New-York tribune., 1908-09-13
NEW YORK'S BIG
STATE FAIR PAYS
RECENT PROFITS FROM
$50, 900 TO SS5 900.
Share of Syracuse IN Bringing Sue
cess from, FaiIure-Need of Neor
and ImproUed Buildings.
By ". r. Baker Secretary Of Chamber Of connneres.
Syracuse

Syracuse. Sept 12-syracuse has high ambition
New York State Fair the equal in equipment, sx-
hibfts and attendance OF any annual fair IN the
country While New York Is great agricultural
state. the greatest agricultural state In the Union
In many respects. the New York State Fair IS not
the exhibition that Ohio Illinois Iowa gives
In Western states agriculture is the greatest in
terest In New York the agricultural interest 10
forgotten in che manufacturing and commercial
pre-erninence
The New York State Fair ten years ago was IN
a sad way. II did not draw large crowd. the
exhibits what they should be. and IL
rarely paid expenses. Then the state took over
the plant. and the mana cement was conhded 20 .
state commission. OF which the Lieutenant Gov
the ex-ofieio head Under Timothy L
Woodruff. Frank W Higgins and M. Linn Bruce
the fair grew svery year in the variety and excel
lence OF the exhibits. in attendance. and. thanks
TO the generosity OF the state. in furnishing equip
nent The admission fee reduced TO Is cents
The increase in attendance great that IN
recent years the commission has turned back 70
the state annually frcr1 $4,000 TO $4,000 profit
For this new prosperity the new state manage
u1ent is wholly responsible Approaching tnas
the success Of The fair meant much to the city, tns
people of Syracuse established four years ago the
.fKanoono KarnivaI." provide evening entertain
rnent for the visitors the fair, and for three
years these carnivals have been given AZ cost or
about $4,000 annually Of this amount ABOUT
$4,000 is spent in special electrical hluInina1on.
and the remainder in pageants and parades on
every night OF the fair week These passents
have drawn great crowds into Syracuse, and nave.
of course. helped the fair attendance
While the fair has grown year by year it has not
acquired an equipment comparable Win the tdllS
of Western states The buildings are all OF Wooo'
extensive TO maintain. and not protected from nre
and hurricane The grounds are large enough
and are severed and watered and have adequat9
railroad svitch-s. There has been feeling for
Years that the state should expend no more money
on temporary structures Governor Hughes sIlsI
.isi+fng tho fair appreciated fully the wisdom or
this ana when the Legislature appropriated $S'ooo
for a new Liberal Arts Building ne vetoed lHe d
prouriatfou because he held that no more no--eS
should be speat until general plan tor reo--i1-
ing the fair should be adopted The conlllnsSOH'
acting under legislative direction called Ior cum
netitfye plans for a complete set OF new stfuct-
ures all buildings TO be CT steel oFlcA anu CO"-
crete and harmonious architecturally- Inc pla"7
submitted b- Green & Wicks, OF Buffalo wers ac-
cepJed calling for a total expenditure or N,S'0""
o., r,itdinQs and grading The first building 10
he constructed in pursuance Of this plan aulhof
..se " ne last legislature Nhlch dppIOp. "a -
s2a5 600 for it, is now nearing completion ana VIA
n m use at the coming fair II IS 100 BY aOO Ieet'
with sOOo square feet OF floor sPaSe N one 80
room without pillars Governor Hush@S WI q
n+ This bufIding on behalf Of the state on Ihurs-
day September L. +
1,ba state Fair Commission. Lewis StuyvesanL
CbauIer chairman; Raymond A pearson %
T+baea. 4 z P-rren. of Buffalo: William Fl1AlN'
of Rochester; e. A Wietins. Of Co0leskHl' L.
Sharp OF LoWviIIe. and De Forest Settle or SyFA-
cusz plan to make the fair 5his year from sep
terber IA to 1s the biggest ever ana the Mysli4Vo
Krewe OF kanOOnO, which manages the cal-i-'Ai'
"a u,o-Linz for the same end. They expect Two
hundred thousand people at the fair this year
,,1re objection raised having the Republican
State Convention in fair week was due soieiy 20
desire 10 get as many members OF the state LeslS-
Iature here as possible. When they see now great
a SHOW the state is presenting, when they see no"
shabby the old buildings look beside the ne" oFick
structure when thev the great, free spectacs
Syracuse provides. Illustrating in floats and taoleaoS
the discovery OF tire HUDSON River. syracuse feeIs
that the sentiment for the completion or tne ta4'
grounds according to the plan adopted VIII not oe
POSTPONED once completed. the commission should
make little call on the state for help thereafter.
for the new bindings will, some o. them return
from TO 70 per cent Of their value annually N
rentals and wi.h IN attendance % two hundrs1
thousand the fair should this year turn over %
the state treasury from $4,000 20 s5o.0te
The cattle exhibit this year ts expected &c oe the
best ever shown in tire East Co-rmissione- Pear
son has provided dairy EXHIBIT with model
dai-v farm There win be competition in milking
and EXHIBITS OF milk kept svss- SIXTY days with
out pa=tsurfzatcn IN the horse show VIII be
Homer Davsnport's stable OF Arabs. all. CT = Z
Stevers's hacknsys. A. 9. Vanderoilrs s-acls. IL
Guiding his fours which he will drive n fou--ia-
hand race, md a squad Of the New York mounted
police. wnich will give daily exhibitions OF s-ou-
ping ruraway - and Of riot GrilL The grand circuit
races have the largest entry LIST q any track ea
the circuit The intercity amateur meet viii also
be held during the week
The carnival programme includes a water "a
geant cn Monday. for which I'VE hundred ycung
women are rehearsins. commercial Eoar
parade on Tuesday. feat parade depicting the
discovery and legends OF the Hudson. on Wsdres-
,fay: the frateruaI float paradz on THURSDAY ard
the horal parade OF ten thousand school children
on Friday There will be tableaus. spectacles ard
dances every evening