The owner of anything exhibited at
the fair had to make an affidavit that he or she had raised it on his or
her farm. Prizes were given to the owner of the best cereals and
vegetables of all kinds as well as for hemp, flax, cotton and silk, and
for the best manufactured articles of every description. The Government
exhibited at every district fair the most improved machinery in use for
bettering the means of production with skilled mechanics to operate it
and any person desiring to purchase a machine could buy it from the
Government at the actual cost of manufacture with twenty per cent.
added. The Government prizes at the district fairs excited and aroused a
growing interest in the people to improve their condition and by
bringing them together in great gatherings made them more friendly to
one another with a broader and deeper feeling for humanity.
CHAPTER XV.
DEPARTMENT OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
I did not see any foreign Ambassadors in the Capital and on enquiring
for the cause of their absence was referred to the Minister of Foreign
Affairs for information. He told me that the presence of Foreign
Ministers in Eurasia would be in violation of the laws as no privileges
were allowed to any person that could not be enjoyed by all the people,
"and no doubt you are aware that under the monarchical system of
government Ambassadors and their suites were privileged persons who
could not be arrested and punished for violating the laws of Eurasia,
and they could bring into the country everything that they wanted for
their own use without paying any duty on them, even if the use of the
article was prohibited by law; and taking advantage of this immunity,
some of them brought into the country and circulated obscene books that
would not be allowed to go through the mails and that would subject any
citizen of this country to six months at hard labor, if they were found
in his possession.
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