Evening star., 1923-10-15
TALKS and TALES
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Order, please, the latest from Iowa
has just been received! Delegates
| from the mighty corn state TO the
1924 democratic national convention
will be instructed to vote for William
| Gibbs McAdoo as party Leader until
the conclave adjourns and the janitor
gets busy.
| This unqualified statement was OBJ
| tanned from Edwin c. Meredith of
iDes Moines. former Secretary of Agri-
culture under the Wilson administra-
tion. who is stopping at the New
Willard Hotel, while attending con-
ference of thirty-third degree Scot
| tish Rite Masons.
Mr.. NcAdoo is very strong with
Iowa democrats" said the dark-eyed
westerner who made so many close
friendship during his official stay
in Washington. California viii
favor her adopted son for first place
ON the ticket, and as Nebraska has
quite a liking for the son-in- law of
our former President the expatriated
easterner will go into the convention
with most substantial backing"
Mr. Meredith said he knew little
of Henry Ford's program and seemed
to be somewhat doubtful whether the
Michigan manufacturer was seriously
considering the nomination. Il am
not in position to express an opinion
on Mr.. Ford's candidacy" added the
Des Moines man. "All ! know Is mat
our people are as one regarding the
capabilities of the former Secretary
of the Treasury-he looks mighty
good to us"
Replying to a question as TO genera i
/! agricultural conditions, Mr.. Meredith
said that the 1923 crops had totaled
81 200 000, 900 more than those raised
| in 1922, and as last years crops had
amounted to $4,000, 100000 more than
the 1921 output 1t would not heed
much figuring to show that prosperity
was the rule throughout the country.
And / might add" continued the
former Secretary, that the impetus
given business in al! lines Is due
primarily to the purchasing activity
of the farmer. and the redistribution
of his money among all branches OF
| industry"
Referring TO the wheat situation,
Mr.. Meredith said that while wheat
had caused losses in some sections,
these losses were much more than
offset by returns received from other
products.
Take Minnesota. for instance.
Wheat amounts to only per cent OF
the states total resources from farm
products. and decline of 10 per cent
means but six-tenthS of i per cent in
| loss as felt by the community as a
whole. Milk amounts three times as
| much as wheat, while there are three
bushels of corn raised TO each buShel
of wheat, with corn as high as wheat
| is low However. the low price of
wheat does affect the farmer seri-
ously, and / am in favor of steps be-
! ing taken TO protect him in this re-
gard"
With things looking brighter for
tillerS of the soil, it is absolutely in
ment to the vast army of inventors
| who too often are repaid for their
| years of study and work by watching
| the crafty enjoy the fruits of their
| labor.
| Most gratifying reports of the on
ward strides of the Research Corpora =
| tion, an organization for the ad-
ministration of inventions and new
| Industrial processes in the public in
| terest, Were obtained from Arthur a.
! Hamerschiag. d. Sc LII. D, its prcsi-
! dent, as he rested In his rooms at the
! La Fayette Hotel.
! The origin and ideals of this cor
! poration, which has headquarters in
New York. Chicago and Pittsburgh
with works and laboratories at Bound
Brook, y. J.. are due to DIR. Fred
erick c.. Cottrell. director OF the
United States bureau of mines. who
inventions for the electrical precipi-
tation of suspended particles to the
Smithsonian Institution as a gift to
| the people of the United States, pro-