Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-10-04
NO PAINS ARE SPARED
TO MAKE THIS EXPOSITION or
o"NNf iNN' ~ ..
THE FARMERS.
Exhibits of the Produce From the
Farm VIII he one of Its
Strongest Features.

Dallas, Tex, Oct. 3.-(SpectaD,-
Come to the State Fair this year and
you VIII see how Texas Is travelling
along the royal road to greatness. The
State Fair will show what the farmers,
the stock-ra!sers, the manufacturers,
the miners and the merchants are doing
to keep pace with this rapidly moving
age. Every citizen OF the state who
is enlightened and progressive should
attend the State Fair TO view with
pardonahle pride the greatness Of
resources and the wonderful develop
ment or the material and moral ac-
cessories or civilization Of his state.
The unprogresslve and uninformed
should attend to having the scales re-
moved from their eyes and get q few
practical Ideas injected into their
heads. The fair will be a great adj
vertlser. a great clvillzer and also a
great monument to the energy. liber-
ality and patriotism Of those who
founded II. those who have perpetuated
It and those who have made It a great
success by their patronage.
Lyman Cone, who Is In charge OF the
farm exhibit department, Will go to
Cleburne and other points this week
to secure material. The Individual
farm exhibits this year promise to be
the best showing ever made in that
line and farmers throughout Texas
should take advantage OF the Oppor-
tunity which presents itself and make
individual displays, one farmer Will
have an exhibit Of corn. the stalks
measuring eighteen feet from the root
70 the top And there viii be exhibited
forty OF nfty stalks taken at random
from nelI tho nj . n.
Trinity. a short distance from the
city OF Dallas. A step-ladder would
be necessary to successfully gather
corn In a field where the stalks re-
semble young forest OF tall saplIngs'
In the swine departments extensive
preparations have been made this year
for the accommodation OF the members
OF the Swine Breeders Association, and
also exhibitors from other states.
Separate pens have been built for OK
hibltors from other states and Judging
from the letters received many OF the
leading swine breeders OF the United
States will be here this year and ex-
hibit the pick OF their pens Brad
streets, one OF the leading Journals
devoted to finance. trade and economic
problems In this country. had the fol-
lowing mention Of the state Fair in its
last number;
''rhe announcement Is made that the
Texas State Fair and Dallas EXPOSE
tion VIII open on October 10, this year,
and remain so until November o This
II the tenth OF these great exhibit
! tons OF the products OF Texas Industry
l 70 be he'd, and all reports Indicate
that this latest win also be the great
est one ever held In Texas. The i'm
/ portance which this great fair has
assumed In the state can hardly be
! appreciated by those outside OF the
/ state. Never before has tho lnterest
manifested been 30 great, and the only
regret now agitatlng the promoters OF
| the great show Is the inadequacy Of the
cuttings To accommodate the increased
/ demands OF exhibitors The ex-
hiblts OF crops this year will be a
| specially Interesting one. as Will also
/ that OF farm machinery, In which
I direction Dallas figures az one of the
leading markets In the United States.
[ That the fa!r, az whole, Is a profita-
! bic one TO Its projectors Is shown by
/ the fact that during the sixteen days
/ IN which the exposition was open last
/ year the gross receipts were $i0g Ssl,
/ the operating expenses S73,650, and the
/ net earnings s35,7il. That the railroads
OF Texas, whose physical condition is
] conceded to have vastly improved dur
! ing the past Ave years. appreciate the
| Importance OF the fair ~ shown hy the
announcement that they win sell exc
/ curaion tickets from any part OF the
state 10 the fair at Dallas for 1--WE dol
iars' RMS liberal policy is likely to
have beneficial effects upon Mi CON
oerned, but especially upon the trade
and receipts alike Of Dallas and the
The railroads OF the country have
made very low rate this year, and
mere promises 70 be great influx OF
visitors from other states. The state
Fair OF Texas Is today the greatest
enterprise OF the kind In the United
states. II surpnsses the ST. Louis fair
" all departments, as was admitted BY
at FRANK Galnnle last year. Mr.. u.
Blankenship. In charge Of the sale of
tickets and the gates has inaugurated
many improvements In his department
winch makes decided change for the
better In the appearance OF the main
entrances, and VIII also facilitate the
| during a rush.