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have in the first place got to prove that you allowed and sanctioned 

 that apparatus to run. If you go to the attorney general on these 

 things, I am afraid, boys, that you will curtail your concession de- 

 partment, because not one-third of them will obtain a license, be- 

 cause Havner will want a certificate of character from them, and 

 they won't have it, and some of the things that you have which are 

 legitimate, and the fellows that come from the outside will say: 

 "I didn't know we had to have a certificate," and he is offering you 

 $25 for 10-feet of space, and you see it is legitimate but you can't 

 take him on. It seems to me that we ought to go pretty slow on 

 this proposition, because I am afraid you will curtail your conces- 

 sion department and make it mandatory that a man secure a license 

 from the attorney general of the state of Iowa, because we all know 

 that Mr. Havner is mighty strict along these lines. My soul and 

 heart are in the county fairs of the state of Iowa, and I want to do, 

 and try to do, everything I can do to build them up, and you all 

 know, gentlemen, that the success of all things is because nothing 

 succeeds like success, and that success means when you have a bal- 

 ance on the right side of the ledger each year. If you have a man 

 in the concession department that is not capable, and that is inclined 

 to let them in, change concession men. Go around and see that the 

 men live up to the concession that the contract calls for, and I think 

 you will have no trouble with the concession men that are on your 

 grounds. 



Mr. Harvey : If these concessionaires unknown to the secretary 

 come in here and ask for a concession, let him ask : "Where do 

 you come from, Mr. Concessionaire?" "I live down here at Boone." 

 "Are you acquainted down there?" "Yes, yes, I was down there 

 at the fair." "Who do you know down at Boone," and he says he 

 knows so-and-so, and you ask : "Will he give you a recommenda- 

 tion?" and he says: "Yes, I think so." Leave it open so that 

 you can catch those fellows if you want to. We all have to work 

 for all we get out of these fairs, you all know that. You put in a 

 good chief of police on your ground and you will have none of that 

 business on hand. I had the distinction and honor of serving as 

 chief of police on our fair grounds for ten years, and we had noth- 

 ing but a pair of shoes and a bridle stolen on the ground during that 

 entire time. I feel a little bit proud of that, and our president took 

 the honor and said he hoped it would continue that way. Take 

 these concessionaires when they come in and say to them : "Un- 

 derstand, if you violate any law here, Mr. Concessionaire, you will 



