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them and send one to California to my sister, and one to Canada. If 

 I miss them any week, they Will say, where are these papers? TJtiese 

 subjects that are discussed here today; the question of organization 

 which Mr. Hamilton spoke of; the matter of live stock interests at the 

 World's Fair, by Mr. Coburn; all the matters these gentlemen have re- 

 ferred to, you will be more or less touched on in these weekly papers. 

 Now. gentlemen, you take these papers; they will be a Bible in your 

 household; there are some Sunday school lessons in them that it will do 

 you no harm to read. 



I also desire to state that I am watching closely what you are 

 doing. I want to compliment your Governor, He delivered one of the 

 best messages of all the governors, and we had governors of thirty states 

 inviting people to consider this road question. I am sure he will be 

 with you for the best interests of the State. 



I am also glad to see your commercial organizations taking such an 

 interest in this matter. I am glad to see what Mr. Lyons has done, 

 also Mr. Milo Ward — I am not going to forget him — because when we 

 came here first, I know something of the work he done; and I want to 

 congratulate Mr. Lyons on the work he is doing. He is doing it out of 

 his own pocket, the same as I have done for fourteen years in these 

 road matters. I have never come to the point where they gave me one 

 dollar of salary and I do not suppose I ever will. Mr. Lyons is doing 

 the work which enables you to get at the ideas you want to present to 

 your legislature; he is perfecting an organization. 



This institute is called for what purpose? I must congratulate the 

 gentleman who spoke here today; I was very much pleased. Without 

 organization none of our institutions can be successful. You do not 

 have a railroad corporation; you do not have a street car company; you 

 haven't a bank, school or insurance business, but what are organized. 

 When it comes to this subject we are speaking of. the subject of Good 

 Roads, you have no organization in this State. 



There will probably be thirty or forty bills presented to your legis- 

 lature soon to convene. Some of these bills will be good, and some of 

 them not. Are you going to pass these thirty or forty bills? You 

 can't do it. Then how will you obviate these thirty or forty bills? 

 The only thing to do is to organize. The keynote of organization is the 

 bringing of people of rural districts together, and to join in some 

 feasible plan; then go to your legislature and say to them: Here are 

 ninety-nine counties in Iowa; we banded together as an organized force, 

 and we ask you to enact this bill. If you do that and come down to the 

 next legislative session in January and February and adopt some bill, I 

 believe you will enact it into law. 



I am going to state to you gentlemen what I think would be feasible 

 and what would be the proper steps to take in the coming legislature. 

 You passed a bill at the last session of the legislature. I know that 

 some of you are opposed to that measure; I know a number of you are 

 favorable to it. I understand there will be proposed a proposition to 

 repeal that measure. I have given that matter close study and I have 

 sent ten thousand copies of this circular over the State and to road 



