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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
4 CRISIS IN GERMANY.

According to late dispatch the
working forces of Germany are facing
a serious crisis. Thousands of them
are without work and will be COM
PEELED to rely upon free soup houses
for food. Things have been going
from bad to worse in Germany lately
in an industrial way. The reactionary
period from good times to bad began
sometime ago in the creation of dis
trust as the result of breaking down
of credits thru over capitalization OF
several big concerns. At least this is
the statement given out while ago.
When distrust becomes general ana
pervades the entire business and IN
dustrial community, it leads to con-
slant curtailment in every direction.
It results in little chopping of here
and there to effect economies. Even
the boldest do not dare to venture
into new fields of effort. Money goes
into the stocking leg and other secret
places. It is the same old story OF
over doing in many directions, of in
fiation that brings about contraction.
The German people are widely re-
garded as the thriftiest OF all classes.
They usually keep on the safe side in
financial matters. They know how
to economize and how to live cheaply,
but II the stories that come from the
fatherland are to be fully credited
hosts Of the Industrial forces will be
required to study economy as never be-
fore.
Many OF the leaders are looking to
tariff legislation to cure the Ills COM
planned of. Others regard the govern
ment at fault. The country is a vast
military camp, and the emperor is
man that is greatly feared. and his
movements and acts have a depressing
effect upon the people. Whatever is
the true diagnosis Of the case. the peo-
pie are entitled to sympathy and the
troubles they are having will prove OBJ
dect lessons to the entire world.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
wagons, with 1852 wage-earners, and
nrodrcts valued OF 81 al. NG7

wagons, with 1852 wage-earners, and
products valued at s3,9Sl,067.
There are sixteen establishments en-
gagged in the manufacture Of food prepa-
| rations, with 900 waee-earners and
products valued at sS,604.031.
In 1900. 356 establishments were re-
ported as engaged in the manufacture of
| clay products, with 1920 wage earners.
and products valued at s2,224, 900.
An industry Of recent origin, peculiar
to Iowa. is the manufacture of pearl
buttons from the shells of the native
fresh-water mussel. There were fifty
three establishments reported in 1900.
valued at ss66,53S. The leading center of
the industry is Musc;ttine, which, in
! 1898, had five completely organized
| plants and twenty-eight saw works; but
almost every town on the Mississippi
| from Sabula to Fort Madison, distance
of 167 miles, is provided with plants.
Davenport and Clinton being secondary
centers. The industry has been pursued
also at Cedar Rapids, Vinton and
Charles City on the Cedar river; at Cor
awhile on the Iowa river; and at West
| Liberty, What Cheer and Oskaloosa.
into the state is given to Mr.. j. F. Boep-
| Pile, who learned the trade in his native
| city Of Hamburg, Germany Assured of
| the excellence of the mussels in the Mis-
sissippi and the rivers of Iowa. he To-
Gated his factory at Muscatine in 1891
| The success Of the industry was at once
assured; by 1898 no less than 1000 per-
sons were engaged in the mussel fishery
between Fort Madison and Sabula. The
fear that the mussel beds will soon be
exhausted seems we'll founded. Tho beds
opposite Muscatine and New Boston are
paid to the spawning season of the prin-
cipal species; multitudes of small mus
sells that can not be utilized are left
upon the banks or ice to die, altho, even
when proper care is taken. 1t requires
from ten to eighteen years to grow serv-
iceable shells. AT present, however, the
industry is in fairly prosperous condi-
ton. and the Mississippi river buttons
are sold in every state in the union, as
we'll as in Canada and England. Only
portion OF the product sold, however,
is finished in Iowa or the adjoining Sec
ton OF Illinois. Several of the large
button factories of the east have saw
works located here, which cut out the
rough blanks and ship them east for
final manufacture. In few cases the
rough shells have been shipped.
OF the total Of the manufacturing es-
Establishments noted above, 1855 per cent
are located in thirty-nine cities. Mar
shalltown ranks fourteenth, with lat es-
Establishments. with capital stock of s5,-
S66.270. The wage-earners number 1889.
whose total wages amount to s654.277.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.


