Seventy-Third Annual Repokt 1303 



Mr. Tuttle : I do not see why the embarrassments that our 

 Secretary speaks of could not be easily avoided by allowing the 

 holders of life-membership tickets to enter the grounds at the en- 

 trances where the turnstile does not exist. 1 know last year that 

 a number of people were admitted to the fair on a proper voucher. 

 For instance, working at the fair last fall I was endeavoring to 

 get some material for the Food Investigating Commissiou. Mr. 

 Huson, who was a member of that commission, very kindly volun- 

 teered to delegate certain of his force to assist in getting the infor- 

 mation. Now, I know that they had a red ticket and they were 

 admitted. They did not go through the turnstile. What is the 

 reason these life-membership ticket holders may not be received in 

 the same way ? 



Mr. Brown : There were no red tickets printed. They had a red 

 button, and they went through a turnstile further down. 



Mr. van Alstyne: Would not that be open to the same objec- 

 tion as the old ticket system, that they would be transferable and 

 the fellow at the gate would not know whether the holder was a 

 member or not ? 



Mr. Park: I was an exhibitor at the fair last year. Each and 

 every exhibitor, I think, went through the exhibitors' gate. I do 

 not see why the life members could not go through the same gate, 

 which is onlj^ a few steps from the other turnstile. 



Mr. Sciiriver: My opinion is that if the state or State Fair 

 Commission made a contract with the life members of this asso- 

 ciation, that contract ought to be sacredly kept, whatever diffi- 

 culties or embarrassments or nonsensical notions might be involved. 

 We should, whatever we do, command the respect of the general 

 population. We could aiford to sacrifice a little inconvenience and 

 do a little extra work and perhaps lose 25 cents here and there, to 

 maintain the respect and consideration of the agricultural com- 

 munity. That is my judgment. 



On motion the report of the Secretary was accepted. 



The President: We will now listen to the report of the 

 Treasurer, ]\tr. Harry B. Winters, First Assistant Commissioner 

 of Agriculture. 



