Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-03-05

Entered as second class matter
October II, 1908, at the postofice, OF
tumwa, Iowa, under the ACT or Con
gross of March 8, 1879.
Foreign representatives: Cone, Lor-
ensen & Woodman, Steger Bullalng,
Chicago; 22s Fifth Ave-, New YORK
City.
TALK MORE ABOUT IOWA.
The recent address Of George HaW,
Jr, of OttumwA before the convention
at Des Moines, OF the State Hardware
Dealers association, Of which he Is
president, is receiving favorable COM
ment In the Iowa press. The Water
loo Reporter commends Mr.. Haw's ad-
vice to talk about Iowa more and
other states less" and says that is
something we all can do for the ad-
vancement of greater Iowa." Con-
tinuing in its approval Of Mr.. Haw's
views, the Reporter says:
We are all prone, especially the
newspapers, to tell of the beauties,
and comforts of far away fields, while
the disadvantages, the sterile rocks OF
the mountains and the fleas of the
desert sands Of the warmer climates,
are entirely overlooked, and at the
same time entirely forgetting the
joys and benefits of our own more
robust and rugged Iowa. 1t is re-
freshtng, then to listen to the per
sonal experiences of man like
George Haw. After prefacing his re-
marks as above he went on to say: e
"Other states have been described
to me as Eden, and have gone to
them to Investigate. Then return
ed to Iowa. Why? In the south
found q beautiful country. Also the
found the one crop farm again and a
white man, when acclimated could
not work and that the black man
would not. In the southwest found
a country where now and then, as
last summer, the hot winds roll up
from the vast Texas country and
wipe out the crops. r.5
I'm the much boosted west found
the one crop farm. where a man
works ten times as hard as he would
have to do in Iowa to MAKE the same
amount Of money. In the north |
found the one crop farm again and a
winter lasting from seven to eight
months. Do you wonder why came
!. back to 1owa?' s.s 4. 80 1.
After seeing all the other parts Of
the country, MI. Haw believes man
can come nearer finding everything
he could possibly desire within the
borders Of Iowa than anywhere else
in the world. In this connection he
said:
I'VE talk about hard times in Iowa
when we don't know what hard times
are. Iowa literally overflows with the
milk and honey of wealth and We do
not seem to realize the fact. ~.
"It is wrong for Iowa people to talk
about the tabled glories of other
states. 1t Is wrong for the man who
makes 4 big profit by the increase Of
values in Iowa lands to sell out and
take the money to some other state.
Iowa made the wealth possible and
It belongs here.
"The trouble is that the farmer
who has made money in Iowa WI
hear Of the wonderful opportunity
of the Isle Of Pines from his doctor.
That isle Is q lump of sand swelter-
ing under q tropical sun. At the
grocery store they will tell him Of
the splendors of the southwest. The
dry goods man will tell him of the
orange groves of the west and at the
hardware store he will hear stories
about the supposedly fabulous riches
Of Canada.
els it any wonder that the man
will leave the state when every man
he meets not only advises him to 60,
but helps the cause along by cursing
Iowa's weather?
LET every man here and every
hardware dealer in Iowa talk Iowa.
Let him study up on her good points
and tell them far and wide. Let him
rejoice when it rains and be glad
when It is hot. Let him smile when
1t is cold. Let us all take off our
coats and work for Iowa."
This, the Reporter says in conclu-
sion, is good advice we'll put. Let
us have more talk along the lines Of
Mr.. Haw's address and less talk
about other states. There is no ques-
ton that Iowa is, as he phrased It,,
Gods country the healthiest, rich
est, best educated state in the union,
and it should be appreciated and adj
vertised accordingly.