LET we'll enough alone" is q text
which the Iowa City Republican uses to
show that it Is impossible for us to
stand still, that we must either go for
ward or backward. The Republican
thinks we might well say to our repre-
sentatives in congress, Let well enough
alone" .But they would not heed such
an admonition If they could, and they
could not If they would, for the laws of
development are higher than of the poll
cies of parties or the material prosperi-
ty of nations"
The Ottunwa Courier favors congress
sonal action in tSn development of reci-
procity, yet it believes THE friends of
protection should write every line of a
measure that proposes reciprocity and
the true friends of protection in con-
gress will know full well how to vote
when such measures are presented"
In noticing that the Iowa railroad
commissioners do not appear to be preju-
diced against railroad consolidation,
but on the other hand regard 1t as bene-
fetal. the Keokuk Gate City declares
this is a sensible view of the matter
and does the commissioners credit. ABB
sorption of the small lines by the large
ones not only benefits the roads thru
a community Of interest and lessened
expense of operation, but ensures better
service to the public and lower freight
rates
DEBORAH Republican: The Waukon pa
pers report in detail the feat of DR.. D.
H Bowen in shooting bald eagle that
had spread of wing that measured
seven feet and half. We can not help
repeating that such deed deserves no
praise. The eagle as a bird of freedom"
is entitled to protection instead of ex-
tinction.
Anticipating q flood Of bills when the
legislature meets, the Waterloo Repor-
ter is of the opinion that most of the
legislation forecasted is embraced in
corrective measures and isms. Little
is proposed in the way of constructive
or really needed enactments. So far as
the isms are concerned whatever range
they may take, the Reporter has hopes
that the republican majority in the gen.
eral assembly will have the wisdom and
tact to kill every one so dead that none
can be resurrected in dozen years, If
ever"
In referring to the fact that the Iowa
Agricultural College comes out of the
national live stock show with more blue
ribbons than any other one institution
in the United States, the Davenport
Democrat observes that Iowa isn't first
all the time, but it is first often enough
to satisfy those who claim it as their
native or adopted state"
ut is not probable that the Iowa leg
islature will make any change in the liq-
uor law" says the Burlington Hawk
eye. THE statute has worked 80 salts
factorily that no wide demand for
amendment exists"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
TOPICS or THE TINES

Poor old Omaha! Between it's booms
and its relapses it has hard time to
keep a safe credit balance.
The hay crop Of Logan county, Ne
hraska, is thought to be sufficient to
feed 10000 cattle thru the winter, and
Logan county is pretty near the arid
region. too!
One OF the most successful commits
sions ever established by the state has
been the Iowa library commission. 1t is
doing an effective work thruout the
state In establishing public libraries oil
rather inducing the people to establish
free public libraries for themselves.
A barn, said to be the biggest in
Kansas, Is being built on the Deming
farm, near Oswego. 1t is 96x56 feet and
forty-six feet from ground to gable.
From the strenuous life the feminine
and juvenile portions of the community
are leading, Christmas is heading this
way like big transcontinental train
with the right-of-way unimpeded.
Director of the Mint Roberts rec
commends that the coinage of silver
dollars be suspended for the present
and that the bullion on hand be con-
verified into subsidiary coin. Over $40,-
100000 worth of bullion could well be
disposed OF in this way.
Famine stricken Russia comes to the
front with many tales of woe. Crop
failures have created hunger, disease
and death in some districts.
In noticing that smallpox in a severe
form had broken out among the Indians
of Iowa, Wisconsin and Nebraska, DR..
Kennedy says in the Iowa Health Bull
letin: perhaps some Of our physicians
who claim that the eruption prevalent
here is not smallpox might be converted
from the error of their way il they could
see some of these cases." 1t is note
worthy that there is very little talk this
year about chickenpox and kindred all
! ments.
An immense cave, the dwelling place
of prehistoric people. has been discov-
cred In Montana. Perhaps these an
clients discovered that cave life in win
ter was the real key to the fuel prob
lem.
Public sentiment as to securing pub
lie utilities differs in different localities
Money is being raised by popular sub
scription to erect court house and jai
in Newton county. at Jasper, Ark.
Mr.. Carnegie, having provided for the
American peoples perpetual enlighten.
ment thru his magnificent library build
ings, now plans to reach them by ora
persuasion and has given 100000 t.
endow comprehensive university ex-
tension course available for all the PEG
Pile of this country. For some time
] prominent educators have been enjoying
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
A ,oman,s Awful Peril.

"There is only one chance to save
your life and that is thru an operation"
were the startling words heard by
Mrs. /. B. Hunt of Lime Ridge, Wis,
from her doctor after he had vainly
tried to cure her of frightful case Of
stomach trouble and yellow joundice.
Gall stones had formed and she con-
stantly grew worse. Then she began to
use Electric Bitters which wholly cured
her. It's wonderful stomach. liver
and kidney remedy. Cures dyspepsia,
loss of appetite. Try it. Only 80 cents
guaranteed. For sale by George p.
Powers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
GRINnElL,s SQUIRRELS.

