Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1903-09-22
E. B. THAYER Editor and Prop-voL xxxvnI
A SECOND TO THE MOTION.

The Central last week in long arti-
Gle, in which it states its reasons for so
doing, advocates the raising of the
salary of secretary of the Marathon
County Agricultural association from
$lO0 per year to $500, should L. X.
Wright again be prevailed upon to ac-
cept that office. That paper says:
The Central moves that l.. K
Wright be reelected and that his salary
be placed at $500 per year. This is not
a large amount He would honestly
earn every cent of It, At that price he
would be cheaper than any other man
we know of at $50. With all due defer
ence TO his predecessors in this Office,
we unhesitatingly state that he is better
qualified for the position and has done
more to make our fairs a success than
any of them. For this kind of work he
possesses a faculty that popularity fits
him for the position and this, coupled
with lot of hard work, has made a
success of our fairs"
The question brought out by the arti-
Gle referred to is 'Who will second the
motion ?" and the PILOT unhesitatingly
replies that, we WILL
As soon as accounts of expenditures
and receipts of the last fair have been
audited business meeting of the stock
holders and directors of the association
will be called at which, among other
! things, new officers will be elected
Who the next secretary will be we can
not say We have not approached Mr..
Wright on the subject and do not
know whether he will accept the Office
again or not. but hope that he can be
prevailed upon to do so. One of the
first matters that should be taken up at
this meeting, we believe, is the salary
question, and hope that the above mo-
ton will prevail by a unanimous vote.
A man is worthy of his hire and for the
parsimonious or penurious saving of
S400 to the association great mistake
may be made. Anyone who has ever
had any experience with the arrange
ment of fair or like enterprise knows
full veil that there is p vast amount of
work connected with it-far more, in
fact, than appears on the face of the
results accomplished. If anyone thinks
that 800 amply repays a aman for about
six months time spent in arranging
such details, he is mistaken. Much of
the time man must necessarily give
his whole attention, unless he cares lit
tie for the fairs success, and for this
time lost 800 seems very small re
muneration unless he be q very cheap
man. We do not wish il understood
that we desire the salary raised on ac-
count of our personal friendship for
Mr. Wright, but we do think that 800
is too small a salary for any secretary,
providing he performs his duties well
There may be others in the county
qualified to do this work, but we favor
the reelection of Mr.. Wright because
of his past service and experience, in
which he has displayed eminent qualifi-
cations How well his work has been
done in the past every citizen of the
county can testify to. How successful
his labors have contributed in making
success of the fair of this year, is con-
ceded by all who visited it, There
were many here from other cities
to attend the cattle sale who were not
slow i. stating our fair to be the best
county fair they had ever attended. 1t
was not "taffy' given in appreciation
of hospitality shown them, for these
people all naturally have pride for
home institutions. There are other
counties in the great commonwealth OF
Wisconsin that can raise just as good
grains, grasses and vegetables, and has
some of as good types of live stock and
poultry as Marathon, but to get the
people interested, to make them turn
out with their produce, to properly
advertise the enterprise far and wide,
and get cat the crowds to attend, is
where the rub cones in. Improve
ments on the grounds, temporary and
permanent, must be made from time to
time, and means provided tor the pay
IDenb Ol the eApcuSc. II q obicdh VI
bad weather comes at about the time
of holding the fair the secretary sweats
blood for he sees all his efforts dashed
on the rocks of disaster, and which
means a heavy loss TO the association,
and some foolish people will cry poor
management"
OF course economy should be prac
ticed in all public enterprises where
practical, but there is such thing as
false economy, which sometimes works
more bad results than lavish eXpendi-
ture Judging Mr.. Wrights worth in
the light of past accomplishments as
fair manager, we sincerely hope that
he can be prevailed upon to accept the
Office of secretary for another year,
and that the board will see its way
clear to increase the salary. We think
all fair-minded citizens will coincide in
our views.