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feel like taking your wife and children and recommending other 

 people to go and take their families. 



I move that a committee he appointed to frame the sentiments 

 of this meeting in favor of snch a fair. 



The motion was seconded by Mr. Bridges. 



Mr. Fitch : The way the privilege people act at some of the 

 fairs is a rank outrage on the people of the county. Most of these 

 shows have attachments to them that should be watched and eradi- 

 cated or they will injure the fair. 



Mr. Blackstock : The privileges at the Lafayette Fair amounted 

 to about $1,300, but it took about three men all week to collect it. 



Mr. Fitch : I wish to include in the resolution the sentiments 

 of your report, Mr, President, and also of the Secretary's address. 



Mr. ISTowlin: My understanding of the resolution is that this 

 association should recommend a set of rules that would be of bene- 

 fit to the fair associations of the State. They are not obliged to 

 accept them. 



Mr. Lyons, Jay County : There is one thing in your address 

 that seems to fit my case. That is in regard to keeping all games 

 from the fair ground. We adopted that rule twenty years ago, 

 and have lived up to the letter of it. We were divided somewhat 

 on it. I made a statement of this sort to the people who were 

 opposed to it: "Gentlemen, if you will vote with us to keep out 

 gambling of every kind, every dollar that we are out of after this 

 fair is over I will go down in my pockets and pay." We got their 

 votes. We got complimentaries issued, and I delivered one to 

 each minister in the county. I don't think we ever had a better 

 fair up to that time. We have kept it up and have grown in grace 

 and have done well. T have always felt proud of it, and it pleases 

 me to hear you speak in favor of that kind of fairs. I think the 

 fair managers should give more thought to the management of 



