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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1925
Page
5
In 1924 Iowa reported agricultural crops worth over 564 million dollars, up ten percent from 1923, with livestock valued around 405 million. Poultry revenue surpassed 70 million, while industrial enterprises contributed about 745.5 million, under the state’s broad economic activity.
The passage notes Iowa’s dairy products valued at 5 million dollars and coal mined at over 36 million dollars, totaling about 1,876,200,000 dollars in annual income. It characterizes the average Iowan as the director of this large state wealth.
An Iowa business man directs machinery and equipment purchases while a banker influences state wealth handling. He chairs farm property value, buys merchandise for 2,404,031 residents, and remains a daily newspaper reader. Iowans prize the daily paper as essential, spending more on it than top magazines and farm papers combined.
The article suggests asking the Iowa distributor which advertising medium proves most productive. It envisions ideal conditions including a rich market with thousands of facilities for rapid distribution, pledged publisher cooperation, and a combined newspaper circulation of 577,231 at a cost of 1.82 dollars per agate line.
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