Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-24

tsrmines the price Of land? First the
productive quality Of your soil. Second.
the market price Of your farm pro.
ducts. Third, your improvements, and
fourth the cost Of getting your pro-
ducts to market. Whoever attempts to
get away from these facts either IL
mistaken or speaks to deceive.
| Fassso oravel.
Now, whenever iowa gets ready To
leave the dirt road. there 10 one and
only one that 10 practical. and that 10 I
graveled road. Ainnesota's type OF
road Is q gravel road sixteen feet wide.
with six inches depth Of gravel Now
then 1864 cubic yards Of gravel will
gravel Q mile Of road. sixteen feet wide.
and spread the gravel six inches deep.
Seventeen acres OF gravel with an sv-
erage depth OF ten feet would gfavel
the entire county road system Of
Wright county. and II for that gravel
the county pay 500 m acre and the
title Of the land remain in the land
owner. It win cost 31d . mile. for the
gravel and there u no land Oh the face
| Of the earth that will produce better
] crop Of sweet clover than upon the
clay subsoil Of this gravel land. Many
years ago In York state saw whore
clover grew up and made stand Of
six and seven feet high on such land.
Roasts Bankers awd IsWyers.
The bankers at their state conven-
| ton at Cedar Rapids went on record
in favor Of hard roads-paved roads.
Now the banker is necessary in all
lines OF business and in all parts OF the
| earth. The bankers In Iowa hire money
at per cent and loan 1t out at per
cent. This is legitimate business. and
have nothing to say againt 1t. Fifty
per cent of the farmers in Iowa are in
debt. and 50 per cent OF the farmers
in Iowa have their farms mortgaged.
The farmer needs the assistance Of the
! banker, and the banker needs the as
sistance NJ the farmer Thair inter-
ests are mutual. II every farmer in
the state Of Iowa was out Of debt.
banking in Iowa would be as profitable
az selling ice with the tharm0mstsr ut
zero. Whenever a convention Of bank
when they know that 90 per cent Of
they put themselves beyond the far
mers confidence and respect.
The lawyer state convention met
at Fort Dodge and went on record in
favor Of pSved roads. I sQuandsfed
away two years Of my Life In a law Of
five when . young man. got some In
formation AZ to the inside workings OF
law Office. They spend a good share
OF their time settling controversies be-
tween people who have not sufficient
honor to pay their debts and mind
their own business. They also employ
good share Of their time ut GOOD pay
crucifying justice on the cross Of legal
technicalities.
The supervisors at their recent state
convention in Des Moines. went on
record against paved roads. This
seemed to excite the wrath Of many
Iowa editors. who have been paving
tho county roads with editorials ana
not having brains and. common sense
to put in any logical argument AGAINST
the stand taken by the supervisors.
and like all editors Of their class pur-
sued the path Of least resistance BY
smearing the supervisors with EDITORIAL
mud and ridicule, In the vain hope OF
leading the people to believe that the
SUPERVISOR views were not In hartnony
with the Iowa taxpayers
Supervisors An Wis.
Now who are the supervisors? =
majority Of them are farmers or re-
tired farmers men who know how to
appreciate the value Of hard earned
money. Many Of them men. whose
only capital when they started oat ID
life was health and ambition to build
a home for wife and child. 70 prepare
for the stormA and breakers OF old age.
Men. who for years have toiled thru
storm and sunshine s.c- Early .::e.
till late at right contending with the
elements of floods. frostA and drouths.
and the countless awarms 81 Insects OF
earth and air that p1eyeds upon their
crops: these men and their good wives
toiied patiently on. in advertisys night
Of darkest hour they ever kept their
star OF hope shining above the horizon.
until succe ss finally crowned their
patient efforts. Their old shack has
given away to the comfortable farm
house; the big red barn and silo mas
taken the place OF the old straw sned'
and where privation poverty ana haIo-
ship once refgned almost Supreme Ne
now see we'll improved farms. pros
perity. comfortable and happy homes.
And these arc the mon that many love
editors have oeen iioiuinS Up ..~s.
Guile because they went on recofo
against taxing the Iowa farmers 10
build paved roads.
And now what is the discordant note
that comes bawling over their broad
and fertile prairies Of peace prosper.
fty and harpiness-pavsd roads. paved
roads, and from whom does 1t come
lawyers, bankers and editors-esntle-
men of wealth and Leisure, Who want
to ride on cushions over paved reads ae
the expense Of the Iowa farmers.
I have a plan IN mind that seems 20
mo simple and practical for the faf-
mc-. 70 sdont, You need no president