Omaha daily bee., 1914-08-31
IOWA STATE FAIR GROWS
Big Exposition Now On at Des
Moincs Larger Than Ever.
STOCK EXHIBIT is LARGE
More Than Twenty-Five Hundred
Horses aud cattle Arc Battered
Good showing Of swine, sheep
and Poultry.

DIES MONIES, Ia, AUG. lSpcCial)-
1t is IN the cattle department moro than
anything else that the Iowa state fair
this year has made greatest advances.
The fair is IN no respect inferior. but
on the contrary is keeping up the rcpu-
tatiou OF each year, making a substantial
advance. The fairs are becoming im-
mcnse things and SO great that they
stand high over all others in the state.
But this year the cattle department
holds the center OF the stage. There are
| loi exhibitors with Ills entries. Last
| year there were soventy-seycn exhibitors
/ with 945 entries. That was q little below
the average FOR the state. But this year
the igh mark has been exceeded. The
/ Herefords and the shorthorns are most
! numerous, having 25S and 30 rcspec-
| lively, but there are 12n Angus, IL
! GuornScys and les Holsteins. But in all
others there are very satisfactory OK
1 hibits, SO that it is a well-balanced eN-
| kibit Of cattle. The Iowa farmers have
done more in the cattle Improvement
than in any other direction
The horse exhibit is not at all behind.
/ There are 1877 exhibitors with 1l4S horses
Last year there were li5 exhibitors with
resented or Percherons there arc 2n en-
tered and Bclgians us. the latter having
come to the front in popularity very rap
IDLY.
The live stock exhibit has long been
regarded as the backbone OF a state fair
with these cattle and horse entries and
equally GOOD showing Of poultry, swine
and sheep. the fairs are great centers
TOD, q,
profitable farming. The effort to keep
, on pushing the live stock exhibits to tho
higher records will not be maintained as
now the fair carries its own recommend
atoms
Not Ready 10 start Politics.
Political committees OF all parties are
holding back this year because of the
European war 1t is admitted on all hands
that nothing can be done so long as at
tention is drawn in that direction. All
/ the democrats are doing is to fill the
newspapers with reprint of the primary
I campaign stories that some Of the repub-
! leans used and which were all exploded
and out of the way in June. This is in
behalf of Hamilton as a candidate for
governor. Congressman Connolly is do
ing some political work on his own ac-
attention to the order Of congress that ali
members must be on hand and remain at
work. But the republicans had planned
their usual meeting here durinS the state
/ fair This has been dropped. not so much
because of inability OF the congressman
to attend, as because of a feeling that
nothing would be gained by starting cam
paign work just now.
! Republicans Gain by situation.
! The republicans figure that they gain
very much by the situation which puts
off the campaign The democrats must
rely wholly upon disaffected republican
votes to get them the votes needed to
make a fair showing in the election. In
order to organize bolt attention must
be called sharply TO 1t and the people
must be thoroughly aroused over some
thing or other. Now the people of Iowa
are serene as to their own affairs and
very we'll content with national affairs
IN general. This means that most of the
voters will vote Just about as they have
been voting in the past; and as Iowa is
normally republican by plurality of any
where from 5000 to 5000 it ought TO be
easy for the republicans to win all over
! the state.
VIII Get Additional money
While no steps have as yet been taken
by the Iowa banks to get any Of the
fiat emergency currency being issued at
Washington. based on commercial credits,
the banks here have received an advance
of a part of the money, which the ad-
ministration set aside ostensibly for
moving the crops. Inasmuch AS the crop
movement is entirely stopped by con
ditions as they are there will be no real
need Of the money for this purpose, but
the Iowa banks have secured the money
in order that their bank accounts and
| showing may be kept in the best Of con-
dition. It is expected that after short
time additional money will be called for.
Some of the bankers insist that there is
no real need for any additional cash i'm
Iowa because the stOppage of crop move
ment has made 1t almost impossible TO
| use money in the ordinary grain buying
business.
| Good Work on the Highways.
! The state treasurer has just completed
/ distribution of a million dollars this year
! out OF the state treasury for the benefits
OF the highways OF the state. This is
! the proceeds OF the tax on automobiles.
! IT goes TO the various counties of the
! state in accordance with their size and It
must all be used on the roads The re-
I ports indicate that this year far more
work has been done on the roads than in
any year in the history Of the state,
! that the work is being systematized and
! simplified and that before a half dozen
years have passed the state will have
! laid a large amount of permanent road
in the country. The state highway com
| mission has been remarkably active at all
times and is continuing the work all
! through the season.
Attack ON Nebraska Freight Rates
! It is rumored here that some formal
/ action will he taken soon TO bring 10 a
/ head the controversy between certain
| cities OF Iowa and Missouri and the Ne
! braEka Railroad commission over local
rates in Nebraska, aud that a conference
! will be held here at an Early date to con-
slider what can be done. The commercial
interests in Council Bluffs Sioux city. ST
Joseph and Kansas city are complaining
that the reduction of local rates by the
: Nebraska commission gives TO Omaha and
| Lincoln A decided advantage over them
in handling business to Nebraska points.
The Interstate Commerce commission