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immediately go into the transportation business," he said. The railroad 

 situation he considered offered slight chance of relief to the farmer 

 in the immediate future. He flayed the guaranty proviso in the Cum- 

 mins-Esch bill and called it "the rankest piece of class legislation I ever 

 had anything to do with." 



Immediate relief is not in sight, according to Mr. Howard. "We are 

 not going to get immediate relief. The cards are stacked against us, I 

 am sorry to say." 



The Great Lakes waterway project he considers the solution for the 

 transportation diflaculties of the corn belt farmer. The project of 

 bringing ocean-going vessels to Chicago and other Great Lakes ports 

 and the draining of the Mississippi river can be accomplished for one- 

 fifth the amount of money appropriated for war purposes the past year, 

 he stated. And it will save 10 cents per bushel on freight costs on 

 wheat alone. 



Congressman Dowell, author of the federal road bill which recently 

 became a law, and Congressman Dickinson, chairman of the house ag- 

 ricultural bloc, both Iowa congressmen, were called upon for a few 

 remarks. They flattered the farmers of Iowa on the power of the farm 

 bureau in the legislative halls. 



Secretary E. H, Cunningham, of the Iowa federation, concluded the 

 program. 



UNDER THE ROOF OF THE WOMEN S BUILDING AT THE STATE FAIR. 



Beginning at 9 o'clock every morning and lasting until 5 o'clock In 

 the afternoon with a short noon recess the women visitors at the state 

 fair were given the greatest program ever presented under the roof 

 of the women's and children's building. If the auditorium had been twice 

 as large as it is, there is no doubt it would have been packed at every 

 demonstration. Iowa women know that their part of the fair is as fine 

 as any department on the grounds, and they go to learn and to be 

 entertained. A visitor from Minnesota was heard to remark that such 

 crowds of eager listeners could not be gotten together for the women's 

 program at their state fair. Of all that is good, Iowa affords the best, 

 and the women of Iowa who come to the fair come to take home with 

 them everything they can for the betterment of their homes and com- 

 munities. 



You recall that a few years ago much of the women's program was 

 concerned with cooking and preparation of foods, and those of us who 

 saw and listened also demanded to taste. We demanded the proof of 

 the pudding. This year's program had very little to do with cooking, 

 but instead of lectures which the listeners could only remember in 

 part, the ideas were presented by actual demonstration. What we see 

 is often longer remembered than what we hear. 



Miss Margaret Baker, of the extension department of Iowa State Col- 

 lege, had a group of rural school children who were camping on the 

 ground. Each morning at 9 she conducted a class in nutrition before 

 the audience, just as she would do in a school. The children were 

 weighed and measured, and given the proper instruction to meet their 



