San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-05-22
ATTEND THE STOCK SHOW.

ance and generous patronage ex-
tended to the meetings of the stock
men and their live and racing
stock on the Jockey club grounds
this week. Out OF a successful
meeting there this Spring will ma
terialize a meeting this fall Of much
larger proportions, particularly in
| the matter OF Stock exhibits, and
| out Of that will grow Fair to be
held annually in this city. The
stock features Of that fair, and its
| agricultural as well, are to be made
its principal attractions, for In these
will consist the wealth of this Sec
ton for years to come. At present
the manufacturing OF textile fab
RIGS is too far in the background to
promise much in that line, but
such as there is should be literally
encouraged to bring itself into no.
tice, for out of that will grow an in
creasing interest in all that pertains
to manufacture. No section Of this
state is more favorably placed for
the manufacture and sale of wool
and cotton fabrics than this city.
The raw material is here in abund-
ant quantity; the labor is at hand
and can be secured as cheaply here
as in any part of the south; the
cost of living is no dearer than
elsewhere and is growing less so
from year to year. There is no
other city in the state, or in the
entire south for that matter, so ad-
vantageously placed as this city
for the distribution Of goods to
the west and into Mexico. While
these facts are undisputed it is al
so true that for some time to come
the real interests of this section
center in stock raising and in
agricultural pursuits. There is
nothing that will so foster these
and stimulate interest in them as
a good annual exhibit in this city
Of all that pertains to these in.
dustries. The herdsmen of the
western part of the state will
be ready and willing to aid
in every way the efforts Of the peo-
pie Of San Antonio to bring togeth.
er at least once a year the best an
imals of the herds and flocks Of
these vast grazing grounds in a
competitive exhibit. The arrange
ments by which, at these gather
ings, there will be regular sale Of
desirable animals will naturally
facilitate the exchange of the best
products of the several herds and
in the end weed out the more in
ferior animals and poorer grades of
cattle and sheep and other live
stock. What is true OF the stock
exhibit will be equally SO in its
proper field Of the products of the
farm and garden and orchard. The
meeting Of the growers of the
fruits and vegetables and cereals of
this country in an annual exhibit
will have the result Of improving
all the productions Of this south
west and make it In a few years
what nature evidently intended
it should be, the garden of the
state. These are the fruits that
will grow in this field Of we'll di-
rected and wisely ordered annual
collection in this city of the pro-
auctions Of this region. There is
no surer means to this end than in
the encouragement that is given
this week to the initial efforts in
this direction. No surer means of
thus encouraging than to attend
the meeting every day and induce
other people to do likewise.
II Great Britain would give bail
on behalf Of the predatory seal
fishers in the Alaskan waters that
they should not be interfered with
in their depredations upon the
sealing grounds, she would &C
complish the same result in the
destruction of the sealeries that
she is doing now, but she would do
it in more direct and honorable