Osr.ORN- ANNL'AT. ADDIiF-SS. 



sooni f;iiicifiil niid \ isioiiMrv, Itiit we iiccnl onlylo look toother 

 Stiitos to sec such woiU in pronrcss. Jt would need time and 

 perpetual aid from the State to keej) it iu progress when es- 

 tahlis'ied, hut comitared with tin- imixulauce of the matter to 

 the State the on' lav need he hut iusii;iiitifant. With it 

 miu'ht he comhiiied such srientitif work iu th(^ State as a i^co- 

 l()i:i(al siM\(\. aud the iuvestiii'atioii of t'.ie zooh)ii-Jeal. euto- 

 anoiouieal and hotauical problems of the State. 



Many of tlie [ti'(>hlems herc^ mentioned are of such strictly 

 local iutercst that w-e cannot expect scientific nu'u or socie- 

 ties from Avithout the State to ensfag-o upon them. l>eini>- 

 <'onn(^cted with the sources of wealth in the State, of \ ital 

 economic interest to the State at larsfe, it would seem tliat no 

 nriifumcnt would bo necessary to show' the propriety of the 

 .Statc'y assistino- iu their study. From the very nature of the 

 <';ise their full solution is impossible, and cannot be expected 

 from private cnter[>rise or excn frmu conununity, town or 

 county effort. The sources of wealth they affect are vital to 

 the people of every section of the State, and as all would be 

 l)enetitted all should bear jiart in support. 



A geological survey of the State, for instance, can never be 

 hoped for fnmi private enterprise, though many scientitic 

 men have by their individutd and unpaid efforts brought to 

 light many facts of value to the State at large. Such a sur- 

 vev would not be confined in its direct assistance to the min- 

 ing interests of .the State, the study of regions likely to pro- 

 duce coal, oil aud gas, or the quarries scattered hero and 

 there. Even if it was the Iieuefit from fuller dovolopnunt of 

 these resources nuist accrue to people throughout the State 

 as well as to the immedltite operators of such industries. 



But the geology of the State of Iowa cannot but be occu- 

 pied in large part with the more recent formations. The boss 

 and the drift, the alluvial deposits along our streams, in 

 short, the formation and character of all our surface soil> 



