The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-31


twenty minutes for the Newton people to
organize company and make that man it's
president Whereupon he proceeds to manufac-
t1re at profit and pay dividends. Then every
body in town boosts for his factory product.
The quickest way to determine whether man
lives IN Newton is to ask him if he happens to
know what is the best washing machine to buy.
He knows, tells you instantly, and mpresses
upon you that while there are other washing
machines In the world, all others are mere imi-
tations except the one he recommends. You
will find that washing machine is made in
Newton, Iowa.
OBSERVATION - Towns that help them
selves are lucky.
record for capitalizng its climate and becom-
ing big city build solidly out of hot air. Des
MONIES has made all the necessary modifica-
tons caused by Iowa climate and is one of the
best examples in the world of making the most
out of what little she has. Des MONIES is prob
ably the greatest city Of homes in the United
States; probably the homes of Des Moines are
larger in number and grade higher through
out than in any other city west of the Atlantic.
It contains 100000 people Of the type who are
usually referred to as retired farmers and
5000 other people engaged in mad chase
after money in every conceivable form of
deavor from life insurance to building silos. In
fact it has none of the characteristics of the
city Of considerable population, but it has
the usual characteristics of tremendous
big village Of people who pay their debts and
live in homeliAe houses It does not 1nanufac-
ture very much, but is the metropolis of a very
considerable section of the greatest agricul-
tural state in the Union
It is impossible for Des MONIES ever to fail to
tell the rest Of the world every few days what
a big place and fine place and prosperous place
Des MONIES is. The city has two booster organi-
cations entirely distinct and in entire harmony.
Each is headed by we'll paid executive with
the title of secretary and both these secretaries
keep busy Dragging about Des MONIES every
day. Every time blacksmith buys new anvil
in Des MONIES the papers carry an article
about the improved business conditions on the
east side or south side or whatever side the
blacksmith shop happens to be located
[ have been in one of the big DeS MONIES
stores enough lately to see that it was doing
less business than the store in the same line in
Keokuk When once l remarked that it was
dull time in that business, three clerks talked all
at once to tell me that their business was big,
but just then happened to be an hour when
everybody was elsewhere.
The result of the persistent, Klaxonlike gen
eral campaign Of publicity is that Des MONIES
has reputation all over the state and Middle
West that is to say the least all she deserves
from her natural advantages. If Des MONIES
had what Keokuk has, she would have crowded
the war and the railroad strike off the front
pages long ago.
SUGGESTION = A big chorus makes more
noise than quartet and a ten-ring circus
without band and press agent would soon be
playing only tank towns.
The scientific philanthropists tell us that a
great deal of harm is done by giving people
something for nothing; they call it paurerizlng
the Individual In good many cases at least
about the surest and quickest way to make a