Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-12
Iowa's Industrial Interests to
Have Prominent Place at
st. Louis Exposition
WANT STATE ORGANIZATION
While Other Departments Are Organ
lied. the Manufacturers Are Not
United and an Effort is Being Made
To Accomplish This-If This is Done
a Better Exhibit Can Be Offered.
to Times Republican.

|. Les hbIlpS, aug. l-.--N men lile ltNi
commission for the Louisiana Purchas
Exposition was organized there wa!
| showing of lowa's industrial institu,
tions. Hon. S. NJ. Leach, of 4Adel wa:
selected as the commissioner in charge
of the manufacturing and machinery
| exhibit. Iowa had never made any eff
| fort 10 make showing of her manu-
featured products at eNpositions anG
| Mr.. Leach in attempting to show what
| Iowa was doing with the fifteen thous-
and manufacturing plants in existence
/ found there were no organizations OF
any kind TO which he could appeal 70,
| cooperation. In all of the other de-
partments there were organizations
which would practically give working
force TO further the exhibits along
their lines. The only department of the
! state government thru which an appeal
| could be made was the bureau of la
| Dor statistics and from that depart
ment q letter was sent out TO manu- :
| facturers several months ago 1t met
with very favorable response. In near
! ly every letter written by manufac-
turers was the suggestion that a move
ment should be put on foot to make a
state organization of manufacturers
| whereby uniform action in the matter
of exhibits at the St Louis exposition
could be formed and for the welfare
OF Iowa manufacturing in general.
| July lst Mir. Leach selected Mr.. A. G.
Hutchins, of Abel, as superintendent 81
the department who with the secretary
OF the Iowa commission visited sever II
cities Of the state and have writer
many letters in regard TO Iowa's show
I ing at the worlds fair. AT Cedar Rap
ufacturers urged the department OF
mandatory and machinery to take the
Initiative. calling a state convention Of
manufacturers They have given as
surance that they will cooperate II
every way to set forth the advantages
offered by Iowa for manufacturing. 1t
is a we'll known fact to those who have
made study of the situation that M
state in the union offers such great
advantages Tor the employment of capt.
tai in the building of manufacturing
plants, mills, packing houses, creamer-
les, and other institutions for working
up 1owa's products into finished ar
ticles. The superior transportation ia
cilities. water power, inexhaustibe coal
beds furnish fuel for power and heat
at low cost and market educated TO
buy only the best which can be made,
a civilization OF the highest standard,
and an educational system best in the
world, gives attractiveness to the state
which should be shown up 10 the very
best advantage. The commercial clubs
and associations of the state have set
forth all these advantages in very at
tractive literature. but IL is the idea
OF Commissioner Leach and the man
ufacturers that If the institutions which
are already in operation in Iowa cou !
make an exhibit at st. Louis and show
to the world that manufacturing is and
can be carried on successfully here as
that ii will be the greatest accomplish
ment from an advertising standpoint
that could be. done. With these things
in view. the department has issued the
following call for a meeting OF manu-
facturers to be held at Des Moines
during state fair week:
Abel. Iowa, Aug. 10. '03.
To Iowa Manufacturers: The de-
partment of manufacturing and ma
chinery of the Iowa louisiana Purchase
Commission, have for the past few
weeks been among the manufacturers
of the state for the purpose of getting
them TO make exhibits at the st. Louis
exposition, next year. We have met
with much encouragement from every
place visited, but find almost a univers-
al demand and a growing sentiment in
favor of a manufacturers organization
for the state of Iowa. AS stated in
former circular letters to you, our work
is rendered very difficult in conse-
quenoe OF the fact that we have no
manufacturers organization. Other de-
partments are we'll organized, for in
stance there are the educational. agri-
cultural, horticultural, fragments and
fine stock breeders associations, etc.
If 1t were possible to organize the
manufacturing interests of the state,
as others are, II would no doubt, be of
great benefit to the manufacturers, in
the future, and would materially aid
US In our work. 1t has been suggested
by many of the leading manufacturers
of the state, that such an organization
could be best effected by call issued
direct from this department, for q
meeting to be held during the coming
Iowa state fair. We are aware of the
fact that a similar organization has
been attempted heretofore, but for
various reasons has failed. The super
intendents of the various departments
of the Iowa commission, will have a
meeting on the fair grounds. Tuesday
Aug. 25, at 10 o'clock a M, and our
department will be represented there.
Our headquarters during the entire
week of the state fair will be with the
Worlds Fair Headquarters" where
we will be pleased to confer with you
on any matter pertaining to proposed
exhibits at the st. Louis exposition.
In view of the above facts a meet
ing has been called to be held at Rees'
Hall, near Sixth, on Locust street, at
1880 p. m, for the purpose of effecting
a state organization of manufacturers.
We trust that a representative of your
industry will be there, duly authorized
to take part in said meeting.
Organizations are the life Of business
and without them 1t is almost tmpos-
sible to accomplish anything on a
large scale. This department of the
Iowa commission has no ak to grind
in this matter, other than to secure the
ai1 such an organization could and
would give it, in securing exhibits for
the st. Louis exposition. This interest