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gentlemen, to do the best we can. There don't seem 

 to be a definite understanding of the distinction that 

 should be drawn between the Illinois Board of World's 

 Fair Commissioners and the Illinois State Board of Agri- 

 culture. By the law of the legislature they are the same 

 individual men and that is all. If you read that law, you 

 will see that it says this commission shall erect a suitable 

 building, and in that building this exhibition must be 

 made. We have had the advice of one of the best 

 lawyers of the State of Illinois as to how this money 

 shall be used, and we are informed that we can not use 

 a dollar for any exhibit outside of the building, except 

 this $40,000 set apart by the legislature, which is to be 

 divided among the interests of live stock. I don't see 

 why that can not be applied to dairy cattle, but I have 

 heard the objection that it is claimed that they have 

 no right to any portion of that as breeders of live 

 stock. The dairy cow is a manufacturer, simply, she is 

 not interested in breeding live stock, but I am of the 

 opinion that it would not be straining the law very 

 much to give the dairy cow a portion. We can't tell 

 yet how it will be. According to the construction of 

 the Attorney-General, every dollar that we pay out 

 must be shown in the Illinois State Building. We 

 can't tell you anything definite, because we don't know ; 

 we have asked the question three months ago : " Will 

 we be allowed to put anything in our building in the 

 shape of manufactured butter or dairy machinery, or 

 anything of that kind ? " But we have no answer, 

 directly or indirectly. We can not promise anything 

 until we know. You must remember that instead of 

 our building costing us about $150,000, as we expected, 

 it will cost $300,000 ; $120,000 has been taken by the 

 special appropriation, the State Board of Charities 



