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advantages which might accrue and decide not to have it. We are not 

 committed to a spring meeting by voting for this motion; at least, that 

 is not the intention of the motion. It might be that after giving this 

 matter full consideration the executive committee would decide that we 

 would get greater benefits by having one day more here in the fall. There 

 is no reason why we could not commence one day earlier and have two 

 days for our meeting, but the intent of the motion is not to commit 

 us to a spring meeting. 



The Chairman: I appreciate that, Mr. Rigby, and that is the reason I 

 asked for them to stand and indicate who would attend the spring meeting. 

 The executive committee cannot act without the cooperation of the mem- 

 bers of the parent body. As a member of the executive committee this 

 year I would rather have an expression of opinion on anything I was going 

 to act on from the majority members than to go at it and assume all the 

 responsibility. 



Mr. Rigby: Right in this connection let me say further, I believe 

 the executive committee would not give us a spring meeting without 

 taking the matter up with the fair secretaries all over the state and find 

 out how many would attend and how many would be in favor of it. 

 That certainly would go a long way. 



Mr. Rosbrook (Oskaloosa) : I came to this meeting to learn. I am 

 new in the business; it is my first experience this year, and I think this 

 meeting ought to be made long enough so that we can argue these ques- 

 tions more than we have been this morning. We have a large program 

 here and everybody will appreciate the fact that we are crowded for 

 time and things were spoken of and suggested by some members which 

 some of us know nothing about. You cannot get this information through 

 the mails; you cannot get it unless you talk with a man face to face, 

 and right here we have them all together. Mr. Barber made a good 

 point when he said he would like to see it made compulsory for every 

 fair that draws state aid to send a representative to this meeting. We 

 cannot get other people's ideas unless we get together and talk things 

 over, and I would like to see a half day spent in a big room where the 

 men may mingle together and ask and answer questions. 



Mr. Reeves (Waverly): I want to say that I agree with our chair- 

 man in what he said regarding the spring meeting. It occurs to me that 

 an organization composed of representatives of all the fairs in the state 

 would be too large an organization to do anything in the way of buying 

 concessions and arranging circuits in one meeting. You couldn't get 

 around with it, but in northwest Iowa, Sioux City and vicinity, you have 

 a race circuit composed of just fairs enough so that they can arrange it 

 in reasonable time and get the work done. In northern Iowa, Hampton, 

 Waverly and other places, we have another association and meet after 

 the state fairs have secured their attractions. We have plenty of time 

 in the smaller circuits to do those things. Why not have the state 

 organized into various associations, convenient to one another as to 

 railroad facilities and distance and have this meeting at the particular 

 time and place with the attraction men in attendance, and the work 

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