Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-04-22
MONDAY. APRIL -, 1918.
Delaware State Fair.

Through the patriotic efforts and civc
p,idc of tho cstimab,c men who are at the
head of the Delaware State Fair Nsso-
citation the annual exhibition, which was
threatened with determination when
Wsuasct Park its location Tor many
wears. had - give way to make room Tor
homes for some oi our pcopic engaged on
war work. j. to hc continued. THIS much
j certain. Tor the grounds. located at
I.lsmcrr have been purchased ana INC
association expects 10 bc IN possession oi
Inc decd very soon. while tho work ot
rri.iycnation is under way and AL prcpara-
tion this, can bc made, for the fair ~ me
fall. is being made Improper con>ldora-
non for economy ard cNpcdlcncN me
.~>ocistion i having all of the uSable
material moved from the old grounds 10
the new The concrete grand stand. one
al the best in the country. IS about 20 per
cent completed on the new grounds.
show Iing is being constructed, a y also
!, platform from which open-air per
formancc> can he given, while i ls eN-
prcted 10 let thr contract IN lew days
fer grading the race track Nhic y I
true that Labor i scarce and the "'Nt "i
everything that enters into the project Is
high. nevertheless tie managers feel con
tidont that everything viii be in shape 10
hold the fair AZ the appointed tune, start
ing on Labor DAY
But il the fair is to be larger ana on
more prctentious scale than II has been
heretofore, and that Is what the manage
ment has been aiming al from wear 10
wear. larger financial backing will hc
necessary than is now guaranteed The
limited funds at the disposal 81 the
management have enabled II TO duphcate
the fair, and even add 10 the facilities and
make many things better than was pos
sible al WawaSet Park, but not on the
scale that had been hoped for The work
i being prosecuted in such a manner
however. as 10 make development possible
as the money therefor becomes available
The managers would much like to see
additional financial help, in order that
their ideas. a. 10 the magnitude 81 The
exhibition. could be carried out AT Tins
time. rather than uait i year or two.
The ;a.r ! State Institution quite
IS much - ~ i city Institution 80 far ~
tie alnt,elncnt> 90 they are interesting
Ia cit, and Gown-~tatc people alike whsc
lie SANE l. true Of the agricultural ex-
hibi1- which however mean more - the
people engaged in agriculture than to
,ho>o Who livc III the city and know
nothing about farming therefore u = ali
institution IN which every HclH"arcan
can we'll take pride L also affords an
annual diversion in which the whole State
Is Interested Wilmington, Of course,
benefits by the large number Of visitors
that il brings TO the city, but don't these
visitors benefit by coming to the city as
wellas coming 10 the fair? Soft is mutually
beneficial and We should all feel a mutual
interest in doing all We can to make the
fair as big and important as Is possible, SO
that once a year the whole world-h It
GOULD do so-could come to VIII
mington and in this general clearing
house could sec what the State OF Della
ware i, doing and what II has to offer TO
attract the attention Of the rest Of the
world
so W. must make II possible not only
for the falr to continue but for u ID grow
and not only keep pace With the tunes.
b,,, be in = position AZ all times 70 reflect
the bIg things that Delaware can do IN
all lines Of activity II IS not money
making proposition. and W. should all
look at II through 4 vision of state pride.