Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-08
IOWA At TIE BIG FAIR
Commissioner Leach's Idea OF
How States Appropriations
Should Be Spent.
Administration OF the Iowa Build
ing Will Cost SIS, OOO-..Other
Expenditures.
Cost Of the Building Will Be
$6O,OOO--.A Big Live Stock
Exhibit.

Des NIoines. July S.-"The administra-
ton of the Iowa building at the ST.
4 Louis fair will cost about $4,000. be-
lieve, if it is carried on properly" said
| Commissioner S. Nj. Leach. Enter
| tainment at the building should be of
such a character as to make every visi-
tor there feel at home. to make every
Iowa man proud and to make every
man not an Iowan wish he We're one.
y reading room, jaintors, matrons. EN-
ployes for all sorts of necessary service
| should be supplied in sufficient numbers
to make them always cheerful. enter
! tanning and courteous. One person. for
1 instance. can not preside continually
over the reading room. The state can
afford to give good service here and
Tot expect an employe to live in the
building. If this sort of thing is done
| properly and the building is taken care
OF as it should be during the time of the
exposition, / am satisfied that the adj
ministration will cost a considerable
sum, ANA when the commission makes
it's plans it should appropriate enough
for that purpose. / have estimated an
expenditure of $4,000 for administra-
| ton in the figures which / have pre-
scented to the commission.
The Iowa commission for the Chi.
cago fair spent $4,000 on music. es-
innate an expenditure of $1,000 at st.
Louis will be sufficient. That commits
sion, by the way, expended $141.000 and
we have an appropriation of $4,000
only. / estimate that the Iowa COM
mission at st. Louis should expend $780,
600 in Il building. including the struc-
ture. plumbing, ting. walks,
grounds. fixtures, ETC. About $4,000
was expended for a building at Chi
oago, as l remember it, The sum OF
S16,SS1 was spent there for administra-
ton and $13,S44' for salaries and en-
p!oyes. l suggest $4,000 for employees
and superintendent. The commission
will.cost about $4,000 and the secretary
and clerical force should not cost to
exceed $4,000 additional. AT Chicago
the special days cost about $4,000, while
believe $4,000 ought to cover this ex-
rense at st. Louis. The live stock ex-
iIlpil Stl SSili1aEO GoSl SS..fl, L Suggest
$4,000 for st. Louis. The agriculture
and dairy exhibits Ut Chicago took S.
0i5 and figure on $4,000 for both at
st. Louis. would put $4,000 into hor-
ticulture instead of $500 as at Chicago
This doesn't look much as If we fig
ured on ignoring the agricultural in
terests of the state in making the show
at ST. Louis, does it? 1t is a mistake
TIC imagine that we plan on that. But
we do plan on making it clear to the
people who visit the Iowa part of the
st. Louis exposition that not only does
Iowa lead in agriculture, but her posi-
bilities in manufacture are unlimited
and her progress in the arts and sci
ences has been as great as that of any
state in the country. Instead of maxi
ing the exhibit altogether one of hogs
and corn we will try to make it of
larger scope.
The st. Louis commission is figuring
or an expense of not to exceed $1,000
for the press. The Columbian EXPOSE
ton spent $3.50 on this item. The On |
aha commission paid nothing. appar-
emily. For the Columbian exposition
the sum of the expense for printing.
stationery. postage and kilograms was
S1,91S. Mr.. Leach figures on an eX-
renditure of $4,000 for an illustrated
booklet to be given away to visitors to
the Iowa building, a publication which
they will keep. Mr.. Leach believes
thoroughly in publicity. Some of our
people think we should sit down as an
agricultural state he said, and tell
everybody we can grow farm products, |
but we can't take care of manufactures.
1 believe III insisting that we can AMI
inviting manufacturers to come here
and judge. They are the people that |
ought to know whether we can or can
not furnish cheap enough fuel, cheap
enough transportation, good enough |
market and sufficient thrifty, conscien-
tious labor to make manufacturing n
success. We can never expect them to
come here of theii' own motion, to be-
gin with. Let's give them information
about ourselves. We can only do this
by talking to them. A descriptive book
let giving them information about Iowa
will help. Hence my suggestion for
$4,000 expenditure In this direction"
The suggestion has been made that
the commission could not spend $4,000
or $4,000 of the $125,000 they have to
eXpen9 to better advantage than In |
advertising the part that Iowa will take
in the st. Louis exposition in the press
of this state. There are 100 counties
and perhaps 500 spent in county
would result in more Iowa people visit
ing the fair each one walking ency-
olopedia of information about the state,
than any other method of publicity
that could be adopted
BAD STORM IN CHICAGO.
Lightning Kills One and Does Much