"A venerable professor or Gr1nnell,
whose spritely step even at ripe old
age of eighty years or more, still re-
movements of the little pets he loves.
writes the Times Republican editor
about Mayor Spaulding and the SOUR
rels in the city park. He says:
Mr.. Editor: Just one word and
out of the ordinary! Many people
have read of our Grinnell mayor. They
know he goes about the work of his
Office just as he does about buggy
making and selling. He says what he
means. in crisp. clear English. He
never sneaks. or whines, or busters or
carries water on both shoulders. No
body can run him as a servant or
brighten him to run as a coward.
Il met him few hours ago. He had
heard Of a law breaker and he was
after the fellow. No dull back num-
Der, no juiceless old fellow who had be-
come as dry as a last years herring.
had put flea in his official ear II any
appeal for Justice had reached him 1t
had come from some up-to-d date young
man not yet In his teens, a young
American citizen. one who had lived
long enough in our city to catch some
thing Of Its best spirit. 1t had been
reported that some one connected with
the Iowa Central railway was cruel
miscreant, that he had shot at one of
cur town pets, at a Grinnell red SPUR
rel! The boys are in arms about it,
the mayor is on the warpath, and. SO
far as is known, every man, woman
and child stands back of the mayor
and the boys. Perhaps should add
the dogs of Grinnell to that list also.
for the life of dog that will kill
squirrel III Grinnell is short.
Now we, the mayor, the boys and all
the rest OF us, want 1t distinctly under
stood that we have a law in Grinnell
to protect these proud and happy deni-
zens of our trees, a genuine and consti-
tutional law. 1t is not advice, but law.
There is a large penalty back of it,
law that we all-saints, sinners, the
Beecher family and the squirrels
want to have strictly enforced
Evidently the squirrels are delighted
with the law. You. too, would say SO
lie you should see them run down the
trees as the boys pass along, climb up
OA lIlclI SIAOulOciSp put tHSlI llllIc IoSGS
into the boys pockets. pick out a nut,
scamper off and plump 1t so deftly
into the ground, and then run back
with an extra flourish Of their beautiful
tails as If to say, Thank you! one more,
| pleased Then, when well supplied,
how they scamper away for race and
a chase with one another over the
lawns and up the trees with their
funny little 'queek. queek,' as ii to say,
| Law, law, happy law
I'VE love them ard they love us.
So look out, Iowa Central, and every
body else! Our law was made to be
enforced. The boys here are law
abiding citizens, and they will help you
to obey the law by introducing you to
our mayor, il you need that help. He
wants to become acquainted with
every man who shoots at squirrel in
town. The boys will be happy to pre-
sent such man to the mayor. The
mayor will then be happy to accept a
contribution to the city treasury p"
IL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
MANUFACTURES I'm IOWA.

Iowa is chiefly known as an agricul-
tural state, and yet its manufacturing
establishments constitute great inter-
est. as shown by census bulletin re-
Gently received from Washington. This
bulletin states that Iowa manufacturing
and mechanical industries have had 9
steady and significant growth during
the last half century. IN 1850 Iowa had
6SS manufacturing establishments; in
1890 the number had increased to a.
SIG. with capitalization OF 1o2.73S. 1oS.
The average number Of wage-earners
Increased from 1907 In 1850 to $3.50 in
1900.
Iowa has good transportation facili-
ties, and an abundance OF coal. Its
manufacturing enterprises are evenly
distributed over the state, and are di-
versified In character. No one portion or
particular city Of the state can lay claim
to dominant interest in manufactures
or a monopoly OF any one of its leading
industries. The southern and eastern
portions were settled first and still have
the denser population. yet in the north
western portion is located the leading
manufacturing city, Sioux City, az
stated by the bulletin.
In general summary of all industrial
establishments, it is shown that 81 per
cent are small shops, included in the
group Of hand trades. and establish
ments with product of less than $500.
During recent years there has been q
marked change in the character of the
Industries OF the state. In the early PEE
Rod OF settlement the principal products
manufactured were lumber, flour, leath-
er and wooden goods. all Of which, with
the exception Of -four. have since de-
clined, while slaughtering and the fac
tory manufacture OF butter and cheese
have taken their places in the list of
leading industries.
wholesale slaughtering and meat
packing is the most important industry
In the state, with twenty-seven estab-
lishments, employing 1857 men, or 40
per cent Of the wage-earners Of the
state, and product valued at SIS, 695. 044,
or 1876 per cent Of the total value of
products of the state.
The factory manufacture of butter,
5 cheese and condensed milk ranks second
in Importance. with 907 establishments.
1913 wage earners and products valued
at s15.s4s,o77.
Flour and grist mills hold third place
with 703 establishments, 1885 wage
earners and products valued at $13.s23.-
Oss.
Then comes 264 establishments en-
gagged In the manufacture of lumber and
timber products, with 2.793 wage-earn-
ers and products valued at ss,677, 05s.
Also sixty-fiye planning mills, employing
2,s72 men, with products of $685. SAG.
There are nfty-eight establishments
engaged in car construction and repairs
by steam railroad companies, with 5.497
wage-earners and products valued at
ss,22ls7s.
There are l.o25 printing and publishing
offices with 4.24s workers and products
valued at $s,145,6ss.
There are 100 foundries and machine
shops in the state. with 1872 wage
earners, and products valued at s4.4so.-
sl4.
There are gil establishments engaged
In the manufacture Of carriages and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
X.-Local flctlon.

