Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-04-27
REPUBLICAN STATE CONVENTION.
An Exhibition OF Good Sense In CerrO
GOrdO County.

At meeting of the Directors of the
Cerro Gordo County Agricultural Soci-
ETY., recently held at Mason City, the
following sensible preamble and resolu-
ton were unanimously adopted:
WHkREAs, 1t is evident that the raising Of
remunerating the farmer for his labor, except
what is actually necessary for home consump-
tion, we deem IT our duty as officers Of the
call the attention of our fellow citizens, who
are engaged in the sheep business, and all 9TH
Manufactures" to the pressing necessity of es-
tablishing Wooden Factory at as early day
as possible In Cerro Gordo County. believing Ig,
ty of the people Of this County in great meas
IRE depends upon 1t. #s Er
AND WHEREAS, 1t is necessary that some ac-
fore the people, We would respectfully ask all
the farmers OF this and adjoining counties to
saturday S tho sist day Of April. 1885, az one
Wool Growers association the oficers Of
which shall be authorized to secure by stock
subscriptions, or otherwise. a WOODEN Factory
In Cerro Gordo County.
Resolpcd, That we, the officers Of the "Cerro
our undivided support, as far as We are able, TO
aid in the erection, and support by patronage
when erected and In operation.
Now this is beginning in small way,
to be sure; but it is beginning right
Raising wheat in Iowa to be consumed
in the New England and Eastern States,
and for expectation to foreign countries,
is not now, and if not now, never will be,
remunerative to the producer. The mar
ket is too far from home, and the greater
part of the value of the wheat goes into
the pockets of transportation companies.
What Iowa farmers want is home mar
ket for their products, and thisth never
can have, to any great extent, SO long
as so small proportion of the popula-
ton are manufacturers and so great q
proportion producers. No one pretends
but what it is better for lis to make our
own -four, and all readily concede the
advantage to ourselves of SO doing. Now
why, for the same reasons, is 1t not as
much to our advantage to make our
own clothes? It is. poor economy to
ship our wool to Massachusetts, and then
ship it back in cassimeres and doeskins,
when this expense might al be saved
by manufacturing the wool ut home,
beside giving employment to large
class of our own population. So 1t Is
with farm machinery of all kinds; so it
is with paper; and so it is with every
thing that we use and have material for
making.
Cerro Gordo county Is one of the very
best counties in Iowa, being fertile in
soil, possessed of an abundance of TIM
Der, good lime stone quarries, and being
traversed by several streams which af-
ford number of good water-privileges.
1t is one of the youngest counties in the
State, having in 1860 population of
less than 1000. All the manufactures
in the county at that time were three
saw mills. two Touring mills and boot
and shoe shop. There will be differ
ent showing in the next census report.
We saw few days ago that a Cheese
Factory was to be established there, and
now this movement for Wooden Fac.
tory, and so, we dare say, the people
will go on, as rapidly as they are able,
from one thing to another.
These remarks apply with equal force
to most Iowa counties and most Iowa
towns. Let the friends of home indus
try bestir themselves to improve the
present favorable opportunity for ad-
ding permanent wealth to this State SO
beautifully supplied with the blessings
of nature, while at the same time they
r->vide themselves with pleasant, at
..active homes and become well-to-do
in the world.