Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-10
IOWA HAD BEST
SHOW Of FRUIT
This State Got the Highest Pos
sible Awards at the st.
Louis Exposition
OTHER STATES WE'RE AMAZED
Tho Eyes Of Thousands Who Attended
the Fair, Were Opened to What Iowa
is Doing in This Line Would Have
Won Sweepstakes Award Had Ono
Been offered.
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Des Moines, Dec. 10.--"Consldering
the money we had at our disposal Iowa
made the greatest show of fruit at the
st. Louis exposition OF any state OF
the union" declared j. w. Murphy,
Superintendent Of the horticultural eX-
hibit for Iowa. Mr. Murphy is here
to place the fruit exhibit at the state
capitol for inspection next week while
the farmers are here from all over the
state 1--WE ought to have had more
money" said Mr.. Murphy, "and yet we
had money we didn't use. But we had
some 400 varieties of apples which
were grown in Iowa and at one time !
recall we had over 260 varieties shown
ut once. We won two grand prizes
--one on collection and one on installa-
ton of the exhibit. Why, there were
bronze medals on these things. We got
the highest possible. tried very hard
to get the judges to grant an award
to the one state that was better than
all others. l wanted sweepstakes a.
ward. / was prepared to put Iowa a
| gainst any Of them. But they would
MT do it, for 1t would have raised a
storm. / heard men come to me and
ask where we got our fine fruit.
told them to look about and see II any
OF it came from the other states. They
were astonished to think we had such
fine fruit in Iowa A good many Iowa
| people do not know what we are do
/ ing here, and the people from other
/ states could hardly believe that the
fruit we showed came from this state.
I AS q matter Of fact there Is no one
thing which is bringing better returns
! on the investment In Iowa than this,
raising of fruit. All 1t needs is atten-
| ton and care. But so many farmers
put out few trees and turn the calves
in to browse off them, and they go out
| to say that fruit raising will not do
| in Iowa. But think we opened the
eyes of thousands who went to the ex-
position, persons from this state as well
as from other states, and the results
will tell in other years"
Some of the newspapers of the state,
fearing that possibly Governor Cum
Minis, Governor Van SAINT and Governor
La Toilette may get the credit that is
due them, are asserting that the presi-
dents message was written and print
ed before the governors made their
visit to Washington The purpose Of
this is obvious. They would have it
appear that, President Roosevelt list
ened to no one in the preparation Of
his message and that he went at 1t
blindly and without considering the
desires of the people. The writer has
knowledge which is based on unim-
ipeachable evidence that the message
of the president was not completed
and in the form in which 1t was de-
livered to congress on the Monday pre-
ceding Thanksgiving day, when the
memorial of the interstate commerce
convention was presented to the pres
ident by the president of the assocfa-
ton and by the governors of Iowa and
Minnesota. AS pointed out In this cor
respondence previous to that tirne
there was never any doubt as to where
President Roosevelt stands on the
question, for he spoke fearlessly In IA
vor Of modification of the interstate
commerce law in a previous message
to congress; but 1t is also true that
! President Roosevelt, having made the
appointment with President Bacon to
meet him and the governors for the
express purpose of discussing this one
subject, and having met them and lis
tened to them and talked it over can
didly with them, it ought not to be con-
tended that he was guilty of the boor-
ishness of having foreclosed the whole
subject before his visitors got to
Washington. AS matter of fact the
president was not guilty of this and
no person with spark of honesty will
try to make 1t so appear.
81 see by the papers," said W. E..
Odell. Of this city, that w. P. Hep
burn, of Iowa, is ready to make stand
against anything that will meet the
opposition of the railroads. He VIII
block the effort to secure some amend
ment of the interstate commerce law
If it is possible for him to do SO.
see also that Senator Dolllver states
that he has not said what he Will do,
but will give the matter consideration.
Now say it is shame that man ike
Senator Dolliver should hesitate on a
matter of that kind. Why should he
or any other member of congress pause
moment when it comes to question
of placing in the hands of the people
the authority to regulate their own ar
fairs? Unless the Iowa delegatlon
wakes up Iowa is going to be put in a
ridiculous light before the world"
sss
A strong civic league of voters asso-
citation has been formed in Des Mo1nes.
While good many things are con-
templated by the persons who nave
formed this association, yet one Of the
first things to be done will be to curb
the power of corporations in city at
fairs. It is declared upon good author
ity, that hardly any act Of Importance
is does in the Des Moines city co'lnc'l
without it receives the sanction o. the