PART III 



Proceedings of State Agricultural Convention, House 



Chamber, State House, Des Moines, Iowa, 



December 13, 1922 



The convention was called to order at 10:00 a. m., by President 

 Cameron who announced that they would start the meeting with 

 community singing led by Alfred H. Smith of Des Moines. 



Vice President J. P. Mullen : Gentlemen we will now proceed 

 with the regular program. The first topic will be the annual address 

 by President C. E. Cameron. 



President Cameron: Gentlemen of the Convention and Fair Managers — 

 We have passed another milestone in state fair history with very satis- 

 factory results. When we consider the condition of the money market 

 and the low prices that prevailed for farm products for the last year, 

 I venture the statement, all these things considered, that from a finan- 

 cial standpoint and in all that goes to make a well balanced show, this 

 year's fair equalled, if it did not actually surpass, all previous efforts. 

 I am led to this belief by the unusual number of high class exhibits 

 shown in all departments, their ideal classification and arrangement, 

 and by the efficient service rendered by those in whose care the exhibits 

 were placed. It is a great pleasure to note this favorable comment on 

 the fair work, for criticism was barely noticeable this year, or at least 

 minimized to an unusual degree. 



Of course there were many other features of the fair deserving of spe- 

 cial mention, but the fact that this particular phase was not overlooked, 

 making it pleasant as well as profitable for the patrons of the fair 

 is surely gratifying to everyone who had anything to do with making 

 the fair a success. There are some things about the preliminary de- 

 tails of the 1922 fair that I want to tell you; some things about the 

 conditions that actually existed when we commenced planning for it. 

 I am doing this because the conditions at that time were so unusual 

 that many perplexities confronted us, and I want to tell you how we 

 met them. 



In planning for this year's fair I am frank to tell you, the board had 

 some misgivings regarding the final outcome. There were plenty of 

 reasons for this uncertainty. You are all aware that this is to a great 

 extent an agricultural state; consequently our people depend in great 

 measure on the prices received for live stock and farm products for 

 their prosperity. The Iowa State Fair, too, is recognized and is pre- 

 dominantly an agricultural and live stock show. So that on the well 

 being of this class of people the fair must depend for support. 



