Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-09-30

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position. Although the Iowa appropri-
alton was small, compared with that of
other states, the Iowa commissioner in
charge of the agricultural exhibit, Rep
resentative w. G. Whiting, of Whiting,
Monona county, succeeded in getting
together the best samples of corn that
were to be found in all of the corn belt
states. In view of the fact that the
iowa corn crop last year was below the
average, both in quality and quantity,
this victory is all the more remarka-
Die. The state took the first prize,
also, in threshed grain and grass
seeds. Most of the corn specimens are
said to have come from Monona coun-
ty.
High Eggs Next Winter.
Dealers in eggs say that the price
next winter is going to beat all former
records. ALI during last summer, when
prices are usually down to about ten
cents, eggs were sold in Des Moines
for never less than Is cents, and a
good deal of the time as high as 20
cents. Eggs for storage for the next
winter are bought by the packing
houses in March, April and May, as
this is the time when they are usually
the cheapest, and are often bought for
seven or eight sents, and occasionally
at lower prices. This year, however.
no eggs for storage were bought for
less than Is cents. The smaller deal
ers became alarmed at the high price
and retired from the business, leaving
the field entirely to the big packers
and commission houses having the
necessary large capital to carry large
stocks of eggs at double the usual
price. 1t is said that Swift & Co. paid
100000 in one week for eggs. The
big houses, therefore, practically con-
troll the supply of stored eggs, and,
having bought them at the high prices,
they will undoubtedly be held for big
profit. Eggs are already 20 cents a
dozen in Des Moines, and going up.
One of the leading commission men IN
discussing the egg market the other
day said "The consumption of eggs
is increasing more and more every
year. Especially is this true while
meat is high, and this summer the
meat strike has induced many people
to stop eating meat, and they turn to
eggs as substitute. 1t is my opinion
that the highest prices ever paid for
eggs will be along about January or
February, 1905, when the Storage eggs
must be drawn upon for the supply,
and the firms which control the mar
ket will be almost able to dictate the
price. Even the big commission firms
almost had cold feet last spring, and
feared that they were going to lose
money on storage eggs, but when they
saw the smaller firms withdrawing
from the market they began buying
with all their might to get control Of
the market, and they did"
Will Appeal q. A. R. Case.
The g. A. R. of the state will prob
ably appeal from the decision OF Judge
Caswell, Of Marshalltown, declaring
that the old soldier preference law is
unconstitutional. DR.. George A. New
man, the assistant adjutant general of
the department of Iowa, G. A. R., has
given out the following statement
concerning the law, it's origin and ap-
plication in other states: while at
tending the encampment at Boston,
had conference with James c. Kay.
of Brooklyn, who originated the idea
of the soldier preference law and has
done more to get the principle estab-
lished in various states than any other.
He assures me that the law in New
York state, for which he is largely re-
sponsible, has been tested before the
supreme court there in every possible
phase, and has been sustained in every
respect In that state various lower
courts at first held it unconstitutional.
In Kansas similar law to Iowa was
declared null by lower court, and on
appeal the supreme court decided the
law was all right. In that case, as in
Iowa, the test came ON matter Of ap-
pointment Of city clerk. We would
have preferred that the test would
come on case where it was sought
to remove an old soldier, but the prin-
ciple is the same We have no doubt
but that the law will be sustained by
the Iowa supreme court"
Survey to Furnish Specimens.
The state geological survey is plan
ming to furnish every high school in
the state that desires 1t set of 80 la
beled specimens Of the rocks, fossils
and minerals Of Iowa. Mr.. Frank A.
Wilder. the state geologist, has formu-
lated his offer in the following letter,
which has been sent out to the prin-
cipals Of the high schools of the state,
in the hope of encouraging them to a
more systematic study Of geology and
the formation of large collections:
1.-THE Iowa geological survey, through
Its representatives in the field, is able
to bring together at little expense an
excellent collection of rocks, fossils
and minerals Of Iowa. The survey
proposes to send a set of 80 labeled
specimens to each high school in the
state. A detailed account of the speci-
mems, intended to be helpful to teach
ers and pupils, will accompany each
set. The high schools receiving the
specimens will be asked to pay one
dollar for specimen trays and packing
and the express charges, The purpose
OF this nominal charge is primarily to
insure the survey of reasonable in
terest in the material on the part Of
the recipients. Before undertaking this
work an expression of opinion from
the high schools is desired. Will your
school care to cooperate if the plan is
carried out?"
Difficulty in Hospital Plans.
The state board Of control is having