The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-11-03
Candidate for Governor 10 In keokuk
for a Time Today and Is Inter-
ested In Our Factories and
Growth.
HIGH PRAISE FOR WOMEN
SAYS Housewives Of keokuk MADE
Great Record During World War
In Food Conservation and
Patriotism.

II am here for only part OF DAY
and can not get to see all OF AeoknA
in the short time at my disposal. but
b am much impressed with what
am seeing" said J. +. Deems, can
didate for governor. today TO Inc
Gate City.
"You certainly have laid big and
broad foundation for manufacturing
in the last few years" ne continued:
"and I wish / had time to see al
your manufacturing plants. especlai
liy the metals production OF keokux.
Ii spent large part OF my lie m me
mechanical side of raifroadfng, ana
am much interested in what near
about the wonderful bearings for
machinery being made mere IN heo-
lkuk out Of hard lead, as you call ~
here. Your ferrosilicon plant Wouio
interest me also, II ! could have time
to look at It thoroughly, not to speaH
| of your carbide factory and AL the
rest.
1T seems to me that Keokuk has
done very we'll during war tunes u
realizing on the great water power
possibilities developed mere. JUST
now is the proof of the pudding tnai
I'VE ought to have much more wafer
power developed in this country.
Your Keokuk factories, and otnefs
along the transmission lines OF Tue
Keokuk water-power are not WoIry.
ing now about how to keep the nres
going under the boilers In the engine
rooms. for the engines have been re-
placed with electric motors.
/ It Helps Everybody.
Every such development Oh nat
ural resources helps the whole stale
and country. The power house In tne
Mississippi river here at keokuK y
saving about eight or ten tnousant
tons of coal every day, am tolo' AM
thus releasing 1t for other uses tnal
manufacturing, lighting ana slree
railways.
'In a time like this, that count'
SO that anybody can appreciate II,
, believe that the state OF iowa snoul'
Z give all proper encouragement 10 IN
, development Of all the Water-powe
. now running to waste within us POI
Iders. Water-power Is not someth1n
TO be conserved like the forests an
: the soil. Water-power Is wasted D.
not using 1t, while most other tnms
/. are wasted by using them prodigallJ
increase IA
> where LIS a great benefit to the farm
: lers of that vicinity for miles aroune
too. for land has always been h1ghe
: and farming more profitable aroun
: big manufacturing centers. The me
: working in the factories must eat.
Praises keotuk Women.
IT wish had an opportunity I
> talk to the women of Keokuk and tie
= them how much ! appreciate tn
work they did to help win the wa
"In the food administration
= Iowa. we never received anything b,
;, cheering encouragement from Re
= kuk and Lee county. Your peopl
made great record of cheerful sa
Z lrifice for the cause we were all ugh
ling for. each in his own way.
"Your wholesale and retail grocer
4 made us no trouble and did not cor
= plain about the trouble we necsssa
ily made them. Everybody did
o. part well. :,
e but the whole foundation OF u
q whole food conservation was in u
" homes and in the sterling, sacrihcli
=. patriotism of the women who mai
"a the homes. Your KeoKuK womt
If made q record that all you Peep
ought to be proud of. as suppo
" YOU are. Do you know that all y
q women and merchants in Iowa d
n SO well that Iowa stands far abo'