Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-28
NEVER BETTER WEATHER, FEW
Err ACCIDENTS AND FINER
CROWDS THAN THIS YEAR.
RETURN TO ORIGINAL
CONCEPTION OF FAIR
Annual Market and Trading Event
M ade Conspicuous Feature - Live
stock Parade an Inspiring Sight -
Livestock Exhibit Worth More Than
Million Dollars.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to imeS-Republican.
Des Moines. Aug. 2s.-The good peo-
pie of Iowa, and especially those who
take sincere pleasure in the growing
livestock industry, have long missed
one of the best features OF each and
every Iowa state fair, at once an edu-
carional and an industrial event-the
big last day cattle and horse parade.
When the state officials advertise this
as great million dollar parade OF
livestock" they do not overshoot the
mark at all. The prize winners alone
are sent to the parade ground, OF
course. but a thousarli horses and as
many cattle on the grounds make an
aggregation worth much more than Il
million and when the cream is picked
for the parade it would not be worth
While to consider a million as a price
Tor the lot. Today, at the close Of the
fair there was the usual parade. usual
and yet never commonplace, for the
habitual fair attendant can not fail
20 note how steadily has there been
an increase in the quality Of the live
stock in Iowa.
There is no more inspiring and
than the livestock parade. Al! the
aeroplane dips and twists. all the baby
shows obs and abs, all the acres Of
humming machinery, are but small at
fairs compared with this great parade.
This year was no exception.
Return to Original Ideas.
One thing impressed Itself this year
on the student of the American fair
Ao@ Oh
is decided return to the original COW
ception of a fair as great annual
market and trading event. There are
many who deprecate the commercial
features of fair and say that buying
and selling ought not TO be allowed.
But a little inquiry shows that the
deals and trades consummated at each
annual state fair aggregate immense
sums and they are as much in the IN
terest Of the visitors as the exhibitors.
An inquiry directed 10 various heads
of departments this week elected a
variety of views, but that probably q
million dollars changed hands for
property of equal value at this fair,
or the deals were agreed TO ard will be
completed later.
For instance, an exhibitor Of buggies
in a big tent. stated TO the writer that
on Tuesday he took orders for $50
buggies. They will, OF course. be de-
livered largely thru local agents. But
that is enormous business.
The maker Of a new device for a
grain bin. who had an exhibit on the
grounds, declared before the fair was
nearly ended he had booked sub
stantially $4,000 worth Of business.
The surprise of the fair was the
immense business done IN the great
automobile show. Monday, TuesGa :
and Wednesday especially this show
vas crowded to the limit, and the men
IT charge had 10 send for re-enforce-
ments to care for the business done.
| There was shown eight or ten Of the
finest cars made and the state fair
crowds gathered around them in i'm
m ense numbers.
The fair closes with splendid rec
ord this evening. There never was
finer fair weather made. There never
was better satisfaction all round, fewer
accidents. finer crowds.