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spring meeting is the proper 'thing for that committee, I)ut I don't think 

 it is the proper thing for all the different divisions. 



The suggestion that these different organizations have superintendents 

 appointed to work under them and handle certain entertainments or 

 features of the fair, is a good one, and among the most important are 

 the privilege, amusement, concessions and games, if you please. Now, 

 the spring meeting is the exact time for those people to meet, those super- 

 intendents especially, whether they are members of the executive board of 

 the different district and county fair associations makes no difference. 

 And I think it should always be the object of the executive committee 

 to allow the actual expenses of the privilege men. I am one of them, 

 and I am no pauper, either; but this is a matter of importance as wide 

 as this state, and no individual should be asked or compelled to attend 

 these conventions at his own expense when he practically donates all 

 his labor, his time and his ability to the purpose of benefiting the entire 

 community. 



Now, while we have a good executive committee in our association, 

 and I have perfect confidence in them, yet I am not in favor of turning 

 everything to that committee to handle as they please, because there is 

 not one that possibly understands the necessities and what is required 

 to make a success in each particular department, so I will offer this 

 amendment to the gentleman's motion, that on the third Monday or on 

 the third Tuesday — I will say the third Tuesday in the month of February 

 of each year — the secretary call together at least the superintendents 

 of the divisions, and if necessary the superintendents of the different 

 divisions including the officers. 



With his consent I will offer that amendment; that this committee 

 be instructed to name the third Tuesday in February, which will make 

 it practically a spring meeting, and it is about the time that we want to 

 know what we are at; we are beginning to do business. 



Mr. Barber: The idea was that the executive committee was to simply 

 act as to when this meeting should be held. They are simply to call 

 this meeting and each fair send anybody they please. This committee 

 is not to hire any attractions, but just say what date it is to be, because we 

 do not want to conflict with the state associations. All the executive 

 committee will do is to settle on the date and then your society can 

 send your men there to look over the attractions. It simply sets the date 

 and fixes up the program such as this program today. 



Mr. J. Q. Lauer: Just a few words. I don't know whether this was 

 properly defined, or not, this matter of spring meeting that I have in my 

 report, but the idea was this: That at this one-day meeting there is no 

 chance to getting very far in the way of securing attractions for the 

 county fairs. What I mean is, here we have a meeting preceding the 

 agricultural society meeting and aside from this program have no time 

 to go into fair matters. You took my idea in the first place to mean 

 to do away with this particular meeting, and only send your delegates 

 down here to represent you at the meeting of the state agricultural society, 

 but after a little thought I believe it would be a good idea to send your 

 delegates down here for the agricultural society and then let your delegates 



