Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-21
DEFENSE COUNCILS PLAN WORK
ON BASIS OF THREE TO FIVE
YEARS or WAR.
ENTHUSIASM MARKS
MEETING OF COUNCILS
Every County in Iowa Represented at
Joint Meeting Of State and County
Defense couneiis-Govsrnor Harding
Declares No cIemeney Will Be
Shown sIaokers and Food Pirates.
Special to Times-Repubiican.


Des Moines, July 21-Every county
in the state was represented at the big
meeting Of state and county defense
council members held in the house
chamber Of the, state house yesterday.
Many of the counties sent delegations
with as many as ten to fifteen mem
bcrs. A considerable number of women
workers in the women's defense council
were present and altogether the crowd
more than filled the house chamber of
the capitol building.
Patriotism and service characterized
!, the spirit of the meeting and many of
the farmer members Of the various
county councils dropped their work and
came long distances at their own ex-
pense to attend the meeting.
Patriotic addresses were given BY
Governor Harding, Judge Martin J.
Wade and Nate Kendall, of Abba. Mrs.
Francis Whitley, Of Webster CITY,
head of the, women's work on the state
council, explained the work of the wo-
men. Lafayette Young, chairman of the
state defense council, presided.
No, clemeney For Slackers.
Governor Harding depressed far
enough from his written manuscript in
giving his address to declare that slack
ers and food pirates should receive no
clemency.
I'VE may forgive man in time of
peace il perchance he allows his greed
to possess him but in the time of war
such a man needs just rope and a
telephone pole" declared the governor.
He said further that IF we don't get
coal at fair prices and it is possible for
us to take charge Of it and furnish it
we will do that"
Advise Storage Of Iowa Coal.
Colonel French, of Davenport, chair
man of the industrial committee of the
council, gave report on the coal in
vestigation. He said:
while your committee has quite a
number, Of. figures as to cost last year
and this year we do not feel they are
sufficiently checked to offer them at
this time. aT
THE Investigation of your committee
as to the Increases In the selling prices
of coal turnout the country show that
in the Pocahontas region prices have
advanced over 800 per cent; in the In
diana and Illinois region over 200 per
cent; while the average advance Of
Iowa coal over last year is less than
so per cent.
The annual consumption of coal in
Iowa is about 21,o00,000 tons of which
about one-third is produced in the
Your committee advises the storage
OF Iowa coal at the present time in or
der to prevent probable shortage this
winter and to increase the output of
Iowa coal.
Our investigation Of costs Of Iowa
coal has proved to the committee that
costs are higher than they thought or
than the general public supposed.
I'VE expect to have meeting with
a committee Of the retail dealers and
hear their side Of this question in the
near future"
Wade Arouses Patriotism.
Federal Judge Martin j. Wade was
chsered when he said that we are go
ing to win this war. He declared 1t is
not Only just war, but a holy war He
said that he had been weighing the evil
dence which had been coming out from
time to time and had come to belief
that some great invention would be
worked out to conquer the submarine,
and to help the allies defeat Germany.