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an idea of the system that has proven very satisfactory, but one which 

 we realize is not perfect. There may be some one in the convention here 

 who has some good ideas that will be of benefit to all of us and we will 

 be glad to have them give them to us at this time. I have not gone into 

 the details very much and if any of you would like to ask any questions I 

 will be very glad to answer them if possible. 



Mr. Bacon : I would like to ask you how you handle the auto- 

 mobile gates. That is the ticket sellers outside of the gates, and the 

 matter of tax. 



Mr. McBeath: We don't handle the tickets at the automobile 

 gates, they are handled by the treasury department. That is done 

 almost entirely thru the men selling the tickets at the gates. We try 

 to get to the people in the cars before they get out of their cars and 

 thus avoid men getting out of their cars and congesting the gate. 



The President : If there are no more questions, the next topic will 

 be taken up, which is "Concessions," led by Mr. Don V. Moore, who 

 is the worthy successor of our old friend Joe Morton. Mr. Moore. 



Don V. Moore, secretary, Interstate Fair Association, Sioux City, 

 Iowa: 

 Mr. President, Gentlemen: 



It is a pretty big job for a man who has just moved into your state to 

 be asked to speak on this subject. I did not solicit the place on your 

 program, and when I consented to talk on this subject I was distinctly 

 informed not to write a paper. I wish to thank the officials of the asso- 

 ciation for this opportunity of speaking to you men today. 



My first name is Don, and I hope to be one of you as long as they con- 

 tinue paying me a decent salary. 



Concessions is a hard proposition to talk about. I will make one or two 

 general assertions and then if you have any questions to ask, and I 

 can give you any help, I will do so. I have always considered that any 

 fair man, secretary or manager, who would have a coot show on his 

 grounds, or a fortune-telling show, a mighty poor fair manager — awfully 

 poor. One year I had five coot shows on my own grounds. (Laughter.) 

 I have always had fortune tellers, and I expect to continue having them. 



Last year I came back to South Dakota to visit the South Dakota State 

 Fair. There was a party of us, consisting of my sister and her husband, 

 and another couple from South Dakota, and we were walking along the 

 streets seeing the sights when a fellow tried to sell my sister a piece of 

 chewing tobacco, and I thought that was the limit, and that no decent 

 fair manager would permit such pests on the grounds. (Laughter.) When 

 I came to Sioux City to take charge of the fair, the first thing I saw when 

 I visited the grounds was a building all plastered over with Climax Plug 

 tobacco signs, and I said, "What's that?" and they said that was their 

 building. I said, "Does he stay there?" And they answered "No, he has 

 five or six men walking around the grounds soliciting sales." And that 



