Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-16
SAYS STICK 70 IOWA
DR.. f. w. Parsons, Now Of
California, Compares
Two States
THERE is NO COMPARISON
THERE is NO COMPARISON
Parsons Misses the Broad Fields, the
Sleek Focks, the Beautiful Meadows
and the Evidences of Substantial
Prosperity-Expensive to Live in
caIifornia-Quotes Some Prices.
Special to Times-Republican.

Mason City, Oct 16-Rev Dr. T.. w
Parsons. who was formerly pastor OF
the Baptist church in this city and
who is we'll known in other sections of
Iowa, but who recently accepted a
passionate in Monrovia. Cal. draws a
comparison between Iowa and Cali
fprnia that is entirely 10 the advant-
age of the Hawkeye state. Writing to
a Mason City paper DR.. Parsons says:
And now let me tell You something
about California, and | will tell you
something that people do not gener-
ally tell. California can not begin to
compare with Iowa. do not UNDER
stand why people leave Iowa and
come out here to live. one misses The
broad rairies, the great rich corn
pastures here Craze the herds and
ilucks Soon after coming here | bought
Il horse and surrey thinking to ride
around and enjoy the country but one
soon tires of long stretches OF sand
and gravel. 1t is true we do have or
anges and walnut groves, but what are
they when compared with green grass
and bending grain and the dark green
Of Iowa corntields? California. how
ever, is good place for the rich, the
old and the feeble. but for the young,
the ambitious and the energetic Iowa
is far in. advance Our atmosphere
lacks snap. lacks ozone or oxygen. lacks
that something that gives vim and Wig
or to a person one feels like sitting
down and enjoying the sunshine and
the flowers, but does not feel like brac-
ing up and pushing things with life
and energy. 1t needs the frost and the
sting of the snowfiakes, to give vim
and vigor to life.
Expensive Too.
Then another thing it is expensive
to live out here. l used to read in the
papers: Go to California and save your
coal bills. Well, you will savesin coal,
but you will make it up in other things.
The other day, / bought two little
chickens to fry, and they made a meal
for family of four, if we did not eat
too much, and they cost 10 cents. Just
two little bits of chickens, 20 cents! Let
me give you some prices. Eggs sell for
80 cents a dozen. butter for 80 cents
pound. and will be higher after a
while, milk for 10 cents q quart, hay
for $22 a ton, bacon for So cents q
pound steak for 20 cents a pound. Yes,
that is right; go to California and save
your coal bills.
Opportunities Scarce.
And then it is very difficult to get
work Soon after coming here, / got
place for Frank with man in civil
engineering, but he told me that he did
not know how long his work would
hold out. Well, Frank came and
worked for a while, and then the work
gave out. Frank then tried in every
direction for something to do, and the
answer was, we have men
now on the waiting list; we will put
your name on the list, and when we
can give you work, we will let you know.
1 am glad to say. however, that now
he has very good position with good
salary, and the promise of promotion.
But there are many in California today
that are not so fortunate as he, and
they are ,still waiting for a job. A
friend told me that his friend left
position in the east where he was re-