Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1916-09-12
IOWA'S GREAT RECORD
At SAN FRANCISCO

Davenport, Sept. 12.-Iowa's re-
markable record of 2S4 prizes out Of
total of 2S9 exhibits in tho agri
cultural division of the San Fran
cisco exposition is bringing re-
Spouse to the state today from far
off Argentina Iowa plans to dom
mate the livestock markets of the
world and rehabilitate EIrope's
ruined livestock industry.
This and a ringing declaration
"to create pride in the word Iowa
as slogan for all that is best in
the production Of commodities of
life" were contained in a statement
to the United Press by G. Watson
French, president of the Greater
Iowa Association. President French
also deplored the introduction of
the good roads problem into politics.
"There is no more excuse for the
road question being in politics." he
said, tthan there is that We should
have republican hotel and demo-
cratic shoe store"
The first task of the Greater Iowa
association, now three years old, was
correction of one state legislatures
failure to make an appropriation for
Iowa's representation at the Pana-
ma Pacific exposition.
eve passed the hat around the
state" said President French, "rais-
ed s105,O00 in this way and put on
show out thdre. Friendships were
established which later resulted in
business. At the present moment
Professor C. F. Curtiss of Ames is in
Argentina as guest of the Argen-
tina government to assist in their
great international horse and cattle
show. Dean Curtiss is making
friends for Iowa and is extending
Iowa's markets for live stock.
eve are getting our livestock in
terests together under an Iowa ban>
ner to go out and dominate the live
stock markets of the world. Owing
to the terrible loss in farm animals
in the belligerent countries of Eur
ope, we will no longer look to Bel
GUM for the Belgium horses, nor
will we look to France for the Per-
|cheron horses, nor even to Germany
and Austria for the Holstein cows.
1t looks very much now as if those
countries would have to look to us
to rehabilitate their livestock indus
try.
cat the present moment COM
mission from Belgium is down in
Argentina picking up the best brood
cattle they can buy. We want that
commission to come up here and we
want all the foreign countries to
come to Iowa when they are looking
for the best live stock.
"Our conditions in Iowa are bet
ter for the production of the high
est type of live stock and we have
TOOlu III MANY tiHSo do manly GIL
mails as we have today. When this
is increased the profits is two-fold,
first we get that far greater and
more fundamental profit which comes
from the conservation of our soil.
Iowa is an agricultural state and al
ways will be-"
The greater Iowa association also
is in touch with the manufacturers
of Iowa, according to President
French. He would have the Greater
Association act for Iowa as live
commercial club does for a city.
When peace is declared in Europe
there is going to be tremendous
demand for materials of all kinds,
said President French. "Our Iowa
manufactures might Just as well
have an inside track to this business
as the manufacturers of any other
The Greater Iowa Association isl
non-partisan, non-sectional and non
sectarian.
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