Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-06-25
IOWA must EXPAND.
PRODUCTS BRING
MILLIONS THAT SHOULD BE
SPENT At HOME.
SHOULD BUILD UP INDUSTRIES

State Has Unsurpassed Geographical
Possibilities for Manufacturing And
Should Not Remain Dependent on
Other Communities for Necessities.
Des Moines.-Iowa is producing
| from her soil an excess of $600,0O0,-
900 annually with which to feed the
world.
This money is here ready to be
spent and is spent whether 1t goes to.
ward building up the industrial side
of Iowa in which the cities and towns
of the states are particularly inter.
ested, or whether it goes to buy the
manufactured output of factories 10.
Gated in New England and on the At.
lantic seaboard.
Every community has passed
through the same period OF develop.
ment as that through which Iowa is
now passing. There is time when
the state has reached it's maximum
in agricultural development and there
is no more land to be taken up to be
placed under cultivation, that the
state rests inactive until it accumu.
lates sufficient force to establish it.
self in industrial lines.
1t needs but glance at the map
to convince any man who is in the
habit Of analyzing geographical stu.
atoms that Iowa is ideally located to
become great manufacturing state.
It is not best that any community
should be entirely dependent upon
any one thing, there should always
crop failure the industrial interests
Of the state would take care of her
prosperity and vice versa. This is not
true in Iowa at the present time,
and is partially due to the fact that
time enough has not yet elapsed for
people in general to become aware
OF the conditions as they exist.
Our people have thus far made
most of their money through the
kindness OF mother nature in increas.
ing the value of their land without
any particular effort upon the part OF
the owners.
This time has passed, and If Iowa
will become really great she must
use the surplus earnings from her
soil to build up her industries.
Iowa has what is necessary for In.
dustrial development. We have the
capital, We have the consuming de.
mand, we have the youth and men
capable and anxious to do the work.
Let's use them.
Humane Office Work.
In spite of the fact that it is gen
orally supposed boy babies are the
most popular, it isn't the case in
Iowa at all, and there is a bigger de.
mand for girl babies than can be
filled by the charitable institutions.
So great has become the longing
for adopted babies that the secretary
Of the Humane society, is kept busy
connecting the homeless waits and
the waiting homes.
To make the task easier, the as.
sistant secretary has compiled a ba.
by book in which she keeps a record
of every baby brought to the soci.
ETY., recording its age, parentage,
color of hair and eyes. In another
column she enters the names of tGose
who have homes to offer babes. their
qualifications, and description of tho
child they desire.
Executive Council Peeved.
Members of the state executive
council are rather "peeved" because
the primary law requires that the ex-
ecutive council shall begin the official
canvass of the ballots cast in the pri-
mary election on Monday, June II.
Treasurer Morrow, Auditor Bleakly
and Secretary Hayward wouldn't care
II the national convention we're not
being staged at the same time
Governor Carroll being delegate
at large from Iowa is going to take
in the big show and leave his official
comrades behind to worry with fs-
ures and grumble about the manner
the county auditors do their work
when there is fireworks 500 miles
away.
State Fire Marshal Investigating.
State Fire Marshal Roe and H. E.
Sampson, special counsel in the
state department of justice are in
Fort Madison to call upon A. G. Croft
of Moulton, who is a prisoner in the
penitentiary there. Mr. Croft was
convicted on a charge of conspiracy
in connection with the burning of GER
tain seed houses at Moulton. Tho
state officials expect to secure a
statement from him duplicating GER
tain Moulton officials and another
citizen of Moulton in the same affair
which has sent him to prison. II
Creft's statement is secured it is ex-
pected to create a sensation in Moul-
ton.
Jurists or For Vacation.
After filing grist of sixteen opin-
ions the members of the supreme
court packed their grips and left
their quarters at the state house for
their summer vacation. There will
be no more open court unit! the Sep