HEs HE civil war. like the two
HI which preceded 1t, had
Ia no immediate effect up
IA on our literature. Some
of the older writer's We're
drawn aside for an occasional poem.
address or magazine article upon
some phase of the contest, but the
few books Of note published between
1861 and 1865, inclusive. were not
out of the usual course of production
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10


An observing merchant gives the
Looker-on new idea. He says the
present good times" are injuring GER
tain lines of trade-for instance, the
furniture business, because all sorts
and conditions of men are are going in
to all sorts Of schemes requiring regu-
lar future payments. Says that so
many are buying land they don't buy
new furniture. That young people buy
shares in some building and loan and
investment company, and If 1t was not
for this call on their surplus income
he would get more of 1t. This furni-
ture dealer. however, admitted every
thing points to the Christmas trade
being the highest priced" ever known
in Iowa. People are going to buy nice
things this year because they have the
money.
1p Hy1l1.4>A<
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
Excurs;on Rates for tho HOLIDAYS.

Via the Northwestern line. Excursion
tickets will be sold at low rates to
points on the Northwestern system
within 200 miles Of selling station, Dec.
"a, 20 and 81 and Jan. 1, good returning
until Jan. 2, inclusive. Apply to agents
Of the Chicago & Northwestern railway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
suspense-"Been hunting today?.

Suspense-"Been hunting today?"
YES" said the amateur. with the
wild. apprehensive look in his eye.
Have you shot anything"
ST don't know yet. I'm waiting for the
rest Of the party to get into camp, so
that we can call the l."-Washington
Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-12-10
Educational Period
OF American
Literature


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stimulating demand for than the
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mighty More of them had their little day and fell out
man felt
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buffalo and the wild horse Other
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Arizona republican., 1901-04-26

Some men are born lucky: some marry heiresses. while some are elected
 to office. But for pure, A STORY unadulterated hard luck OF We think tho exnerienc, HARD LUCK. of Yukon miner takes
 the whole bakery. We print the story because 1t is interesting, and to show that the seeking for gold in Alaska Is not one long dream of joy. Arizona is good enough for us. Here is the story as copied from the Yukon Sun:
 As an illustration of hard luck. the experience of one case which came un- der observation Is an example, A man named Johnson left Bonnet last fall with small grubstake and plenty of 1opt. When the ssething waters of White Horse got through toying with his frail boat all he had left of the ex- petition was his life. He was, how ever, undaunted and secured passage on scow for Dawson, which after Hitting from bar to bar for two weeks was hopslessly wrecked near Hell Gate All he secured from his trip was plenty of hard work When the scow was abandoned Johnson secured employ
Arizona republican., 1901-04-26

It was pleasant thing on Wednes-
 day evening, to find that. at least, several of the executive
 HARDY committee for Mckinley
 RECOGNI- day, had learned to ap- TON. preciate the worth of efforts of the local cor respondents of the big newspapers.
 For years the correspondents have
 probable that of all professions. jour
 nalism pays the smallest monetary re-
 turns. At its best Phoenix Is not an
 exceedingly valuable news center, and
 to earn their livelihood. the Phoenix
 representatives have resorted, in a
 great degree. to spreading the fame of this territory Hundreds and thou- sands of columns of matter. telling
 the outside world of the great agri- cultural, horticultural and mineral re- sources of Arizona, have come from the pens of the young men who rep resent the metropolitan dailies and the magazines.
 There is no exaggeration in the statement that the press correspon- dents have done more toward advertis- ing this territory and proclaiming its vast treasures. than any other agency. Notwithstanding this fact, and that hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of matter have been sent out to adver- tise Arizona in every country where newspapers are rsad. so far as known, the authors of all this have never re- ceived word of thanks. Shrewd pol iticians recognize the value of the newspaper correspondent and the power of the lattsr to make or break him. It is gratifying to see that the power of the press Is receiving recog- hilton here and that the correspondent Is getting his long delayed dues.
 Without q doubt. one of the most l essential features of the reception to the presidential party will be the proper treatment of the newspaper nen visitors and local. Without their
Arizona republican., 1901-04-26

There will be three small steamer s put on the Colorado river soon to ply between Yuma and Gulf ports. The SC boats have been shipped in sections from Chicago. It will not be many years until three small steamers will multiply and increase many fold, for Yuma Is destined to become one of the largest and most hourishing cities on the Pacific coast. All Arizona will be summers have come and gone. The construction of the Isthmian canal will do more to build up Yuma than thou sand penitentiaries.