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the forty-seventh year of our fair. We were incorporated with a 

 fifty-year limit, and soon will have to reorganize. 



The suggestion the President made in regard to gambling is a 

 good one. At our fair the peoj>le send their families without 

 any fear of their being contaminated. We allow nothing of that 

 kind. We will not even allow the little prize packages with a 

 ring in each to be sold. These small things are the first step along 

 the road to gambling. 



The circuit forming is a very essential thing. We have a cir- 

 cuit in southern Indiana. We have it arranged so that the fairs 

 do not conflict with one another. Carmi, 111., is asking to come 

 into that circuit ; some Kentucky fairs are already in it. 



It is a question how we are going to divide the State up suffi- 

 ciently well to make good fair circuits all over the State. It seems 

 to me it is a difficult matter to gauge the charges for exhibits. We 

 charge by the foot, and if they, do not run their affairs according 

 to the rules of our fair they are stopped. The exhibitors who 

 start in this circuit find the rules prevailiuj^ and the treatment 

 they receive at different fairs is confusing and troublesome to 

 them. Gate receipts differ in different fairs. I think this should 

 be remedied, and have all the fairs charge the same. I think we 

 ought to try to get a uniform series of rules and treatment of 

 exhibitors. We haven't had any special attractions for some years 

 at our fairs. We do not pay much attention to them, but try to 

 do good permanent work and give exhibits that are interesting 

 to the people who come. The manufacturing industries at these 

 fairs are getting better and better every year. 



Mr. Dungan : You don't allow any whisky sold on the ground, 

 do you ? 



Mr. Mitchell : 'No, sir, we do not. 



Mr. Dungan: How can you prevent them from bringing it in 

 in bottles? 



