Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-04
Governor Cummins Tells of the
Wonderful Resources of
Iowa Farms
STATE COLLEGE WINS HoNoRs
It's Exhibit the Source of Much Com
ment and Some Envy-Some Stock
Raisers Complain of Competition of
College Fancy Stock for Prizes.
Claiming They Can Not Compete.

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guests OF honor at the live stock expo
siton yesterday, the day set aside fol-
the reception of the governors. Cover
nors Cummins of Iowa, Richards OF
lWyoming, Sparks of Nevada. and Saw
age of Nebraska, spent the day in the
exposition grounds, the guests of John
A. Spoor, president of the exposition;
i w. E. Skinner, general manager, and
i Mortimer Levering, secretary, and Cen
eral Manager Leonard of the union
stockyards.
/ Governor Savage and Governor Cum
minis were the speakers last night at a
large meeting of stockmen and chicago
visitors in Dexter Park amphitheater.
| Governor Savage, who talked hrst,
I spoke somewhat as the representative
/ of the people of Nebraska, and had
many things good to say about ms state
and what it does in agriculture and
stock raising. Governor Cummins ilke-
i wise championed the greatness of his
state in agriculture and livestock rals-
/ ing. Both had much praise for the ex-
/ position, and said 1t was the best thing
of the kind they had ever seen or heard
4 OF.
Governor Cunlmins was warm in his
praise of the exposition. He said, IN
part:
i 81 congratulate you most heartily up
/ on being the witnesses OF so magnin-
cent an exhibit as has been before your
eyes for the last few days, and we glory
/ init; we are proud of 1t. but not as cit
/ liens of the states of Iowa or Illinois, or
of New York, but as citizens of the
greatest country upon the face of the
/ earth.
Explaining that he knew very little
/ about livestock, Governor Cummins
said there were many men in his state
| who do know how to breed good cattle
and sheep and swine and horses. and
! that he was proud of Iowa's showing at
!! the exposition. Continuing, he said:
| Now l will indorse what Governor
Savage has told you about Nebraska,
| and If Govgernor Savage will shut his
ears for moment, so that his suscep-
tibIfties rlay not be aroused, l will re-
mind you that In the great empire
which lies between the Mississippi and
the Missouri the last census report
shows that the farmers raised upon
| their farms agricultural products to the
value of more than $20,000,000 in excess
of the value of the agricultural products
of any other state in the union, and in
passing-and hope you wont take this
anliss--let me say that, according to-
the same report, we have 100000 more
hogs than any other state in the union;
and there is part of them in Chicago
tonight 1t Is said among those who
are interested in politics that many of
them go to Washington every year. But
those were not included by the census
enumerator.
Indeed. If were to proceed in the
inventory of those agricultural products
in which Iowa stands first, of all the
brilliant bands Of pilgrims, / would
not only weary and exhaust your pa
thence, but I would send these other
poor people who don't live in Iowa
home with us with such an apprecia-
ton of their own noble states that we
would be Immediately overrun by a.
great army that we could not accommo-
date.
Iowa Labor Well Paid.
Still another thing about Iowa, and
it is a most significant fact that is dis
closed by that delightful product, that
delightful romance, indeed--the last
census report says that mans labor
upon a farm In the state of Iowa yields
more than a mans labor upon the i
farms of any other state in the union.
The average productiveness of farm la
Dor In the state of IoWa-and venture
to say that we are quite as generous
with those who till the soil as are those
who live In other states-but the aver
age productivenesS of a mans work
upon the farms in the state of Iowa is /
nearly double the average productive
ness of a farm laborer anywhere else /
turnout the United States.
Il might continue this in thousand
ways. We have more chickens than
they have anywhere else on earth; we
have more eggs than they have any |
where in the world. Why, we have eggs
enough in storage In the state of Iowa
to feed all the millions of the earth's
population two or three days and still
send some over the shores into the New
Jerusalem. But enough of that"
The governors from four representa-
tive western states. Secretary of State
Martin of Iowa, Secretary Mortimer
lowering, General Manager Skinner.
and Vice President Sanders of the ey-
position, We're entertaind at a luncheon
by President John A. Spoor of the Tn
ion Stockyards Company at the live
stock building.
Governors Cummins, Savage, Rich !
ards. Sparks and Pratt spent the after |
noon visiting the exhibits with Mr.
Skinner They first went to the horse
department This interested Governor
Richards to a degree that caused him
to be enthusiastic.
Governor Cummins enthused over the |
sheep, cattle, and swine exhibits, he |
cause the Iowa Agricultural college
stands right at the top in all three.
Governor Savage, Sparks and Pratt |
spoke in praise of everything
The western governors then went
to the Transit house, where a dinner |
was given in their honor. The other
guests were: DR.. G. H. Davidson. of
New York, A. Ct. Leonard, Of New
York, Mortimer lowering, Professor C.
#. Curtiss. of the Iowa Agricultural
college, Richard Gibson, of Ontario
Canada, an exhibitor of fine sheep. and
w. p. Skinner.
Altho the weather was unfayora h,e
yesterday the attendance at the ex-
position was larger than on the thir6
day of last years show. AT every
special exhibit the crowds Were so large
that the passage ways were packed all
afternoon.
The receipts this year are about