Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-09-20
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a STARTLING COMPARISON.
IDes Moines News.l
! Iowa has population according to.
the census Of 1880 Of 4 ,911 1886. Georgia
has population according to the Mme
census OF 1887 1858. These two states,
1t Will be noted, have almost the game
population.
IN 1896 Iowa cast 52l ,547 votes, while
Georgia cast only 1853 .o61 votes BASED
on the census. however. Iowa has tfir-
teen congressman and Georgia has thir-
teen congressmen.
What Goes this mean? Iowa with
the same electoral representation az
Georgia casts more than three times az
many votes for president as Georgia.
Yet Georgia, with less than third OF
sIowa's vote has az many votes in con-
lgress az the Hawkeye state. It simply
means that the colored man IL counted
In the census in Georgia but Is not
counted In the ballot box.
At Q time when there Is 20 much talk
about the consent OF the governed, at a
time when the Legislature Of Georgia,
along with other etates. 10 amending its
organic law 70 a. to permanently dis
$frat,chisesa large ma ority OF itesciti-
Ixens, II IL q good time to call the item
tion OF congress to the provisions OF the
fourteenth amendment. If Georgia cuts
down Its vote to one third that OF Iowa,
under the provirione OF ttis amendment,
che Il entitled to only one third as many
scongressmen as Iowa. Elee Georgia se-
cures three timee the vote and influence
In congress she il entitled to.
Looked at from almost any point OF
View q plain statement OF the compare
tive representation VI the states In con-
5gress presents q situation almost start
ling. II Involves the problem Of popu-
s1argovernment.
BEET SUGAR ANDsGLUCOsE.
davenport Democrat1
y Lee Harrison, former manager of the
the prospective manager OF the inde.
pendent glucose factory at Peoria,
which is to combine its business in an
Interesting manner with thse OF beet
sugar manufacture. The work OF max
Ing the Pekin beet factory into a com
sbined sugar ana glucose factory is now
lin progress, and 1t 10 given out that the
sugar trust and the glucose trust are
going to get 1T harder from Pekin than
the military trust OF the powers has
been getting II from the Celestial city OF
he same name.
On the first, day of next month the
beet sugar plant at Pekin will COM
nerce operations. and 1t will continue
manufacturing for ninety days BE.
tween $4,000 and 80, 900 tons OF beets will
be used during that time. The beets are
being raised now on property owned by
the company. and Will be shipped into
Pekin as they are needed.
AT the conclusion OF the ninety-fay
run. work will be immediately com
menced to put the factory in shape fol
the manufacturing OF glucose. The off.
GERS OF the company have found from
the experience that they had with the
beet sugar industry thus far that Their
plant ID idle two-thirds OF the time
They are able to get the sugar out Of
all the beets obtainable in very short
time. and when that has been done the
plant had to remain Idle. This has
not been q good thing for the expensive
machinery, and 1t is not an interest.
paying condition of affairs, either.
Some investigations were made by tn.
company officers to ascertain to wha1
use the factory could be put during thu
time 1t Ii no. needed IN grinding up su.
gar beess, and 1t was discovered thai
4 by the addition OF very little machin.
cry and with certain minor alterations
In the plant that the company would b,
able to manufacture beet sugar rs lont
as the sugar beets last and Their abb,
: TO manufacture glucose for the main
der of the season. The work OF install
ing this glucose manufacturing ma
schinery. which Ia needed In the glucos,
business, and not needed In the manu-
/ factute OF sugar from beets. is now go
Ing on, and within short time will
have been so nearly completed that tn,
\ plant may commence its onslaught upol
the 300 acres Of beets which the com
pany has under cultivation.
The policy of the company In oppos
3 ing the trusts In the manufacture o.
beet sugar, says the Peoria Journal
will be carried into the glucose work
The glucose trust makes only one sir,
packages OF its product. and no matter
how. much q customer may desire an.
other size he ID never able to get.it. III,
Pekin factory Will turn but IT'S produc
In packages OF q size that are selected
!. by the purchaser. In other words, the,
will make glucose to order, They VIII
"a anothsr thing that the trust doe,
& not Az. They expect ta fspl ace aodseS
a ~ glucose ayfuS tnrneA ut -
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