The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1901-09-06
Success of This Year Means Early Realization
of a Plan Long Cherished by the
Fairs Friends.
St Paul Day Brings Out Fair Crowd The
Great Live Stock Parade the Event
of the Day.

%ne fair managers feel that this year
they have made long strides toward real
izing the ambition of the promoters and
friends of the fair for years back, that
OF making it great northwestern exposi-
t1on and one that will rank as one of the
great annual events of the west The So
c1ety again succeeded in obtaining recog-
milton from two of the great stock asso-
Citations. These associations are we'll
pleased with the results here and another
one of the big associations will place the
Minnesota fair on it's national list for
next year. Secretary Randall says that
it is the hope of the management to in
terest other northwestern states more
deeply in next years event and as the
manufacturing of the northwest increases
to make this in every detail a great ex-
position of northwest enterprise Other
states have assisted more in making this
years event a success than ever before.
No definite plans have been made for
increasing the scope of next years fair.
That is subject to be handled in the flu
ture. The idea, though, is to invite other
states to participate in the exhibition
of the resources of the northwest. The
present plan of management will remain,
but it may be extended to include the ap
pointment Of superintendents and stats
for other states. 1t is believed that states
as far west as the Pacific coast can be
interested in the enterprise. The man
agement of the Winnipeg Industrial ex
position has already shown its willing
ness to CO operate with the Minnesota
state fair by encouraging the exhibition
of Canadian products here. The Canadians
are also anxious to secure exhibits of
American products The next meeting of
the agricultural society will probably see
some action taken along this line.
Plans for the Future.
Fair weather and a reasonable attend
ance tomorrow will place a fat bal
ance in the treasury of the Minnesota
Agricultural association. The attendance
Of yesterday was record breaker. The
exact figures, 1891, were in excess of
those of Minneapolis Day last year by a
few hundred, bringing the total attend
ance for the first four days UP to 1876, ,457,
just 1 900 less than the total for the entire
week last year. 1t also put the fair man
agement out of debt and left it with sew
eral thousand dollars ''to the good
The management as result is already
turning it's attention to improvements and
the enlargement of the scope of the fair.
President John Cooper says that the
fair is in position to grow fast from this
on. The work of preceding years has
brought it to a point where it can be
developed rapidly. The agricultural as
sociation will try to build the fair into a
great northwestern exposition, and that
means that it will do so. To try with the
association is to succeed.
With the same weather conditions fair
week of next year that have prevailed
this, there is no question but that the
attendance will be greater To meet this
the grand stand must be enlarged, though
it is already the third largest in the
world. New barns will be necessary to
house the sheep exhibits of the future
years. Another improvement is contem-
plated in an electric light and power
plant.
These are not matter Of startling i'm
Importance, but they are straws showing
the direction of the wind-a direction
from which it has been blowing for years.
But now the management begins to see
accumulated results and is preparing to
round off the fair into a thoroughly up
to-date exposition of northwestern in
dustries.