ANNUAL MEETING. 45 



On motion, the address of the President was referred to the Com- 

 mittee on President's Address, viz. : David Wallace, Warder W. 

 Stevens and II. L. ^^Towlin. 



Plon. W. W. Stevens, a member of the World's Fair Commis- 

 sion of Indiana, made the following address : 



Mr. President and Gentlemen — 



I esteem it quite an honor to appear before j'ou today to say a word 

 in regard to Indiana at the coming World's I air. I hiive been requested 

 to confine my remarks to the agricultural feature of our State exhibit, 

 but I shall also say samething about our Indiana building, which is 

 now about completed. This is something you are all interested in. Indi- 

 ana will have the most comjilete club house that will be found upon 

 the Louisiana Purchase Exposition grounds. It will not be the most 

 expensive, but for the purpose of a club house it will be the most con- 

 venient on the grounds. I want to add this much in a general way also, 

 that the Indiana World's Fair Commission members are the servants of 

 the people of Indiana, and they will spare no time, pains or means in 

 order to accommodate all the good people of the State. 



I tind there is one thing more particularly than any other that the 

 people of Indiana want to be looked after, and that is in the way of 

 accommodations at St. Louis. This commission is going to arrange so 

 that every one who attends this World's Fair will have no room for 

 complaint when they go away about being swindled and overcharged. 

 Make your wants known to the commission, and you will be taken 

 care of. 



INDIANA AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. 



Those who have not kept in touch with the work that has been done 

 to develop the Louisiana Purchase Exposition can scarcely realize the 

 fact or endorse the statement that the greatest fair the world has ever 

 seen is near at hand, both as to time and place. 



It was generally conceded by visitors at the World's Columbian Ex- 

 position that its equal would hardly he seen again by the present genera- 

 tion, but we live in an age of rapid advancement and miraculous achieve- 

 ments, so that it is impossible for the mind of man to even conceive 

 what a day may bring forth. 



From April 30 to December 1, 1904, there will be on exhibition at St. 

 Louis a congregation of the latest and greatest products that men and 

 nations of all this world have developed along every line of industrial 

 life, liberal and tine arts, science and invention. 



Our own Government will spend more money, by several millions, 

 and Install a much larger exhibit than it has ever done at any previous 



