San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1895-06-29
SAN ANTONIO FAIR.

proposal is to open a stock sub
scription for $4,000, In shares OF
stock of the value OF $40, and leave
all m alters OF location and arrange
| ment to the stockholders who
should subscribe the capital stock.
A temporary board of directors was
elected, subject to the approval OF
| the stockholders, and in the hands
OF these gentlemen the matter now
rests. That San Antonio needs a
far, for the collection Of all the
productions OF Southwest Texas in
to an annual exhibit, in order that
her resources and practical possi-
b.lities may be known, is question
u 7on which all our people are unit.
ed, but upon the holding thereof
there is no agreement.
There never was period in the
history Of this city when a fair
would be more opportune than
now. Every year, as the city grows
in population and wealth and the
adjacent country becomes more
thickly settled, the benefits that
would accrue from holding fair
increase, and at the same time the
productions to form the necessary
exhibit increase. This year album
dsnt rains have fallen. This south
west section of the state is in better
condition than ever before to re-
spond to the invitation Of this city
to send their productions here and
come themselves and their fami-
lies. Such a gathering will not
only make this commercial center
and its outlying districts better &C
quainted with each other, but 1t
will stimulate production, improve
the quality of that production and
in every way benefit the producer.
AS to the plans proposed it is not
so much plan that is needed as
unity of action upon some proposi-
tion that is sensible and feasible
enough to command the conf
dence of the people who must put
up for the expenses. A fair will
not run itself, and no body of men
will put theis private funds in
pawn for such an enterprise. The
p proposition to raise $25 1000 in $40
stock subscriptions should succeed.
1t will succeed il the work Is wise-
ly undertaken aud not loaded at the
outset with a rider in the shape of
some scheme for location. 1t will
be time enough to consider location
and other particulars after the
stockholders who subscribe the
stock get together to consider this
and other matters. To them prop
erly belongs this decision and it can
be safely left with them. The only
thing now at issue is the securing
eff the $4,000 stock subscription.
Do this and the rest will follow.
There should be no difficulty in
taking up these shares. They are
placed sufficiently low to admit of
every industrious man subscrib.
ing for at least one share, aud be-
ing generally distributed, will in
sure general interest In the sue
cess OF the fair when it Is held.
What the LIGHT emphasizes now
Is that no questions OF transporta.
ton facilities or location come into
the question until the stock sub
scription is filed. Subordinate
everything else to this. When this
is done then it will be in order and
the natural thing to notify the
stockholders to meet, elect a di-
rectory, decide upon location and
all else that is connected with the
enterprise. No effort that can be
made to secure this subscription OF
stock should be unmade, for under
the most favorable circumstances
there will be no margin for mac
ton.
The attempt has been made in
some of the cities in this state to