Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-25
AALLANS 5 VIEWS
ON RECIPROCITY
Apparently He Has Abandoned
the standpat Crowd on the
Tariff Question
WITH THEM ON STATE ISSUES
Attorney for Northern Iowa District
Said to Have Changed His Views In
Regard to Tariff Northumberland
Packard Discusses Tariff Revision
Capital Gossip.
Special to Times Republican

Special to Times Republican
Des Moines, Aug. 25.-As Governor
Packard, of Marshalltown, understands
the position of Hon. II. G. Mcmillan,
attorney for the northern district, Mr..
Mcmillan proposes to give his best
efforts to extending the trade Of this
country in farm products in foreign
countries. AS stock raiser and farm
er Mr.. Mcmillan has deserted the
standpat element of the republican
party in this state on this question of
the tariff, according to Governor
Packard
Governor Packard is In the city to-
day. looking after the stock exhibits
at the state fair, he being at the head
OF that department. Concerning the
discussion in the newspapers over the
state as to the position of Mr.. Nc
MILAN, Governor Packard said: "Mr.
Mcmillan will not work with the Cum
minis people on state matters, but as I
understand his position he is with us
on this proposition OF extending the
markets for farm products and will
not support the standpat contention
along that line. He is with us on ex-
tending the markets for farm products
but holds that the tariff is not state
issue. and of course, strictly speaking,
it Is not. On state matters, as un-
derstand 1t, he will remain with the
element with which he has always af-
filiated. However. I will say for my
self, that the only hope of securing
the legislation we want on the tariff
question is thru congress. and congress
is .inseparably linked with state issues.
We must either scare the present
into action or else elect
some congressman VINO will act"
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Speaking Of the conference at Chi
cago and the prospects Of its having an
influence, Governor Packard said he
was hopeful himself that it would have
the desired effect. This movement is
to get benefit for the farmers and to
secure more extensive markets for the
products of the SOIL" said Governor
Packard. 1.-THE manufacturer looks af-
ter himself and has been doing it ably.
There were a few manufacturers at the
Chicago conference but they were
class Of manufacturers who were there
to say that If we would give them free
raw materials they would be willing
to remove the tariff entirely. That
other element Of manufacturers. the
element that has been growing rich
thru the shelter of the tariff, was not
present and will fight this movement.
What we propose to do is to look after
the farm interests. There must be
secured a more extensive market for
the products Of the soil for hogs and
cattle are being raised at a loss.
'It is an easy matter to figure out.
I have some cattle in the feed yard
now that are eating a half hushel Of
meal and three pounds of oil meal cake
a day. There is a cost of about 27
cents day per head to feed. Now
steer to put on three pounds Of flesh
a day must be hummer and market
ed at cents a pound that is only Is
cents. So, with corn selling at 40 and
so cents bushel, there is no money
in stock at the present market value.
Furthermore corn Is not going to get
cheap again and we don't want it to
get cheap Corn must be sold for 40 or
so cents in order that there may be any
profit to the farmer and corn now en-
ters into so many different products
that it will never be cheaper.
with the stock feeder there is but
one season of the year, and that is at
about this time, when there is little
stock going to market, when there is
any money in feeding. For the other
eight or nine months there is no mon
ey iu the business. Our only saliva
ton is in getting a greater demand for
cattle by getting an entrance into for
eign markets"
Professor w. r. Patterson of the
state university, has completed another
series of maps for the census publica-
ton when 1t makes its appearance.
These are a series that gives the dem
sity of the population at different per-
iods of the development of the state.
The first map is one showing in COL
ors the various tracts of land as they
were acquired from the Indians. Then
map for 1850 shows the density of
the population then for each county
of the state In some of the more
sparcely settled counties one dot will
represent ten people. the total number
of dots showing the number Of people
to the county. BY different shadings
the density of the population is shown
for all the counties. The next map is
for 1860 and by comparison one can
readily see the drift of the population
and the relative growth of the state in
population Another map shows the
population for 1870. AS the state was
quite we'll settled at that time. none
later will be prepared. The maps show
during the early history of the state
that the population followed the rivers
and during the later stages ignored the
rivers largely.
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