The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-08
TALKED OF THE FAIR
SECRETARY RANDALL ADDRESsEs
MEETING OF CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE.
GROWTH HAS BEEN RAPID
Receipts Increased From S32, 1857 $50
to $II3,S33.63 in Seven Years
Good Live Stock
Exhibits.

At the regular meeting of the Chamber
Of Commerce yesterday morning the at
tentlon OF that body was devoted for the
greater part to the affairs Of the State
Fair association and discussion Of plans
TO further the success of the coming ex-
hibition.
Secretary E. W. Randall, Of the Mime
sofa State Agricultural society read a
long and carefully prepared paper, in the
course Of which he said, in part:
AS an illustration Of the growth Of the
1alr, the total receipts Of the Institution
from Ill sources are given for each year
since the time of the worlds fair in Chi
cage, during which year Minnesota held
no fair:
1894 ......... .S32, 857. S6l189S SET Gil. "a
1885 .......... 49, 755 .88i 1899 88 iii 81
1886 .......... ISIS. So 1900 ..... so ga 40
1881 ......... $3.50 .30l1901 ........ll3 833 So
In these amounts the balances carried
forward from respective years are omit
Ied, so that each years actual receipts
snow clearly. Rain occurred in 1897. and
josS, and materially decreased receipts
Which accounts for the apparent Lack IN
progress IN those two years These fig
ures speak eloquently Of increased inter-
est, larger exhibits, more general attend
aIce' ana better results in every way.
Years ago the fair was in debt and
the management was constantly ernbar-
raised for lack OF funds Fortunately
thls IS not the case now The last m
debtedness disappeared in 1895, since
which time the societys treasury has
not been wholly empty.
Environment is Friendly
One of the causes OF the success ana
growth of this fair is it's friendly envir-
onments. A spirit Of generous hospitality
peryades both cities. General invitations
are given by those in the cities each year
to those i'll other portions Of the state
TO visit them, and the event becomes
ii harvest home, a week Of holidays Il
jubilee and time Of pleasant reunion.
PreJudlceS between city and country dig
appear, and the foundation for mutual
respect, sympathy and helpfulness is es-
tablished. The people of the cities feel
sense of responsibility for the fair and
are loyal to it. 1t is exceedingly for
tunate that by mutual understanding
both cities refrain from inaugurating
carniyals or other features which are
competitive or injurious to the fair, and
injure it accordingly. Their abandon
ment, so far as state fair week Is con-
cerned, is exceedingly fortunate. The
disposition to red ink all the days upon
the calendar In the first week Of Sep
TENDER for the fair, and If anything else
is presented for that week, to claim
previous enga cement, Is growing in both
cities. The continuation Of this spirit
will mean that the growth and useful
ness of the fair IS only begun.
The fair OF the present year is being
planned along broader lines than ever
Last years premium list has been care
fully revised, and has been increased
fully 10 per cent. 1t Is certain that
'arger and more comprehensive exhibits
than ever before will be securru.
No industry will be neglected Each
department will be in charge of a superin-
tendent, selected because of his cOmpe-
tency ana experience in that particular
line; and each part of the fair will be
given Well-balanced attention. The
grounds will be open continuously from
Monday morning until Saturday night,
47a9,~ rrvlI l-xy
programmes.
Better Car Service Is Needed.
Additions were made to the power and
the number Of cars operated by the street
railway company last year. After the
close Of last years fair, the auditor of
the Twin City Rapid Transit company is
sued a statement regarding their busi
ness during state fair Week. This state
ment shows that cars Travelled 100000
miles during the week, and that the to-
tai number Of passengers carried was 3
265 032--an increase of 16 per cent over
tial Improvement, but last year the at
tendance at the fair Increased 80 per
cent Should this rate of development
continue the street railway company in
creasing its capacity 16 per cent per
year and the state fair continue to grow
at the rate Of SO per cent per year the
situation becomes more complicated ali
the time. To what extent the street
q
service this year / do not know, but
committee has been appointed from the
beard of managers TO see what can be
done. The state fair committee Will be
glad to have the assistance Of this or
ganization. Personally, l fear the situa-
ton is beyond the ability Of the street
railway people to meet, ard in that end
steam railway service or some other
means of transportation will be neces-
sary. Possibly a cross street car line
on Smelling avenue will help solve the
problem.
Col w. IT. Liggett, dean Of the state
agricultural college, and also member
of the board of directors of the Mime
sofa State Agricultural society, supple
mented Secretary Randall's paper with
an address upon the Importance to the
state and the farmers and stock raisers
Of the state that every means should be
employed to attract attendance to the
state fairs from other states He said the
erroneous idea existing in many OF the
Eastern states as to the severity of the
Minnesota climate could be most readily
corrected by attracting visitors here and
showing them what the state could do
in the way of raising fruits, vegetables
and grains.
Live Stock Exhibits.
Col. Liggett, however, gave particular
attention to the subject of live stock ex-
hibits at the fairs and said that the live
stock department Of the coming fair
would present as fine a show, If not liner,
than has ever been made at any state
fair ever held in the Union. He said
that at the national convention of the
Stock Breeders association, to which he
was a delegate from this state, a resolu-
ton was adopted ruling out all future
appropriations for exhibitions except those
given by that organization itself. He
moved that an exception be made in IA
vor of the Minnesota state fair, and the
motion prevailed, and $1,000 was appro-
priated for that purpose. That occur
renee he used as an argument that stock
breeders generally look upon Minnesota
as an advantageous location for the ex-
hibition and sale of their stock.
A letter from Congressman f. c. Ste
vens was read in which that gentleman
acknowledged the receipt of the memo
rails to the national senators and repre-
sentatives in favor Of reciprocal trade
treaty with Canada. The congressman
explained in his letter that the principal
reason Of the Minnesota delegation for its
action against the Cuban concessions in
the form suggested by the ways and
means committee Of the house was that