Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-03
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| For tho Times Republican.
Germania. April 81 ii common with
many others the writer has wondered
Why the b., c., Re- n. Railroad have
commenced building a branch line from
this place to Minneapolis. But when
one gets chance to talk with one of
the men who viii help build it, it is
easily understood. 10 begin with, ii is
now an assured fact that the b., C. r..
q will build this year from Albert
Lea to Minneapolis. 1t is less than fifty
miles from this point TO Albert Lea.
For long time this railroad has been
compelled TO hand over to- other roads
big lot of grain and live stock bust
ness from points Yves. and north Of
here to railroads having a terminus in
Minneapolis and ST. Paul. Thus the
building of the b.. II. II. 6 n. from here
to Albert Lea and from there to the
twin cities means that they will han
die such business for all there is in 1t.
two cities have entered the territory
heretofore occupied by the b. G. r.. &
N. and this additional mileage really
comes under the head of self preserva-
ton. That eventually this means addi-
tional passenger train service on these
lines goes without saving. GerInania
houses, train crews. etc. But others
t,,iv hi
Estllerville. which is now a division
point These men say this building
from Gerlnana is really new line
from Baskerville TO Minneapolis and st.
| Paul and is done to get even with the
other roads for building into Esther
lIville.
Every day or two the writer runs
onto a gradua.eof Iowa College or
l5meets some one who has sent sons or
daughters 10 that institution. Profess
sora Gates has preached all over north
western Iowa ard invariably made
| good impression. So that his resisna-
| ton brings out much comment, and
| nearly all Of it implying that Grinnell
| loses bright man and one of the fore
tsmost educators OF the west. Still, it is
the C'ongregationalists remark: Well,
lit ends that Heron foolishness. The
ldefeats of MacN.icar as mayor of Dess
IsMoines was theseause of just sue h re-
! mark today. MacNyicar is socialist,
Heron is an anarchist and Gates was
hinged with such doctrines. The people
/ have repudiated Pingree and Macvicar.
as socialist mayors. We are not ready
txrht
4 such erroneous lessons are taught. But
| just the same. Heron and Gates. kind
lly aided by critical press. have adj
5vertised Grinnell College more than any
lin the west, and the writer is willing to
90 on record as prophesying that ulti-.
imately 1t will be found that advertising
Hpays.
some citizens Of Iowa have an idea
/ that all saloon men are persistent and.
Iopsn law breakers: that they fear
jneither God nor man; that the prohi-
3'bition law and the mulct law are both
dead letters. But as enc goes ever the
Estate he finds many saloons closed. this,
| too. in wet counties. Reason? They
are getting out new petitions. In other
A words, they respect the mulct law. or
rather are in fear of the enforcement OF
4 it. So, at much expense. time and
1 troubie they close up their business
/ pro tenn and get out after a new petit
ton.
One OF the curious features OF the
4 Iowa City FIVE mile limit law discus
4 sion was to hear from many strong.
Temperance people that there was no
use putting such a law on the statute
books because ''it could not be en-
4 forced Put 1t another way and see
\ how ii sounds. The citizens of Johnson
A county, county seat Iowa City, where
4 the state has spent hundreds OF thou,
sands Of dollars. and expects annually
i to give TO the State University there To-
i Gated many more thousands, will OPEN
lily and successfully defy the law max
A ers OF Iowa and render null and void
4 any law that does not suit their ideas
,|of sumptuary legislation. In other
words, il the citizens Of Johnson coun-
ty object to a law against usury there
is no use Of passing such Law.
/ And right here is good place to res
! marx that the saloon crowd are edu-
fcating the people up TO the passage Of
another prohibitory law In Iowa. The
open violation Of the mulct law at Iowa
4 City made five-mile limit law possi-
4 BILE. The town of Muscatine. where
citizens of that town tell the Looker-On
that only the cash payment sis the part
A of the law respected. issl0wly but sure
lily bringing on q temperance crusade In
that town. The open saloon on SUN
day and on legal holidays no commun-
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