The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-25
POINTERS FROM TORONTO
SECRETARY OF STATE FAIR COM
BINES BUSINESS AND PLEAS
URE TRIPS
HINTS WILL PROVE VALUABLE
He Exchanged Ideas With Secretary
of Big Canadian Fair AssOcia-
tion-Enjoyed Visit
to Buffalo.

Secretary E. W. Randall of the State
Agricultural society, who returned from
Buffalo yesterday with the other mem
bers of the Minnesota editorial excursion,
voiced his fellow travellers EXPLANATIONS
of delight over the success of the trip.
1--WE had a good time in Buffalo and
enjoyed the visit immensely" he said to
the Globe yesterday 1.-The exposition
is a success. In architectural beauty, in
the combination of colors and in the
electrical display it is probably ahead of
any exposition that has ever been given.
Certainly the electrical display has never
been surpassed Of course, it is Niagara
Falls that make such a display possible,
for If steam had to be used, the cost Of
lighting would be something tremendous.
While we were there the crowd was not
large, but the Buffalo people were not
disappointed in this for 1t is still early
in the season. The Minnesota building is
a credit to the state. 1t is furnished en-
tirely by the Grass Twine Harvester COM
pany, and has a fine educational eX-
hibit.
Perhaps, though" said Mr.. Randall,
80 far as my own work out here on the
state fair frounds is concerned, my visit
to Toronto benefited me more than my
visit to Buffalo. You know, until last
year, the Toronto people have been hold
ing the biggest state fairs on the con-
tinent. Last year, though, we beat them.
The Toronto people hold their fair eX-
actly the same time that we do here, and
for that reason l have never been able
to visit their fair while it has been in
progress, nor have they been able to visit
ours. While 1 was in Toronto this time,
however, l had the good fortune to OBJ
tain an interview with H. ]. Hill, VINO
has been secretary and general manager
of the Toronto State Fair association for
the past twenty years. We got together
for three hours one afternoon and com
pared methods. In matters of detail I
think 1 received some excellent sugges-
tiOns, which I shall put into practice
here. In regard to the general arrange
ments, 1 fancy what works very we'll in
Toronto would not do here at all. Take,
for instance, the matter of amusements.
There is very little racing there, most of
the attractions being on the circus order,
panoramas, balloon ascensions, etc. Live
stock and machinery they consider by
far the most important exhibits. Mr..
Hill and 1 compared the ticket system,
advertising methods, attractions and
everything of that sort. In their adver-
tising 1 think they are a little ahead of
US. We advertise in a general way, but
every year they make special induce
ments to have the people from some one
city attend. This seems to advertise their
fair better than would a general invita-
ton, such as we extend to every city in
the country OF course, they extend this
general invitation also, but they manage
to see that at least one city is we'll rep
resented. Not much attention is given
to womens work at the Toronto fair The
club women there have not taken. the
matter up, and the women as a whole
do not seem to take the same interest in
the fair as do our Minnesota women.
But while I think our fair compares
most favorably with the Toronto fair,
obtained several little suggestions from
the Toronto association that will enable
us to beat them this year even more
completely than we did last year.