Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1911-01-13
lNAUCURAL ADDRESS.
To Thirty-fourth General Assembly
Of Iowa by Gov. B. +. Carroll
FIFTY YEARS OF PROGRESS
Executive Tells Of Wonderful Pro.
eress Made In Development OF
Resources of State-Recep-
ton Follows inaugural.

Des Moines, Jan. Ex-Governor b.
F, Carroll delivered his inaugural ad.
dress 10 the members OIL the nlrty'
fourth general ASSEMBLY oil Iowa, IN
Joint session. Inc galleries We're fill.
ed with spectators, lnclualpg many
prominent people IRON various parts
OF the state. = RS,
Following the governors Inaugural
ton, brllliant reception was ned,
which was attended, NY large num-
Der of people.
Governors Inaugural Address.
Members of the Thirty-fourth session OF
the General Assembly, JANUARY, l0l1:
In assuming, for second time, the
duties OF Chiei Executive OF our state:
want to acknowledge with gratefulness the
continued confidence that has been repos-
ed In me and the honor that has again
been conferred. The Two years lying De-
fore us l shall put forth every possible
effort to SO cond.ct the anairs OF the
state as to merit the consideration that
has been so generously extended BY the
suffrage OF our people.
A few days aso / transmitted to you q
MESSAGE In which ! discussed at length
many subjects PERTAINING t., the affairs Of
the state and ma. e number OF sugges-
tons rs to matt. rs, of legislation. In .nls
address shall deal more particularly with
Tue GROWTH anu ueSelOpMeul ~ Inc
and with those questions which relate to
the doings and actions OF tho people as =
whole. ra.her thaa TO their officials and
to the General Assembly.
t,rty Years OF Results
have witnessed fifty years of develop
ment Of our splendid Commonwealth. 1t
is trne that during the first years Of the
fifty was not OF that age to give parti-
cular attention to the growth of the state.
but my field Of observations grew with
my years until recently it has been my
privilege to see and study 1t from every
side and from every corner. ~
In the half century that has passed I
Of the state emerge from the prairie grass
methods and customs arise from the most
and enlightened From the little old dla-
cradle. the pepperbox threshing machine,
the OK cart and the Inch pin wagon. we
row cnltivator. the self binder. the thresh-
Ing machine that cuts the bands. feeds
itself and stacks the straw. and to the
automobile sIl as means Of conveyance.
west Iowa and the log hut with Its stick
chimney and puncheon floor of the wooded
sections. into the splendid and magnificent
city and country homes Of all parts Of the
man. We have dignifed and ennobled
every profession known to our state and
above all we have established a. splendid
where All of this has come about in
little more than a generation. and to my
mind the possibilities cf the future are as
promising as the fulilllment Of the past
this and the prospect for the. future we
owe. In large measure. to that genera
tion Of sturdy men and women who came
Into our state during the 'irat nalf Of
q ron
pioneers Of that day and age
Those pioneers were men and women of
pairing this fertile Empire. which we cali
| Iowa, for a great and glorious Common.
/, wealth and whether they hailed from the
fimbered sections Of the south and east or
west they were building and planning tor
| the future, and who dares now to Rise up
and say that the work Of that generation
was not wisely and grandly done7
eixty.four Years q State
We are now in the sixtg-flfth year Of
our statehood. During that time nineteen
different individuals have occupied the
position with which you have honored me
came from states other than Iowa. New
VIZ: Grimes. from New Hampshire; Mer.
5 S Mene ess sad ana snss from
wood; Illinois, Drake !! Ohio Lowe an :
Garst: Pennsylvania. Carpenter. Newbold
birthplace Of Stone. Gear. Sherman, Boies
and jackson. These men have done much
to bring our state up to the high stand.
ing which it now enjoys in the slsterhood
Some of them came to Iowa when It was
yet territory and assisted In laying the
toundation upon which the Government Of
members Of the early assemblies. and Of
the constitution conventions. At that time
the population and wealth Of the state
SSsfe Ks es seed t. er4tor eastern
most constant and our DEVELOPMENT very
marked Lands which cost. the Federal
acre are now worth as much MS 5000 per
acre. We have grown in population from
about $4,000 in 1s48 to nearly 225,O0O
and prairies almost $4,000 square miles
In area, into as many square miles Of cul-
tlvated and productive, lard. We furnish,
nearly n oo 1900 Of c Mx War a sSd spsn and
Americnn war volunteers. We have In
creased the e our gssates st
We ehave established in the state 1866
banks and banking Institutions with: de-
posIts approaching $500, 900 900. Our Our In !;
Interests are second t. those o.
states. We have bnilded and are oDerat-
ing more than 10000 miles OF railroad.
sse s s the he last sts
stock stock exceeds $500, 900 oOo>J we have
given to the nation the greatest agrlcultur-
81 state In the union.
Loss in Population.
We have been hearing a great deal about
the loss in population. What signifies the
loss Of 1000 people out total number
tries three decimal places to find the
figure representing the per cent OF de.
crease.
iat !, rs Sring correct. and yet thc-c Is
perfectly rational explanation for the de.
crease which does not In any manner re-
, fleet upon the state or Its material In
forests Let me say IN tes shnns ion
Formulation of the state to have been 2.
, Shows only 22:o050: or loss Of 81.
ros The census Of 1910 places the figures
:ss.sSio Which shows s gain q i4..l
d,l:ing the Inst five years. During the
ton years neriod. however. there Is shown
t. be a loss Of 1882, The number q
e eer. was 22s.ss2 and Nv the recent cen.
sns 218.S07. or decrease OF 11:s15; It
certainly cannot be said that any land has
actually been lost to the state; Int 1t
must mean that more than 1880 farms
srd It Is reasonable to assume that the
families previously occupying the farms
tins lest. being farmers families, have, In
general, sought homes elsewhere tAan In
Iowa III Is
q eilts Us with q decrease In population
has done Us the kindness to furnish other
Lsures that present very different pic