The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-10-28
STATE FAIR A
 BIG SUCCESS Pres. Vandiver Talks of
 Exhibition. HOPES THE STATE WILL HELP Outlines Plan to Improve Event in Future Years. Sole object in Undertaking Work, Says President, is the Uplift to AEricuIturaI Interests-Fi- nancial Outcome Not Yet Determined.

W. F. vandiver, President of the Alabama Agricultural Association, un : which closed last night was held. yes terday expressed his gratitude at the success with which the Fair undertake ing had met.
 good accomplished by it, and outlined a plan by which he hopes the State will aid future Fairs to ,h be tarmsrs or even on the big President Vandiver said:
 "The success of the Fair is not a debatable question. It's success IS surprise to the people who visited it: It has not been a surprise to me. And it has not been a disappointment. l knew the plans we had made. 1knew been expended to the consummation of those plans. Their success was no more than we had reason to expect If Whether 1t has been financial sue cess l do not know at this time. may say that the officials are not specially concerned as to whether 1t cess. The officials of the Fair Asso.. citation are not specially concerned over this question. as to whether it
 has or has not m made , money; ;;h we we nev- nv pose of making money out of 1t. The work was undertaken with the hope that the Fair would be an uplift to the agricultural and live stock interests succeeded in this. The rest is not of special consequence to us. We could not but feel gratified at
 took in the Fair. While I have not the Treasurers figures at hand, and do not know the money that we have realized, do know s tas the ss attendance tasnd ie much money. But it must be remem- bered that the exhibition we presented to the people of Alabama did not come by chance. We spent money to get It here. We spent a great deal of money.
 Hopes State Will Aid. "I may say l am deeply gratified at feel that we have proved to the peo- pie of Alabama that we can give here in Montgomery an agricultural, mo chanicai and industrial s exhibit that a bama. We intended no more. We hoped for no moro.
 Tt is my hope that the State of Ala make a provision for a permanent agricultural. mechanical, mineral and industrial exhibition that will truly represent the resources of Alabama That such thing is possible we have proved by our money and our energy.
 q long to see the time when the State will have in Montgomery a per- hibits. which viii show the great min eral resources of the State. It Is only just and proper that such an exhibit
 should be here. We are here in Mont;
 North and the South. Practically all visitors to the South must pass
 mineral district of Alabama. our i'm mediate neighbor, would join us in the request upon the Legislature that an adequate and suitable mineral gomery.
 ,."I am frank to say that the sing,e
 disapPoinping PoI hnsn feature of our grea: room ,a for all ,,ss1 sxhibitSTs: There va; wai more room than we were, able 70 give re9ngs hm We were forced Weather a Big Factor.
 If, Providence, had not kindly ia
 yored with with. ideal 1s weather, I do ,,ss no, | have been. Many of the exhibitors displayed their goods in the open or had been bad. The Fair Association did all that it could, spent all tho % ings, and I feel sure no reason abIo
 man will say we fell short of our | duty. But we feel that the work we ] have undertaken is a work that should | be assisted by the State. We must
 have new buildings. We feel, too,
 that the premiums we offer for agr'. 1 cultural and live stock exhibits, are
 too small. By energy coupled with
 rare good fortune. we were able tn
 get together an exhibition which by l general accord has been pronounced
 excellent We believe. however, that
 the small premiums we are able to | offer are inadequate to recompense the men who undertook the work of
 bringing to Montgomery these excel lent exhihits