San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-08-14
TOO LATE FOR A FAIR.

ing fair in this city, will be to
prepare now for the fair one year
hence, instead of forcing the i'm.
possible and preventing any move
ment in the future. There is no
time in which to hold a fair this
year, for before the holding must
come the preparation. 1t will not
do to depend upon hold over exhi-
hibits from Dallas, for the fair
that will do any good to the agri-
culturists Of this region must be
one In which this whole southwest
Is presented. That this will not be
the case in the Dallas fair is only a
plain matter of fact. The market
gardeners and farmers and cattle.
men of this southwest need time, a
years time in which to prepare for
such an exhibit Of their products as
will adequately show the possibili.
ties of this soil and climate under
the best state Of cultivation. To
depend upon the growths of this
year, at this time of the year with
out any preparation, would be to
defeat the purpose of fair. 1t is
not possible to properly represent
the growths of farm and orchard
and garden and ranch in a fair to
be held in this city some time this
fall, for the simple reason that no
attempt has been made to grow
and present at such fair the very
best that this section can so readi-
ly produce. To present less than
the primest growths, under the best
culture, from the best seed, stimu-
lated by the ambition Of producing
the finest and best that can be |
offered for competition, will be to
present to the outside world evil
dences Of what we cannot do rather |
than what is possible. This whole |
section will be judged by
what is offered in the fall fair. No
allowances will be made for hasty
preparation, nor should there be,
for it is the business of those in
wiling the country to an exhibit OF
it's products to put the very best
possible upon the tables for inspec-
ton. No one can assert that this
Is possible now, for an exhibit to be
given ten or eleven week hence.
San Antonio wants an annual fair,
but she does not want one presented
in such hasty manner as to shut
out another for three or four years
to come. Desirable as it is to get
some attraction before the state to
draw the people to this city for a
few days this fall, it is not so great.
ly desired as to put fair upon
proper foundation, so as to insure
it's growing efficiency and attrac-
tiveness from year to year. The
gathering Of the people can be Sc
cured in some other way, for this
year, while every preparation is be-
ing made for fair either next
May or one year from this fall.
Cattlemen want time to prepare
gardeners want time to prepare;
growers of textile fabrics want
time to prepare; growers Of small
fruits, grapes and orchardists want
time to prepare; makers of fancy
articles want time to prepare. 1t
will take time to interest this
whole section in fair, and those
who will have to foot the bills will
want time to 30 prepare as to get
some show for their money. The
LIGHT has urged again and again
the work Of fair preparation, but it
cannot stultify it's own sense of
the fitness and possibility Of things
in urging fair for this year under
present circumstances. All prep
arations for the fair should be
made and the premium lists for
cattle and products should be in
the hands Of all this southwest
country at least six months before
the date set for the opening.