Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-13
LOCAL ca lAmENT.

4sV0A6 SVSySNeElN1 Il
The big rally OF the campaign, so far
as this immediate section, Is concerned,
Will be on Saturday, the Goth inst, when
those giants OF oratory, Senator Dolliver
and Congressman Cousins, viii speak in
Marshalltown. County Chairman Esta-
brook drew good pair when the po-
iiticsl cards were dealt out to him, and
the next hand will be full house.
The man who forgets to register this
year and thus loses his vote Is care
less being and not entitled to citizen
ship.
Marshalltown has the undeserved
reputation among some of our sister
cities OF being wild and woolly-tough,
If you please,-and several incidents OF
the past few weeks would seem to bear
out this claim. No sooner had the trial.
OF a brute of a young man been con-
cluded than another man was arrested.
for similar and even more bold Of
tense, and at the same time another
resident of the county was In custody
for running an innocent girl after de-
sorting his wife and child. One Of these
criminals Marshalltown and Marshall
county do not claim as.their own. as he
had been in the community but a few,
months. The others were Marshall
county products. and now Marshall
county proposes to see to 1t that. II the
remaining two whose casses are not yet
disposed of are proven guilty OF the
crimes which 1t appears they have COM
mitted they shall suffer for their mis-
deeds as Russie Is now doing.
Get ready for that publication. The
water extension is nearing completion
and it's success is assured, while the
Isewage disposal plant is well under way
and promises to meet the requirements
| off the present and many future years.
Then Marshalltown can say to the other
lcities of the state that of all that is good
in water and sanitation Marshalltown
affords the best.
There are trusts and trusts-good
trusts and bad trusts-and we have
some Of them right here at home. That
1.-THE glucose trust has been a benefit To
Marshalltown none who has compared
1.-THE conditions of the present manage
mert with that Of the, former will deny.
i Thousands of dollars have been ex-
lpended in improvements, the salaries OF
lemployes in all departments have been
Increased since the trust assumed con-
troll Of the local factory. new markets
are sought for the products and plans
are being perfected for the utilization o,
s|every portion Of the grain not essentia
ltot production OF glucose.
II
Quartermaster B. A. Beeson, Of The
Iowa Soldiers Home. calls attention Il
Ianother trust. this one formed by act ol
the legislature of the great state OF
Iowa and one for which the republicans
Iare willing to assume the responsibility
He referred to the board OF control Of
Estate institutions Under the old plaI
there were something over forty mem.
bers Of the various boards OF trustees
In orderto reduce the expense Of main.
Iltenance and control to minimum. t.
secure uniform rules. to be able to buy
|cheaply by purchasing in great quaint
tiles, the state formed trust by doins
away with the trustees and placing the
management of all the several institu-
|tions, big things in themselves. II
charge Of three men. The formation Of
4 this trust was q wise move by the leg.
sIislature of the state. as several year.
lof successful and economical manage.
Iment have proved. Mr.. Beeson, who
Twas at first inclined to predict the fail.
ure Of the board of control, now con,
lcedes that the state builded Well wheI
lit created it. and every unprecedented
tperson will coincide with this view.
II $3.50
They may talk about the big trust!
and combinations all they pleace for Pc
sllitical effect" said a democratic bust
5lress man Of this city but the bigges
thrust on earth can not compete with /;
A proposition that those engaged in TIL,
lsame line of business that am in hav,
ito run up against every day in TIL,
lweek. refer to the little fellow VIII,
goes into business on small scale
cuts and slashes prices, has little hell
and that of the cheap variety, who's
lrents and other expenses are nomina
{ land who is satisfied IL he makes from
his business $3.50 or So per day. Som
|day this fellow will find himself old
poor and discouraged. and he Will thei
|realize that he was failure in bust
mess and prevented others from obtain
ling work at fair profit. Ash said be
j, Ifore. this fellow is a trust that can't b.
bucked by the biggest combination Il
lexistence, unless he and his concern arr
bought outright and induced to stay on
tof business" This democrat, 1t nigh
be added. has little sympathy with tn
ipresent attempt Of the Bryanites I,
make political capital Of the trus
question.
There Is still another trust that dit
an injury to the commercial and manu-
facturing interests Of MarshalltoMl
4 several years ago. This is the linsee,
oil combination. which purchased til
Marshalltown mills and closed then
With the exception that they were mad
into a warehouse and receiving plan
for the raw product. Attention is Gale,
Ito these matters to show that som
trusts are harmful and some beneficial
and further that combinations ar
sometimes absolutely necessary to pre-
Il serve a line OF business and protect
from the cutthroat methodist the one
horse concern whose owner is satisHe,
TO merely exist from day to day and Il
never prepared for the proverbial rain
day. The popocrats may not know II
but the trust question is loaded at bot
q ends. ,
Licensed 10 wed.
\; Joseph Loyka farmer AGED ne an,