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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
the REIGN OF THE MECHANIC.

The editor OF Dunn's Review In an
article published by the Saturday Eve
ming Post calls attention to the fact
that the wage earning classes have
profited most from the recent years of
prosperity as compared to the wealthy
and the clerks or desk men. The writer
contends that interest rates and rents
have decreased to such an extent that
the income returns from wealthy
mans property are now much less than
formerly and that the universal desire
CT parents to have their sons follow
{, 'gentlemans" calling has driven such
an army of young men into the offices
as clerks and bookkeepers that the vo-
cation has been crowded to the extent
that many a capable young man is
plodding along at salary of $1b per
week when the same ability and ener-
CIV in almost any of the trades would
earn him $40 per week.
It was not the purpose of the article
to prove that either the property holder
or the clerk was suffering any hard
4 ship from the present good times but
that the artisan and wage earning class
had received percentage of increased
benefits greater than any other class
of citizens. However, the remarks of
this man whose business it is to study
o oil
ditions, prove still more conclusiyely
the correctness of the view often ex-
pressed by the T.-R. that the trades to-
day offer the best opportunities for
/ young men. The professions have been
oyercrowded for years until scarcely
one law school graduate in four con-
tinues in the practice of law. The COM
mercial colleges and desire of parents
to have their sons wear "stand-up" col
lars or enjoy the fancied social adj
vantages of genteel calling, have
overloaded the supply of men seeking
clerkships, yet on the other hand the
managers and proprietors of almost
every class Of business institutions will
admit that they are all looking for
skilled mechanics. educated engineers,
and artisans of every kind.
The Post has been publishing a SER
les Of interviews with the superinten-
dents of leading engineering and tech
nical schools in which all speak of the
great demand for educated technical
often spoken for in advance by the
great manufacturing companies and
Immediately step into positions paying
salaries far better than professional
man dreams of until he has grown gray
In his business. Any young man wish
ing to return from school to Marshall
town or any other Iowa city to reside
end earn his livelihood will find little
opportunity to practice medicine or
law, he will find no one seeking clerk
or bookkeeper but half days investi-
cation will convince him that people
are everywhere seeking more plumbers,
carpenters, painters timers. molders
and machinists and a visit to any
Of the factories here will disclose all
the offlce positions filled but almost
always a demand for a few additional
mechanics skilled in the special lines
followed in that business. And strange
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
Settlers, Low Rates West.

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Rossland and other points in Kootenay
district Also special round trip home
seekers tickets on first and third Tues
days in March, April and May.
For full particulars apply to agents
Chicago e. Northwestern railway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
A BREATHING SPELL

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only keep from getting worse
it would be some encourage
ment.
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This treatment alone often
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
Saved Many q Limo.

Don't neglect coughs and colds, even
If it is spring. Such cases often result
seriously at this season just because
people are careless. One Minute
Cough Cure will remove all danger.
Absolutely safe. Acts at once. Sure
cure for Group, grip, bronchitis, and
other throat and lung troubles. Post
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at is the very best cough medicine on
the. market It has saved many Sc
we're sickness" George p. Powers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
DEMOCRATS SELECT A BATTLE-GROUND.

