ANNUAL MEETING. 93 



SECOND SESSION. 



The second session of the Indiana State Association of Fair 

 Managers was called to order at 2 o'clock p. m. Hon. H. L. 

 Nowlin, President, in the chair. 



The following paper was presented by Mr. ISTowlin: 



Gentlemen of the Indiana Association of Fair Managers: I wish to 

 congratulate the managers of the fairs of 1901 on the great success attain- 

 ed. Very few were failures either in exhibits or from a financial stand- 

 point. It Is true that in some sections of our great State the severe drought 

 cut the products of the farm to such an extent that exhibits were short 

 and many farmers felt themselves unable to attend. We are glad to 

 note, however, that these cases were the few exceptions. 



The program for this meeting states that circuits will be given an 

 opportunity for organization, etc., but I think there are a number of other 

 things that might be profitably discussed by the entire session. I do not 

 believe the officers of fairs always appreciate the advantages that would 

 be derived from a more uniform classification. Of course hardly any two 

 fairs can give the same amount of money, but any circuit can so arrange 

 their lists that exhibitors can follow the entire circuit. I have exhibited 

 swine for a number of years and have some ideas from the exhibitor's 

 standpoint. It may be argued that exhibitors have no organization, and 

 there is none in name, but they usually understand each other fully, and 

 are going after the most money, and the circuit that is the best oi'ganized 

 and gives the most uniform classifications will get the best exhibits. To 

 illustrate: One year I exhibited in my home circuit four weeks and would 

 gladly have continued there, but I could not show my stock to advantage, 

 and the next week found me at Terre Haute, the following week in 

 Illinois, week following this in eastern Indiana, then over in Ohio, and 

 finally back on the original circuit. The result was that some of the fairs 

 were without a SAvine exhibit. What is true in one department is true in 

 all, and I wish to ask each circuit in Indiana this year to give this subject 

 more attention, and I believe it will be to our mutual benefit. 



Good circuits advertise each other's fairs at a less cost and much more 

 successfully than it can be done in any other way. 



Another subject that always troubles all fairs and is of vital impor- 

 tance, is the concessions allowed on the grounds. Even if there are no ob- 

 jectionable features admitted; the arrangement of the outfits can greatly 

 mar the beauty and convenience of the grounds. 



No fair association, to my knowledge, has ever yet been able to stem 

 the tide that sets in against it if it makes the mistake of admitting ob- 



