Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 October 1910 — COUNTY FAIRS DON’T PAY. [ARTICLE]

COUNTY FAIRS DON’T PAY.

There has been some talk h;re this week about organizing a fair association in Rensselaer, purchasing grounds and holding annual fairs. We believe the move w'ould not prove a good one From a financial view point for the stockholders. Time was when county fairs paid expenses at least, but now' there is scarcely a county fair in the county that makes both ends meet, and many are being abandoned each year. Remington, Kentland, Morocco and dozens of other fairs have been abandoned after losing the stockholders considerable money. The Crown Point fair lost about S6OO in each of the two last years; Bosw r ell, we are tqld, no longer pays, nor does Tippecanoe, and both associations have been talking of disbanding. Even the State fairs have a hard time to make expenses, and w r e cannot attribute it altogether to bad management. If some of our people have some money they would like to contribute to the public good we believe they can find better means than sinking it in a county fair association. Besides, some other means might cause them less worry.