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room — 6ox8o — was offered to us, but no promise could be obtained for 

 any amount of money to assist us in the work. Arrangements, how- 

 ever, were made and fruits were sent in to the cold storage companies 

 at St. Louis and Kansas City, who kindly consented to hold our fruits 

 free of charge. 



Arrangements were also made with the express companies for car- 

 rying our fruits at half rates. 



In August the president and myself visited St. Louis again, and 

 succeeded in getting from the Exposition management about $500 for 

 the defraying of the expenses of the arrangement in the hall, plates for 

 the fruit, covering for the tables and bunting and ornamenting. 



With this in hand we completed our plan and had the tables put up 

 as the following cut will show: 



