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If we go in now, we will have to go in some central part of the 

 case. That has not come to us in writing, so even in that feature 

 we are not sure. There are only two 16 feet places left in the 

 middle. An}- pull you have with these gentlemen use it for you 

 are liable not to have a dairy exhibit at all, and that from this 

 state that is producing thirty million dollars worth and probably 

 this year thirty-five million dollars worth of dairy products, and 

 yet horticulture will get more money and only had four million 

 dollars worth of products. I don't blame Mr. Dunlap, but I do 

 want our share. 



We think we have a very strong committee, as strong as 

 the state can give them. We can't get the desired amount 

 because there is a screw loose somewhere. Thy have 

 a great many claims for the money; all manufacturnig 

 interests are after it. They started first with an oft'er 

 of $2,000 for dairying, but it costs $2,000 to get this 

 case. We don't want a case and nothing in it or nothing to do 

 any work with. To put butter therein the way it ought to be 

 done and a man to look after it takes money. You can't work in 

 St. Louis the same as you can in Greenville. I am satisfied we 

 could have made the display if we had been given the reins. 

 These sculptors of butter are all busy, and there are only a few 

 of them in the country. AXdien this was first mentioned and we 

 had engaged them then, we could only have come in fourth if 

 employed at that time. If we get them now they may not be able 

 to get anything done before July. This same committee will ask 

 to be continued, and the Committee on Nominations will have 

 a chance to vote on it. 



By the President : — We will now have the report from the 

 Nomination Committee, by Mr. Kimsey. 



Mr. Kimsey: — To the Hon. President, Officers and Mem- 

 bers of the Illinois Dairymen's Association. 



Gentlemen : — \\>, your committee, appointed to make nom- 



