Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-09-02
MANY souTHERNERs FOLLOW
ERs or ROOSEVELT BUT or
POSED TO REPUBLICANS.
WOULD WELCOME STRONG
DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION
Visitors From Louisiana Much il EARN
est il Efforts TO Develop Agricultural
RssourcssStats Raises Much Corn
and y Anxious TO Stock Ranches
and Consume Grain At Home.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept. 2.-The south Is
taking the demise of the progressive
party more seriously than the north.
This Is the judgment Of n. ]. Seiferth,
a newspaper man from New Orleans,
who is travelling In Iowa with the
party Of Louisianians.
When Mr.. Seiferth was asked about
political conditions down there he said
that many people in the south would
welcome an opposition party to the
democrats but they were against the
republican party as party. He said
Roosevelt had many followers down
there and the south was sorry the
progressive party didn't make q go Of
it. AS it was one congressional dis
trict in Louisiana elected a progress
sive to congress. He said in his judy
ment Hughes would get few votes in
Louisiana.
Regarding agricultural conditions he
said the leaders in his state were very
much In earnest about developing their
lands.
Corn has come to be the most inn
portant crop with u.s." said Mr..
Seiferth. "Our corn crop now amounts
to $50, 000, 900 annually and 1t has come
to be our leading crop. Many people
think Louisiana is cotton state. Cot
ton is grown in the northern part OF
Louisiana and rice In the southern
part but corn Is q more important
crop than either Of them. You know
corn is native to the south and not to
the north, as you people think. When
the cattle tick is entirely eradicated
from the south, as it will be in few
years. we will grow more corn to feed
cattle and hogs.
Large Ranches Numerous.
VERY few people up here in the
north realize that we have a range
country and big ranches in Louisiana.
But down along the coast there are
regions where ranchers operate tracts
Of from $1,000 to 10000 acres. They
produce thousands Of head Of cattle
down there.
.'These ranchers opposed the enact
ment OF cattle tick law because this
law required the dipping Of the cattle
In an arsenical solution every twenty
one days. They did not want to round
up their cattle that often. But finally
there was sufficient influence In the
egislature to pass the cattle tick law
and now it Is state law that all
cattle must be dipped every twenty
one days This dipping kills all of the
ticks.
1.-THE eradication Of the cattle tick
is going to do a great deal for the
south. 1t will help the cattle industry
and the cattle will consume the feed
and bring better prices all around.
There are states in the south which
are still under quarantine because OF
the opposition to the methods OF re-
ducing the cattle ticks. But when
cattle from these tick ridden areas go
to the market they are put in separate
pens and are recognized as being
under quarantine and the sellers are
forced to accept Just what they can
get for them and this is always be-
low the market price.
"Our farmers are making lots OF
money on hogs. too. I know Texas
lad who came to our state who has
been raising Yorkshires and making
money. He told me all he knew about
no. raising he learned out Of books.
..Of course we have some immense
sugar plantations down there. One OF
the members OF our party has 10000
acres in sugar cane. OF course we can
grow anything down there, but so
long as our people are making COM
Portable living growing cotton or rice
or some similar product they do not
see any reason for taking up other
crops"