Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-12-12
GOV. GARS1 SPEAKS
At BIG CORN SHOW
Iowa Executive Talks Of In
provement Of Social Condi-
tions of Farm Life
ARGUES FOR BETTER SCHOOLS
Governor Would Have State and Ma
tional Governments Cooperate in
Establishing Agricultural and Man
uaI Training High Schools, With
Military Features-The State House
Military Features.
,ec,al to Times-Repubiican.

| DeS Moines, Dec. 12.-lmproVelneHl
of social conditions on our farms as
part of the general scheme for the
Strengthening Of the national defense
Twas the theme of the brief address of
Governor Warren Garst, who went to
Omaha and today addressed the ma
tional corn exposition on behalf OF the
state OF Iowa. This is no new thought
with Governor Garst. for he has long
been deeply interested in measures for
the betterment OF rural life.
Iowa is said to have the smallest
percentage of illiteracy of any state OF
the union,' said the governor, Ne
braska alone excepted. The more favor
able condition in Nebraska is said to
he due to the fact that substantially
ell the people of Nebraska are from
! Iowa. Be that as it may, the fact re-
mains that Sc percent Of the boys and
girls OF Iowa never see a high school
or a college building except from the
outside. Now the thought has come to
EE1ne that the government and the state
should go into partnership upon this
most essential and assured foundation
for the perpetuity Of our government
Itself and establish agricultural. man
ual training. domestic science schools,
with military training for the boys, Of
ffering or making 1t am incentive for the
boy or girl who reaches a certain
state Of proficiency at 16 years to enter
j these schools to be trained in industrial
| pursuits and at the same time the boys
ba given military training"
| Governor Garst urged that the farm
fshould be kept fully populated on the
ground that 1t is from the farms that
! the recruits come from all branches of
activity The farm is the natural en-
virNnment for the production Of the
power Of the initiative and a study OF
the lives Of men who do things will
show that a large percentage come
/! from the farms. AS one step for the
improvement of farm conditions Gov
ternor Garst would also provide for
! good roads by having the states and
the nation join in a movement for the
construction of great highways.
], Governor Garst will return this even
/ Mount Pleasant, where he speaks be-
fore the agricultural short course in
session there.
| The work of cleaning up the state
| house, as described by sundry editors
of the state, is now under way. An
nouncement has been made that
wherever men are found in office who
have been faithfully serving, the state
and supporting thesrepublican admin
istration of affairs in the state, they
shall be removed. In accordance with
! this decree announcement is given that
Commissioner Brigham, in charge of
the labor bureau, must go. Now it SO
happens that Mr.. Brigham went into
office supported by practically all the
! laboring interests of the state and as
soon as it became known a change was
contemplated the laboring men of the
state started a movement to show that
they are still for him. Under Mr.. Brig
ham the office has been administered
faithfully and properly and the
efficiency of the bureau has been
! doubled many times. His only offense
is that he has been loyal to the admin
istration.
Custodian McCurdy must also go.
Mr.. McCurdy has been somewhat un-
fortunate in that he has been too zeal
Gus for the interests of the state and
he has saved the state whole lot of
money. In so doing he has not made
many friends. But that he has been an
exceptionally good man for the state
every person familiar with the facts
knows.
Gen. w. H. Thrift Is also on the down
and out list General Thrift goes out,
however, with the knowledge that he
had the Endorsement and the backing
of practically the entire membership
of the national guard and that his re-
tention was desired solely for the good
of the service. But he, too, had been
loyal to the republican administration
of state affairs. He never boasted that
he boited the ticket. He never mixed
politics in the guard. He went on doing
his duty and permitting affairs to take
their course.
OF course there are to be no more
standpatters nor progressives but all
are hereafter just to be republicans,
but it is especially desired that here
after there shall be no more progress
ives. So far as this can be accom-
plshed it will be done in the next few
years.
OLD SCHOOL ACTOR DEAD.