Evening star., 1915-03-28
TOWNER BOOSTS IOWA
AS GREATEST IN UNION
Declares State Intends to Manufac-
ture All Raw Material
at Home.

Iowa was taken out of the wild and
woolly class last night and pronounced
the greatest state in the Union by Rep
resentative Towner of that state, in
the course of an address at the meet
ing Of the Iowa Society of Washington,
D. c.. held at 1710 1 street northwest.
There's more wealth in her soil, he
said. more thrift among her popula-
tion, more desire for the ending of the
war. and more patriotism, to say moth
ing of the highest per cent of literacy
and the lowest per cent Of ignorance.
After asserting that Iowa had added
$3.50 per acre to her land value in the
last ten years, and saying that the
total of this increase was greater than
the value of the land in twenty states
of the Union, Representative Towner
declared that Iowa creates more wealth
in a year than is created In all the
world in a like period.
There's hardly an acre of land in
Iowa that will not produce he said.
"anG if you want to make your boy
lords of the land just send him to
Iowa and make a farmer out of him..
Great Is Iowa Intellect.
He praised the intellect of the Iowa
people, declaring that it was no idle
boast because his opinion was reached
only after long years on the bench
in close association with the people of
the state. Telling of the great number
of letters he had received from citi-
zens of Iowa expressing their hatred
for war and their sincere desire that
the present conflict be brought TO an
end. Representative Towner declared
that it was not for lack of patriotism
fIlt Ia 10
for Iowa was patriotic, having sent
thraefourths of her male population
to the civil war. but 1T is that higher,
stronger patriotism that is displayed
that would keep the peace and end the
war
Discussing Iowas resources and
wealth, he stated that there was hardly
an acre of land in the state that would
not produce. He said that Iowa has the
best and largest factories, and has the
largest power plant in the world.
out in Iowa we are going to bring
the factory right to the source he
continued. we are not going to fol-
low in the footsteps of New England.
where the cotton has to be brought
from the south and there made into
clothing and returned to the south for
disposal. We are going to make one
job of IoWa's products. Produce them
on the soil and manufacture them into
the finished goods right in the state.
The south is seeing its mistake of ship
ping its raw materials to New England
and is building factories for the man
ufacture of the goods at the source OF
the raw material.
Iowa to Manufacture.
Iowa has been sending her cattle,
sheep and swine to Chicago for slaugh
ter. but we are now doing this in Iowa,
and we are going to stop sending our
corn to New York to be made into
starch. 1t is going to be done in Iowa,
where the raw material is produced
President James D. Rowen of the So
ciety presided at last nights meeting.
4 greater part of the evening was
given over to guessing contest, which
was won by Miss Bertha Moore. Views
of the Capital city were placed about
the hall, and those participating in the
contest were required to locate the
scenes.
During the evening Miss Helen Hyatt
sang and James a. West gave recita-
ton.