Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-08
SECRETARY COREY, OF STATE
FAIR, BELIEVES PEOPLE
SHOULD PAY ADMISSION.
FAIRS SHOULD NOT
be RUN FOR PROFIT
Money Should Be Turned Back Into
improvements and Spent For ,Attrac-
tive Premiums-President Cameron
Tells Of Growth Of Iowa Exposition
in Twenty Years.
pecial to Times-Republican.

repotrt read to the agricultural con-
vention, A. r. Corey, secretary of the
Iowa department, of agriculture, dis
cussed the question of free admission
the state fair. He declared that in
his opinion, those who attend a state
fair, benefit from the educational fea-
lures, enjoy the amusement features
and the music, should pay the custom
airy admission fee.
Il believe it is the. opinion of fair
managers in general that state fairs
should not be conducted for the pur-
pose of making money" said Secre-
tary Corey, but whatever the re-
ceipts may be to the public and patrons
by paying liberal premiums on live
stock, the products of the farm and all
other lines Of industry and thus en-
courage and foster the breeding Of
better and more profitable types of live
stock, encourage a great production
and better quality of farm products,
and in fact a representative state fair
should be the place for bringing to-
gether the best products in all lines
of endeavor. Along with these edu.
cational features there should be lib
eral provisions made for clean, whole
some amusement features as they in
vite attendance and are demanded by
the patrons of the fair.
1.-The ground and permanent i'm
provements which are tangible as
by a direct state appropriation. 1 can
conceive Of no reason why the people
in the remote corners of the state, who
fr,I svV,y ccySh h 70 oft tGE q
advantage of the educational or amuse-
ment features of a state fair, should
be called upon to bear portion of the
operating expense of same in form of
of millage or other tax. am pleased to
note that Iowa press has almost uanani-
molsly placed it's stamp of disapproval
upon the free admission plan.
f.Tn summing up the proposition do
not believe that the 50-cent admis-
sion fee results in keeping many people
away as this is only small item Of ex-
pense compared with railroad fare,
board lodging and other incidental ex-
penses. Should the free admission
plan ever be adopted can not help
but feel that the press thruout the
state would be inclined to criticise
this manner of financing the fair and
ludt luey "Oulu HOI Dc UdChW dIu dOOuI
branding the plan as scheme OF the
.Des Moines citizens to secure free ad-
mission to the state fair: This, and
the feeling that would certainly be
created among thestax payers son ac-
count of the millage and other tax.
which would be necessary to finance
the fair, would certainly result in a
great injury tosthe state fair"
Cameron Tolls Of Growth.
President Cameron in his annual adj
dress reviewed the reports of the state
fair presidents in the past twenty
years. He pointed out that the re-
ceipts Of the fair in 1895 were $51, 633.S3
and In 1915 they were $165,604.40. The
amount paid out in premiums in 1895
was $17,69s.7s and in 1915 was $69,-
59S.75. Concerning the fair of 1915 he
said:
81 can only say of the fair Of 1915,
and believe I voice the sentiment Of
the entire board and the patrons Of
the fair, that from an exhibit stand
point it was not only the greatest fair
ever held In Iowa but in the United
States. That is putting it pretty
strong but that has been the almost
unanimous opinion of expert writer's on
fairs. AS you all know, the weather
conditions ofthis year were not Of the
best, especially at the commencing Of
the fair, and the second week was the
only week Of sunshine we had all
summer and the farmers were busy
threshing out Of the shock and stalk
Ing their grain. But taking everything
into consideration, I think we may con-
graduate ourselves that we did so
we'll"
DR.. George NJ. Chapel, director Of
the Iowa weather and crop service, was
unable to give his annual summary Of
the crop yields and values at the con-
vention today because he has not yet
sufficient data at handsto make re-
port. Dean Charles F. Curtiss of Ames,
member OF the Iowa Panama Pacific
exposition commission, told Of Iowa's
winningsfat the big worlds fair. John
Coverdale, OF Ames, leader OF county
work. discussed the Question of the
county agent and how to organize agri-
cultural associations. D. w. Norris, Of
Marshaiitown, chairman of the Iowa
good roads commission, discussed the
road problem in Iowa. GordA ]. Gill, Of
Strawberry Point, winner Of the prize
essay contest conducted among the
boys who were members Of the 1915
boys camp, read his prize winning es-
say on the subject, What saw and
Learned at the 1915 Iowa State Fair"
Morton Heads Fair Managers.
= Joe Morton, OF Sioux City, was re-
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