The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1913-09-06
WHY NOT A FAIR?
Cambridge is The Largest, Prettii
est, Busiest Place on The East
ern Shore, And a Fair Would be
Splendid Business Proposition.

sons, who have watched the devel
| opment of the County Fairs held
| at the different places in the State
informally discussed the idea Of
having such a Fair in Cambridge
| The project was favorably received
by those with whom it was dis
| cussed, and such assurances of sup
| port were given that it was deter
mined to bring the matter UP fol-
public discussion and ascertain te
what extent the public, generally
was interested in the proposition
The matter was brought up before
the Cambridge Board of Trade;
before Pomona Grange, and before
the stockholders of the Hambrooks
Driving Association, with the re-
suit that these three bodies endors-
ed it and appointed committees to
cooperate in arranging the pre-
liminary details.
The reasons why Cambridge and
i, Dorchester county should have a
| big fair are so numerous that it
| is impossible to even attempt dis
cussion of them in an intelligent
manner in the brief space allot-
ted to this article.
Cambridge is the leading oyster
market of the world Cambridge
packs more tomatoes than any 9TH
er place of it's size in the world;
Dorchester county packs one-tenth
of the entire tomato pack of the
United States; Cambridge stores
are second to none in the country
that may be found in places this
size, or much larger, and Cambridge
merchants carry a far better quail
ty of goods than do most merchants
doing similar business; $4,000
has been appropriated for new
Postoffice Building; a new hospital,
to cost quarter of million dol
lars on the start, is in the process
of construction; a maternity hospi-
tai, which will be the equal of
any in the country, will shortly be
erected, the funds having already
been provided; Cambridge has
three national banks, one of the
leading trust companies in the
State, and a new one already orga-
nized and practically ready to be-
gin business; our paved streets
compare favorably with those of
any other city; our location on the
Great Choptank river is the pride
of our citizens and the object of
admiration of all visitors.
Dorchester county is a great
agricultural section; it's products in
clude so many diversified crops
that the real agriculturist can al
ways be certain of reasonable
profit. Asparagus, early peas,
strawberries, blackberries, rasp-
berries, gooseberries, onions, early
potatoes, early cabbage, canteloupes,
watermelons, early corn, early
and late tomatoes, beans, turnips,
eauliflower. peaches, apples. plumss
pears, cherries, grapes. with the
staples nf corr, Y beat Ind c;sssess
are some of the products of Dor
chester farming lands. Oysters,
fish and crabs are taken in album
dance from the waters; wild ducks
and geese abound in season; good
hunting for doves, squirrels, par
tridges, rabbits, may be found in
seeason; muskrats, the fur of which
is very valuable, may be found
in the marshes, while the mink
and otter may be found to limit
ed extent, as well as foxes, coons
and opposums. What more could
any single section of any county
ask for?
Some idea of the success of our
farmers may be obtained from the
fact that at the State Horticul,
tural Show in Baltimore last fall,
out of eleven exhibits, this county
captured ten prizes, and this, too,
without any special preparation for
the exhibition, thee exhibits being
hurriedly gotten together and sent
to Baltimore.
In the light of the facts above
stated, does it not seem very rea-
sonab1e that county fair in Cam
bridge would be not only profitable,
but useful as well? Is there any
other single section of the country
that can locally produce so much
to be exhibited?
The cost of establishing such a
fair is not great; the experience of
other successful fairs shows that
not more than $4,000 would be.
required to finance the project.
Ten public-spirited citizens taking
$1,000 stock each could bring it
about, and could be reasonably GER
tain of making large dividends up
on the investment. Twenty per-
sons, taking $500 each, could do
the same; forty persons, taking
$3.50 each, could do so; but one
hundred subscribers,to the amount
of 500 each, would possibly bring
about still better results.
In conclusion, if you think we'll
of this proposition, and are able to
do so, let your money talk; if the
Fair is to be undertaken the work
should be started at once.
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Oyster Saloon Open.