546 IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



MACHINERY HALL FUND. 



Receipts. 

 Collected from firms exhibiting in ball $ 59. 50 



Disbursements. 



Fund overdrawn last report $ 3.66 



F. M. Brown, bill 13.50 



Ulrich Willy 45.00 $62.15 



Fund overdrawn 2.65 



Respectfully submitted, 



J. C. Daly, Secretary. 



REPORT OF AUDITING COMMITTEE. 



We, the Auditing Committee, would respectfully report that we have 

 examined the reports of M. W. Ashby, Treasurer, and J. C. Daly, Secretary, 

 and checked same with bills and vouchers attached thereto and find the 

 same to be correct as reported. 



F. M. Brown, 

 A. E. Anderson, 

 N. H. Trimble, 

 Auditing Committee. 



It was moved, seconded and carried that the report of the sec- 

 retary be accepted. -Moved, seconded and carried that report of 

 treasurer be accepted. 



President : That ends our business meeting, but in view of 

 the fact that we have a long program for the afternoon and that 

 "unfinished business" appears on that program, T will take the 

 liberty of taking up the "unfinished business" at this time. 



Mr. Wright : Mr. Chairman, I will make a few remarks. 

 As everyone knows T am very much interested in having the next 

 legislature increase the number of assistants. Now the com- 

 mittee just appointed will be absolutely powerless unless you fel- 

 lows will help. When they go to Des Moines and bring the matter 

 before the legislature and tell them what we want the represen- 

 tative will say, "Yes, yes, that will be all right," but the son of 

 a gun won't do a thing. But when you people who elect him go 

 to him and ask him to do anything he steps side^ways to do it. 

 That is what you people have to do. The committee will engineer 



