Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-19
Old settlers
SCORE SUCCESS
MARSHALL COUNTY AssoclA.
TloN's THlRTY.slxrH AN.
NuAL PICNIC TODAY.
ATTENDANCE ABOUT
UP TO AVERAGE
ATTENDANCE ABOUT
UP TO AVERAGE.
Prospects This Afternoon Wore That
Last Years Crowd of 5000 Would
10 neutrality-suspicious. Good De-
Iivers Mastery Address-Exeellent
Program Given.

A cosmopolitan crowd was that
which participated in the thirty-sixth
annual picnic of the Marshall County
Old Settlers Association, held on the
fair grounds today. People from the
rural districts, the nearby towns and
the city were blended as one big pros
porous and happy family. From babes
at breast to venerable men and wom-
en- croWding the century milestone the
splendid citizenship of Marshall coun-
ty was represented.
The day was ideal. While in the
open the sun beat down pretty strong,
under the shade of the numerous trees
and buildings, on the grounds the tenn
perature was just right
Parade to Grounds.
About 10 o'clock, the old settlers and
their friends formed a procession at the
court house and headed by the Mar
shalltown Union Band, marched to the
grounds, followed by hundreds in car
riages, other conveyances and on foot.
F. NJ Wheeler, president of the asso-
citation, presided. Chaplain Jesse Cole,
of the soldiers home, opened the exer-
cises with an invocation, followed by
music and an address of welcome by
j. E. Stanton, of this city. Ex-senator
j. B. Classen, of Vienna township, re-
sponded, followed by the annual adj
dress of President Wheeler, after which
adjournment was taken for dinner.
The afternoon program opened with
music by the band, followed by a
recitation by Miss Margaret Frazer
Then came the intellectual feature NJ
the day, the addtess of James w. Good,
Of Cedar Rapids, congressman Of the
Fifth congressional district.
Congressman Goods Addres.
Mr. Good opened his address by con-
old settlers reunions with the condi-
days, when hardships, rather than So
cialtpleasures were the rule. He dwelt
upon the advantages gained in profit
ing by the mistakes and successes Of
the past, gaining lesson from every
mistake and prof1ting by every sue.
cess.
He compared the prosperity Of today
with the hard times of pioneer days
a prosperity that permits Of assembling
on occasions of this kind. Inventions
he said, had done much to make life
easier to the farmer, and enabled hin
to farm more profitably. AS an illus.
tration he described, in a very amusing
manner the evolution of the old "seai
board" into the automobile. The ole
method Of watering stock, he said, was
different from what it is today. The
pioneer cut down a tree, followed out
log in which to water his stock. To.
day We have transferred all stock wat
ering operations to Wall street.
American People Lead.
Continuing in a more serious strain
he showed how marvelously we have
grown as an agricultural and CONNER.
cial people, and gave statistics show.
ing what great percentage of the
worlds grain and livestock and lhei,
products we raise in the United States
and in Iowa.
But our activity, Mr.. Good said, is
not confined to farms. The develop.
ment Of our factories mines and fores 6
has grown with equal rapidity until TO.
day we produce 81 percent Of all the
manufactured products of the worlG
We pay the largest wages to skilled
mechanics. they have attained the
highest proficiency of SKILL Our me.
chanics produce one-third more pei
hand, than those of any other nation.
These results were not obtained by
chance but by hard work and by the
spirit Of enterprise peculiar to the Am
erican people. As agriculture has been
reduced to a science, so manufacturing
and mining is carried on along scien-
tific lines. In America every man is
becoming a specialist and 1t is this
which accounts, to q large degree, fol
the rapid growth and development.
Describes Efficiency Of Navy.
AS an illustration Of the accuracy
attained, Mr.. Good described a visit he
had to Indian Head, the governments
proving station on the Potomac river
There the government tests powder
projectiles, guns, and all armor anG
armor plate. While there Mr. Good wit.
messed the firing of a tlirteen-inc
gun about sixty feet long, weighins
sixty tons, and costing about $50, 900
The projectile fired weighed 1854
pounds and a charge of smokeles
powder. weighing 800 pounds was used
the test being to test consignment
of powder from the Dupont plant. TIL.
propectile was fired with velocity O
5,OUU feet u second. Tine enersy OF Ii
projectile was 10000 foot tons, havin,
the power sufficient to lift 1000 tom
a height of sixty feet. The projectil,
was carried seven miles in little owe
sixteen seconds, and the cost Of firin,
the projectile was about $3.50.
IT was" said Mr.. Good, amazed t.
learn that every detail Of the construc
ton Of the powder, projectile and tn,
gun had been carefully computed an
was accurately known, which show
what thorough knowledge the nav,
possesses in connection with every
thing with which 1t has to deal,
knowledge that stands in striking con
trast with that possessed by the PEG
Pile of the United States and the gov
eminent at washington in regard t,
the duty necessary to protect American
manufacturers.
Things to Know for Tariff Revision
while the platform declares tina
the duty should measure the differenc,
between the cost of production at HON,
and abroad with a reasonable profit TO
the American manufacturer, the gov
eminent does not possess any knowl
edge regarding the cost Of manufacture
ing any of the thousands of article
enumerated in the tariff bill Withou
such knowledge 1t is nanifestly impos
slDle to make a scientific tariff law AM
! to my mind the one redeeming featur