The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-10-18
THEY MAKE A LEVY
OF TIE STATE FAIR
ASSESS TIE STOCKHOLDERS.

citation Held Yesterday it was Decided
to Make q Levy OF Forty Per Cent on the
Amount of Stock Issued to Enable the
Association to Meet All the Demands
Made Against 1.-THE stock Is Held in
Small Amounts and the Levy will Not
Prove Burdeasome
At meeting yesterday OF the twenty
four directors OF the State Fair associa-
ton. Secretary Hewey had prepared a
full statement of all the receipts and
expenses OF the association and the
board decided that il would be neces-
sary to enable the association 10 meet
all obligations that an assessment OF 40
per cent would necessarily have to be
made on the stockholders OF the asso-
citation.
The order was made and today Sec
rotary Hewey will issue a circular let
ter TO each OF the $50 stockholders of the
association instructing them like Zach
Gus of old that they must come down
with 40 per cent of their subscribed
stock.
According TO the rules OF the associa-
ton each stockholder IS required TO
meet his proportion of the assessment
made by the executive committee. o.
forfeit his stock in the association. The
surrender OF the stock does not in any
manner relieve the stockholders from
the effects and force OF the levy thus
made. but by negligence in obeyIng
this call. great injury viii be done the
association.
No one is to blame for the fair fail
ing 10 meet its expenses. as all will
concede that had the weather fair week
been anything ike the two past weeks
the association would have come out
ahead Of all expenses incurred.
This is not all. every merchant. bus
mess man and farmer knows and real
ICES the great benefit recurring 10 Wien
ita and Sedgwick county by having the
yearly meeting of the state fair locat-
ed at Wichita. Hundreds of the best
men of the country are called TO this
point:
Take the matter Of the horseman who
has been called TO Wichita alone. by
the fact OF the state fair being held
here. These men have come first as
transient customers, have used the
track, and as a result have made this
their permanent headquarters for train
ing and keeping their horses. This one
item alone scatters out over 5000 per
month for feed, provisions. labor and
wages.
At each meeting OF the state fair the
swell OF the bank clearances could be
readily discovered by any one who
rs-or,l1 n The Ia Of
the merchants thribles with the meet
ing OF the association. Persons are
called here from a distance who COM
bine business with pleasure, and the
merchants receive the benefit. The
farmer disposes at good prices OF his
extra feed, hay, corn, straw and oats.
and they. too. realize the great ad-
vantage.
The arch enemy OF Wichita in all her
enterprises is Topeka. and that Whiten
Sepulchre is making strenuous efforts 10
secure the state fair again. II the as
ISOLATION here can meet promptly its
obligations Topeka will be defeated and
Wichita will gain the accrued advant-
ages.
A delay in the payment OF the assess
ment is fraught with no benefits. but
means a great and lasting loss to the
city and Sedgwick county. The stock
is well divided and the prompt payment
of the amount assessed will hurt no
one. and 1t is hoped that the good name
of the stockholders Will be saved. the
state fair secured. and preparation be
commenced early for the next meeting
of the association. The initory work
has been done and no one can expect
a bad week every year. The first year
was a success. and the second a great
er success in everything with the ex-
ception of the weather.