Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-14
SECRETARY SIMPSON, OF AoRI.
CULTURAL DEPARTMENT, OUT.
LINES SHORTCOMINGS.
RECOMMENDATIONS MADE
FOR eErrERINo CONDITIONS
Suggests Bureau Of Publicity, Engineer
System For Roads, Broader Asrieul.
tural Education in Schools, and More
Farmsr,' Institutes and Short Courses
Takes Rap at State Fair Fault
Finders.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, Dec. 14.-John c. Simp-
son, secretary Of the state board OF
agriculture, presented to the state
agricultural convention today report
more comprehensive and better filled
with material Of genera! interest to the
state than any state report of the year.
His suggestions included:
A new era in agriculture and agricul-
tural education for Iowa.
Iowa has been too prosperous and
farmers have been seeking investment
for surplus money. hence the emigra-
ton.
County and state engineer system for
advancing good roads, and the actual
expenditure of money for road building.
Renewal Of recommendation that the
state provide a bureau Of publicity for
which he has been laboring for num-
Der OF years.
Commentator Of the state board OF
education for establishing the two-year
course at the state college thus opening
the way for poor boys to secure an
education.
Recommendation of amendments for
the Iowa stallion registration law.
Provision for the printing Of bulletins
of information during the year.
Increase in number CT farmers insti-
tutes and short courses and county
fairs
Reports from ninety-on fairs show
attendance Of 100000 and premiums
paid out $s3.O6O.
Twenty-one fairs paid out each over
$1,000 for premiums.
Successful state fair for 1910. with
1928 attendance and s157.259.7 re-
ceipts; total of lab exhibitors with
14,004 entries, and s49.71750 paid in
premiums.
Adoption of permanent plans for
state fair grounds.
Necessity for more land. and imple-
ment and machinery shed. additional
horse and cattle barns. sheep barns,
etc.
Regarding the fault finding and criti-
cism. Mr.. Simpson made distinction,
and said:
THE fault -finder is a pessimist and
usually seeks to discover others faults
and can see no good in anything or
anybody. while critic is an optimist
and passes judgment with the view of
bringing about an improvement in the
condition of affairs. The management
of the Iowa state fair and exposition
welcome criticism but deplore the
spirit Of fault finding. They are not
unmindful Of the fact that the Iowa
state fair and exposition is a public
institution, belonging wholly to the
state and that they. as managers, are
merely serving the people who have
entrusted to them the management of
their annual exposition. 1t is entirely
proper that the management Of the
fair and exposition he closely watched
and criticised by the public. Such
criticism. given in the proper spirit. is
wholesome and is conducive of better
things
The Iowa supreme court took a swipe
at lawyers in its decision on the dis
barment case from Winneshiek county
involving accusations against one E. p.
Johnson. and then took a rap at dis
trict judge for directing a verdict re-
leasing a man indicted for vile de-
sertion
The disbarment case, so it appears.
involved the taking of fees that were
all out OF proportion to the service
rendered and in fact imposition upon
persons not able to care for themselves
in such matters. But incidentally the
court charged up to the county the cost
Of 400 pages Of the abstract as printed
because there were about 400 pages
more Of said abstract than served any
useful purpose. In the wife desertion
case the release appeared to be on the
technical ground that the wife and
child were not left wholly destitute, in
as they had some clothing and
the wife had relatives who could care
for her.
John Ledgerwood. of Leon, will be
elected vice president of the state agri-
cultural board, which will necessitate
another man for his place from the
Eighth district. Hon. Frank Sheldon, Of
Mount Ayr, has become candidate for
this place and probably will win. He
was a member of the last legislature
and is we'll fitted for the place. In
view of the election of Charles Fischer.
Jr., Of Shelby county, to the legislature
he will probably resign, and John SOM
ers, Of Malvern, has been slated for
that place. No other changes will take
place on the board. Inasmuch as no.
body else is willing to handle the de-
partment of privileges it Is possible that
w. c. Brown, the present vice president.