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Exposition. The World's Columbian Exposition offer 

 no cash premiums for these cows, they offer nothing 

 but medals ; whatever premiums are offered must come 

 from the several States that are represented in this 

 exhibit, and I hope Illinois will be represented there as 

 well as New York. 



I understand also that it is not the intention of the 

 State Board of Agriculture to offer any premiums in 

 this department at all. At one time the papers claimed 

 that they would appropriate $20,000 for our dairy ex- 

 hibit. Now I understand they go back on that, and 

 do not propose to offer anything. Now, what did New 

 York do? She appropriated $300,000, of which $25,- 



000 goes to pay the expenses of the dairy exhibit. You 

 can determine how much Illinois ought to appropriate 

 out of $800,000, if the dairy interests of New York 

 were so great as to call for an appropriation of $25,000 

 out o. $300,000. I hope that this committee will be in- 

 structed bv this convention to put this thins; before our 

 State Board of Agriculture in its very plainest terms, 

 so there will be no misunderstanding as to where we 

 stand after this. I perhaps speak strongly on this sub- 

 ject, but I do it because I have been all through this 

 whole business. I went before the executive committee 

 of the State Board of Agriculture at the request of Mr. 

 Eeed, who was one of the members of the board at 

 that time. I went very hesitatingly I must say, and 



1 represented our interests there to the best of my 

 ability. The papers came out shortly after that 

 stating that the State Board had concluded to set 

 aside $20,000 for the purpose of seeing that Illinois 

 was properly represented in her dairy interests. 

 Now, I understand on the best authority, coming 

 from outside of the board, that they have gone back 

 on that and don't propose to do it. 



