Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-01-14

es, though perhaps fully ABREAST IN
those which tend to make thinking
men. 1t will take the greater part
of a year to get graded, and he
might about as we'll miss year as
to lose a. term. 1t requires an UNI
usual thirst for knowledge to keep
boy in school to girl Of his own
age, or to consent to be graded In a
town school with boys several years
his junior.
There are great possibilities in the
rural population Of Iowa. No in
considerable number Of the indus
trious thinkers of earth have come
from the farm. The rising genera
ton of Iowa ought. and surely will,
carry westward the laurels now
held by the middle states. 1t has
always been the first rural born
generation of men that has given a
state her reputation. Nowhere Is
there such indomitable courage,
such incessant industry and such
constant hope as among those who
follow the pioneer, and transform
the wilderness into a garden with
villas, and the children of these men
and women have always been heard
from. With such generation now
of practical school age, shall iowa
neglect them? Motives of patriot
ism as we'll as of philanthropy ought
to secure for them as good oppor-
tunities as are insured their town
and city cousins.
Iowa is an agricultural state and
will remain one. Not exclusively
agricultural, but predominatingly
so. OF this fact we are assured, and
with 1t We are content. Those who
have read the current report of the
lot o;.,.: l.
impressed with the remarkable de-
velopment and wonderful possbili-
ties Of the dairy interest in Iowa.
1t is difficult to conceive what might
be accomplished by the people Of
our state. We're this great industry
adequately developed. 1t should re-
ceive the fostering care Of the legis-
lature.
There is but one material from
which butter and cheese can be
made. The very terms themselves
should be as sacred from infringe
ment as a copyright. Nothing but
butter and cheese made from the
product of the COW should be al
lowed in the. markets in such garb
as to permit OF deception. Any
wholes ONE product of lard, talow,
or oil should find an open market,
but it's color or absence of color,
should protect the purchaser from
the possibility of installing it for
what it is not. This most wise pro-
vision Of our own law should be
urged upon the attention of the peo-
pie Of every state and country likely
to afford US market.
If the eradication Of tuberculosis
will be Of assistance to the industry,
and helpful in finding a market for
the product, then this disease
should be exterminated. Let it be
known everywhere that Iowa but
ter is made from pure cream, and is
wholly free from disease germs, and
the prairies Of our state present an
Ell Dorado unsurpassed.
An industry that is likely to oc-
cupy any appreciable per cent of
our farming area, and afford en-
ployment to any considerable num-
Der Of our people, is worthy of every
encouragement, including both the
prohibition of fraudulent imitation
at home and abroad, and a national
protective tariff. One consideration
quite generally lost sight Of by our
people is the fact that the dairy
mans farm will be worth at the end
Of a decade S. per acre more than
that of his CONTAINING neighbor.
llIc past lew SSdt q ElUil-
ument, beautiful granite shaft
has been erected by order of the
general assembly, at considerable
cost, to the memory of those who so
nobly and at the peril Of their lives
took conspicuous part in the trag-
edy of our civil war. 1t was con-
structed from patriotic motives and
for patriotic purposes and was ex-
pected, at the time Of it's erection,
to be dedicated at no distant date.
This ceremony, through some over
sight or otherwise, has been neg
lecte1. venture to suggest that the
question is worthy of public consid-
GRAFTON. The monument has been
constructed, it will stand forever.
No one now, or at any future time,
will dare to lay it low, and IN the
coming years it will be priceless. It
is educa tional in it's character. and
is calculated to impress itself and
that for which it stands upon the
hearts and lives Of many million
people Shall it be dedicated to the
principles of liberty and patriotic
devotion. or stand perpetual
memorial to human misunderStand-
ings?
:owa has history. There is much
associated with her territorial en-
istence, as we'll as her subsequent
statehood, of which our people may
we'll be proud. There are two ways
of perpetuating this record. One,
and the least interesting, is to have
it printed. bound in volumes and
placed on shelves. This is being
done as a private enterprise, and.
the state can well rely that the am
btion of authors. and the promised
IN fhGrofrnro To p11h1i G. hnrc
do all that is needed in this direc-
ton. The second, the most interest
ing. and at the same time the most
expensive and most permanent
method, is the preservation Of his
tOrical relics, state papers, inter-
state and national correspondence,
geological, geological, meteorological,
art and other collections.
This work has already assumed
no mean proportions. 1t was COM
menced originally as labor of love,
and has been lately prosecuted with
the aid of a nominal appropriation
from the state. Very much Of in
trinsic. and of far greater historic
value has been secured, and is now
the property of the state. For the
want of any suitable place it is now
literally packed away in quarters
entirely inadequate in the basement
Of the capitol building. Assurances
are not wanting that several pri-
vate collections Of great value, and
of greater interest, can be secured
without expense, conditioned only
that the state arrange for their pro-
lection, where the public can be
benefited thereby. If it be true that
we are proud of our state and of it's
history; if the names of the pioneers
VINO have builded cities, defended
the honor Of the flag, or occupied
conspicuous positions in the councils
Of the nation are dear to US, should
not the preservation of that which
pertains thereto be matter Of pub
lie sol!cltude?
The last general assembly appro-
priated $4,000 with which to pur-
chase grounds and erect an histor-
ical and art museum. An adjoining
state, with less population. and
$400,000,00O less taxable property,
and with a state debt five times
ours, has appropriated $3.50 900 for a