The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-14
STATEFAlR LOSS
WAS SS,696.S1
Stockholders Meeting Tonight
VIII Face a Big Deficit.
The Association Spent a Total
of $42,OO7.9s.
Dam IN DDCAAIIIAAc CO 900
PAID IN PREMIUMS S23;390
Weather Turned a Prospective
Profit Into a Loss.
The Show Was a Great Success,
Except Financially.

AT the annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Kansas State Fair as
sociation at the Commercial club TO-
night Samuel r. Lux, president ana
general manager of Topeka's big free
fair will give the financial statement
of the 1915 fair which will snow a
deficit of S9,696.S1, according to oliis
unpaid on file at the secretary
office.
Rain and mud is given as the cause
for the deficit. The statement SHOWS
that only SS0S325 was taken in at the
Erandstand and quarter stretch Wnlcn
is indication enough that the weather
had a great deal to do with the imam
cial troubles. From every other
standpoint the fair proved TO De the
biggest kind of a success
Not in the history of Kansas mas
Topeka had such live stock or asI ir
cultural display as we had az tne 49, L.
this wear said President Lux To-Day
s.TrYdar ordinary circumstances we
should have made $4,000 ana more.
The financial statement Whlch VIII
be submitted to the stockhoIo.tIrs siiow : :
an actual deficit of SO, 497.41, but OF
this amount $1.0O2,S5 is due the IN
dustrial fund OF the Commerclal clup
and a number of bills have been
stricken off so as to make the net loss
S9.696.S1-
Expenses We're S42,007.9S
II cost the fair association just $42,-
o01 as to run the big free fair. OF this
amount S23.39S.99 was spent IN pre-
NUNS one of the big items OF eX-
nense that would not have been in
r,,rre5 had the weather been good was
81 30s for work on the roads and race
track trying to get them in passao
shape. ...,
70 President Lux, who served with
ont salary and who lost several thou-
sand dollars through loss of time ana
business. is due the reward for d goou
part of the fair, which outside OF the
deficit was considered one OF the
!.
The Sunflower state received more
praise through its free fair than from
any source in last few years
The stockholders will elect a new
got Of directors at their meeting to-
night and these directors probably Will
meet next Saturday to make arrange
ments for the 1916 fair
President Lux's term of offlce VIII
terminate at the. next meeting OF the
board of directors and Mr. Lux says
tbat under ne-eireuTnstances- can he
keep the office for the next year
Lux Wants New Man.
Eve need a big, public spirited man
who is willing to sacrifice time and
money to head the fair said Mr.. Lux.
Il believe we can find the man in To-
peka and with a few changes in the
general program of the fair 1 am sure
il will be a great success in every way
next year"
The Ulcers of the fair association
whose terms expire this week are:
Samuel f. Lux, president and general
manager; L. NJ. PenweI, vice presi-
dent; Scott Hopkins, treasurer, and
Phil Eastman. publicity manager.
The present directors who will be
succeeded by new directors. elected to-
night are: Albert NJ. Patten, ]. r.
Burrow. G. z. Clark IS J. Hodgins, L.
NJ PenwelI H. w. NcAfee, E. C. Lo-
gan. Arthur Capper. H. A. Auerbach, H.
II. Wallace. Frank p. MacLennan, E.
L. Copeland. S e LUX, T. F. Doran,
T. H. Crosby, F. W Bonebrake. Geo.
c. Pritchard. Albert T. Reid, J. H. Lee,
w. l. Miller, F. S. Crane, Scott Hop
kinS