Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-10
MUM BERs NOT ALONE ESSENTIAL
IN PROMOTING IOWA IN.
TEREsrs.
CLIFFORD THoRNE TELLS
MEAT PRODUCERS FACTS
lows ExeeIs in Schools and Farms But
Lass in Manufacturing and in
Church Communicates - Points to
China as illustration Of Denss Pop
ulatjon Without Those Things.

Des ,Moines, Dec. 10-At the meeting
of the Corn Belt Meat Producers AS
sociation yesterday Chairman Thorne.
OF the state railroad commission, pre-
sented q paper on Iowa and its, re-
sources which covered the situation
more fully that it has been covered
elsewhere for long time. He referred
to the low percentage Of illiteracy in
Iowa, IL per cent He also stated that
the number Of undergraduate students
in the colleges, universities and schools
Of technology exceeds that. OF any
other state except five. but the number
of undergraduates in proportion to
population is greater in Iowa than in
any. one Of these five states or any
other save one. He also referred to
the relatively low proportion of large
corporations, to tho small number or
church communicates, the large mile
age OF railroads. and the agricultural
pre-eminence Of Iowa. @'e1s asrA
Mr.. Thorne called attention to the
.acf that Iowa manufactures have not
kept pace With the development Of the
agricultural interests. Iowa is long on
farms and short on factories. The
value Of farming implements and ma
chinery in 1910 was $64 ,49S.088. exceed
ed by no other state. Value Of manu-
featuring machinery $30,413,000, ex-
ceeded by twenty-six states. There
are seventeen states that turn out more
manufactured product than Iowa.
Simply more Inhabitants Is not
what we want" said Mr.. Thorne.
China has denser population than
Iowa. but we would not exchange con-
ditions with China. On the other hand,
better population alone is not what
we desire. We want botk; we want a
larger and a better population.
The state railroad commission had o
hearing yesterday in which was FOR
the first time raised the question OF
interference Of electric currence In the
air, and the hearing was one Of the
most interesting and important ever
held on the subject OF electric trans
mission lines. 1t involved the crossing
of the electric wires proposed from
Clinton to Preston with the wires OF
the American Telegraph and Telephone
Company. Three experts came from
New York to give testimony in the case.
one or them HaV1H8 Decu pEcSioSAI "a
the National Association OF Electrical
Engineers and others equally high.
The question OF interference had
never before been raised in regard to
theso transmission lines. 1t is one
which the commission will have to
meet and It may involve new legisla-
ton on the subject to settle the rights
OF the parties. Now that the state Is
being covered with all kinds Of wires
it becomes important to inquire as to
the way the crossing currents are going
to get past each other when they get
out into the air.
The hearing Is not yet concluded.
The state fire marshal department
will make investigation into the fire
record at Morningside College. A year
or two ago the main building burned.
Later the chemistry building was
burned. Now a third fire costing $780,
600 has been suffered. The situation is
at last sufficient to warrant some in
vestigation into the fire hazard there
10 see If 1t cannot be reduced. The
fire marshall had his attention called