Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-27
If CEDAR RAPIDS MAN ENTERS
CONTEST HOLDEN MAY
ENTER RACE.
ioWA's CORN EXPERT
FINALLY ISSUES STATEMENT
Says He Has No Controversy With
Moore and is Going on With Work
Regardless Of criticisms-Has Moth
ing to Conceal and Has Tried to Be
Square and Teach Boys to Be So.
Special to Tin1es-Republican.

Special, to Ttnres-Republcan
Des Moines. April 27.-If Ernie
Moore, the popular Cedar Rapids bank
er-politician, runs for governor in the
next campaign. and it is stated he has
been slated for the place, then he will
have as his opponent, Prof. Perry Gree
ley Holden, superintendent of the ag-
riculturai extension department of the
state college at Annes.
The issue will be whether or.not the
agricultural college extension work
and the short courses and the seed
corn specials and all that sort of thing
has been worth while
1t will be tried out before the people
of the state and they will be asked to
decide. Professor Holden admitted as
much yesterday. He was hurrying thru
the state house corridor. He is always
on the so.
Hold on a minute greeted him.
"DiG you notice that Representative
Moore is being doomed for governor"
AAS ANAAiissS0 AAC 11d4 lACdI " SOtllCllIil4S3
about it.
If he does, what's the matter with
you making the race against him and
trying it out before the people?'
Well" he said. 'I am willing to subn
nit my case to the people of Iowa at
any time and have them say whether
or not the work in which I have been
engaged is worth what it has cost"
Holden Makes Statement.
Professor Holden rather reluctantly
consented to say few words about
the attack upon him in the closing
days Of the session.
Il have no controversy with anyone"
he continued. Il am just going on
with the work have had in hand to do
the best 1 can with it and to do the
things which ! believe the people of
Iowa want done. The fact is that 1
have never sought publicity. ] would
very much rather engage in expert
mental work away off by myself with
nobody to bother me; but when there
Is duty to perform do not hesitate
to do it. And l have believed that here
was great duty / owed to the public
to carry OF this work for better farm
ing. 1t has been my policy In life that
in a matter Of this kind I want 20 go
just fast as the people can be car
ried along with me. and no faster
expect those who trail behind TO kick
and complain and to make trouble. But
as for myself l shall go straight ahead.
But how about these accusations OF
graft in connection with your work ~
Il have nothing 20 conceal in my
whole record I have always tried TO
| instill in my boys that the only way
Is to always do business on the square.
have done tha. for myself. But never
during my connection with the college
have had one cent of profit from any
business having any relation whatever
20 my office. I have never written a
letter or made vecomme ndation, or
pre- pared an endoCsern ent Of anything
at any time, for a consideration, and
have never received anything for such.
My secretary opens all my mail, public
and private, and il is ali on record and
open to inspection and it will show all
| my publ and private transactions.
Money Not Sole Object.
They say I have been in this work
for the money. Why. bless you. there
hasn't been six months at time
| have not had offers that would give me
more. MIR. Sebas Eian, OF the Rock ISL
ed me how much I was getting. He
| with him. told him that appreciated
his offer but felt that I was not meas
uring my services by dollars
SON cone has referred to NY spec
ulatins in western land. I'll tell you
about that. a few years age / came
down here and DR.. Priestly told me ]
had just about three years more at the
rate I was going. / didn't want to close
| out that soon, and so I took run out
| west for pleasure and health. while
knocking about had a chance to file
on a 1867 acre farm. I thought I had a
right to do so, and especially il was
to be all in at the end of three years
I thought it wise thing to get hold of
piece Of land. l did not know it was
wrong
One day following that, had missed
my car for Ames and was sitting at the
station in Des M0ines when stranger
stepped up to me and calling me by
name asked me casually about my
opinions of western land. / told him
frankly just az ! would tell you or
anyone else the result of my observa-
tons. I did not know was being in
tervieWed, in fact did not know the
man. Much to my surprise, short
| time afterwards saw page ad in a
Des Moines paper containing quota
| lions from what said. That was the
extent OF my booming western land.
20 .4Ic;, III ..s,,;s<-a-:9 : &
ever since and / suppose I have spent
s25 in postage answering inquiries. But
I never used a stamp that was paid for
| by the state.
"Of course I have used my officia
| stationery In my personal correspond-