The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1914-08-06
ADVANCEMENT OF
IOWA IS The aim
GREATER IOWA ASSOCIATION
PLEDGED TO ADVANCE INTER-
ESTS OF THE STATE.
BOOST CITY AND COUNTRY
Comprehensive Work Laid Out by Or.
Qanixatlon Embraces Widest Fold
Of Activity IndustriaIIy, CONNER
ciaIly and Alphabetically.

What does this Greater Iowa Asso-
station intend to do?
II all of the inquiries that have
come into the state headquarters here
could be concentrated into one COM
posite question, the above would just
about fill the bill.
Are you going to make cam
paign for permanent roads?' writes
is one man from Eddyville, who Is
considering membership.
Are you going to do anything about
legislation" asks another person who
is running for Senator.
I'VE want everybody in the state to
thoroughly understand just what the
Association intends to d." said the
state secretary this morning. THE
best way to present this Is to quote
a paragraph from the articles Of
incorporation Of the Greater Iowa AS
ISOLATION, as follows:
Article 2. The object and pur-
pose Of this corporation is to help in
every manner possible to achieve
greater and better results in every
line Of human endeavor in the State,
and to promote in every possible way
the general advancement OF the
State of Iowa in its relation to its
sister states and the nations OF the
world
Strictly Non-Partisan.
This organization shall be strict
ly non-partisan and non-sectional.'
Nothing can be more comprehen
sive than the above extract from the
articles of incorporation. 1t means
permanent roads: it means that we
will use our influence toward the
adoption of legislation that will con-
tribute to the best business interests
of Iowa; that we will oppose legisla-
ton which is destructive or which is
useless-samples of which we now
have ona our statute books.
Some of the people throughout the
state have an idea that all the Asso-
citation intends to do Is to see that
Iowa is Represented at the San Fran
cisco Exposition. This is mistake
Participation in the exposition next
year is merely one Of the duties which
the Association has assumed
I'VE have felt that there has been
so much progress within the past ten
years Ludl tue Gan ldHSloSo I-Apo"i'
ticn is necessary In order to
acquaint the world with what has been
done. Forty states are going to be
there with their exhibits. There is
no denying the fact that hundreds OF
thousands of people will visit the ex-
position. Iowa is making many prod
ucts which are being sent not only
to all parts OF this country but to all
parts of the world. If the other
states were going to be at the exposi-
ton showing their wares and getting
business for their manufacturers and
breeders Of live stock and growers OF
farm products. by all means Iowa
should get into the game.
Iowa Too Modest.
I'VE have been too modest-tco
content to accept the prosperity which
a wonderful soil and pretty good eli
mate have brought us. We now intend
to put some energy and ingenuity into
a campaign that will increase oppor-
tunities for our farmers. our live
stock breeders, and our manutactur-
ers When we have done this we have
automatically increased the business
of our merchants and presented to
the sons and daughters OF Iowa op-
rortunities for profitable employment
within the state.
so we want the people Of Iowa to
know that the Exposition is merely
one of the duties We have assumed.
While we are preparing for that we
are going ahead with all the other
branches of the work 1t takes some
time to lay the plans fer campaign
of this kind-but we are making prog
ress already.
"As to the general purposes Of the
organization we believe that they are
pretty we'll explained In that para
graph from the articles of incorpora-
ton.
so let US adopt the slogan-'Iowa
has room enough and work enough for
all her children Let everybody re-
member that this is the real object of
the Greater Iowa Association"