FOURTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK — PART V. 2l7 



of agriculture. They failed to realize this when we went hefore them 

 once before (as lobbyists who had never been there before and did not 

 Icnow how to go about it), and they turned us down. They did not 

 realize at that time that they were turning down the greatest money 

 interest in Iowa. We want to impress that upon them. 



Another thing in regard to this which I want to bring to your atten- 

 tion, and this to me is a delicate subject — the State of Illinois has had 

 $15,000 donated to make a showing at the St. Louis Exposition, Minnesota 

 as had $20,000, Wisconsin $15,000. and Iowa, the greatest State of them 

 all has $2,500. Is it any wonder we have an uphill fight on our hands? 

 I do not feel like criticising our legislature, but these facts confront us 

 today; we have no State assistance. Minnesota, occupying the place 

 we should have, has nine creamery inspectors, and Iowa, with one third 

 more creameries, has one. It was my pleasure last winter to talk to 

 a few farm institute meetings, and I never failed to bring this matter 

 up and show them the condition of the dairy interests of Iowa, and to 

 impress upon them that when the next legislature was elected we would 

 depend upon the farmers to say that we want money for the Iowa State 

 Dairy Association, and I want to say in conclusion that in order to do 

 this we must commence work at once. We must go into every con- 

 gressional district in the State of Iowa; we simply have to go after 

 every man who has a vote in the legislature, show him the condition 

 we are. in ana ask for this appropriation, and I believe the sentiment 

 is such that we will get it. I thank you. 



The PrKSIdEnt : It has been said, and well said, that an Iowa 

 convention was not a convention without a certain man beino- 

 there. Last year we had a convention and for the first time in 

 iny recollection that man failed to be with tis and we missed him 

 from the time the convention opened nntil it closed. That man 

 is with us tonight and will favor us. I have tlie honor and 

 pleasure of introducing to you Mr. Jules Lombard. 



Mr. Lombard: Before I sing anything, I would like to speak 

 a few words. The dairv interests of the cotmtrv produce more 

 money by fifty millions than all the grain we raise. That is a 

 fact by figures. Now, if yoti aid the dairy industrv you are 

 making prosperity the strongest card in 3'otu" hand. Fight it 

 out on this line. T ani glad to be with you tonight once more 

 and will sing anything you want. A\'hat shall it be, something 

 new or something old ? 



Air. Lombard then favored the audience with several selec- 

 tions in his usual able manner, 'and was heartily encored. 



The President : The next on the program is an address by 

 Governor Cummins. I wish to say for the Governor that he 



