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and a game of chance. He said a horse race was a test of skill 

 between horses, so I don't know what is a test of skill and what is 

 gambling, but I do know this, that this is a simple proposition and 

 it will relieve every officer of the fairs in this state from respon- 

 sibility in that respect, and when they come onto your grounds and 

 ask for a concession, if they have a certificate from the attorney 

 general, let the man that gets skinned snitch if he wants to, because 

 90% ought to be skinned when they try to beat the game. Ordi- 

 narily those fellows are so tight that you couldn't get a quarter 

 out of them for Red Cross or anything else, and yet they come up 

 there and snitch, and for my part I am glad to see him get it. So 

 now since we cannot do it, let's do something here today men that 

 will relieve us of that responsibility. It will put us on a higher 

 plane, it will give us better and cleaner concessions and will not give 

 us gray hairs. Let's do something. I'm for it! I think that every 

 man here ought to be for it. And I want to say further, make it so 

 strong that when we do that any fair officials that let them come in 

 on their ground without their certificates should be barred from 

 their state appropriations. I thank you, gentlemen! 



The Chairman : Now, this is open for general discussion and I 

 would like to hear from others. When you speak, please give your 

 name and come forward because you can be heard so much better 

 if you come up front. Is there any one else wants to talk on this 

 topic? If not, I would suggest that a motion be made so that we 

 can get it as a matter of record, that it be the sense or opinion 

 of this meeting that the attorney general issue from his office a per- 

 mit to concessioners as an evidence of their good qualification to en- 

 ter upon our grounds. That is not just as it should be worded, but 

 you can form the motion to suit yourself. 



W. F. Weary, Sac City: I don't see how that is going to be of 

 benefit. You take a concession man that wants to run in gambling, 

 we have always to be a judge of that ourselves. I had a case of 

 that kind myself last year. I told a concession man positively that 

 he could not run a spindle, but when I walked down the midway 

 later on I found that he had his spindle up, and I promptly tore it 

 down and broke it up. If a man intends to take advantage of you, 

 he'll take advantage of you whether he has a permit from the at- 

 torney general or whoever may issue these permits. He will take 

 a permit for some certain game that qualified, and he will set up 

 something entirely different. The fact that he has this permit 

 doesn't signify that he has a legitimate game. We had our midway 



