Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-11
Io,uans Make Good
With Frisco People

md passage to the Indies. but he
did not find It. But those who fol-
lowed him dreamed Of q time when that
passage way would be cut through the
isthmus. The dreams of centuries ago
have come true. The forces Of nature
have been conquered; and it has been
pacific conquest for industry. Out
, of it will come readjustment OF the
commercial relations of the whole
world. We do we'll to celebrate it and
invite the nations to Join here at the
most appropriate place"
There we're other speeches-at the
fine luncheon at the Suffer. where the
Nebraska boys predominated: at the
Shattuck. IN Berkeley, where President
Wheeler, Of the university, spoke; at
the Palace hotel luncheon. and at din
ner on Mount Tamalpais. Mr.. Haskell.
of Cedar Rapids. proved a fountain OF
Inspiration to all; and Messrs. Bolton,
Faw. Shepard Rernbrock and others
from Iowa added to the good things
. said at various and sundry times. But
all the time there was the thought
kept well to the front that Iowa is
right in the center Of the map and is
most likely 10 be right in the center OF
the big do,nss in the exposition year.
An interesting address in lighter vein
was that by Benjamin Ide Wheeler.
himself a New Englander. now presi-
dent Of the university at Berkeley with
5000 students. When go to talking
of Iowa" ne said. you can settle down
for rest. l look upon Iowa as just
one step toward the ultimate goal from
New England We are bound to be
a hybred people in America. and the
great mixing bowl is in the Mississippi
valley. But for that valley we should
have had groups and states with varied
nationalities. But when these people,
these pioneers from all parts of the
earth. with many languages. got to-
, gether in the great Mississippi valley,
their old habits and old ways of think
ing were ali broken up and they be-
came one. Out from that valley has
spread to every part of the nation a
great influence for eoualizing and har-
monizing. This getting together was
a necessity. These boys with Swedish
parents and Irish and German and
French. when they met out behind the
little red school house just had to learn
70 speak one common language. No
matter if il was baseball American-it
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has become the language Of the world,
In Iowa you dent have any OF our
troubles which come to us from the
Orient: it is just hogs and corn ard
alfalfa and every acre as good as every
other. AL Of this IS better understood
| in The lower part of our state; our peo-
/ pie are oniy partly from Iowa. down
there they are all from Iowa. But we
have the glad hand for all white peo-
/ ple. and the whitest of them all are
| from Iowa"
! The Nebraska and Iowa delegations
INDUCED in more or less of chatting:
but out on the coast the two states are
regarded as commercially one. Ex-
! Senator Peter Jensen. Of Beatrice, was
! of the Nebraska party. quaint and
/ genial booster: W p Mellor, who man
/. ages their state fair. an energetic Ne
braskan: and s. r. McKelvie. lieu
| tenant governor ever ready for a
timely and appropriate talk.
The Iowa people did themselves
proud on the trip and all returned glad
that they went