Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-07-27
REPUBLICAN NATIONAL TICKET.
THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.

campaign tIle presence OIL 5WIlat the L.
r. is wont to term "railroaaism i'll re-
publican politics has caused it TO say
many caustic things regarding railroad.
influence within the party and some.
casual or superficial readers may have
gained the idea that this paper has be-
come rabid anti-railroad sheet. Now.
for fear some such accident has taken
or may take place the T.-R. wishes to
go on record among its readers With a
fiat denial of any such charge. In its
view of things none bur q fool could
1arbor an anti-railroad spirit.
Railroads are and have been the one
greatest agency that has made this
state possible. Possessing as it does q
soil and climate that makes it the gar
den spot of all Gods green earth. Iowa
lay for century unknown ana un
touched by the men who toiled and.
struggled amid the rocks and hills Of
the Atlantic states or cracked a lash.
over the backs of the blacks IN the
miasmic swamps of the south, crying,
in their limited way, 70 force from q
reluctant soil the fortunes and plenty
they sought for their happiness. For u
century the daisies smiled, the bison
roamed and the red man iaantsa and
warred and fsasted on these tllsn far
away prairies and the United States
was country of nsignifican, worth.
Finally the toiler in the rocks OF NV
England felt the need of better facilt-
ties for transporting his hard earned
product TO New York for market.
The railroad came and With a sudden
ness and cumulative force OF a g7olfet-
rical progression ii spread westward.
crossed the swamps Of the middle.
states, reached Lake Michigan and
Chicago. 1t carried back the meats.
and grains of the country ii hsd passed
and along the marrow path i had
blazed came such a tide Of home seek
ing humanity as the world had never
before seen moving at one time. The
countless horaes Of empire builders
swarmed over Ohio. Indiana and Hi
nois. ard still the human flood swept
on. Ii recruitedin every civilized land
under the sur. II oNerflowed those
states in a twinkling and siaread@aerpss
the river. across the next and on TO tilss
mountains across them and on 10 the
Pacific coast So rapid was the nlpEs-
ment. so marvellous its growth. that
within the memory of gray headed men
now living an empire greater than ali
others then known 10 the eivilize
world was built upon the pastures -
the bison. along the fishing courses s
the red man and over his hunting
grounds.
And in all this movement the rail-
road was eyer the foremost pioneer II
pushed OUT into the wilderness into
desolate tracts where men never
dreamed other men could live. and like
the magic touch of some great creative
power it caused cities 70 spring up, y!
most within a night the rently rolling
prairies Of iowa ware made 10 laugh
with harvest unknown 70 mortal
man. The sod was but scratched With
a stick and the crops appeared, he
kline left 10 Craze on the abundant
grass multiplied like mice and grew
sleek and fat, and as the products We're
raised the railroad was there to gather
ii and hurry II on TO a market. Some
there were who fastened on before ne
road They sold dressed earcas ses Of
full grown hogs for 10 5eents. eggs at
10 cents per bushsl and burned their
corn for fuel in the winter, but the
man who stuck to the railroad. tho he
had not dollar to begin with. found
himself Independently rich before his
children were ready for college. Such
was the work of the railroad
Nor were the people ungratetul.
They sought the railroad, they encour-
aged it, they made grants of land TO ii,
voted it money, dug and toiled to build
1t and bye and bye they all had one.
this last week marking the passing Of
the last county seat in iowa from its
hopeless, worthless position Of a no.
railroad town into a prosperous ship
ping point on the c., r. I. & p. railway.
The people OF Iowa realize what they
owe to the railroads and are disposed
to be kind to their friends. The T.-R.
which owes its existence primarily and
secondarily to railroads-primariiy be
cause the railroads have made the state
4 OF Iowa possible, and secondarly be-
cause the railroads daily take the T.-R
into 300 Iowa towns-is the railroads
friend. It Is not now and does not in
tend to be anti-railroad.r
But tho the anti-railroad spirit is
relsgated to the crazy populist, who
rails against the Industrial corpora
tioas that make goods plenty wher
;tines are easy and attacks the stand.
8 ard OF values and the credit INSTITUTIONS
that make money plentiful, and ruins
commercial confidence that makes