Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-04
REEE EATER RULES WORLD.

Secretary James Wilson was an hon
ored visitor at the International Live
Stock Exposition in Chicago Monday.
On being introduced he spoke in part as
follows:
II have occasionally in my life met
good-sized audiences of country people,
but this is the first time ever met peo-
pie by the acre. / desire, first, 20 con-
graduate the association and the people
Of Chicago for this great and valuable
object lesson that has been given to the
breeders and feeders of the whole United
States do not believe there ever has
been brought together in any part of the
United States, and doubt If in any part
of the world. such magnificent conf
plement of domestic animals as we have
here with ns now.
Domestic animals are selling well
just now. They are profitable. We got
S253. 000, 900 for our domestic animals sent
into forign countries during the last
fiscal year. From the farm we sold
$3.50. 100000 worth Of the products alto
gether. The farmer has made the nation
wealthy. lie has turned the balance Of
trade in our favor $500. 100000 In one year
and over $500 600. 600 another year.
THE reason why our stockmen are
getting big prices is that the American
people eat beef, and mutton. and pork,
and drive horses. The bicycle and the
automobile will never relegate the horse.
No horseman has ever lost his love for
the horse. A man who rides on a bicycle
never owned a horse. The man who has
a MT Ia mr. a maj n web PC
and breeds, and feeds horses. And SO
that gallant animal will be with us
turnout the ages.
I'VE sold 116.500 horses and mules last
year to foreign countries but the great
market for horses is not in foreign coun-
tries. Let me tell you that the great and
desirable market for the people OF the
United States is within the United
States and under our flag. Every year
we are enlarging that market"
After telling of the great strides in
stock raising in the United States in the
last few years and the growth OF the
export trade, he said:
TT requires high civilization to use
and own and buy the fine horse, and the
man who eats beef rules the world
wherever he lives. II you want man to
90 good days work you feed him beef
steak in the morning. II you want a
preacher to give you the gospel straight,
give him beefsteak for his breakfast.
You can not get the gospel as 1t is
preached by feeding man wheat clips
and graham bread. Give him beefsteak;
and we are the only people in the world
where you find beefsteak everywhere
and on every mans table. poor or rich;
and that is the distinction today to a
considerable extent between an Ameri-
can and man who lives in any other
country.
I'VE educate the individuality OF our
people. Each man is man and each
man stands like gentleman 1 desire
to say briefly that the department OF ag-
riculture is doing what it can to take
care Of the animals OF the United States.
We have a president Of the United
States who understands and sympa-
.thfzes with stock men on hill and plain
all over America. / bring to you his
sympathy. He understands the stock
men and they understand him. I have
his instructions to do everything in my
power to help the American stock man
wherever he is found turnout the length
and breadth OF the land, and that is my
job'