Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-03
THEY Med MORE COIN
Iowa Fruit Exhibit at st. Louis
May Have to Be Abandoned
In Few Weeks
NO MORE FUNDS ARE AVAILABLE
For That Exhibit Has
Been Entirely Used Up and Com
missioner Bailey Says $4,000 viii Be
Necessary to Continue Until the End
of the Fair.

| Special to meS-Republlcan.
! Des Moines, Aug. 3.-The st. Louis
commission in charge of the Iowa ex-
/ gether $500 which 1t has rendered to
Commissioner S. Bailey, in charge of
the fruit department, with which to
carry the exhibit thru the remainder of
| the show.
| DR.. Bailey telegraphed for two of his
three assistants at the fair, and j. w.
Murphy of Glenwood, came up yester-
day morning. He said that the $1,000
would keep the, exhibit alive about six
weeks longer, and he positively de-
clined to attempt to keep it up longer.
| He went back to ST. Louis last even
ing. and it is now up to the, executive
committee of the commission as q
whole to decide whether the exhibit
shall be kept up or not.
| 1t is understood that it was proposed
to Commissioner Bailey and to Mr..
Murphy also, that two Of the men in
charge of the exhibit at st. Louis re-
l
the third SO ais to cut down expenses.
This proposition was not acceptable
1t is further understood that there is
talk Of all three OF the men In charge
of the exhibit throwing up their places
and abandoning the show. Indeed,
there are hints that DR.. Bailey him.
self, may resign II the program of
iretrenchment is insisted upon In view
of the fact that in the opinion OF the
four men retrenchment now, when the
new fruit of the state is beginning
only to be exhibited would be the ruin
of the exhibit Of Iowa.
The three men in charge OF the ex-
hibit are Mr.. Murphy. Mr.. Sihs Wilson,
of Atlantic, and c. o. Garrett, of Polk
county.
Need tho $4,000.
The difficulty arises from the fatal
defect in the law appropria1fng 10000
additional for the Iowa exhibits at the
fair. Under the provisions of the law
rs construed by the attorney general
no part of the $4,000 can b.. drawn by
the commission until all CT the first
s125, 900 is spent. There Ia no way In
which to experid all of this ';125.00 be-
fore the end OF the fair.
Now of this $4,000, $4,000 was ap-
oropriated for the horticultural Depart
n.ent. Under the construction of the
law. 1t is impossible for Commissioner
3ailey. in charge of the department. to
t,aw any of the $4,000 lie has eS-
@se,,tlei most az the Original $1,000 APP
fpgopriated for the department depend
ing on the additional $4,000. Since he
cannot draw the $4,000. he is up
against it." The department. there
fore, must be either greatly crippled
and reduced or abandoned.
The executive committee Of the COM
mission is just as much embarrassed as
DR.. Bailey, of course. 1t desires the
department to be kept up. The execu-
tive committee, at q conference tht5
week. found $1,000 which could be ex-
tracted from other appropriations and
transferred to the credit OF the horti-
cultural department. This was ten
dered to DR.. Bailey with program
of such retrenchment % to Keep the de-
partnent alive during the remaining
half OF the exposition.
DR.. Bailey, as stated. referred the
matter to the practical assistants in
charge of the exhibit. They, through
Mr.. Murphy. yesterday pronounced the
scheme not to be feasible.
Mr.. Wilson is in Colorado on business
and could not come up. Mr.. Garrett re-
NAMED in charge Of the exhibit at St
Louis.
Outcome in Doubt.
No one knows what will happen.
The executive committee discussed
the matter Of cutting down the ex-
penses with Mr.. Murphy, at some
length. The three men in charge of the
department draw 1880 a day, Wilson
and Murphy getting S. each They
paw their own expenses. ldr. Murphy.
for instance. has employed two men
for the entire year at his wholesale
vegetable and fruit farm near Glen
wood to take his place While he is at
st. Louis. The other men have en-
ployed substitutes at home so they can
work In st. Louis. With them 1t is
moro or less labor of love.
Mr.. Murphy was the man who had
charge OF the Iowa fruit exhibit at the
Pam American, at Chicago and at the
Trans Mississippi expositions.
At ST. Louis they have done fine
work. This Is attested by The fair Off
Gals and by visitors to the exposition
One evidence of 1t Is shown in the fact
that almost every picture which has
been taken illustrative of the fruit pal
ace has been taken Of the Iowa exhibit
This is notorious among the photog-
raphers.
Up to this time three men have done
the work, say the directors of the ex-
hibit Later, it was exported that
fourth would be necessary.
",rhe Iowa exhibit can bs built up to
a point at which 1t cannot be excelled,"
said Mr. Murphy YESTERDAY before re-
turning to St Louis. I'VE have the
plans all made for it. Tne new Iowa
fruit is just beginning to come in. 1t
is with that coupled with the forty bar
reis OF old fruit on hand which we ex-
pect to distribute over tho remainder
of the season to fill our, that we ex-
pected to cap the climax, so to speak
later in the season. and make the Iowa
exhibit far excel the Missouri exhibit,
even But IN my opinion IT Is impossi-
BILE to do It II the plan which has been
proposed In followed"
Wraeg Disappointed.
President NJ. ]. Wragg OF the Horti-
cultural Society of the state said last
Monday night that he was disappointed
In the condition OF affairs. for the fruit
growers OF the state had planned on
,,,al.ine. the Axhih the best OF he ia ir