Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-09-19
l|R[ GRAN DEALERS
The National Convention al Des,
Moines Will Be An I'm.
mense Affair.
II is Expected That at Least 800
Delegates Will Be
Present.
Remarkable Growth Of the Grain
Business In Iowa..New
Electric Road.
pecia1 to Times-Republican.

Dies Moines, Sept. 19.-The convention
here the first week in October is going
to be one of the largest things that has
ever struck Des Moines. There Will not
be so many members present, but they
will be from distant cities and they
Will be men who are strictly business
| men and will know how to appreciate
good treatment That they are men
whose good will are worth having is in
dicated by the treatment they are to
| receive at the hands of the railroad
companies. The Northwestern led off
With generous offer to fetch the mem
bers from Chicago and all who come
thru Chicago from eastern cities. to Des
Moines on a special train free of charge
and to return them to Chicago without
expense This was the signal for other
railroad companies to do some thing
equally as good, and as result the Bur-
lington management has announced
that all members will be brought from
st. Louis and Peoria free, the Wabash
has come into the game with an offer
to bring the dealers from Kansas City
and Texas points all the way from Kan
gas City free, and the Minneapolis and
st. Louis and Rock Island together will
do as well for the grain dealers who are
to come from the Twin cities of the
north. Perhaps there will be other an
nouncements to follow. but this is a
| good starter. In addition, the North
western is planning to take the Chicago
a hoc hxy tl
about way of Sioux City, just to show
them Iowa from end to end Yesterday
a telegram came to the officers of the
Cereal Club here ordering rooms re-
served at hotels for $50 members from
Chicago alone. There will be from 800
to 500 members here and possibly more.
The program has been published. There
will be welcoming speeches. by Governor
Shaw, Mayor Hartenbower and Presi-
| dent NJ. 7. Russell, of the Cereal Club;
responses by e. 1. Rogers. Philadelphia;
Henry Lassen, Ell Re.o; r. L. McKe.
l lar, Memphis, and j. l.. Mccain, Mime
apolis. b. "A. Lockwood, of Des Moines,
is president, and Charles c. Clark, of
i Chicago, is secretary and treasurer, of
the national association. Others on the
4 program are G. a. Stebbins, Red Oak;
George A. Wells, Des Moines; G. "A.
Burks, Decatur. ILL.,; Frank Il. Peavy,
Minneapolis; j. P. Harrison, Sherman,
| Texas; w. 7. McCray Kentland, InI.:
l.. Cortelyou, Muscotah, Kas.; il. A.
Foss. Chicago, and John X. Sage, Des
Moines. There will be present not only
the big grain dealers and their many
Representatives in different parts CT the
| country but the board of trade opera
tors of Chicago and many specialists in
| grain. 1t will be big meeting in every
respect for Iowa.
The growth of the grain business done
1 in Des Moines and from Des Moines in
1.-the past fifteen years has been enor-
nous. There are immense elevators here
now and others are being built. They
| will handle grain which formerly all
went either to Chicago or Minneapolis.
Then there are representatives of a
dozen or more big firms with offices
here and they are buying grain every
day. They send out their postal card
| offers for grain every day. They watch
the markets closely and watch the
weather with equal care. They receive
orders from Chicago or the seaboard
and make reports daily. Grain is bought
on attraction Of cent. The telegraph
and teleghone are used by these men
freely and this makes business III .Des
Moines They occupy fine offices and
employ much help. All this Is business
of recent growth. Some OF II is bust
ness drawn from Chicago, Minneapolis
and Kansas City. but a great deal of 1t
is entirely new business. The meet
ing of the National Grain Dealers Asso-
citation here will serve to call attention
to the fact that Iowa grain growers
now find a market for much of their
grain in Iowa cities.
Another big meeting scheduled for
Des Moines is the sovereign grand lodge
Moines went after this big meeting and
had the backing of the grand lodge of
Iowa. The grand lodge virtually ex-
tended the invitation and pledged en-
tertainment, but the Des Moines people
will see to it that the Odd Fellows are
properly cared for when they get here.
Some difficulty was experienced in se-
curing in advance the pledges for the
financial needs of this undertaking, but
the Iowa representatives to the SOW
ereign grand lodge at indianapolis went
away satisfied that Iowa would do the
right thing, and the news from Indian-
apolis is to the effect that Des Moines
Won out.
Allan Dawson, editor of the Leader,
and B. Murphy, state printer, went to
Denison today. where they will attend
the meeting Of the Upper Des Moines
Editorial Association. Mr.. Dawson is
to speak on independence in journalism.
and certainly no one is better fitted to
say something on that topic. Mr.. Muir
ply is president of the association. Col.
Eiboeck, of the Staatz Anzeiger, went
to Iowa City. where he will attend the
meeting OF German newspaper men of
(Iowa. They will organize an associa-
tion for the first time. There are more
German newspapers in Iowa than In
any other language than the English.
and the list includes three daily papers.
Mrs. Butler. promoter of the electric
railroad to the east has changed her
program and is now engaged In running
the line practically parallel with the
Great Western to Marshalltown. She
has been at work in Baxter and else
where securing aid and encouragement
for the road. The people at Newton. SO
1t is reported here, were averse to doing
anything for the contemplated line, and
Mrs Butler has given up the scheyoa tr