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wholly: what they want is to know that if they take premiums, same will 

 he large enough to justify them in taking the risk of placing them on 

 exhibition. Personally, I think there ought to be a 50 per cent raise In 

 premiums offered in the professional classes in this department. 



It does seem that we should have a much finer exhibit in this depart- 

 ment. I will say, however, that the exhibit is large enough, as it prac- 

 tically takes up all the space we have in the building. It is not a ques- 

 tion of quantity, it is a question of quality; and in order to get the quality 

 it will be necessary to give larger premiums. 



GENERAL EXHIBITS, CONCESSIONS, ETC. 



The space rented for general exhibits and for concessions deserves 

 some mention. It is a serious question as to what should be charged ex- 

 hibitors on merchandise and manufactured articles; however, I find that 

 all persons, companies and corporations who make such exhibits do so 

 because of the advertising they get out of it. I do not believe they do 

 it for the good of the fair; however, most of them being Iowa people, 

 they take an interest in the fair. They want to see a good fair and 

 exposition, but they largely exhibit for their own good. As a matter of 

 fact, they are a good thing for the fair and the fair is a good thing for 

 them; it is a matter of mutual benefit and should be considered so by 

 the management of the fair, and I believe this fact should be taken into 

 consideration when space is let to exhibitors. However, it is also true 

 that it takes money to run the fair and selling space is one of the ways 

 to produce revenue, but I think good judgment should be used in the 

 matter of selling space and the price of same should be determined more 

 from the nature of the exhibit than from the amount of space used. 



As to selling space to parties who sell their wares, such as are sold 

 by people who are called "fakirs," etc., is a question worthy of attention 

 Now, as a matter of fact, some of these people are good people and are 

 doing a legitimate business, and again there are others who are not worthy 

 to be allowed to do business on the state fair grounds. But it is a dif- 

 ficult matter to always determine who is who; it is a matter that re- 

 quires experience, and it is impossible to tell until after the party begins 

 business, and if any one has been sold a space that is found not to be 

 desirable he should have his contract forfeited. All space sold to persons 

 who are vendors of merchandise should be sold for a good price, as the 

 space is worth a large rental to these people. I presume space to be sold 

 for this purpose should be separate and apart from space sold to exhibitors. 

 That is, they should be placed in a separate building; exhibitors and per- 

 sons who follow fairs to vend wares should not occupy the same build- 

 ing, and when the time comes that there is a fire proof liberal arts build- 

 ing on the Iowa State Fair grounds I hope to see no fakirs allowed in 

 said building. 



PLACING EXHIBITS, ETC. 



The question of placing exhibits in this department is one that should 

 be considered, as generally everything is crowded in on the last entry day. 

 However, if the fair should begin on, say Thursday, and the building be 

 ready to open to the public on Saturday, then I think this trouble would 



