The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-09-12
IOWA CATTLE
FOR ARGENTINE
Great Record Made by the State at
San Francisco Exposition
10 Bearing Fruit.

DAVENPORT, Iowa, Sept. H.
Iowa's remarkable record of 2S4
prizes out of total of 2s9 exhibits
In the agricultural division Of the
San Francisco exposition is bringing
response to the state today from
far OF Argentina. Iowa plans to
dominate the livestock markets Of the
world and rehabilitate Europe's
ruined livestock industry.
This, and ringing declaration ito
create pride in the word Iowa as
slogan for al that IL best in the
production of commodities OF life"
were contained in a statement TO the
United Press by @. Watson French.
president OF the Greater Iowa asso-
citation. President French also de-
plored the Introduction Of the good
roads problem into politics.
There is no more excuse for the
road question being in politics" he
said, than there is that we should
have a 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 Panama
Pacific exposition.
1--WE passed the hat around the
state" said President French, raised
100000 in this way and put on a
show out there Friendships were
established which later resulted IN
business. At the present moment
Professor G. F. Curtiss Of Ames is in
Argentina as a guest Of the Argen-
tina government to assist in their
great International horse and cattle
show. Dean Curtfss is making friends
for Iowa and is extending Iowa's mar
kets for live stock.
1--WE 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 Europe,
we will no longer look to Belgium for
tho Belgian horses, nor will we look
10 France for the Percheron horses,
snor even to Germany and Austria for
the Holstein cows. It looks very
much now as il those countries would
have to look to us to rehabilitate
their livestock industry.
At the present moment a commits
sion from Belgium is down in Argen-
tina picking MP the best brood cattle
they can buy. We want that commits
sion 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 better
for the production of the highest
type of live stock and we have room
for many times as many animals as
we have today. When this Is In
creased 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 always 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 a live COM
mercial club does for a city.
When peace fssdecIared in Europe
there is going to be a tremendous de-
mand for materials of ali kinds said
President French. "Our Iowa manu-
facturers might just as well have an
inside track to this business as the
n manufacturers of any other country"
the Great,r Iowa association is
non partisan, noa-sectional and nom
sectarian.