Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-07-17
NORRIS ON TIE CROPS
Thinks the Hot Winds Have
Greatly Injured the Corn
Crops
"
Criticises Secretary Wilson and
Director Sage For Their
Conflicting Reports
His Letter To the T..R. Discusses
the Crop Outlook Which
Is Bad.

Il i
! teresiing to note how easily Statesman
/ residing in the city of Washington cal
dispose of matters that interest the PEG
! pie. When a protest went up followin.
4 the Porto Rican tariff act congressman
/, smiled superciliously and said the peopi
out here didn't understand the matter
| wv nat there is i'll the climatic influence:
OF Washington that gives those who re.
side thore such superior Knowledge it i.
/ Gif'icut to understand. The all-absorb
/ ing topics now are weather and crops
! The papers are full of it and they can
be too full. Director Sage. at De.
| MONIES, takes hand and NOW Secretar,
| Wilson has been heard from The man
I nc matter how intelligent, who takes j
ressiinistic view of the corn crop pros.
lect Is condemned as a calamity howl
er, II is Very unpopular side, blu!
Just Why the truth Should not be told ii
: difficult 10 see Director Sage is d.
Eghttully optimistic. There is no dam
ser in his case. In tbs Bulletin issued
last Tuesday Mr.. Sage found that ou.
corn crop was about ZEN days late; tina,
great damage is resulting TO the late
e9rn from the hot winds; that many To-
calities were suffering that Tuesday S
lot wind was the Worst that has been
sNpsiieneed in this state for years. H
says: The high ChoD winds. accompa-
HE'D by excessive temperature and a
general lack of moisture. must have
damaged crops To Il Considerable ex-
tent. on the 18th. after four days more
or excessively hot, drying Weather and
10 rain Director Sage has fully recov-
cred and from Des Moines a cores pond
aenl Quotes him as saying The crop
ira Iowa viii raise this year vii! equal
tbs crop that Iowa raised laat year.
and The hay crop is not large. hut ii Is
good ard Pastures VIII be short II thu
dry weatherseonunues most Likely. and
The oats have been ripenea and corr!
may b. injured. Add to this the fact
ifat sweet corn ana nearly All gard. n
truck, such as melons, sauash.s and a.
cunbers, are literally burnt up and We
can appreciate the statement that Aa-
Yet the corn crop has been little in
cured He Iaively remarks What
may happen If the weather makes no
change III few weeks ! 90 not kraw >,
Ard rev comes the honorable secre-
taiy after fifteen days OF not scorchine
.ss'i.i ~ crop admitted 10 be
1a.e Ailer tnfee days OF ho;
80 ~ iasH ouilile me month
~. = ioseause iof genuine
.,.ar5,ss... ~ - -, oieNe we press
yat tsss, $50 ~, :. o'sii' mas hos
f..e, 80. Sc5,..,, ~ s'ioueis az
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eo,.r .na ~. - I" :. y s''iss "
a,a Observation-Disclosures, i'oiss
Wait ut,tii1 jse3,r 49,, ~ ? y y
How * Mr. Nils,,n 49,,
marion II ~, ,b,. - ~,
obi.ct taathe rrsgs,s tx, -rl
s.creta,.v mays ,4,,5s 80. s,.,.s.l.'
that are su.,,risir,e NJ. -, =
Isl If .J,,ly mo on,,5ai,{o,,
was more promising .han :, -, 49,,
date las, wear and l,s afs,, ,b;,,ls 80,
the country vest az .t,. Atissa,,,i. .,oes,,,,.
raise much corn arsyHay NJ esera
ttlry Wilson ia tho mead Of a senart,,,s,,
that issues a nenthiy rron5 ,e,,e.,, ~, .
report issued July 10 Tor JuI,. pi,,ss
the condition of com a, 81 as apaips,
$50 for July /. 1866 We're non these fig
ures at Mr. Wilson's commando Tho
condition ia Just points under the ay-
efage for ten years, Which is 500.
Since July ! We hav- had practically
no rain in the corn belt, until the few
,brsa d., - - 7 M, ~ we nave mac
anybody ever hear that hot winds