Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-25
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L Pomeroy. Sept. 2s.-From republican
point OF view there is an ENCOURAGING
sign OF the times among the German
voters In and near this place. Four
years ago this vote was given TO Mr..
Bryan, but today these men openly say
they have changed their opinions. They
take no stock In the cry Of Imperialism,
but say that 16 to / Is the Immediate
issue. Nearly all OF the German Evan
gelical church members In this vicinity
VIII this year vote the republican
ticket.
History no more repeats itself than
the men who make 1t. The writer re-
members four years ago the silver ora
tors In many Iowa towns. To be sure
at that time the dry goods box loafer
was much more in evidence than to-
day. But nearly every town had them
and has now some gifted individual
who runs to words IL not to ideas. The
statements these men make are won
derful, and they are prepared to give
the history of the money affairs OF the
whole world from Adams time down to
the present day. Four years ago it was
silver; now it's Imperialism and trusts.
And the peculiar part of the whole
business is the ability OF these men to
repeat Bryan's speeches. Actually the
writer believes If these professional
hnr 70 1on int q
spiritualistic plank in Bryan's platform
and Bryan should make one speech arr
firming direct communication with the
spirit land, the whole outfit would go
into table tipping and spiritual raps.
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Now that the state and county fairs
have been held. one hears in these coun-
TRY towns the experience Of many Of the
boys (some quite ODD who have investi-
gated the fake part of these gatherings.
This educational, part of the county
fair has never properly been recognized.
OF course new suckers are born every
year and new ones attend the fairs
levery year, but it is safe to assume the
same man does not bite twice at
1.-the same bait. Otherwise the faker
would make fortune in one year and
at one fair. And the universal explana-
l5tion Of why the victim invested is
l5one of two things: either he expected to
beat the fakir or intended to get
something for nothing So that the
managers of county fairs who allow the
artists in skin games to operate ON the
fair grounds can feel that in addition to
increasing the receipts of the fair they
also added much to the sum Of human
knowledge.
Some day there will be an end to the
advance in prices on Iowa land. But
when? In the vicinity Of many Of these
towns up this way, especially where
new railroads have been built and new,
towns laid out, there has been a clear
advance this year of $40 an acre on
Iowa farms. OF course there is rea-
son for all Iowa farmers ten miles from
railroad station, finding with the new
railroad depot only two miles away
that his farm is worth more. Hauling
farm produce to market Is the big ex-
pense OF farming, altho, strange to re-
late, the average farmer takes no in
terest IN the good roads movement. And
tit Is just as true that the same farmer
1 VIII frequently oppose a railroad tax
yet IT stands out plainly that the new
railroads Of northwest Iowa have added
much more to the value OF farm lands
than to town property.
Frequently the writer is asked where
/ is good town to locate in? Where can
III go to start in the $3.50 business
| Only recently the Looker-On received a
letter asking if there was a racket store
4 in -- ----------. naming one of our twenty
new 1-year-old towns in Iowa The an
lsswer to all such questions is this. In
all of these new towns, that amount to
Anything" every line of business is rep
resented, and frequently with larger
stocks and in better buildings than in
1.-THE old town of twenty-five years Of
building experience not ten miles away.
! Business men see this: that such towns
thrive and prosper by drawing trade
over afdozen miles from the new trade
center. For instance, an elevator man
/ at Estherville told the writer that with
in the last year nine new elevators had
been built in the territory where he had
been getting grain for many years. One
thing is sure: If the farmer sells a loa d
/ of oats In A.. on Saturday he will not
tlsell it in b on the same day The
boom towns now offer but little induce
Irnent for business investments. But
Just the same, numerous little towns in
northwestern Iowa today. now having
only one ar two stores are bound to
grow into fair sized towns Of 300 to 500
inhabitants in a few years. II men are
willing to go to such towns and settle
down" a fair living and an Increasing
value in invested real estates the prob
able result. Meanwhile such business
Investors must be content to deprive
themselves and their families of many
things that 60 to make the old town,
such. a nice place to live in
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