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hall or ring must feel assured that they hav/e reached the summit in their 

 several lines of industry, if they are to receive even a passing notice from 

 the average farmer or artisan. 



And, by reason of these facts, the expenses, needs and requirements of 

 the exhibitors at the several places of exhibition have been correspond- 

 ingly increased. After all this labor and expense has been incurred in 

 preparing for and making the exhibition, they have a right to, and do 

 expect that their efforts will be recognized and respected, not only by the 

 small premium offered, but also by every comfort and protection that can 

 be throvi^n about them by the management they have honored by their 

 presence and with their exhibits, and the fair of the future, in addition 

 to the usnal courtesies, will accord them free admission, free rental and 

 free entries. 



The management should provide ample and comfortable buildings for 

 exhibits and an advantageous place for exhibiting, that the exhibitors and 

 the visitors patronizing the fair may receive the greatest possible pleasure 

 and profit. 



Great precaution should be taken to avoid dissatisfaction in making 

 awards. To this end the single .ludge system seems to have proven the 

 most satisfactory. These should be persons of acknowledged qualification 

 and integrity, and the greatest discretion should be exercised in their 

 selection, that all suspicion of injustice or favoritism may be reduced to 

 the minimum. 



Every fair should be provided with special committees, composed of 

 pleasant, courteous gentlemen, and those having in charge the care 6f 

 exhibitors should receive them at the gate, escort them to their assign- 

 ments, turn them over to the superintendent of the department to which 

 they properly belong, see that they are comfortably situated and every 

 Avant anticipated. 



They should call upon them frequently during the exhibition, intro- 

 duce them to the people, especially in the same line of business, thus 

 helping them to form acquaintances which may become pleasant as well 

 as profitable afterwards. In short, make them feel that they are welcome 

 and are really the guests of the management. 



Each department should have one or more competent superintendents 

 who are not averse to becoming useful as well as ornamental. They 

 should make every preparation in advance for the reception and care 

 of the maximum number of exhi))its, that there may be no delay or incon- 

 venience to the exhibitors upon arrival. 



They should be resourceful people and, in advance of the fair, put 

 themselves in communication with exhibitors throughout the country, 

 with the purpose of securing their att(nulaiice, and encourage those Avho 

 are unable to attend to place their exliibits in their care, that their de- 

 partments may be complete at the date of the exhibition. 



