The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-02-18
lowa's Advantages.

TOM address by Herbert HAYWOOD
at Admen's convention in Waterloo:
Iowa is the center OF the greatest
= alth-producing section in the world.
Iowa's crops, hocks and herds con-
tributed the greatest volume of new
wealth to her Golfers In 1912 OF any
year in her glorious history.
The aggregate sum is sufficient to
'extinguish the interess.hearing ma
tional debt. about seventy times the
amount represented by the Louisiana
purchase, which embraced not only
Iowa. but Minnesota, the Dakotas.
Missouri, Nebraska. part OF Kansas.
Arkansas, Colorado. Oklahoma. Mis-
sissippi. Louisiana and Montana. 1t
is sufficient to build and equip a hun
dred hattleships; or to pay the gov
eminent pension roll for FIVE years.
or pay for almost all the advertising
that is done in the world each year.
And wealth is piling mp in this
state at an enormous rate. From 1900
to 1910 the value OF Iowa land In
creased $3.50. oo0. COO. Do you realize
that this means almost q half million
dollars increase in value each day.
(The ngure Is stfo.s5S.l
The average value in 1910 of Iowa
/ land per acre was se5.S5-an increase
/ Of 10 per cent in ten years
Iowa IS first in corn production this
year. Experts estimate the margin
of victory over Illinois as twenty-five
million bushels.
As our advertising friend OF East
Aurora SAYS. Here. corn is king.
the steer is prime minister, and his
grace, Earl Hog. is lord high treas
Grere
I Iowa does not know what a crop
failure means. The annual averages
in temperature and rainfall have
varied slightly since the state wealth
er bureau records were started
I Iowa is the first in tilIable soil
area, first in the value OF implements
ion the farm, first In the number of
hogs. first in total products from the
soil. first in the number OF banks, first
in the lowest percentage OF iIliteracy,
i first in the number OF horses, first N
loaf crop. almost first In hay crop Tex
icept New York.. almost first in potato
crop, first in dairy cows with one
lexcentionl. nearly frss in the number
and value OF meat cattle texcept
4 Texas, and first in coal production
west of the Mississippi river lexcepi
Colorado
: In 1912 Iowa had the greatest
! motor factory in the world; the great
est cream separator factory In the
world; the greatest steel car factor5
4 in the world; the greatest power
plant in the world: the greatest cal
endar factory in the world. the great
} est cereal mill in the world: the
! greatest brick and tile center N tbs
!, United States; the greatess steel fur
) mace factory IN the world. and THIS
; greatest stump puiler factory In tbs
: world.
: Twentynine Iowa companies re
, ported production valued at 81 .lea,
: 0ea or over, the total value of thef
j combined output amounting TO SIS,
3 5s5.s15 as against s4I.ase. 2s4 Nv,
I years previous.
Iowa has many natural advantage
as . manufacturing state Oae-tEir,
!. of the ninety-nine counties produc
! coal, so that excellent fuel to produc
J, steam is cheaply obtained. Supple
5 OF raw material are here. There ar
2 large deposits OF metallic ores, sucl
e as lead. zinc and iron. Glars OF qua
0 ity suitable for the best stonewar
and finer grades OF pottery are foun
in heavy deposits. The clay for IN
s manufacture OF bricks and the bes
!. quality OF pavfng bricks are common
IS Timber is found in various iocaiitie
J. and in large quantities in eastern IN
it southeastern counties Straw an
$. fax fibre for the manufacture OF p;
II per and other commodities are grow
" a5undantly. Vegetable products an
I, summer fruits suitable for cannin
Y are prodA,ed in large quantities. Fl
d starch and glucose manufacture, h
T. raw materials are produced through
Of out the state IN larger quantities tina
n IN any ether equal area on earth. Fl
1t The packing house industry the De
Is fed cattle and hogs are eyerywhei
lie for sale. These advantages began
0. be realized in the decade betvee
,e 1880 and 1900 when the manufactu
at ing establishments IN the state alnno
N doubled.
Comparisons with other states fl
- nish no end OF material 10 nal
ag Iowans proud OF their state Arkansi
n has ons - per cent OF its land :
n ported as improved During ten yea
ag the acreage Of wheat reported
Is California decreased from 2.6s5,+a5
1893 10 s7s.217 in 1909. decrease
ID So per cent In Iowa there Is On
We ona-tenth Of che per cent OF the far
is e-s who are not white there are il
Is 5e01 negro farmers In California the
II are e:0o0 japanese farmers, 5si
NJ diaus. So Chinese and 45s negro far
IS ers
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