Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-18
TOPICS OF THE TIMES

The capture of an illicit still with
daily capacity of about twenty barrels
in New York city was somewhat sur
prjsing to those who supposed the bus
mess of '.moonshining' was confined to
the mountains of Tennessee and Geor-
gia.
Universities and colleges have been
wedding out professionalism from their
base ball, foot ball and track teams,
and the outlook is said to be good for
an era of college athletics free from the
faint of professionalism. 1t is not stat
ed whether the Improvement OF the col
lege athlete or the decadence of the
professional has brought this state of
affairs about.
The Sioux City Journal says editors
ally: I'm the South Dakota municipal
election the license or no lic,.nse refer
end,lm was the most absorbing issue. |
In the smaller towns of the state sem
timent seemed to be very evenly d.
yided on the subject, and III many of
them the question was decided che Way
or the other by mere handful Of votes.
In the towns where no license carried
by an exceedingly slim majority the
result is generally looked Upon as j
triumph for the hole in the wall man
and the bootlegger."
The high prices of beef has brought
competition as high prices are always
sure to do. Louis Vose. of Waterloo,
has employed number of expert help
ers and will make a business of supply
ing frog legs to the market.
The Waterloo Courier aiveltises Tor
twelve bushels of good potatoes to APP
ply on delinquent subscriptions. These
old accounts must be settled st once.
The State Register says. The Iowa
City Republican is emphatical'y in ia.
yor of Speaker Henderson's renomina-
ton but thinks it was a good thing he
received a shaking up at tie hands of
the newspapers If the diamond nevet
ran up against some rough opposition
ii would never be polished Ald If the
man never monkeyed With the buzz
saw he would not appreciate he dan
ger of such diversion.
Governor General Taft says the Phil
ippines in time will be recognized as
one of our most valuable possessions.
This is the opinion of the majority of
Americans, and in time the Filipinos
themselves will rejoice over their con-
nection with this country as their
greatest acquisition.
There is good reason for the mag
mates of the beef trust to evince uneas- |
mess. There is no question but the
government is serious In its action to
enforce the anti-trust act. With all the
noise made by the opposition party
against republicanism as the father
and favorer of trusts the cold facts are
that the only effective acts that have
been made and are in force and being I
enforced are to the credit of the repub-
licans. The antitrust laws In demo- |
cratic states have died at the hands Of
the democracy. The antitrust law is |
a republican measure and its enforce
ment is being attempted by republican
officers. If the present law Is not eff
fective republican congress will make |
one that is.
Canada has sent 5000 troops to South /
Africa and expects to get protective
tariff in England as reciprocal favor.
And now it is the turn of the Golden
ties to be staggered.
Another illustration of how times
change may be seen in the fact thar
England is looking to America for
money The Boer war has compelled
England to borrow large sums of mon
ey. j. P. Morgan and his friends on
both sides of the Atlantic have the
money and they are lending 1t to John
Bull on terms which are very favorable
to themselves. There is no sentiment
in this matter on either side. Morgan
and the money changers are masters
Of the British situation, and they are
letting that government know it.
The war enthusiasts In Great Britain
are urging Lord Kitchener to mass his |
troops at a given point and strike
home. This is the idea the Beers have
been striving to impress.
sss
AS an illustration of the difference
between 1776 and 1902 United States
per cents are quoted at 100 to 10, while
the new British loan bears OK per cent
interest and Is to be sold at 931s. Re-
duced to percentage this is a striking
difference On transaction of a mill !
lion dollars it represents a difference OF
100000 in the proceeds and, in addi-
ton, $500 year difference in interest. |
Time brings many changes.
Several hundred Russian students, 1t |
is reported, have been sent to Siberia |
or other penal settlements as conse-
auence of the recent demonstrations
against absolutism. This policy, of I
course, is as stupid as 1t is cruel. 1t |
will be sure to incite further demons
trations, and to extend the hostility to
the autocracy among the intelligent
classes in Russia. Liberalism would
not only be in the line of the worlds
progress, but 1T would be cheaper for |