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ciation was short of funds, as they always have been, and so a com- 

 mittee was appointed to find a means of meeting the indebtedness, 

 something more than $600, incurred in getting that $500 increase. 

 A good many of you are famiHar with the original Taylor bill, as it 

 was termed, and the expense in connection therewith, and so this 

 committee went to work and made a proviso similar to this, any 

 fair receiving the full amount of state aid was to pay $25, with no 

 fair to pay less than $10 — it was ten, fifteen and twenty, and that is 

 the way that there was created the matter of membership payments. 



I was at the Chicago meeting with Mr. Stanberry and Mr. Bacon. 

 Mr. Stanberry and Mr. Bacon made that trip in connection with 

 other business, but I went just for the fun of it, and it was notice- 

 able at the meeting of the International Association, the pains they 

 took in the selection of their officers. They didn't say, "Well, let's 

 have him, he's a good fellow," and spontaneously elect him, but 

 they said, "Let's take great care in selecting our officers this after- 

 noon, and let's select them carefully." That's the attitude we should 

 take. Get a man that is interested in the work, and if you are 

 voted upon as a member, don't refuse to accept it. The organiza- 

 tion is getting to a place now where it is of influence. So when 

 selecting officers this afternoon, let's do it with some forethought, 

 and not, just because a fellow happens to come here regularly, elect 

 him to an office, but let's select our officers with a great deal of care, 

 and let's don't deteriorate by selecting inefficient officers. 



I have a few words more with regard to several recommendations 

 I want to make. I would recommend that these suggestions be 

 taken up in the course of new business this afternoon. One of the 

 recommendations I would make is that we change the name of the 

 association. Now, I don't know who is going to be our secretary 

 next year, but whoever is your secretary, you can save him a lot 

 of work and labor if you eliminate a part of your present title. At 

 the present time it is the Iowa Association of County and District 

 Fair Managers, and I would suggest and recommend that this aft- 

 ernoon we take up this matter for discussion and change the title of 

 your association to read The Iowa Fair Managers Association. 



I understand there are some boys expecting to be here from the 

 state of Missouri. I also had a letter from some of the boys up in 

 Minnesota who are anxious to attend our meeting. They cannot 

 attend as members now, and I recommend at this time that we take 

 up this afternoon during our business meeting a change in our con- 

 stitution or by-laws in order to permit us to take in these repre- 



