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should be overlooked. But' as I said, in starting out, it does not 

 make any difference if you have the goods, you have to do some- 

 thing to get the crowd. There are some of these things that can 

 be worked out in a place where, on account of mismanagement, 

 your faii^ are in disrepute, and the public is giving you absent 

 treatment. You have to do something to win back their confidence. 

 You can gradually grow out of that thing. You can quit that. 

 That is not suitable for the Marshalltown fair, or the Waverly 

 fair, or the Rock Rapids fair or Sioux City, or any of those fairs 

 that are established on this broader and better basis, and I simply 

 make these additional remarks because I do not want to be mis- 

 understood. I believe in the educational fair, in the exhibits, but 

 I think that entertainment should not be overlooked. You know 

 that people do like to get something for nothing. 



Delegate from Sutherland : I wish to make inquiry in regard to 

 the remark I made a moment a^o with reference to admission. In 

 some paper of state repute I saw something to the effect that all 

 fairs that received state aid in their association should charge 

 fifty cents admission. Our board has that impression, and thought 

 that was so, I wish to take home if that is or is not so. 



Mr. Corey : This migbt have been a newspaper report, but I 

 don't think the state law has anything to do with the fixing of the 

 admissions. I think it must be left entirely with the local asso- 

 ciation. 



A Delegate: I would like to say one word in regard to admis- 

 sions. We feel that with us thirty-five cents is enough to charge 

 for a county fair. When you go to the state fair you expect some- 

 thing bigger and better, and you expect to pay fifty cents for it. 

 It ought to be worth the money. While we have been urged to 

 increase our admission fees, I am one of the board and am speaking 

 as one of the board of the live fair at Waverly, and am content to 

 keep our admission at thirty-five cents. We don't want people to 

 think that we found we could have a successful fair on thirty-five 

 cents, and then we must now have fifty. We think as long as we 

 are successful at thirty-five we will continue at that price. 



About family tickets, a year ago I was a member of the board 

 of the fair in Bremer County, and they issued family tickets, and 

 I want to state that it grew so much that it killed that fair. It 

 was like the old lady who got off the train one time. She had 

 with her her children, and she had a very large family, and they 

 all trailed off in a line. Some fellow standing by came up and 



