Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-09-26
HENRY WALLACE TELLS coNsER.
vATioN coNoREss HIGH cost
OF LIVING HAS COME 70 STAY. !
,RuRAL lire CONDITIONS
THEME or plscuss.oN
Plans lnauauratsd 10 Make Farm sur-,
round;nss Attractive 70 Young Psepls
Women Take Part in Program
CO. operative Movsmsnt .Lauded BY
Western Speaker.

GYeC9 nero TO-DAY III tue U1ScuSSioHS ~
ono OF the important subjects under
consideration this year.
The Improvement OF the conditions
OF rural life, plans. for the organtsa-
ti6n Of community clubs and to im-
prove the educational and religious ia
eilities in the country districts were
put forward by leaders in the move
n1ents to check the tendency OF coun-
try boys and girls TO leave their farm
homes to go to the large cities. It is
planned to make rural life so pleasant
that the young people will be attracted
by it.
Mrs Philip N. Moore, of St Louis.
president Of the General Federation Of
womens Clubs, delivered an address
on the subject. The Community Club"
and "I'he Farmers Wife" was dis
cussed by Mrs. Harriet Wallace Ashby,
of Des Moines, Iowa.
J.. B. White. of Kansas City. seems
to be the leading candidate for presi-
their intention Of voting for him. and
it is probable he will be chosen With
out opposition. President Henry Wal
lace, OF Des Moines. has announced
that he would not be candidate for
reelection.
No Lowering Of Food Prices.
Discussing the high cost OF living DR..
Wallace said today that food prices
would never sc lower. He said there,
might No periodic reduction dra TO or,
ganization. but .thaf the lowest permar
nent level In the price Of food had been
reached.
Discussing tho subject. "rhe Co-op-
erative Movement" w. A. Beard. Of
SACRAMENTO, Cal, said that co-opera-
ton is a mems of conserving that
most valuable Of all our resources. hu-
man energy, and the most dear OF all
our rights and privileges. that OF equal
opportunity.
1--WE complain Of the great sconcen-.
tration Of capital in the hands OF a
few" he said. :Tiere is a system OF
business that will keep tho proflts Of
the peoples business in the peoples
pockets where they belong. The Amer
lean citizen everywhere 10 paying a
tribute from which there il but one
avenue OF escape, the adoption Of CO.
operative methods Of doing business.
Farmer and Railroad Must co-opsrate.
That the future Of the United States
as an agricultural country depends up-i
on closer relation between the far
ner and the railroads was the gist Of
a,l address before the. national conser-
walton congress here today by Herbert
Quick, Of Madison, editor Of the farm
journal. Mr.. Quick said, while the re-
lations between the farmers and the
railroads are not always amicable,, It
was the farmers who really built the
railroads and were then neatly beaten
out Of their interests
Mr.. Quick placed emphasis upon
freight rates as an index not only to
the farmers pront but to the general
cost Of living He charged that rail-
ways in fixing rates often conntved
with great population centers to the
detriment Of smaller cities and the
country in general. ,S
"a Mr.. Quick enumerated several ia-
stances Of cooperation between far
mer and railway, Of the Introduction OF
improved breeds Of livestock along the
lines OF his system by President Htlls
Of the Great Northern. of the main-
tanning Of Demonstration farms on
Long Island by the Pennsylvania. sAd
sf the running ef educational trsans
for the purpose Of bringing agficultt,r-
sal science int touch with the farmers.
railway Aid to agriculture, ne said. bes
grown to be fashien.
Railways Rstard psvelepnsrt.
81 THE railways Of the United States
have enormously retarded agricultural
Developments and added to the expen4e
;of living, by permitting the lodgemeNt
In our transportation system OF that
industrial parasite, the express corn-
pany. The express companies perform
practically no functions which do not
belong to the railways. Every dollaf
OF the huge profits which the express
companies make Is burden upon ip-
dustry. unnecessary and unjust
The farmer must be placed N such
condition that he can work up tinde IN
the city and ship In small packaSes 70
the consumer at just rates.
3 Mr. Quick then took up the matter oe
rate making in the interests OF nAtionaf
development. AZ regards nationAl
questions. he said. the RAILWAYS rntipt
be enlisted IA such as may be dictsxe6
by patriotiesn. .