Is being accomplished |
within the confines OF our most produc- |
tive State. Not to do so would invite |
StagnatlOn OF trade and subsequent mat |
tenuon to our productive qualities. Hence
1t Is quite necessary that unusual efforts
must be put forth this year in all the
various branches Of trade and commerce
to prevent depression and encourage the
sale OF home productions.
CalifOrnias past activity has probably
accomplished more for her than anything
that has been done by many sister
States; agitation Of her capabilities has
been a most important agent in the at
traction OF outside capital. Lands that
for many Years were used but for the
production OF cereals have been sold and
turned to more profitable use in ad-
Nanced soil culture, thereby giving Cali
1ornia additional variety Of products
with corresponding increase Of popula-
ton.
susceptible of culture, OF many unde- |
veloped agricultural resources. the sale |
and cultivation of which would not only |
give us increased population, but permit /
the Investment OF money that would |
give most satisfactory returns to invest |
DIS with great benefit to the State as a |
whole. Increased opportunities for pro- |
1uctlOn means additional facilities for the |
use OF our circulating medium, thereby |
giving an impetus to all kinds OF trade. !
Californla's chief industry being agri- |
culture, she must continue to advance it !
in every possible way. The failure TO
show her productive qualities one season !
would give the impression abroad that |
her capabilities were on the wano, |
whereas no greater progress in soil cult /
ure IS being made at the present time in |
any part OF the world than in this State.
The merchant when trade is dull in |
augurates different plans for stimulating
his business. The farmer would do well |
TO follow his example, and when crops are /
short and prices depressed he should (
show unusual eXertiOn in keeping his in !
dustry conspicuous before The people lest /
the outside world would be led to believe |
that agriculture in this great State had re-
tarded.
Periodical setbacks occur in all
branches OF trade, ana but for the activ-
ity OF the merchant would be standing
menace to Investment. This state of at
fairs is overcome in many instances by
his efforts TO stimulate, and success APP
pears in many cases where failure is
most apparent.
1t therefore behooves the agricultural
community Of California to make an I'M
usual showing this year at the State Fair:
q meager one would he disastrous to our
Worlds Fair exhibition, as the effect
would tend to signify our productions as
there shown were unusual.
The premium list as offered by the
State Agricultural Society contains suffi-
cient cash awards for agricultural prod
ucts to warrant the various counties in
making up a representative display of
their varied soil productions.
To the manufacturers of California we
would say as a means of promotion of
your interests, a general exhibit bv
factories should be made at the State
Fair of 1898.
There is at the present time a growing
feeling in this State toward the advance
ntut OF our manufacturing interests, Oc-
caslOned by the prospective DEVELOPMENT
of our most available but heretofore I'M
used water power, which promises in
conjunction with the modern uses of
electricity, 10 give US what has in the past
been the most important draw back to
this industry-cheap motive power A
little agitation at this time of the interest |
would be most effective.
Therefore, extraordinary efforts should T.
he made to show some OF our established
plants in operation at a State gathering. /
not only as a means of encouraging trade /
but as a matter enhancement to capital to |
invest, as there are many factories that
could be increased by the use OF addi- !
tiopal capital now that a cheaper power
VIII soon be available.
The representatives OF other States are
here each season to display manufactured
goods. They readily recognize the value
OF this agency to reach the consumer /
those from distant States to meet their
tade without an equal showing of their
ability To supply this trade.
Exhibitors at the annual State Fairs of
the past are familiar with the advantages
to be derived by an exhibit OF their prod
nets; TO those unfamiliar, We would say:
The great state Fair OF California has
been held for thirty mine consecutive
years, and is thereby valuable as an in
frnductory agent by reason OF its estab-
Hshed permanency.
The California State Fair offers cash
awards for state products amounting 10
$4,000 annually
The California State Fair includes an
exhibition of most varied nature. The
disnlsy of booGed stock is a most con-
p Il cot Farnr Fn4