Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-17
State Does Itself Proud at the
st. Louis Exposition Today
-Healy's Great Speech
IOWA PEOPLE AND PRODUCTS
Some Remarkable Things About the
Greatest State in the union-offi-
cials Of the Fair Highly Gratified at
the Showing Made by the Hawkeyes
Today-Larse Attendance.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
st. Louis, June 17.--Iowa came 30
the front today and it's citizens visited
the worlds fair in throngs. Liberal
advertising and reduced railroad rates
had the effect of attracting a larger
attendance than any state day. except
except Missouri day, has done.
State Senator I. d. Healy, OF, Fort
Dodge, was the orator of the day and
his address was mastery effort It
was a great exposition of the resources
of the state, it's history and the char
acter of it's people. His address will
be great advertisement for the state
and is worth great deal Of praise.
Its perusal will add to the pride OF
every Iowan for his state.
The state. is making a great impress
sion here today and the exposition Of
ficials are loud in their praise of the
Iowa commission and others who have
had to do with Iowa day. Nearly ev-
cry one wears the Iowa badge. The
reception at the Iowa building and the
organ recitals are features that are
greatly enjoyed
military parade was formed at
the Iowa state pavilion and marched
to the Iowa monument at the head of
the cascades. The monument was
presented to Iowa by Isaac S. Taylor.
director Of works of the exposition,
w ,jcS ;nf
Leroy a. Palmer, of Mount Pleasant,
Iowa. The parade then reformed and
countermarched to the state pavilion,
where the formal program was carried
out Addresses were made by Govern
or Albert b. Cummins. former Gov
ernor William Larrabee, president OF
the Iowa worlds fair commission AMI
President David r. Francis. OF the
exposition.
Healy's Address.
Senator t. d. Healy delivered the
grafton. He said:
ut is appropriate at this time when
the nation is celebrating in the metrop-
oils of this great purchase the one hun-
dredth anniversary of it's acquisition
that a day is set apart when the people
|of Iowa may come together and recall
some of the events in the upbuilding of
our commonwealth.
"It is little over fifty-seyen years
since Iowa was admitted to the union.
Its people lived but a short time under
territorial government. Thousands of
men are now living in this state who
had attained their majority when it was
admitted to the union. This short
space of time has been sufficient for
the creation and upbuilding of a COM
monwealth. that, in its government.
laws, and in the character and aspira-
tons of its citizens. occupy the most
honorable position in the family of
states.
THE spectacle of the pioneers of this
state in government building is most
interesting and instructive. They came
across the Mississippi from other states
and territories in which they had learn
ed the provisions Of the federal consti-
tuition and the statutes made in pursu-
ance thereof, and knew the different
guarantees set forth in the ordinance of
1857 which is sometimes spoken of as
Americas Magma Charta
"In the history of our territory there
was a short period in which there was
no public law for the government OF
the thousands of settlers who had an
ticipated the opening of the territory
for actual settlement. These settlers
experienced no difficulty in providing
laws for their own government and in
enforcing them quite as effectively as
the laws were subsequently inforced
under the regular territorial and state
governments. A fact OF great impor-
tance in the founding of our state, was,
that the pioneer knew what his rights
We're, appreciated the necessity of law
and readily adapted himself to the limi-
tations enforced in all states governed
by constitution.
Resources and Schools.
"Iowa is an agricultural state. 1t
has no large city and the cultivation of
the soil and the raising of livestock is
the business of the great part of the
population. "A large amount of capital
is invested and many thousands of arti-
sans are engaged in manufacturing en-
terprises. The annual value of it's man
ufactured product approximates $780,
900, 900.
Our state is better watered and has
known to man. 1t is located in the
best corn producing zone in the world.
1t has over 100000 farms occupying
about 35,000.000 acres of land and pro-
duces in farm products including the
amount fed to live stock an average In
value during the year, of $1,000.000 per
day, or a total value of over $365, ,0O0,-
600, according to the census of 1900.
1t exceeds every other state in the value
of its farm products and the next state
to it is $20000.000 less than Iowa's ag-
gregate. 1t exceeds every other state in
the value Of it's live stock and the next
state to it is s50,o00,0O0 less than
Iowa's aggregate.
"The animal husbandry. the Iowa
college of agriculture has acquired
fame world wide. and has repeatedly
won honors at international stock
shows for the practical and scientine
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