116 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



The President : The next order of business will be the election 

 of president, vice president and directors from the even numbered 

 districts. Vice President John P. Mullen was called to the 

 chair. 



Mr. Mullen : Gentlemen the first office to be filled is that of 

 president. Nominations for president for the ensuing year will 

 now be in order. 



Mr. W. W. Morrow : I wish to place in nomination for the 

 office of president a gentleman who is known wherever fairs are 

 held. I place in nomination, Mr. C. E. Cameron to succeed him- 

 self. Motion seconded by Mr. Geo. H. White. 



Mr. Earl Ferris, Franklin County; moved that nominations 

 close ; that the rules be suspended and the secretary instructed to 

 oast the vote of all delegates present for Mr. Cameron for presi- 

 dent. Motion seconded by Mr. W. E. Weary. Motion unanim- 

 ously carried and the secretary so cast the forty-three votes of 

 the convention for Mr. C. E. Cameron, Buena Vista County, to 

 succeed himself as president and Vice President Mullen declared 

 Mr. Cameron duly elected president for the ensuing year. 



Mr. C. E. Cameron : In all the time I have been connected with 

 fair work, I don't know of a time when I have enjoyed a meeting 

 as I have this one today and the one we had yesterday. While 

 both meetings have not been so largely attended as some in the 

 l^ast, they have been the most interesting I have ever attended. 

 We have been surrounded by the most interesting fair men in 

 this country, supporters of the fairs of Iowa, and it has been an 

 inspiration to me. I am glad, gentlemen, to again associate 

 myself with such a bunch of boosters as you are — you who are' 

 working day and night to boost the agricultural interests of Iowa. 

 I thank you ! 



The President : The next office to be filled is that of vice 

 president. Nominations are now in order. 



Mr. C. E. Curtiss, Story County : There is always a high com- 

 pliment in having worthy work well done, and this fair has that 

 kind of a man in the position of vice president. About a year ago 

 a man who was visiting otir fair, representing a foreign govern- 

 ment came to me and said he wanted to buy several hundred trac- 

 tors — that he wanted to arrange to buy them on the fair ground 

 for his government, and he wanted to know where he could get 

 the best information about those tractors. He said he didn't 



