Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-10-12
.C|)NN|E ON The
IOWA CORN CROP
He Says Wells and Sage Have
Artemus and Josh Billings
Distanced
CLAIMS MANY INCONSISTENCIES
Talk Of Big Crop and Low Price Is
RidicuIed-An Increase of $4,000 In
the National Guard Appropriation
Will Be Asked Of Next Legislature
Investigate Grinnell Company.
Times-Republican.

Special to imes-Republican.
Des lMoines, Oct. 12.-"I enjoy hu-
NOR" said Hon. John Cowrlie, chair
man of the state board of control to-
day, "but George Wells of the state
grain dealers association and Mr..
Sage of the weather and crop service
have Artemus Ward and Josh Billings
distanced. During the first of the year
there were continually reports Of bad
weather conditions. We were told
that the seed corn selected the fall be-
fore was poor which was largely true.
We were told In the weather and crop
reports that much of the corn crop was
planted late and failed to grow because
of poor seed and wet weather Ihe
temperature was reported below nor
NAL a good part Of the early spring
and summer and all conditions We're
against a big corn crop Now adj at
once late in the fall there are reports
that the crop Is big-a bumper crop.
George Wells estimates it at 100000
900 bushels. II that doesn't beat Josh
Billings and Artemus Ward don't
know what does. In the same inter-
view in the papers in which Wells OF
the grain dealers association says that
there is to be a big crop of corn there
is talk Of 30-cent corn. There is hu-
NOR for YOU Last year the grain men
talked of big crop of
corn and Sage helped them
out in his report. The result was
that corn went down to a very low
figure It didn't sell all winter here at
more than 35 cents and most of the
time 80 In Chicago it was only az
cents. None of the corn was taken to
market and the grain men all reported
that the farmers We're holding their
corn Then this summer when the
grain men found they couldn't get
corn the price went UP and still no
corn came in and the grain men re-
ported that the country failed to re-
spond to the market. There is humor
Of the highest quality when the facts
arg known that the country didn't
have any corn.
'It Is all wrong to send out these re-
ports. If the farmers will see through
them no great damage will be done but
price of corn will he lowered several
cents by those reports, which is just
what the grain men are after. To have
a good crop of corn there must be
two things at the least. There must
be good fall for harvesting the seed
corn. This we did not have last year.
Then there must be a good spring for
getting the corn started which we did
not have this year. With a knowledge
of the acreage in the state man can
travel over the state and get pretty
good idea of the average yield. The
stalks that are growing on the nine
1rrillion acres of corn in this state
could lbe put in six million acres and
only make a proper stand of corn. Get
on the Burlington and travel down
through Osceola and Clarinda.s There
are any number of fields that will not
yield two thirds of a crop. There must
be a good many fields go fifty bushels
to the acre to bring UP that average 1t
is an injustice to the farmers to send
o,rt such reports when every one who
will look into the conditions can see
that there is not going to be anything
like such a crop"
An increase OF about 100000 in the
appropriation for the benefit of the
national guard of the state is to be
asked from the next legislature, accord
ing to the present intentions of Adju-
tant General Thrift. 1t is proposed to
ask for an increase from $500 to sou
a year for armory rent for each COM
pany. There are about fifty companies
and this change alone will provide for
$4,000 of the increase. 1t is proposed
to ask for an increase from SIS to
500 a year for rifle range rent for
each company, making another In
crease of $4,250. An appropriation Of
$50 for each company for clerical hire
is proposed making $4,000. An appro-
priation of $40O year for each regi-
ment for a regimental rifle range is
also proposed, making $1,000, and other
things yet to be determined upon, will
bring the amount up to about 100000.
There was plan on foot among mem
bers of the guard for time to get
battery for Iowa, but the plan has
been dropped because it is learned
that the war department will not fur
nish the guns free. as it was at first
thought they would.
1t is learned that the Hon. Mahlon
Head, of Greene county, is preparing
bill TO present to the next session of
the legislature requiring banks, trust
companies, and all concerns that in
any way receive deposits from the
people to submit regularly to an ex-
animation from the auditors office.
The bill will be in line with the action
of the state bankers association IN
recommending such legislation. Mr..
Head is the present representative
from Greene county in the house.
1t is quite possible and probable also
that at the coming session of the legis-
lature of the one following bill Will
be introduced requiring all the mines
of the state to fre their charges OF