The Redwood gazette., 1919-10-01


The time has come, just the Walrus said it
would and just as we always expected It would,
to 'tak of many things" and the chiefest OF these
things right now is What are the members Of
the Redwood County Agricultural Society going
to do to compensate, in money way, the members
Of the Board of Directors for the work they do
each year before, during and after the fair The
fair has grown to such gigantic proportions that
it takes the time and attention of this group OF
nine men for several weeks prior to the annual
event and for the week before, the week OF, and
the week following the fair they do little else
than attend to the business of the Society," having
very little time or energy to devote to their own
business. Each man has thriving and attention
engrossing business of his own which must be
neglected. SO far as the abossD is concerned, for
the busy fair period, the period in which most
business men are reaping real harvest. Even
the farmer members are obliged to be away from
home at d particularly busy time This same
board, with a very few changes, has served for
several years, bringing the Society up from the
depths of oblivion into the present white light OF
success They have worked hard; have stood for
kicks and knocks from men who have stood IN the
BACKGROUND and let the other fellow do the work;
they have done everything to make real fair
out Of a vacant field and a few shares of stock.
This has been done with practically no compensa-
tion for any of them, the salaries paid the execu-
tive Offices being SO small that we would hesitate
telling the world right now just how small value
we have placed on their services. OF course they
could undoubtedly be persuaded . to step out
from under the heavy burdens they have. carried
so long, and let those burdens slip unto other
shoulders which might be willing TO carry them
/ for time without compensation. But that would
be fatal to the fair-it is too big thing 20 put
into the hands of amateurs and should be carried
| on by these men who have created it and brought
| it to its present prosperous state. The Redwood
County fair is the biggest annual event and the
biggest advertising feature of present-day Red
wood County history Let us no longer ask that
its officers and directors do the work with no sal
ary at all or asmere pittance which doesn't begin
to pay for the gasoline they use in transacting
/ the business Of the Society. We cannot nope 20
pay these men sufficient to entirely compensate
them for the work done but they should each re-
Iceive something at least resembling salary. 1T
might be as well to state that the Gazette editor
has not been offered "rake-of" in case this mat
ter is taken care Of as we have suggested TACT
I've have never heard single member Of the Board
suggest that salaries would be acceptable or even
accepted But we have watched their work Tor
/ several years, have seen it grow from year e
| year, and have known very little, through
our work with members Of this board, Of the sac
lrifice Of their own business some Of these men
have been making) We are merely hoping that
THE stockholders will see that Justice j done them
before the fair Of 1920 is over and done.