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Show IHAWKEYE STATE PROSPERS Spokesman H. H. Van Brunt Talks of Conditions in Iowa H. H. Van Brunt, In chargo of the Iowa delegation now sightseeing In Zion, resident resi-dent of Council Bluffs, is a guest at tho Knutsford, with his party, nnd nil are enthusiastic over their oxperlonces la Denver with tho Elks and in various parts of tho West. Speaking of. things In general, ho said: 1 "We aro In a most prosperous condition in Iowa, and shall havo tho heaviest crops for many years. Money 13 easy and thoro will bo no difficulty in gottlng all sorts of money to move crops whon they nro harvested. That old chostnut will not go with us in Iowa. "PoIUIcb? Well, wo aro having just now a stormy timo in tho matter of nominations nom-inations for Governor. I bollove, though that it will all end in the reuomlnatlon of Cummins. "Tho rate bill? Wo look upon it as a , stop ia tho right direction, and bollovo It to bo an entering wodgo to opon up much-needed legislation on that head. "Tho packers case? I boliove, after all is Bald and done, that tho exposing of ; methods and conditions will turn out to ( bo a blessing in disguiso. for it will eventually lead to bettor things for tho 1 packer and consumer. There was much exaggeration, and Omaha and our city i folt tho offects first and keenest; but the '; reaction is now cn and we shall reap , a tardy but lmmenso benoflt later on." 1 |