Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-20
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

fact that some of the boiling organs
have already got back into the traces.
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
The Traer STAR Clipper observes that
sit seems that after all the law had
something to do with the failure OF the
window glass trust The moving spirits
of the defunct combine say: II was the
iniunctions granted by the courts that
killed the project. 1t has been alleged
that the present laws are sufficient for
the situation if rightly applied, and this
case would seem 10 justify the claim
The Dunlap Reporter believes thasl
the fact that over 100000 claims We're
rejected show the care taken by the
present administration in dealing With
the pension question. and also it is an
evidence that too much care cannot be
exercised to keep the treasury from be-
ing looted by fraudulent claimants"
ITO date the only valid reason adj
vanced for voting the democratic ticket
this fall is that there should be two
parties. 1t is practically an issueless
campaign. as viewed by the Glidden
Graphic.
The Iowa City Republican declares
the city council of Iowa City is on the
right track when it takes measures to
have the bicycle ordinance enforced, for
This regulation should either be enforced
or repealed"
The Sioux City Journals reference TO
1.-The late senatorial contest leads the
Davenort Democrat to say This IS
rubbing the fur of the Des Mones
newspaper combine the wrong way.
The Abba Union comments on an
effort that should be more generally
made by saying: The public streets
we're cleaned in fine shape one day last
week, the public square looked much
better and there was favorable com
ment on all sides. There needs to be a
general cleaning up once in awhile
County fairs this year" observes the
ottumwa Courier, have been ex-
Extraordinarily successful, a fact which
Indicates that there is plenty of money
in The hands of the farmers.
what worries Mr.. Bryan most il
that the big crops in the west are rap
/ idly transforming the populist into
money devils, is the diagnosis of the
Burlington Hawkeye.
The Keokuk Gate City declares thai
III the logic of the -expansionists
is good for anything it works backward
and shuts the whites out of the two
Americas because these continents be
/ longed to the Indians and they should
not have been disturbed in their pos
session OF it,
4 The editor of the Clinton Age afte
4 attending the Chicago trust conference
as delegate, writes: The conferenc
will result in no earthly good. Will
the discussion in many respects may b
4 considered as educational, the kind o
, education expected and seemingly TO
which the conference was called wa
not forthcoming.
The Atlantic Telegraph is disguste
: with the miserable proposal of tn
democratic party ito abandon the Phil
ippine war, bring the soldiers home an
become the laughing stock of all tn
civilized world"
1T takes late spring and a might
= early fall to interere with the low
corn crop, says the Sioux City Journa
ILLINOIS VS.. IOWA LANDS.
Editor of Times Repu blican: An in
teresting article on Land Values i
Iowa appearing in your issue of Sep
10, led to q little investigation as I
;. the comparative present market yalu
: of Poweshiek county, Iowa, and Illino
!, farm lands.
. The article states that select Powe
. shiek county. Iowa, land sells at abol
$50 to S65 per acre, while inquiry show
that we'll improved Illinois farm Ian
{ of choice quality within an averae
distance of one hundred d00) mile
: from Chicago, sells at s7o to 800 pr
! acre.
S These questions arise viz: AS a gel
It eral proposition is not Illinois far
e land much cheaper at the above val,
i ations? Or has not the Iowa land a
n ready reached higher plane of val,
l. at $50 to sos per acre than the Illino
e land at s75 to 500 per acre? Can
20 investor safely count on an increase
d value of Iowa farms in the near f
l. ture?
l. We believe it can be shown that
t. the above values Illinois land will vie
j. larger net returns both to the farm
IF and to the investor, than the 10,
I'll land.
i'd Within 100 miles of Chicago gra
N brings about cents per bushel mo
lie than in this section of Iowa. I'll
I'd means an increased revenue to the II
l. nois farmers of at least SO per acre,
ID on an interest basis of per cent,