170 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AOKICULTURE 



He walks with us long paths of truth, 

 And guides the old and leads the youth 

 To fairest realms beneath the sky, 

 Where wisdom's fount is never dry. 



"He stands for right and fights a wrong, 

 And helps the weak and makes them strong, 

 And with his pen by his command 

 He holds at bay oppressions hand. 

 He stands for justice and for right, 

 And acts as leader in the fight; 

 By use of ink and with his pen, 

 He fights the devil in his den. 



"He leads our thoughts to higher planes 

 And teaches us to use our brains 

 For your, and mine and others' good, 

 And how to live, as live we should. 



"When stop the rolling wheels of time 

 And when the sun shall cease to shine, 

 And the celestial trump shall sound. 

 And hill and dale and all resound. 



"When every family, tribe and race 

 And all shall take their given place. 

 When on the golden shores wc meet, 

 And kindred shall their kindred greet. 

 When round the holy throne of Love 

 We gather in the courts above — 

 Then may the Recording Angel say. 

 The Printer true shall lead the way." 



We would urge upon you the advisibility of keeping your fairs clean. 

 There are plenty of good attractions, which educate and afford innocent 

 amusement, without the vicious influence so often inculcated in the 

 immature minds of the young people by immoral, indecent shows, which 

 in the past, have obtained space on our county and state fair grounds. 

 Cut out gambling in all its stages; we do not believe the small pittance 

 received from a gambling concession measures up in money advantage 

 for the harm done your patrons. Whenever an unsophisticated country 

 youth is fleeced by a gambler on your grounds, under a concession 

 granted for a money consideration, you are a party to the fraud, and I 

 hope to see the day when every fair in Iowa and Nebraska will realize 

 that lasting success cannot be secured with money received from such 

 sources. 



Greatness comes from opportunity, coupled with ability to properly 

 care for its requirements. That the Iowa fair and exposition is one 

 of the greatest in the United States, is perfectly logical, for Iowa and 

 surrounding states touching its borders raise more than two-fifths of 

 all the corn raised in the United States, one-fourth of all the horses. 



