Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-10-03

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Bryan does or attack the society and all
it's institutions that make rich men pos
sible, as DR.. Heron does. Rich men help
all of us grow rich and we should thank
them for it.
BOLD MISREPRESENTATION.
+ The last issue of the Marshalltown
Reflector editorially devoted half coll
umn TO criticism of the republican
platform, basing its comment on the
following glaringly false statement:
The republican platform of 1900 is
silent concerning the old sol-i
diers There is NOT one solitary word in
then. behalf and it is suspected that. in
the costly pursuit of foreign wars of
conquest, the republican party foresees
the necessity of economy in the direc-r
tion of pension expenditures
The republican platform of 1900. thus
misrepresented, contains the following.
plank, which is at once grateful trib-
ute To the valor and patriotism of the.
soldiers of the nation as we'll as a de-
mand that they be cared for by ade-
quate pensions:
The nation owes 8. debt of profound
gratitude to the soldiers and sailors who
have fought its battles, and it is the
governments duty TO provide for the
survivors and for the widows and or
phans OF those who have fallen in the
Wars. The pension laws.
founded in this just sentiment, should
be liberal aud should be literally admin
istered, and preference Should be given
Wherever practicable With respect to
the public service to sol
diers and sailors and to their widows
and orphans.
A cause which finds it necessary to
resort TO such bald Misrepresentation,
such glarins false statements. must be
Weak indeed However. it is only in line.
With the BrNanistic effort to distort and
decry republican policies. 1t was the
attempt u ALLEVIATE the soldier vote, bur
it will hardly beseffective With the vet
Grams. a party which pats soldiers on
the back as good fellows in its platform
and whose head classes them as ieilers
on the stump is hardly the one to win.
them over.
If the republican party is not friendly
70 the old soldier. to whom else can he
go2 Cerrainly- not to the democratic
party, With its unenviable record. The
veterans of the war have keen appre-s
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citation Of the many favors conferred
upon them by the republican party, and
hosts of them Will read with surprise of
right atterpt at deception.
zee Reflector has reached a very low.
plane indeed when it does not give its
own readers 5crsdi. for intelligence and
Information.
COAL SUPREMACY OF UNITED STATES.
& Interest in the coal production of the
world has been awakened by the pres
ent strike infthe extensive hard coal re-
sion in Pennsy lvania. Therefore When
Edward $ Meade. il October Forum.
makes the declaration that the United
States has The most abundant, the cas-
lest mined, and the cheapest coal of
any nation. ii attracts attention at
once. He goes ON 70 say that
The proof Of this statement is found
in the greater area of her coal lands.
the size and accessibility of her coal
deposits, and the present price of her
coal. The area of the coal lands of
Western Europe is less than 10000
square miles. and practically all this
area has been opened to mining. The
available coal area of the United States
at the present time is $4,000 square
miles. Moreover. the bulk of American
coal is now produced from six states,
Pennsylvania. Ohio, West Virginia liz
bearing lands which they contain by no
means represent cur total resources.
Coal is found in twenty counties in vir-
gin!a. Kentucky contains two large
coal fields, the western being 1900
miles in area. The Missouri coal fields
embrace $4,000 square miles, and the
coal is generally Of good quality. North
5ern Arkansas contains a good-siZed
coal field. and Texas has coai-bearing
area of 10000 square miles. The entire.
Rocky Mountain region abounds in
coal; Wyoming having 10000 square
miles OF coal lands. Colorado $4,000
square miles.and Montana 10000 square
miles, While large deposits are found in
other states and territories. Abundance
Of coal is found in Washington.
While drawing upon only part of
our coal-bearing area, we have dis
tanced our competitors in the rapid in
crease of our output. This fact is shown
by a table, which gives the figures of
coal production for the principal man
.ufacturing nations from 1870 TO 1898. III
metric tons:
This table shows that the United
Kingdom increased its output gradually
from 112 100000 tons in 1870 to 2O5,20c,-
900 tons in 1893; Germany from 34,S0O.-
900 tons in 1870 to $4,000, 900 in 1898;
France from 13,3O0,OO0 tons in 1870 to
SO, 900, 900 in 1895; Belgium from 13.6OO.-