Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-19
IOWA ApPles NOT Apv1Rv,sso
Mers Groxsw Ia Na~keys State Than
IN WashsWsteW and idaho CewNN,Wsd.

W0e0 Or0SW IN N0WNeyV ONuVO sV1V
IN WashiNsteW and Idaho CemNlNsd.
Here II 4 remarkable story sent Out
| by the headquarters OF the GfeAtes
Iowa Association and used by speakers
all over the state during Greater Iowa
week:
Il have been in most ~ the larger
towns OF Iowa within the rast thirty
days and wherever I have had oppor'
tuni,y have gone into the grocery
stNres and made inquiry for IewA ap-
pies In only two towns have been
able to find Iowa eating apples on dis
play. have found hundreds OF caset
| of apples from Idaha, OREGON and
WASHINGTON, and some from New York
state. And 80 got to wondering how
Iowa compared as an apple state with
those greatly advertised apple states
of the northwest 1 discovered some-
! thing that will be OF interest to YOU.
know.
For the .en.year period from 1900
TO 1910, Idaho raised 100000 worth OF
apples every year: Oregon $l,seo,oeo
worth; Washington. $2.soe,ooo worth.
And poor old Iowa, not really an APP
pie state, raised $500, ooe worth per
snnum. In other words, Iowa raises
more apples every year than Washing
ton and Idaho combined or than Ore
gon and Washington combined. But
the whole world knows that those three
states in the northwest are apple
states. 1t is up to us to tell somebody
about Iowa being An apple state and TO
create a greater demand for Iowa APP
pies which are admittedly better in
quality, Wherever l have been able
to find case Of Iowa apples on sale
they have been selling for from so to
80 cents more per case than the Ore
son. Idaho or Washington apples.
Another interesting crop is that or
oranges. know you viii wonder where
am going to get of when ] contem-
plate comparing orange crops. but ais
ten: California raises $40, 100000 worth
of oranges every year. and Florida
$4,000. goo worth. All the rest OF the
country raises 1000 900 worth per an
mum, or q grand total OF oranges raised
in the United States every year of sl6.-
coo 900. And they are advertised all
over the world. Iowa, why the Iowa
hen lays SIS, 600 900 worth Of eggs ev-
cry year, and does not cackle much
about il either. That is the trouble
with US in Iowa-the hen and the peo-
pie have not been doing enough cack-
ling. We are starting out right now TO
cackle about what we have done and
what We have got.
The $50, 900 Iowans who have left
this state within the past twenty years
have taken with them $3.50. 000. 900.
Think 1t over.
We have been hearing lot about
the grea, cotton crop Of the south and
the country has been asked to buy
a bale OF cotton tho the banks Of
the country are asked 20 help finance
the cotton raisers Of the south. Well.
the value OF the horses in Iowa is
greater than that of the total cotton
crop of the United States. And this
is a horseless age at that-most Of the
Iowa farmers driving around with
automobiles.
The United States department Of
agriculture has just made public an
other bit OF statistics that IS interest
ing. All of these farmers In Iowa who
have left the state and gone to cheap
lands in Texas and Canada, to one
place or another have done so because
they anticipated a great Increase in
the value Of the cheap farm lands and
they could not see where IN Iowa farm
lands were going to increase very
much in value. They left the state In
order to make more money out Of land
speculation. The United States depart
ment Of agriculture now comes for
ward with the very interesting state
ment that the increase in the value OF
farm land in Iowa has been greater
during the last ten years than the In
crease in any state in the union. Think
l 10 ho thoa
iowans have gone, whether 4. be north
been suckers.
The farm lands Of Iowa in the las,
ten years have been increased on an
average OF $3.50 an acre. Remember
that is just the increase in value pei
acre, average. This Ii more than the
total averaged value OF farm lands In
every state in the union except FIVE
and four OF these FIVE are Illinois. In
get that3 The increase In Iowa's farm
land value during the past ten year.
is greater than the total average pc,
acre Of every state in the union excep,
five.
tina and Canadian wheat. The corn
iStop VI AO"a - SIS1t0I Nudu the On
tire wheat crop Of those two coun-
tries.
With such a great state as this, the
question naturally IL. why do we want
to make 1t greater? What we want Il
TO encourage an industrial upbuildine
and at the same time progress with
our agricultural developments. We
want to intensity our agriculture 9
little and make our farms more pro.
ducttve because 1t Is only by means Of
this that we can continue to increase
the value Of our Iowa farms. At the
same time 1t is vitality necessary tina,
the progress we make IN aSr1cultur.
and livestock is paralleied by al
equally conspicuous and equally profit.
able progress in commerce and In in.
dustry. We can never expect . we'll.
balanced state-a truly greater Iowa
!nnless we achieve this. No people
whether they be state or nation, hal
ever occupied permanently a position
in the front rank Of progress. that ha,
rot learned to lean with equal con.
fidence upon those twin pillars Of pros
perity, the farm and the factory"
MRS. HUGH L. SCOTT
WIFE OF ARMY HEAD,
FRIEND OF INDIAN.
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