Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-14
MEETING TO De HELD NEXT
WEEK 70 PLAN GENERAL
FORWARD MOVEMENT.
BOOSTER ORGANIZATIONS
TO SEND REPRESENTATIVES,
Meeting Called BY Commission Which
Visited California Exposition Site
Organization Of Permanent Body
Observation-Disclosures 81 WON.
er's Clubs to Be Represented.
,ecial to Times : Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 14.-One more
step, and very important one, in the
making Of Iowa to be the best place in
the world in which to live and to Go
business, is to be taken next week. II
the spirit is right, there will be formed
the nucleus of a movement that Will
undertake to combine and assist all the
various organizations engaged in max
ing for g greater Iowa.
The meeting is to be held next Mon
day afternoon in the state house. II
has been called by the temporary or
voluntary commission which went to
California two weeks ago to arrange
for the Iowa representation at the next
world exposition. The meeting was
called and date fixed by the repre-
sentatives OF various commercial clubs
on the trip.
Commercial clubs and similar boost
er organizations are to be present by
their representatives. organizations
like the state board of agriculture. the
state horticultural society and others,
will be on hand. The federation of
women's clubs will be represented.
The state educational departments will
be there The colleges will be rep
resented. The agricultural extension
work will be considered. The state
board of control will he represented.
Representatives OF the state organiza-
ton Of admen have been invited.
Call Outlines Plans.
The call goes oft as eccE. the entire
commission which met at San Fran
cisco, with a special appeal from a
committee of the commercial organi-
cations. The following is the formal
call:
""The commission which has been to
California to select and dedicate site
for the Iowa building at the Panama
Pacific exposition in San Francisco,
1915, believes the time is ripe to start
and perpetuate greater Iowa move
ment; a movement which will look to
the organization Of a permanent body
of some character, built wholly for the
purpose of doing the statewide things
for Iowa. which will insure to her
greater advantage as state and in-
sure to her supremacy IN the things
which are rightfully hers. The oppor.
tunity is present.
"A great exposition is being pre-.
pared in San Francisco for 1918 which
will show the Advancement and pro-
gress in the arts and sciences In the
past decade. Iowaecan not afford to
miss The chance to show what she has
done and to show 1t in a big way. In
order to do it properly and creditably
it is necessary for every patriotic citi-
zen Of the state to take some part,
however small in organizing and get
ting ready, and using his every in
fluence in creating a showing which
will bring to the state the widest and
most favorable publicity. Then there
are all the other things which should
be taken up actively and. diligently;
such as keeping Iowa's young men at
home, promoting fine public spirit.
increasing the productivity. Of our
FARMS factories and mines. and many
other subjects Of vast importance.
Time to Act.
THE time 10 here when these things
may be achieved, and in line with the