Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1919-09-10

THE TREND OF THE YEARS AND
THE WORK OF THE LAWYERS
AT BOSTON.
By E. M. Carr
The writer has traversed the cotln-
try between Manchester and the At
lantic coast a number Of times dur
ing the past rs years, but on no for
mer occasion has he observed such
radical changes as those noted by
him, on his trip to Boston, Massachus-
etts, last week to attend the annual
sessions OF the American Bar Asso-
citation held this year in that city.
Iowa and Illinois, with their COM
Portable farm homes, their large
painted barns and their walls Of corn
bespeak increased agricultural pros
perity, but with them the story Of
agricultural prosperity ends so far
as / observed this year.
The cities Of Whiting and Gary To-
Gated few miles southeast OF Chi
cago in northern Indiana are rapidly
forging into the front rank Of mann
moth manufacturing places. But this
phenomenal manufacturing growth
does not seem to, have helped the
farmers OF northern Indiana. At the
present time that part Of the state
looks as though 1t never was Of much
account for agricultural purposes.
Between early morning and seven
o'clock In the evening, the long run
from Buffalo to. Boston was made
through the central portions of the
states Of New York and Massachu-
sets. This gave me an excellent OPP
portunity to note the changes wrought
along that route during the past Is
years.
Ny trip this week was the tirst time
had seen that section Of the coun-
try during daylight hours since the
Panama Exposition 1t Buffalo ins3ea21
A number Of changes were 40
easily read as open books Allsas the
cities and towns had grown. Many
OF them seemed twice or three times
% large as they were when ! saw
them before. There was new wood
and new paint in evidence In al Of
them. The farms, while. changed
somewhat, hadsnot kept pate in ma
terial prosperity with the municipal-
tiles. Early IN the forenoon Of the
day We made this trip, Mrs. Carr
called my attention to the herds Of
splendid appearing Holsteip acows
on every farm We we're passing; and.
after thatsihoth ofsus kept mote Of
that fea4ufe oaethss farnis - New York
and Massachusetts.
We Travelled al day on 8 train run
ming ~ mileS per hour and never
saw ) singls,1a stock animal. ! ~
timated that 81 Per cent of-aii the
horned stock seen By 10 that day
wSrs Hoistsiai, s II csnt Jerseys
! and a60at 1 pisf cent crosses tetN ssn
the Holsteins and Jerseys: They
were al dairy breeds. While ! hays
NO statistics at hand. from what was
seen BY me that day. ! incline to the
belief that New York must stand at
the head Of the list Of butter and
cheese producing states.
The use Of water power, especially
In Massachusetts, is another feature
that has developed during the past Is
years. At one time or another dur
ing the day, our train ran for scores
Of miles within sight of small rivers.
none Of them any larger than the
| Maquoketa at Manchester, and on one
Of these little rivers counted no
less than Z water powers, each fur
nishing power for some kind Of mill
or factory. The dams would not av-
! erage more than 10 feet in height,
and they followed along not more
than 2 or miles apart as a rule.
While l did not see them there must
be many large water powers in these
states, for the country is literally
cross.sectioned by electric power
lines, carried on iron towers erected
from 40 to 60 rods apart Most OF
these towers carry large wires.
And another thing l noticed in
Massachusetts was the absence OF
grade highway crossings. I readily
concluded that there must be some
law in that state which would account
for-the bridging over or tunnelling
under the tracks Of the railroads at
nearly every place where they were
crossed by public streets or roads.
To satisfy myself, went to the Bos-
ton Public Library, got code and
found that no railroad could operate
trains across public highway IN
Massachusetts, at the same grade as
the highway, unless the county COM
missioners granted the railroad a
permit to do so. The thought occur
red to me, while reading this statute
that the state of Iowa should elimin-
ate, as much as possible, all grade
crossings over railroads on its pri'
mary roads, the roads that are going
to be paved.
Across the street from the room