The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-11
INTERESTED IN FAIR
ALL THE STATE GLAD 1T Is TO BE
HELD IN SAVANNAH.
ENDORSED BY RESOLUTIONS.
DIRECTORS OF THE EXPERIMENT
STATION TOOK ACTION.

Commissioner of Agriculture o. d.
stevens and Mai. G. NJ. RyaIs Pre-
scented Resolutions of the Board to
Mayor Mycrs-Mr. stevens Thinks
the Fair VIII Be a Success-PeOpIe
Are Well Able to Attend Such
Events-COuntry in Better COndi-
ton Than Ever Before Since the
War-Fertilizers Moving in Guam
titles.
Commissioner OF Agriculture o. B.
Stevens was in the city yesterday on bust
ness connected with his office, but he
found opportunity to pay the Mayor
visit at the City Exchange, and talk over
the State Fair. Commissioner Stevens
was accompanied on his visit to the May
or by Maj. G.. NJ. Ryals, with whom he
had come down from Griffin, where they
had attended a meeting of the board of
directors of the Experiment Station.
Mr.. Stevens and Maj. Ryals had reso-
lutions that were adopted by the directors
of the station that they regard as likely
to be of great benefit to the State Fair.
The project is given the Endorsement of
the directors and is promised support in
the following:
| Whereas, 1t is the purpose of the
Georgia State Agricultural Society TO
hold the annual State Fair of the society
for 1901 in the city of Savannah; and,
Whereas, This board is informed that
local cooperation offered by the city of
Savannah and individual citizens thereof
is of such generous and enthusiastic char
acter as to promise an unusually large,
varied, and instructive exhibition of the
agricultural horticultural, mechanical,
and other kindred industries of Georgia
and contiguous states, and also to secure
exceptionally liberal facilities for exhibit
tors and visitors at the fair; be it
Resolved by the Board of Directors Of
the Georgia Experiment Station:
First. That this board commends the
proposed fair of 1884 to the people of
Georgia as deserving their hearty support
and liberal patronage as an enterprise call
culated to advance the great industrial in
terests of the state
! Second. That the station will make an
appropriate exhibit at the said fair, and
to that end that the directors be directed
to present at the next quarterly meet
ing of this board an itemized schedule
of such an exhibit as he may consider
practicable and appropriate for the station
to make"
Maj Ryals brought the matter before
the board, and Mr.. Stevens, who is its
president, and the otner members, feIl
in very heartily with the plan for an
hibit from the station. They assured
Maj. Ryals individually and personally
that they would be glad to do al that they
could for the fair. That is no more than
all whom Maj. Ryals meets are doing, for
| everywhere the assurance greets him that
the state will enter into the fair with
greater enthusiasm and more earnestness
than ever before. His business lately has
| taken him to several sections of the state,
and in all he has been promised the
most active and energetic support for the
fair. All have said they are glad it is TO
be held in Savannah. Maj. RyaRs is con-
| tdent of the success of the event.
Pleasure was expressed by Mr.. Stevens
in the fact that Savannah secured the
! fair. He is anxious to see the fair sue
| cessful and will do all in his power he
said, 90 make ii so. The people of the
state, he declared, are in excellent finan-
cial condition now and well able to af
| ford such luXuries as trips to fairs. Es-
| pecially is this true of the farmers, and
they will be glad to attend the State Fair,
an agricultural and mechanical event held
under the auspices of their own association
and always distinctively a product of the
skill, intelligence and energy of the plant
| ers.
| Never since the war declared Mr.
| Stevens, has the country been in so eX-
| cellent a financial condition as at pres
emit The products of the farmers have
| brought good prices and the yield has
| been heavy. Debts have been wiped out
and balances lie snugly in bank.
A meeting of those interested in the
movement for the State Fair will be held
next week, when steps looking toward the
! permanent organization of an association
| will probably be taken 1t was decided
some days ago to wait until after the
! Municipal election before holding the
meeting.
Mr.. Stevens was asked about the amount
of cotton still deft in the hands of the
! farmers. Contrary to the statements OF
several who have expressed views upon
| the matter of late he said that he does
not believe any more cotton is held now
| than there was last year at the CORE
| spending period. The holdings are about
as usual at this time. The acreage for
1901 win be about the same, Mr.. Stevens
| said, as it was in 1900.
| Just at this season Mr.. Stevens is very
| busy looking after fertilizers. The move
ment has begun, and the railroads are
now handling great quantities. Farmers
are busy preparing their ground for plant
| ing, and are getting in their supplies Of
! fertilizers. Inspectors, too, are busy, and
the commissioner is engaged now in ar
ranging their districts and seeing that
their attention is given to all the fertili-
zers.