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(Mr. Lauer called on for remarks.) 



Chairman: Mr. Lauer, you are called on. 



Mr. Lauer: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen— I heard a pretty 

 good story this afternoon by the manager of the Orpheum theater. 

 He put it in this way: "Why is a Ford car like an affinity?" 

 The answer is, "You can have an awful lot of fun if you don't 

 appear in public with them." 



I thank you very cordially for this honor that has been thrust 

 upon me. I am like Mr. Morton— I will say, with your co-opera- 

 tion I will do the very best I can. It seems to me from what I 

 have seen this afternoon that if this organization could be. 

 organized with some sort of permanence, if there could be a 

 permanent organization having certain rules and regulations 

 and definite ideas that we should all live up to, we could ac- 

 complish more. It occurs to me that if we were organized in 

 some such manner, if we had rules to which we should all abide, 

 we would get better results at county and district fairs; but, 

 for my part, I will do all I can to further the interests of the 

 association. 



Mr. Clark: Mr. President — At the meeting this afternoon the 

 subject of state aid for county fairs was taken up for discussioil 

 and it was decided that that subject be continued tonight. There 

 does not seem to be anybody ready to speak on it, and I desire 

 to offer a resolution, not for the purpose of cutting off any dis- 

 cussion on that proposition, for I would like myself to hear a 

 full and fair discussion of the subject, that the president of this 

 association be empowered to appoint a committee of seven men 

 with himself as chairman, three from the members of this as- 

 sociation and three from outside, to have full charge of the sub- 

 ject for state aid for county and district fairs. I make this mo- 

 tion, Mr. President, with this thought : This is an important com- 

 mittee, and, while we have a Avhole lot of good men in here, if we 

 try to elect a committee here tonight, I don't believe we will 

 have as good a result as we will to leave it to Mr. Morton, the in- 

 coming president, to make the appointments after canvassing the 

 available men over the state of Iowa. I have made this motion 

 that he appoint a committee of seven, Avith himself as chairman, 

 three members of this association and three outside of this as- 

 sociation. 



