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in the American Association of Fairs. Mr. Cameron, will you ex- 

 plain that to them please. 



Mr. C. E. Cameron: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen: Being connected 

 with the International Association of Fairs and Expositions for a number 

 of years, being chairman of the membership committee, we have been very 

 strict in regard to the membership of that association from the simple fact 

 that their rates had to be so much and that they had to hold two suc- 

 cessful fairs. There have been several delegations from the different states 

 of the different county fair associations to become members of it. The 

 matter came up for discussion after the committee had discussed it very 

 thoroughly they decided to admit them, for this reason — the associations 

 of Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana and Ohio are members now. Nebraska Is 

 going to make an application and spoke to me in regard to Iowa. I will 

 tell you gentlemen the benefits that can be derived from becoming mem- 

 bers of that association. Y^ou know the international association of fairs 

 and expositions has a membership of all state fairs and expositions in the 

 United States and most of Canada. Every year it gets together a bunch of 

 men who are experts on fair matters. Now each one of these delegates is 

 entitled to a vote in it and to have one man at this meeting. Now that 

 way all the delegates coming to this meeting can listen to the reports of 

 the different fairs and things of that kind, can go home and make a report 

 at your annual meeting just what has taken place, what are the best 

 results of these fairs. The way we look upon this matter is this, it is you 

 gentlemen representing the Iowa Fair Managers Association that makes 

 our fairs a success, it is through you we get the exhibits of these great state 

 fairs all over the United States, and the membership of the International 

 Association took that matter under consideration and thought as long as 

 they were the people who made the state fairs through their exhibits, 

 through influence with the state fairs in their states, that we should admit 

 them as members in the association. I think it is a good thing. If you 

 would send a delegate to our annual meeting of this international associa- 

 tion of fairs and expositions, that delegate could come back and report on 

 what has been doing all over and the state fairs are just the same but 

 upon a larger scale than the county fairs and could come back to you with 

 some ideas and things that I think would be abenefit to you. I think it a 

 good thing. 



Mr. Barber : I move that the Iowa Fair ^Managers Association 

 make application for membership in the International Association 

 of Fairs and Expositions. 



Mr. Bacon : I would like to ofifer an amendment to that motion 

 that the board of directors be directed to send a delegate. 



The motion as amended was seconded, and on being put was 

 carried. 



President Estell : There is another matter Mr. Bacon has to 

 bring up at this time. 



