Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-05-20
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Question Being Discussed Among
Members ofthe Railway
Commission
s,ousE SHOULD De CLOSER
No Rsasen for Location Of Plants in
City Far Removed From Source Of
Production Commission May Ad-
lust Rates in Order to Aid Present
and Prospective iowa Packers.

lust Rates IN Order 70 Aid Presen
and Prospective Iowa Packers.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May 20.-Can Iowa b.
made meat packing state? This y
question that is being asked to som'
E extent in, the office of the state rail-
\ road commission. The commission
l stands willing and anxious to do every.
i thing that it can along that line, bu
there are some. difficulties that stant
! in the way. It is possible that before
I the commission Is thru with its series
OF hearings in the REIMBURSEMENT OF thu
rate question something may be done
along that line to make the reputation
Of the state greater. Frequently 1t ha'
been said in newspapers and by polit'
teal speakers that instead Of the meal
packing business being done in Chi.
Cage, New York and Kansas City there
should be meat packing plants flourish
Ing III many cities of each state thai
/ produces the cattle. The argument II
| that the packing should be close tt
the production of the raw material
pes Moines has a. struggling packing
plant and 80 has Marshalltown, and
Sioux City has plant that gives 9
little more promise. Fs$ss tss
The first suggestion 40 to remedy
Is that the price Of the shipment OF
dressed meat in the state should be
low The live stock would then be
shipped the short distance and dressed
TO get advantage Of the low rate on
dressed meat But just such q condi-
/ fion prevailed recently In the interstate
rates and the farmers objected. The
stock raisers wanted to get to market
with their live stock and didn't care
much where the market was and they
argued that 1t was Discrimination to
make the rate on the dressed meat
lower than that on the live stock. They
! won out. It is barely possible, however,
that some remedy may be discovered.
Representative Harding was in Des
MONIES d few days ago. He has not
been bit his home in Sioux City q great
deal since the legislature adjourned,
being called elsewhere on legal bust
ness. His visit to Des Moines revived
talk of the next speakership campaign
\ even tho 1t is eighteen months away
Representative Harding has many
friends among progressives and stand
spatters alike, He Is recognized as be-
'ssins one Of Che strongest young men
An The house and q young man whose
ambitions for the future glory Of the
party and good government
are stronger than his ties to any par
Fticular element Of the party. He is
sonly % years old and has spent all
.ti,at time in Iowa and his first ses-3
ssiofi lii the house proved that ne ~ e, 2
man Of no mean ability.
Herbert N Casson,l OF New York.
we'll known magazine writer, VINO mas
recently been presenting graI,ilic
story Of the steel trust, and how 1t has
made and unmade many men, has been
spending some time In and around Des
Moines He is making an investigation
along the line OF farm development,
first as to farm machinery. then as to
u r1n methods, and finally as to farm
conditions He Intends to tell just what
SO being accomplished in the way of
making the American farmer the in
aenendent being he Is pictured In the
story books. The other day Henry
Wallace took Mr.. Casson out. into the
country to see. some typical farms and
farm houses. incidentally they stopped
at Mr.. Wa1lace's own farm, where he
had erected a model farm house, and
where everything is conducted Just as
II ought to be. Mr.. Casson was amazed
at what he saw, and expressed his sur
prise quickly. Then they went over to
i farm on Scotch Ridge" in Warren
county and dropped In unannounced
upon representative farmer. They
spent the afternoon and had dinner,
and the magazine writer Indicated his.
establishment at finding this farmer
with home las comfortable as slny,
farm home in the eastern states ind
surrounded with all the comforts of
life. What amazed him most was the
discovery that on most of these Iowa
farms the machinery is set up and OPP
Grated by the farmers. He states that
In Europe, where he has been making
similar investigations, he finds that the
setting UP Of machinery is something
The farmers never attempt, while In
America, especially In the west, it Is
the rule with the farmers. Mr.. CaGson
states that his Impression Of farm life
in Iowa - very favorable.
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Wesley Greene, secretary OF the State
horticultural society. IL engaged In
the preparation OF the copy for a vol
ume which will give list Of all the
plants and trees in Iowa. It will In
clude those that are native and others
Imported. A pamphlet was once print
ed giving such list, the same to be
Sor use at the Iowa exhibit at the Cen
tennial exposition in Philadelphia, hut
nsthing has since been printed pretend-
ing to give q complete list OF the fora
Of the state. II viii be valuable
for students and investig'at-
ors.
CALL 70 aWINE BREEpERs.