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want a big appropriation, you want forty or fifty thou- 

 sand dollars, everybody else wants lots of it, and we 

 have only $320,000 for the whole thing. We are try- 

 ing to save a part of it, by issuing the circular that Mr. 

 Wyman has spoken of and forming a nucleus towards 

 an exhibit without taking any of this money. We will 

 virtually take six thousand dollars out of the treasury 

 of the State Board, which would otherwise come out 

 of the $30,000 appropriated to the World's Fair. Let 

 me advise you, don't talk to us, appoint your com- 

 mittee and come before us with your matters in shape 

 to tell us what you want. The State Board of Educa- 

 tion came before us asking for $60,000, and we told 

 them to get their figures in shape to formulate a list, 

 and when they got down to it they found they couldn't 

 figure out but half the amount of money they were 

 asking for. Now, then, tell us just what you want and 

 what it will cost, and what you are going to do with it. 

 This commission is held responsible by the State of 

 Illinois as to how this money is spent, and we would 

 not be acting in good faith with the legislature if we 

 allowed this money to go out without knowing what it 

 is to be spent for. Let your committee come before 

 the board, giving us figures of just exactly what the 

 dairymen want and rest assured, gentlemen, you will 

 get every dollar that we can give you. The State 

 Board of Agriculture is making preparations for a grand 

 exhibit in Agricultural Hall. We have twenty or 

 twenty -five thousand dollars in our treasury; we don't 

 know how much we will be able to do for the dairy 

 there, but we will probably, if they will allow us, give 

 you good help in that shape, but we don't want you 

 to get the idea that we are overlooking the dairy for 

 anything else. 



