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products and it is a question whether we will be allowed 

 to make an exhibit of that kind; we have not had any 

 definite answer on that point. If that can not be done 

 the exhibit that is to be made will have to be made in 

 the National Building, and in that case this State 

 Board of World's Fair Commissioners are not author- 

 ized to appropriate money from that $800,000 to 

 exhibit in that building. Now, so far as the Working 

 Dairy is concerned, I understand that is an independent 

 organization of dairymen throughout the United States 

 that propose to have a working dairy there. Now, 

 we have had a meeting of this live stock committee, we 

 have discussed that question thoroughly in committee. 

 When the legislature met last winter there was a 

 great pressure brought to bear by the live stock indus- 

 tries of this State to have a specific amount set aside 

 by that industry for the State of Illinois, and $40,000 

 was set aside. Now, we know of no way in which we 

 could use that. The National Commission would not 

 allow us to make a classification, they would not allow 

 us to make an exhibit of the State, and we didn't 

 know how we should use that money. We decided 

 that a certain per cent, should go to the horse industry, 

 a certain per cent, to the cattle, a certain per cent, to 

 the sheep and a certain per cent, to the poultry; but 

 whether we w^ould have a right to apportion a part of 

 this money to pay premiums on the cattle that were 

 entered from this State in the National Dairy Show 

 was a serious question. There were three out of five of 

 the committee that were in favor of that. There were 

 two or three short-horn men that thought if that was 

 done there ought to be an apportionment made to the 

 Fat Stock Show. The matter stands that way. The 

 money is appropriated, 33 per cent, to the cattle, and 



