Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-11-11
WHAT THE STATE FAIR MUST
HAVE.

/ That new grounds must be pro-
/ vidrd before another state fair cam
be- held in this eiiy Is the most im-
lpariant mct to Dee gathered from the
REPORT Of the New Mexico state Fair
commission That q ncw state fair
grounds can moe be- provided out OF
the funds raised DO ordinary condl-
| lions Is oonclusIvely demonstrated by
the experience of the 1916 fair COM
mission d seems evident therefore.
that NJ Be- up to Albuquerque and she
state 10 find some way Of cquippiug
new nlr grounds for the 1916 fair
land at the same time to hold as Sue
ccmm fair as WAS held this year
Ia order that we may have the right
10 go To the next legislature and ask
for sufficient appropriation TO finish
tho eqmpplng Of the grounds and 10
finance successful state fair for
years TO come
This may appear 90 some AS task
almost Impossible, but iu view of
what has been accomplished Ia the
past slx months by the present COM
mission. we believe that II persons
needed to carry ON this work can De
prevailed upon a. assume RESPONSE
hlhty and it Albuquerque properly
co-opcrateR The 1915 fair can be held
upon the new grounds and can be 40
financed that II viii De as successful
aa that Of 1916.
one u two things must Doe done
We must either give up The idea en-
urely 81 holding fair in 1916, or
We must give q fair as bis and suc-
cesslul as the one just past whether
the state could rest upon It's record
Of The 1915 state fair. omit the Civ.
ing OF "a fair in 1916. aud go To- the
legislature in 1916 ana secure AN
adequate appropriation, is question
open "a argument II s certainly
true that the city ana the state would
be lcssening the chance of securing
such an appropriation by Sinking
the burden Of 1916 fair II rs quite
possible that all OF the work and
money expended this year might be
lost # is certainly a fact that the
giving Of d mediocre fair in 1915, and
by mediocre we mean q fair such as
could be held with the ordinary H.
nances secured, would be taking n
step backward and would greatly les
sen the chance of securing adequate
state aid,
The 1916 fair would have paid for
itself had 1t been held upon an equip
ped fair grounds As predicted by
the secretary early IN the summer
the fair fen short Of paying out by op.
proxmalely the amount Of money
that was required to tit Traction park
for the fair, ana 20 build the tenn
porary structures necessary About
$4,000 was spent on these temporary
constructions with nothing left to
show for it and with the state fair
commission facing the same problem
for 1916 that 1t faced when It was
organized last June. This Is a waste
that has been going ON for q mum
her OF years. although a waste that
has been impossible To avoid, Had
the money that has been spent upon
park In temporary improve
nents since the Irritation congress
been placed IN permanent improve
ments upon a New Mexico state fair
grounds we would now have adequate
facilities for the holding Of state
exposition
il is estimated by the outgoing
commission chat should the 1915 fair
be held where Il has been held In the
past $4,000 would be required for
the same sort OF temporary work
The exhibits will Boz larger and more
varied next year, and considerable
more ground space viii be required
fer me exhibit halls. Moreover ans
the commission points out In it's re-
port some of the displays should be
so large that Il would be impossible
Ia secure tents large enough 20 cover
them Twelve thousand dollars more
should not be expended In temporary
improvements when that amount et
money can do much toward placing !
the new fair grounds In condition Tor
the holding OF fairs for years to
come.
Here n problem for the people OF
New Mexico and all of Its public or
eauizaions 1t is one that must Dc
solved. ana the work necessary for
me solution should be started at
once. as IL is % big job which "e are
facing
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