The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1905-02-10

What's the matter with Iowa. 1t may
be conceded that a certain st~ereotNped
answer to this inquiry IS easy ana popa,
truthful. We VIII agree that when Iowa
was made the Almighty pulled on HIS
most distinguished transaction IN real ss7
tate. Here is the most wonderIul garden
spot that the lanScape artists OF the To-
public have hedged within the houndasY
OF the area. OF Japan, and Japan has 40
0W.co people. Only one acre in every
seven in Japan is productive; not one in
S ys, = n of lo has a nGsss II, u,~sff0' twenty
times the populat ton of Iowa. and is one
of the great powers of the world-a truly
great power. despite that 1t possesses TESS
taan 40 per cent. the arabic area OF Iowa.
1t may not be too wcarisome TO point gu
that in the decade closing with the las
century the poulatioN of the entire United
Iowa increased only 1871 per cent. WHAT
the matter with Iowa keeping up With the
process;oa2 Why; NV f3ns LAM Win t rs
communities. increased II per cent, and
New York u per cent, New Jersey IN
creased $o4 per cent-tWlee as ,nuch aS
been doing quite we'll at home. Texas in
creased IS per cent. and while there are
Arizona show that it grew 1913 per cent. IN
that same decade. What's the matter
with Iowa. Wisconsin and Illinois. on the
east. increased respectively - and 70 per
Cent?. -tlIll'tSpAh' W A.N - y
cent. Iowa. only l6.5, per cent. Why.
South Dakota. which had lust been
through the worst series Of crop 1allnNeS
In its history, increased as much as Iowa
and 1t was so drs NJ. there hat When
people wanted tc whistle to keep up the'r
courage they couldn't scar up enough
moisture to wet their whistle
on the whole. maybe there is some eN-
cuse for asking what's the matter Wit
Iowa. Let's see if it is possible to reach
an answer TO the question.
In 1910 the greatest industry IN tne
United States was the manufacture OF
iron SID steel. What scase led in this IN
dustry. and why" Pennsylvania. OF course.
/ because ii had the raw material-coa and
ron. In that same year. the second great
est industry in the nation was slaughter
ing and meat packing, whose product was
worth almost the same as the output OF
iron and steel. And what state led in
meat Strengthening? Iowa. because it pro
duced more raw material for the indus
try: Iowa. because ii had millions of fat
cattle. millions of hogs. millions of tons
of cheap coal 10 furnish power for great
packing establishments. Yes. Iowa, of
course.
Pity 'Tisn't True.
wouldn't that SCUM We'll? Wouldn't we
all be pleased to he able TO say 1t?
Wouldn't We be prompt, if it We're true. 10
echo back to our inquiry. 'Iowa's all
right" if it were the fact?
But unfortunately it isn't true. The sor-
tho list of states in the Slaughtering and
packing industry. Ii had only half as
much output as Indiana and one-eleNentlh
as much as Illinois. 1t was c~erdited With
only one-third as much as Kansas, halt
as much as Missouri, a third as much as
Nebraska, and, nnally-saNe the mark
with its millions of hogs and cattle, be
hSsnld M-assachusetts in tho packing indus
try! Why. there art9 noun m"ss ~
Massaehuserts mo- 1o'ts6 IA ms , spagellts
keep a good average Iowa township out OF
the poorhouse. And Net @SSacauSe T. T.
packs R99re 5 I,t9s' P'Y haV on n, i9rosg c9 ,sGmIS in ~
waseS TOR doI.is ~, M iasTo apitHl m =,
vested m the pusllfs~' III IOWA AStii
What's me naatIef VII l9Wa :.
Inc aUSMsG ~ w oi,tS t ~ INa5 ~
dustrE' N "ll,H lVN1 49, w. q n H.
nau9n, IS only ty1, M, ~ t n o ~ tas To-, I'm n,
ieatnef. ioWa y 1If33il5 aa,tn !. -, \, ~ ~ :
~ the sup'lS 9. ~ ~ ~ y !
aoesh apbbe ot y in II ~ : t's' vnrtb% If III III h
ing a leaINcI niti1S1rs 49, ., ~
nam, laNg * ~ ~ q b a. ei,stoc,nr II i
Gtacstite5 III III - "a +bis 49,. b1it r. can
e Ven " VA = vi ,inder the canvas when i
'1l2!E+iiIa, .,5 ,nait which constitnta on,
o ~ W. re- a,t tast ;nd,,isfri@s iowa is at III
,on' in in proJ,9ine the raw materials, an,
a3p ~ pao n, -, 10 Mo cn,trarv Is
1 49,. 80 oa,Is,,,,or ~ Tho rrnd,ict Nc
: I, ttHSnaInS tako y,icroscone tgyo constable
and y 5anbletbarreled search warrant L
. ST. u 10y > aec;Toal small enough to rcpre
49, =, 49, IN no nFanufactpr
I aAs a. y 81 . d"zon otbor iniustr'es tina
s gh'i be INDIGENOUS here. just thin
n - - Ia Mo : ~, -Af u nElaTA - l1l IL m o.
!. ,1ar,nn no u soid 10 our nyorlastin
: gu ,sinn E,asas which can't furnis
eon,.s for .e rongrcssmen actual
/. lnaci.e tba,, off of Iowa i'm the matter q
1870 M, tnnei W-, 1 Nc water VIII
i. Haa|a >
io""' g., c;..,. poe;+;o,
4 o'ou" S'sy = =.
Perhaps a llttle study OF 4he SreaI ~ u
dustrN IN WhlGn loNa ousht ~ ~ W ~
country Will give some lght on Iae Sleu
! atlon IN general. IOWA producTs 80 aJo "
S,so,o3o hogs annually. ana packs less WA
2,&e,Gn OF them. ,llllnols '.odlees Tow.
4 hogs than iowa Goes, anu Para ''e4el.
times, as many as ioWa pfouutts. lom
has three packing aug Nv I.oeh es,a ~
none OF thein ranklhs Nun ,,, w 20 "a !
gseat markses Oh We ~ Id J9a' and s i9S OF,
al these me last named is the most in
n5rtant and If not an Iowa market at al
1bis fact is the nl.b of the whole matte
T ast vear inst about one-third of the hog
II ANA one-sixth of the cattle received {
Sint,x Citv came from iowa. Geograpi
a tne}iI, ma I,1s nol'tira,Iv SIOUX city IS an low
$500 b,i4 corn,nerc.allv and industrialI
= A. y, ~ or ra.ra N il an Interstate eli
Ina3a Nv Missouri river freight rates: /
stocls n,arkot receives more logs fro
s. so,'b noI,ota th,n from Iowa. it receiv,
tNics az MANY cattle ff.5n South Dakot
II :" f,,o,, I and II receives six tim,
as MANY sheep from South Dakota
A. ., = I Sinul citv rer.iyes as man
20 caatttIo fron, Minnesota as from Iowa:
sei - =. as ,5an,, hos from, y
y - 80, ~, in short, If siol
80. ~ IA - ,.ar.i1,' - sins1n head or no
~. 10y Nt4'' Ilol iN,'iN' = 800 =,