Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-11-16
WHY IOWA SHOULD ADVERTISE
Reasons Why Grand Old State
Should Become Better
Known.

The Des Moines Capital has ask
ed a number of prominent citizens
for their reasons why lowe should
advertise" believing that a better
knowledge of Iowa, its advantages
and possibilities, would attract CAPT
tol and industries to the state.
Among the answers is the following
pertinent letter from S. w. More
head, editor Of the Keokuk Gate
City:
You ask me to tell briefly why
Iowa should advertise. For the best
reason in the world, to-wit: Because
it has some of the best things in the
world and owes it to itself and the
rest of the world to give them the
publicity they deserve. Let me
enumerate a few of the more i'm
portant of them.
First. has the best soil in the
world, not excepting even the ia
nous valley of the Nile. The latter
is restricted in the things it produ-
Ces. Iowa soil will produce anything
that can be grown in the temperate
zone and more of it to the acre than
any other equal area anywhere on
the surface OF the earth. The di-
versity of products which can be
grown at a profit in Iowa is practic-
ally without limit. The possibilities
of production in the matter of yield
have only been guessed at as yet
"Secondly-Iowa offers unrivalled
facilities for the establishment and
growth of manufacturing industries.
1t is the best market in the world
for breakfast foods, agricultural i'm
plements, automobiles, pianos, or
sans, boots and shoes, stoves and
ranges, and a host of other articles
in everyday use. The demand for
these things assures a ready home
market for them, and a home mar
ket is always the best market. This
fact should be advertised far and
wide.
"Thirdly-Iowa affords unsurpas-
sed opportunities for merchandising
at 4 profit The Salubrity of the
climate, the richness of the soil, and
the intelligence and thrift of Iowa
people combine 10 make the state an
ideal place in which to conduct bust
ness successfully ard acquire COM
petence. In all its history Iowa has
never known what it was to suffer
failure of its crops. It's people are
industrious. enterprising and pros
porous. They have the means to
buy what they want and the dispo-
sition to get the best the market af-
fords. Fewer merchants fail in Iowa
than in any other state.
"FOurthly-Iowa has model
state government, superior state in
stitutions, all paid for, low rate
of taxation, good schools and all the
adjuncts and concomitants of the
highest civilization. 1t is all right
politically Except in spots), and So
cially it is ideal. The homeseeker
will not find such combination of
excelencies anywhere else.
"Furthermore-Iowa should adj
vertise to counterfeit the advertising
Of other states. Thousands of Iowans
are being tolled away every year to
their disadvantage because of lack
OF data concerning the resources and
advantages of their own state Not
knowing Iowa as they should, they
are unable to compare ii with the
rainbow representations in the adj
refreshments of Texas, oklahoma,
Canadian and other lands. Iowans
reed education in this matter as well
as the people of other states who are
looking for new homes.
I'm a word, Iowa should advertise
because it has the goods and needs
to let the fact be known.