Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-12

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state have been made to yield more
than $50 bushels Of corn TO the acre.
which 10 almost four times the highest
average yield for any one year. Wheat
has turned out in some instances more
than flfty bushels to the acre during
the last year and oats has gone from
eighty to ninety bushels. These things
are the best advertisements that our
state could have when they are gener-
ally understood. II the average yield
of corn could be brought up to fifty
bushels per acre, 1t would be gain
of about Is per cent over last years
corp, or gain in value Of moro than
So, 100000.
Build More Factories.
mo greater need is felt than the me-
cessity Of the establishment Of more
manufactures within our midst. AL
ready we have great many manu-
featuring industries Of very high
character, but there Is room and much
need for many more. The cement in
terests OF our state are OF immense
importance and promise great success.
We have the largest brick and tile
factories in the world and these are
supplemented by many smaller ones
located in various parts OF the state.
Our gypsum interests are growing In
Importance. We have one sugar plant
that turns out about one-fifteenth of
the amount Of sugar used in the state.
And the managers Of the factory in
form me that they would have no diff
ficulty in securing beets enough in the
territory where the plant is located to
r1l, Po0f0piaR
Why might not we be producing not
only the remainder Of what we con-
sumo, but be supplying other places
where the growing Of sugar beets is
not a success? Here is a splendid OPP
portunity for investment Of capital. We
are extensively engaged in manufac-
turing machinery used in dairying and
in more limited way in general agri-
cultural pursuits. but there are many
lines along which we are far behind
states no better located or favored for
such things than we are here in Iowa.
MANY millions OF dollars have gone
from us in the last few years to buy
autom obiles. Why not recognize the
fact that the automobile has come to
stay and proceed to manufacture them
at home more extensively than we are
doing at present We have been help
ing to make the cities Of other states
rich by buying their products as we'll
as by furnishing them men and means
for carrying on their business.
literaev.
zone Of the real sources Of pride to
every citizen OF our commonwealth who
stands for higher and better things in
the affairs of the state Is the fact
that while our population is made up OF
the representatives Of almost every ma
ton OF the globe. our census OF 1905
shows that ss11 per cent Of all Of the
people over flve years of age living
within the borders Of our state can
read and write, and Of those who have
passed school age only one per cent
but what can read and write. No
where in all Of the states Of the union
is there to be found more intelligent,
thrifty and prosperous people. We are
blessed with large number Of small
cities but are not burdened with any
over grown places where the unde-
sirab1e element accumulates. With the
apparently equal advantages that OBJ
tain as to the various parts Of the
state and the we'll balanced popula-
ton, we may reasonably expect the In
terests OF the entire commonwealth to
move along in about the same manner.
Let the possibilities and opportunities
OF our state be fully realized and
known and the question OF population
will take care Of itself We have not
the cheap lands that other states have
to offer. People have been passing by
us and going where lands were much
lower. but when quality and opportun-
ity are taken into consideration there
Is no place that offers anything better
than Iowa. It takes more money to
handle proposition here than in some
OF the newer sections OF the country,
but there is nothing safer and more
certain OF satisfactory returns than here
in our own state. We lost our great
est number Of people between 1900 and
1905. when our land values were ad-
vancing most rapidly We will gain
back what we then lost and add many
more when the relative values Of lands
are better understood, and when orr
owners OF small farms learn that it
pays better to farm Iowa lands closer
and better than 1t does to sell here
and go elsewhere for the purpose of
getting a larger number Of acres of
less productive soil
Good Citizens Have Conc.
Such is the condition of our state
the loss of few thousand Of whose
population has attracted so much at
tention turnout the United States. II
take no stock In the suggestion that
those people who have gone from
among US represent our undesirable
population. If you will go to the states
to the west you will find that we have
sent them the hest class Of citizens
to be found within their borders and
that there they are helping to bring
those state up to the high standard
that we have attained to here in peer
less Iowa"
SEEKING SEWERAGE DATA.
Logan Business Msn's Association So.
Letting information.