Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-29
Need Of More Safety Appliances.

Need Of More Safety Appliances.
That the state OF Iowa needs addi.
tional provisions fer the prevention
of accidents fully as much as 1t needs
a compensation law, is the opinion Of
the state factory inspector. when
man loses an arm or finger or suf-
fers any injury In the course of his
work it is really impossible tn replace
in money the loss he suffers de-
clares the inspector. "My idea is that
we should do all possible to prevent
injuries, and then have q compensa-
ton law to take care Of the small
percentage that are not preventable.
when you know that Iowa stands
At the bottom of the list in the eff
cheney of its accident prevention
measures among oil the states which
make any effort to prevent accidents
at all, it is certainly the cause Of no
pride While the state is ahead Of
all others in its methods of caring
for cattle, hogs and corn, guarding
against misfortune and disease to
them, it is behind all the rest in look
ing after working conditions of its
men, women and children. The pitt
full thing about industrial accidents is
that at least rs per cent of them are
preventable if We only had sufficient
means for guarding against them and
enforcing the right care.
'Iowa does not suffer greatly from
child labor, but labor of women in
Its industries has already reached Is
per cent of the total number Of labor
ers and is rapidly increasing. During
the ten years from 1900 to 1910, 10000
people left tho farms Of Iowa and
went into its industries. There are
now more persons engaged in indus
trial pursuits in the state tha1 in
farming. With these conditions ex-
listing, 1t is imperative that proper
measures be taken to guard their
working and living conditions as well
rs to provide for their injuries"
Why Beef 10 High.
Professor Kennedy Of the state COL
lege returned recently from an ex-
tended tour Of the Pacific northwest,
during which hs visited the principle
centers in Oregon, Washington, Mon
tana, Utah, Colorado and Nebraska,
and made investigation into the rear
Ing of cattle and sheep in the states
named. He is convinced that the
basic cause Of dear beef and mutton
Is not due to operations of the beef
trust, but that it is caused almost
wholly by largo decrease of cattle
compared with d per cent increase
In the population Of the country. He
discovered that in Wyoming, where
. very large proportion of cattle came
from years ago, the decrease of this
class Of animals Is due to invasion
of vast herds of sheep and to dry
farming. He states that lands upon
which sheep will sustain themselves
will not support herds Of cattle,
while the lands that will yield grass
for the latter, can be converted to
agricultural uses under the system Of
dry farming, now quite general in the
west.
Extensive cattle growers, in late
years, have been quitting the bust
ness, coincident with the great graz
ing ranges and an embarking in the
opposing industry of rearing great
herds Of sheep, for the reasons set
out in the preceding lines. He says
the effect has been to force the rear
ing of cattle into the great corn belt
and compel their disappearance from
the great free ranges of the old west
Professor Kennedy believes the ex-
tant prices Of beef will continue un.
til the change can be made of trans.
ferring cattle from the western plains
to the pens Of Iowa, Nebraska, ILL.,
nois, Missouri and Kansas.