Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-10-21
GOVERNOR URGES FARMERS "a
INSIST ON STRONG INTER. =.
STATE COMMERCE LAW
1.-THE COMMON PEOPLE"

~ Preach tho Gospel Of The Common
People Of the United states,~ De-
cIares the Speaker - Governor
Spends Busy Day as Guest Of OF.
tumwa People. 4slLassr -'-'-'-
From Fridays Daily.
Il want you to get hold OF your
government again and to see that men
represent you who work for your In
terests and the interests of the come,
mon people," said Governor A. B.
Cummins yesterday in the course Of
his address to the audience at the fall
festival of the Wapello county branch
of the Corn Belt Meat Producers as
sociation- 4We need now as never be-
FORE" he continued, "a re-baptism in
the waters Of civic righteousness and
purity. We need realization of the
dignity Of manhood to carry on the af.
fairs Of the country free from selfish
interests /.
The governor in his speech yester.
day denounced the railroad interests
that are fighting the movement for
strong interstate commerce law, de-
claring that the farmers of the coun-
try are deeply interested in the prob.
lem offered by the fight and that to
them the solution of the questions will
ultimately come. He devoted nearly
all the time during the eighty minutes
of his address to discussion Of
freight rates. 81 preach the gospel
Of the common people of the United
States" he declared, and justified his
attack upon the railroad interests with
the statement that he is representing
the great mass Of Americans.
An Interested Audience.
The audience at the meeting yester.
day afternoon did not quite fill the
seats on the first floor of the Grand
opera house, the attendance a. the fall
festival being limited because of the
condition Of the weather and the
roads. Everyone who heard Governor
Cummins and Joe r. Trigg speak.
however, was deeply Interested in
what they had to say and the audience
truly made up in interest what Il
lacked In numbers.
Joe Trigg's Advice.
Mr.. Trigg's speech was short be.
cause he had to forego talking at the
morning session, which was prevent
ed by rain. He delivered a brief ad.
dress at the opening of the afternoon
meeting, a talk that was well received
by the audience, as are all the talks
Mr.. Trigg makes to Iowa farmers. !
/. Science and Agriculture. s
Mr.. Trigg is enthusiastic on the
possibilities of the young man on the
Iowa farm. He declared that Iowa.
Ia in cp tC {to1 III
tton In an agricultural way by rea.
son Of the alliance Of science with
agriculture. He advised the farmers
to give their boys the advantage OF
study at the State Agricultural college.
and declared that education in
farming Is as essential to success now
adays as 1t is in any other line of ac-
tiyity. Science and agriculture" he
said, will join hands, are even now
Joining hands, in complete rejuvena-
ton, an agricultural revival. and It
is time for all of you to get in line.
Don't move away from the old 1ome
and go into the city. Stay on the old
farm. Live there and-die there, That
Is my advice. Go home from this
meeting better contented than you
have ever been before. Be progress
in social life and in politics"
The Governors Address.
Governor Cummins was introduced
iby Senator 8. H. Harper and with a
few prellminaries he launched at once
into the subject of railroad freight
rates. His address was as follows:
Farmers Duties Not Few,
"The work Of the farmer is not con.
fined to the mere production Of crops
ror their rotation year by year. There
is another side, of which know some.
thing because I have devoted to n
the best energies Of the best years of
my life.
J, you raise the crops, you produce
the corn, the wheat, the oats. the bar.
ley, but you cannot eat all that you
. produce. You must sell some of the
products of your fertile Iowa fields.
You must have the money that such
a sale will bring in order that you may
| rise in the ranks of the world and
! that you may supply yourselves and
your families with products which are
the results of labor in other lines Of
application. You may feed some Of
, the grain to your cattle and your hogs
, but eventually you place the surplus
from your farms, in one form or an.
/ other, upon the open market. When
you do sell them they must be trans
: ported to market before the work Of
: the farmer is accomplished: and
: therefore, you men, members Of the
Corn Belt Meat Producers association.
5 are vitality interested In the laws Of
your land, which deal with Industrial
!, conditions-as vitally as you can be
2 interested in the fertility and rich.
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