The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-10-25
!, RIBBON AGRICULTURAL STATE
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| Some years ago during the visit OF
an eminent foreign dignitary to this
| country, the late James G.. Blaine was
! asked how the distinguished guest
might best be given vivid. lasting
| impression of our land. Mr. Blaine
replied, Take him through the state
of Iowa in the daytime"
| II that great statesman were living
! today. he would have no reason to re-
| tract this statement; for from the
| time that Mr. Iowa Farmer wrested
| the land from the redskins, the Hawk
eye state has been typically Ameri-
can Agriculture Is paramount in
| American activities, and filling the
soil is Iowa's long suit.
Agriculture and Iowa are to all in
| tents and purposes synonymous. From
| where the Mississippi forms the Napo-
| leonic profile OF Iowa on the east, to
where the muddy Missouri flows by
| her back-door bluffs on the west, Iowa
| is a never ending panorama of roll
| ing hills covered with corn. wheat,
| oats, grazing cattle and still more
J corn. For of all the great northwest
| ern states, which are now more than
ever the place from which the worlds
| breakfast comes, Iowa is the Ben Ad-
hem OF the bunch and justly deserves
! the sobriQuet. THE Blue-ribbon State. -
so aptly bestowed upon her by one OF
her large agricultural publications.
Iowa ranks first in the production
OF corn and oats and in the value of
| the horses. hogs and poultry within
| her borders. She outranks all other
| commonwealth in the amount invest
| ed in farm machinery. She stands sec
ond in the production of hay. the
I value of her beef cattle, farm build.
| inGs. farm property and the area OF
I her improved farm land. She leads
! in annual revenue per farm.
: If hole thirteen-sixteenths of an
: inch in diameter were bored straight
! through this terrestrial ball from
! Sioux City to Siam, Hy Clymer OF
! Iowa. could dig down into his jeans
and ante UP enough jitneys from his
] 1914 profits and farm valuation to
plug that hole with solid core, II
he so elected.
/ He has the wherewithal as shown
by the fact that Iowa stands third
among the states in bank deposits
| He isn't bit averse to spending II
i for what he wants. Proof Of this is
! the fact that one out Of every ten
automobiles sold in the United States
in the past year was purchased by an
! Iowan. Iowa goes in strong for cleo
/ tpcal utilities. talking machines, Jew
elry: in short, all the modern convent
ences and Injuries. as well as the
necessities Hy Clymer and wife want
everything looking spick and span
everything up-to-date.
! Observation-Disclosures farms are al
most as much Of a rarity In Iowa as
| are icebergs in the Indian ocean.
/ Iowa is the most intelligent com
monwealth In the union. boasting the
lowest percentage Of flliteracv q SIC
percent) OF any commonwealth. This
IS largely responsible for the growth
of her exceptionally good newspapers
and excellent agricultural publications
that unite to cover the state as the
waving corn covers her rolling hills
II IA a remarkable fact that three
such publications as Iowa Homestead
wallaces' Farmer and Successful
Farming should be published in one
community. The growth Of the lat
ter paper Is a monument to its pub
Usher. Mr.. e. r. Meredith. whose
name looms large among 1owa's prom
inent citizens.
wa1laces' Farmer, run in an up-to
| date manner by IT'S owners-the Wal
| lace family-is a splendid example o.
the Influence that can be welded by
the modern agricultural publication
Such papers reflect the greatness O.
, the state.
iowa Is doing big things in the pro
ducf;on Of women's underwear, mems
workshops, children's garments, sleep
ing garments and sunbonnets. Hel
wonderful state agricultural college a
{ Ames IL turning out scientific farm
ar. and teaching her daughters the
knack Of making buildings and patch
inx quilts. accomplishments eq1ally Al
important as playing hand a
bridge" or interpreting Beethoven
Waterloo engines, Burlington baskets
and hercules stump pullers are vel
known. but who has heard OF "Ceda1
Rapids corn fakes" Council BLUM:
canned goods" "Keokuk corn starch
or "Nuscatine bacon and lard7
Iowa a. sending an immense amour
OF raw materials to neighb orfns state:
to Re made into finished products
Entespr1sing. wide-awnke nanufactur
ers in other states are marketing these
trade-marked articles In enormou!
quantities. proAtins By he prestig'
created. for them and building III
great Industries affording a livelihood
10 thousands OF workers. They ART
carrying corn fakes. corn starch and
canned corn to Iowa. and Iowa - pay
ing the price while outsiders reap Thu
benefit.
Iowa needs oas thing TO complete