Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-01-23
DESPITE CAMPAIGN or EDucA
rioN CORN AVERAGE SHOWS
SLIGHT iNcREAsE.
AVERAGE YIELD OF OATS
DEcREAsEs IN FIVE YEARS
Unless Men at Head Of Movement For
Creator Agricultural Iowa Rsesivs
Setback Conditions Will ss Improved
Democratic Committee to Meet
Monday TO Arrange For Convention.
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Des Moines, Jan. est is probable
that within the next year, provided the
men who have been for number OF
years doing effective work legislating
to advance Iowa's material growth are
not now given setback, big move
ment will be inaugurated to educate
the Iowa people to greater commercial
and agricultural possibilities. Persons
who have been making a study of the
matter declare that in the past the
campaign work done for Iowa agricul-
ture has been on a too narrow basis.
What is wanted is a movement big
enough and broad enough to embrace
more than one idea. That there is
need Of something of this kind is de-
clared by well informed persons.
An inquiry at the state house the
other day caused compilation Of facts
to be made in regard to just two topics,
showing that very little has been done
as yet in Iowa for better farming.
Corn was taken as an example. 1t
was found that in the fve-year period
prior to and including 1902, the average
yield of corn per acre in Iowa was
343 bushels. That Is a very low aver
age yield and it ought easily to be
doubled.
For the f1ve-year period ended 1911
the average yield has been increased to
34.6 bushels per acre. This is an in
crease Of eighteen pounds of corn per
acre. 1t is pointed out that education
in general good farming ought to pro-
fluco SD1ondi1 reS1l1to haro
In the same time, comparing the
same periods, the average yield of oats
in Iowa decreased from 500 bushels to
Ell bushels. 1t would seem that iowa
farmers are not even keeping UP in
their knowledge of how best to raise
oats.
welker Given, secretary. of the en-
pioyers' liability commission, has just
returned from a trip in the east in the
number Of states where laws Of the
kind proposed have actually been
passed and will be able to make val
liable report on the subject
II suppose. met the next democratic
candidate for president. also" he said.
Il met Governor Wilson and also Gov
ernor Harmon. I had business in New
Jersey and Ohio and met them both"
There is much political gossip all
thru the east, Mr.. Given stated, and
a great deal Of talk of Roosevelt. Ev-
erywhere. even in Ohio. there is an un-
dercurrent of opposition to Taft.
AsH q.
Iowa shippers and consumers will
probably be slow in approaching the
inheritance and value Of the movement
taken unanimously by the Iowa rail-
road commission to have a review by
the interstate commerce commission
Of the new western freight classical
ton before it goes into effect. The
hundreds Of changes made in the class
ifcation of freight, resulting in enor-
nous increase of rates on many COM
mon products, affected so many DIFF
ferent persons and businesses that no
one felt it very seriously; yet in the
aggregate. according to the preliminary
figures that were made. the increase
in rates was great. No one state could
very well afford to make the investiga-
ton needed, to show the effect and
make the fight, so half dozen states
were brought into combination to make
the attack on the classification.
WHETHER Tic TcSuIt VIII DC all Lldt Is
expected remains to be seen, but mem
bers Of the commission believe it is
worth while to cause the interstate
commission to look carefully into the
changes.
Democratic state committee will meet
here next Monday to fix time for the
first democratic state convention and
to select a temporary chairman Of the
convention. A date somewhat later
than that of the republican conven-
ton will be fixed. There is division
of sentiment as to what kind Of a man
should be selected to be the keynote
sounder for the convention, but 1t is
surmised that the Clark men are IN
control of the comm ittee.
There has been very little discus
sion among the democrats as to pri-
mary for selection of their delegates.
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