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part of your supervisors — to give you this aid, and since I came to 

 this meeting I have seen a few who have received $1,000, and I 

 want to tell you that the board of supervisors can give it to you 

 each year and take it out of their general fund. Understand, it is 

 up to them ! 



Another matter, the amendment to the law with reference to in- 

 surance, which was passed two years ago by the legislature. I can 

 explain it best by giving you the experience of my own fair as a 

 criterion. Two or three years ago no mutual association or farmers 

 mutual could insure fair ground property or municipal buildings, 

 but that has now been changed so as to permit it. If you people will 

 get after your mutual societies you will be able to save money on 

 your insurance premiums, and you should have no difficulty getting 

 the business because the fair grounds are owned by the people in- 

 terested in the insurance company. In our county we have gotten 

 our insurance in a mutual company for $22,000 and last year our 

 assessment was a little over $8. You can speak all you want to of 

 the expense of coming down here, but if you will take that up with 

 your insurance officials, you will save yourself a big piece of 

 money, and will be well repaid for your expenditure in coming to 

 this meeting. As I say, $22,000 was taken out on our property last 

 year at a cost of a little better than $8, and I can cite you to sev- 

 eral similar cases. 



With regard to our pamphlet, I want to extend at this time my 

 appreciation to the attractions people who bought space in it and 

 made possible its publication. The people who paid for that ad- 

 vertising practically paid for that book, and I want at this time to 

 extend to them the thanks of the convention for their support. 



At this time I want to say that there are only two fairs in the 

 state of Iowa that do not belong to the association, — that is of the 

 old, original fairs that have been receiving this state aid, and in 

 total there are only eight fairs in the state of Iowa at this time that 

 do not belong to this association. There were seven fairs in Iowa 

 this year that were new fairs, and two of them have already joined. 

 There is a fair that is going to be organized for next year and they 

 have already joined. 



I might in just a few words explain something about the require- 

 ments of membership. The question came up in a discussion this 

 morning, what requirement or what was the origin of the condition 

 of membership. In the legislature four years ago we had the state 

 aid raised from $300 to $800, and I am sorry to say that the asso- 



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