PART III 



Fourteenth Annual Convention of the Iowa Fair Managers' 



Association. 



The meeting was called to order at ten o'clock by President 

 Carl E. Hoffman. The roll was called and the secretary in- 

 structed to read the names of committee members. 



Secretary Bacon : The first committee is the Credentials Com- 

 mittee : W. S. Weary, C. H. Tribby and H. S. Stanbery. 



Resolutions Committee: Chas. Barber, E. A. Giles and R. D. 

 Hawks. 



President Hoffman : The next on the program is the secre- 

 tary's report. 



The secretary read a brief report of the 1920 annual meeting 

 which will be found in full in the 1920 Year Book of Agriculture. 

 He also reported as follows on legislative work : 



"At this time I want to make a short report of the efforts of the Legis- 

 lative Committee composed of Carl Hoffman, President; Ed. Estel, Vice 

 President; Frank Gatch, Treasurer, and Pat Bacon, Secretary. We were 

 assisted by Mose Stanbery and by the Executive Committee of the Iowa 

 State Board of Agriculture, Charles Cameron, President, J. P. Mullen, 

 Vice President, and A. R. Corey, Secretary, in their efforts in getting the 

 State Aid increase from $1,500 to $2,000, an increase of $500. A more 

 detailed report will be made later by E. S. Estel, Vice President. As the 

 bill was first drafted a five thousand dollar limitation was first asked for, 

 but it was impossible to get the bill through with that limitation. Your 

 Committee then thought they could get the bill passed with a three thou- 

 sand dollar limitation. 



"I want to state that Hoffman, Estel, Gatch and Stanbery deserve praise 

 for getting this increase in State Aid. I have heard that it has been 

 reported that by the State Board of Agriculture asking for an appropria- 

 tion for the State Fair that they hurt the chances of the County and Dis- 

 trict Fairs in getting the bill for increased State Aid passed. I want to 

 state here that such is not the case and the Executive Officers of the State 

 Board of Agriculture helped us get our bill passed and in no way did they 

 hurt us. We need better harmony and co-operation between the members 

 of the State Board of Agriculture and the fair secretaries of the County 

 and District Fairs throughout Iowa. The State of Iowa has more County 



