Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-08-10
Public Opinion on Iowa Subjects as
Reflected in the Iowa News.
Tapsrs
The News Of Iowa From Hundreds
ofDitferent Towns and Com.
munities.
TOO MUCH PROsPERITY'
Newton Iournal. i

T j &
The other day prominent business
man of Newton was travelling in the
northern part of Iowa. Sitting in the
lseat with him was a commercial agent
who four years ago was an ardent Rry-
an man, and who was financially ruined
by the hard tines under democratic
rule, but who is now one of Mckinley's
most enthusiastic supporters In the
course of conversation the commercial
gent said that a few days before he
had been travelling with a New Hamp-
shire man whose business it was to
loan money for eastern parties. The
commercial agent spoke of the pros
iperous times we We're now having, to
which the money loaner replied, in sub
stance, as folloWs:a Yes, too internal
prosperous. have just come from Ne
4 bras'ka. I formerly loaned lots Of money
Iin&that state and got good rates Of in
Etersst l have LOANED but very little
4 this time, and what I did loan was at
Hover rates OF interest than ever did
before The people are too prosperous
3for my business; we need hard timessto
l.rnake5it good again. / voted for Nc
l8ISinley, but am going home and will
I do my level best to get asmanys fools to
4 vote for Bryan as I can. I've got to- or
|quit trying to make a living by loaning
4 money. Thatsa8the whole story. The
SIe1ection( of Mckinley means prosperous
! times and low interest to the people; the
election Of Bryan means hard times and
"a rich harvest to the money loaners.
You pay your money and takes your
choice..'
WEBSTER C,ITY's LIBRARY GIFT
Hampton Recorderl
4 We paid a short visit to Webster City
I last Thursday8to take a look at the
!, Kendall Young library. The foundation
i of thislibrary is an endowment made by
i Kendall Young, a We'll known citizen Of
sEsNNebster City, who died in 1886. ana as
4 he had made a goodly share of his for
4 tune in that city he felt that something
was due the community from him. and
4 accordingly in his Will he left his entire
estate subject to the care and support
i of his widow during her lifetime, to
f found and maintain public library.
Il The total endowment to accrue I o the Ii
brary under his bequsst Isl estimated to
Il exceed S150,000, and 1t is said to be the
II Largest gift of its kind ever made by a
II citizen of Iowa. The library has now
"A been open but two years, and there are
II oniy about 500 volumes IN theScircuiat.
\ ing section, and about the same number
lin the reference or non-cirulating8 sec
A ton. and We must say that the seslec-
tons are of the best character that We
lever saw in any public circulating Ii
4 brary, there being no trash nor any o:
4 the stuff that is demanded by too many
II patrons of a library open to the general
public. The trustees are certainly To be
n compimentea upon the exceptionally
thigh standard that they have set thus
Ii far in the selection OF books. The Ii
81 brarysis housed IN a wooden building
\ which ought not to be. but ii is de-
4 tached from all others. - thar the dam
\ ger from fire is not greater than IN the
I.ordlinary dwelling. Such a collection
II should, however, never be allowed q, re
main outside of a tise-proof building
n The system upon which the library is
tconducted strikes us as Very nearly per-
4 feet, and our Visit asmade with a
viewto the adoption Of some of its fea-
Il lures here. which it is hoped cam b.
B done. The library is ope,i each tues
and from TO 3 p. M. and the reading
1 room open on: suuday s,frnm g5tob pm
y The library received from Mr.. Ypuug's
1 estate during the year ending July 81
A 1898. $500 which makes the .ittle S3Ui
or $500 a year that we have been gettins
II for our public library here look sickls
Indeed. However. the law ia nov
changed 50 that 2 mills, can be lssvled in.
stead OF !, and we have been hoping fo.
I years that some of our wealthy men
whom fortune has favored and who
have made their money here in Hamp:
ton would remember our library in q
substantial manner. We snail keep or
hoping. and meanwhile we must do tn,
best we can on the income that is5ayail.
y able.