Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-04-06

10 be made upon MAJ. Lacy, nor on his
record In congress, ana whatever the
outcome Of the contest for the nomina-
tlon. there will be no d1minution OF the
intense loyalty which the Wapelloi
county republicans have In the past all
ways evinced toward the nominee Of
the convention. : 4 Senator Water
mans high character as q man and a
citizen, his Cnquestioned integrity, his
force OF will and steadfastness Of pur-
pose, his conservative watchfulness OF
the peoples interests. will present a
personal feature Of the campaign that
will be presented to the republicans OF.
the district with the best of feeling and
the most courteous and kindly regard
for others who are interested. Then
there will be the political phase, en1-
bracing clear statement OF Senator
|Watermans long and untiring zeal in
behalf Of the republican party. his loy-l
atty to its principles and his Jealous
support of its nominees in every CAM
paign. His vigor of thought along po-;
Ilitical lines, his ability as q speaker and
his effective work as q campaigner will
be brought prominently forward. These
features, together with Senator Water
mans honorable and business like rec
ord as member OF the Iowa senate, a
Erecord which is manifest in some of the
swisest provisions Of the new Iowa code
and which gave to him the honorable
lIsobriquet Of watch dog Of the treas
Jury, will all come up for consideration
of the republicans OF the Sixth dis
trict.
THE PRICE OF COAL.
LBoone Republican,
After the recent agreement entered
Into between the operators and miners
| at Des Moines it was expected that q
slight advance would be made in tn,
price of coal in all the mining districts
LOT the state to meet the extra expense
incurred on account Of the higher
prices paid to the miners. In many
places in the state raise Of IS cents a
ton has been made. The advance is exc
plained on the ground that the new
lagreement between the operators and
miners went into effect this month, and
THAT nearly all over the country now the
union scale is being paid. 1t is claimed
4 THAT where the advance has been made
4 the retailers receive no benefit, but that
no cents on the ton go to the miners and
Is cents to the operators.
In the Boone district, While the ao-
vance in wages to the miners. which
amounts to about IL per cent, has gone
INTO effect, there has been no advance in
4 the price of coal so far. On the contrary,
the prices are lower now than they
were during the winter. This is owing
4 to the same conditions which have pre-
vailed in the past and which Invariably
make the price lower in the spring and
lsummer than during the busy season in
4 the winter when the demand for coal is
.lgreat. However, it is thought to be be-
! you'd question Of doubt that slightly
higher prices will prevail next fall and
winter because of the increased expense
|of mining. The operators claim that
4 There has never been a margin of profit
in the business here that has made any
l.of them rich. They have at best only
lsbeen able to realize fair business
slprofit and now that they are to pay
higher prices for mining they feel that
sI5they will undoubtedly have to advance
4 1.-The price sufficient to meet the addition
Ian expense. The advance, 1t is stated
Twill hardly be expected to come before
i the opening Of the next busy season
4 probably in the month of August.
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