Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-23
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ST. Louis Exposition Comm :
sion Will Meet on the Sta' :
Fair Grounds.
Packard Believes We Should Do
Well in All Exhibits-Not
Specialize.
Believed in Des Moines That
Shaw Vas the Cabinet OF.
ficer Interviewed.

Des Moines. Aug. 23.-Ihe Iowa COM
mission on the Louisiana Purchase F-N-
POSITION at st. Louis VIII meet on the
state fair grounds next week and men-
lers will be on hand three or -four days.
the Columbian exposition commission
in the building which WAS erected by
lite Columbian exposition commission
il 1890 or lSsl The Columbian con-
mission had nothing after which to
pattern and The members set about to
get all the information they could about
i&irs and eXpositions ana the resources
OF the state OF Iowa. They had erected
on the state fair grounds small cot
tage which they used for their head
quarters during two state fairs and
" here they received al: who had in
formation to inpart or suggestions to
make After the Chicago fair this
building was loaned TO the weather and
crop service and has been used by Di-
rector Sage and his men ever since. 1t
Will be headquarters this year and
next for the Iowa commission on the
St Louis fair. The members, or at
least several of them, plan to be pres
ent and to there come in contact With
exhibitors and others who are thinking
about what should be done BY Iowa at
St Louis They will also have some
formal meetings When persons who
are known 10 have progressive ideas
are to be invited to speak and present
their views. In this way the members
of the Iowa commission think they Will
gain Il vast amount of valuable lnfor-
nation. The makeup of the commits
sion, it has been pointed out. is OF men
who are appreeiatve of suggestions
made. There are seven business men
and bankers on the commission, three
lawyers. two farmers and one doctor.
The task before them has been grow
ing and they want Information. 1t is
not known how many of the members
can and will attend the meetings next
week. but several have signitied their
intention OF doing so.
Governor Packard. of Marshall conn
". Who is here attending the i;ic AMI
in charge Of the great cattle show. tells
how the Columbian commission, OF
Which he WAS Il member. went at the
work 1T haG in hand. we held great
pany meetings." he SAID, before we
had our plans We'll in hand. When |
WAS appointed and commenced To look
into the thing a little l reached the con-
clusion that ii was something that
Gicln't know a blanked thing about and
that was the Wrong man for the place.
Put | listened ana made inquiries and
GOT the views of everybody that had
ever had anything TO do with eNposi-
tions or fairs and the like. The whole
commission engaged in making in
ot.ilies for many weeks. Finally we
worked out our plans and l think did
we'll with the money at our command.
We tried to cover all matters We'll. We
aid not attempt to throw our strength
into amy one thing. And there is q
matter about which theie seems TO be
some MISUNDERSTANDING among the
people have heard or read good
deal OF rot about what ought to he done
hibit at ST Louis to one or a few
things. For instance. it has been said
We should not DO much in the agricul-
tural department. or with corn and
pumpkins and Grains, that We are Well
enough known in these matters. They
sas- we ought TO make an exhibit OF
mines and manufacturing and things
about which little is known. This is all
Honscnse. Why. the very rules of the
expositon Will forbid the state rs a
stat. doing these things. There will he
an agrie ulturai building and space SET
OF for lowa and Iowa must fill it and
make showing ALONGSIDE of other
states or II will be discredited SO also
in every special department. They must
al b. given some attention and not one
bc forced ut the expense of another.
For some unexplained reason the big
ioIbine houses OF Chicago ana other
cities have not come To Des Moines This
year 1T state fair time Usually bis
Chicago firm sends a dozen men TO Des
Moimes at f;tir time and they rent y
suite OF rooms ut q hotel AND open up
for business They invite business men
all over the state To come here and buy
their goods. In this WAY the Nes Moines
hotels usually get from 5000 to Sl0.-
coo from the big jobbing houses about
this tine of the YEAR Not one OF these
houses is represented this Year. The
implement men. some OF whom have
been keeping away from the state fairs
for some years. are here in great forc1
ana have thei, goods to show To farm
ers and to dealers. They can make use
OF the fair Itself for this purpose. Those
who handle some classes of machinery
are complaining that there is not space
for them They say the state should
have a great machinery nall with ample
power and maintain it in tirst-Class or
DER This will probably be done some
day.
1t will be a source of regret To the
hoItcutufists of the state tn learn that
Nj. j Mraeg, president of the State
horticultural Society, is Ill ut his home
il, this city threatened with appendi-
cits He has not been robust for some
years.
TWO new names have been added To
the list of those that are beins eonsid-
cred as possibilities i'll regard to the
presidency of the Iowa State College at
Ames. Professor MacRfide, OF the
State University, has been mentioned.