There is no doubt that the democratic
party is preparing to make q desperate
fight this year for the control of con-
gress. The hattie ground selected by its
managers for their heaviest operations
| is the states of the upper Mississippi
valley. They made gains in the east IN
the campaign of 1898, as is usual in Oil
years. but struck against SOLID wall
of republican defense in the middle
west. During the first half of MI Nc
Kinley's administration the house OF
representatives showed a republican
majority of nearly seventy. The MD
presidential campaign of 1898 reduced
this majority to twenty. or Whereabouts
The west saved the house to the repup-
llicnas in '9s Had it not stood firm for
a decent administration of public al
| fairs Mr.. Mckinley's administration
would have been leased and hampered
| in the house by majority with single
| purpose to thwart every plan or sug-
gestion of republican executive.
writer in a st. Louis newspaper says
| in this connection:
THE democrats evidently have
learned that it was the west which held
the republican line victorious In tha1
canvass, and they are going to make a
powerful effort in this section this year.
| 1t appears to be the intention to con-
| centrate their forces in Ohio, Indiana,
Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa,
| Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas and the
two Dakotas. In the presidential cam
vass of 1896 the democrats made an es-
pecially earnest attempt to gain the
middle west for their candidate, but
they were lax in this endeavor in the
congressional canvass of 1898. This
year they evidently intend to steer clear
| of the mistake of four years ago.
POSSIBLY many voters have forgot
| ten the conditions of 1898. That was
1.-THE year of the Spanish war, in which
the republican party, as the party In
power. would be naturally supposed to
profit in political way. Yet in the
election thet year, after the Spaniards
had been beaten in Cuba, and while
| they were waiting for transportation
out of the hemisphere, the republican
lead in the popular branch of congress
twas reduced from seventy at the be-
ginning of the Mckinley administra-
ton to twenty for the last two years OF
that regime 1t would be good thing
for the republicans to remember this
| fact. and to bear In mind that it was
| the west alone to which they We're in
debted for even this short lead. The
democrats are to give special attention
| to the west. in the approaching cam
paign. Their spellbinders will be con-
centrated in half a dozen of the states
of the Mississippi valley in great NUM-
bers. All the resources which money
and Misrepresentation can command
will be thrown in the canvass by the
democratic bosses. In the campaign OF
1902, particularly in the western sec
ton of it, eternal vigilance and activity
will be the price Of republican victory
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
A Nearly Fatal Runaway

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d. Orner, Franklin Grove, ILL.,, which
defied doctors and all remedies for four
years. Then Bucklen's Arnica Salve
cured him. Just as good for boils,
burns. bruises, cuts. corns, scalds, skin
eruptions and piles. Twenty five cents
at George P. Powers drug store.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
Reduced Rates.

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
One Way Settlers Rates,

VIII be in effect from ali points on the
Iowa Central road to points in Mime
sofa and North and South Dakota on
March 4, IL. 1s and % and April / and
g. 1909, at very low rates. II you con-
template making a trip it will pay you
to consult the nearest local agent of
the Iowa Central road, or address Geo.
S. Ratty, G. p. and T. A.. Marshall.
town lowe
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07

as 1T may seem a glance at the pay roofs
will show the skilled mechanics draw
ing the highest wages paid to any class
of employees while three out of every
four artisans at work in the city are
making more money per week than
three out OF four professional men
Young men casting about them for an
opportunity as well as parents inter-
ested in their sons welfare should real
ize that the demand of the times-is Tor
an artisan who can show both skilled
hand and an educated brain and for
such man better returns are assured
than for the average lawyer, doctor
or clerk. There need be 40 fear of loss
of social position for the career OF
Schwab and Carnegie has shown what
possibilities are before the artisan and
has proved to the world that man
may wear overalls at his work and stu
remain gentleman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07

The New York Herald says that
butchers Of that city are organizing a
company with s1,0OO,OoO capital to fight
the Chicago packers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The Capital says: IF George E. Rob-
erts ennbarlSs in the newspaper business
in Des Moines he will have more need
for Roberts Rules of Order than he has
had up to date, and will need dollars
about as fast as the government mint
can make them" And the Capital ought
to know.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07

The Keoluk Gate City asserts "The
opposition to Speaker Henderson was
like lamt, in one particular. It was
biggest when it was born
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07

The ottrmwa Courier thinks "a good
public road is an evidence Of civiliza-
ton as we'll as of great usefulness. The
American who would win lasting hon.
ors can achieve them by following the
example Of the wealthy Chinese in
building permanent good roads,"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07

The Denison Review isn't sore over
election, but has 1t figured out. 1t says:
at is so seldom that the democrats
nominate a really first-class man for
any Office that when they do there are
always a lot of republicans who run
over each other in their zeal to vote
for the monstrosity. A good man on
the republican ticket is no novelty and
so does not attract so much attention"
The Wesley World commends the
veto. 1t says "From the comments of
in harmony with public sentiment"
The Boone Republican thinks Her
derson is getting such enormous adver-
Using that if he should lose his job he
will be able to write book"
The Pocahontas Sun assures its rep
resentative that he did the right thing.
when in committee he voted against the
indefinite postponement of the railroad
assessment BILL
The Cedar Rapids Gazette gives
warning that TEDDY Roosevelt is not
the right man for the Canadians to
have in the American presidency if they
are going to move boundary monu-
ments. They will move the stones
back and pay for the carriage"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07

According to the Nottingham Daily
Guardian, United States Consul S. c.
Mcfarland has acknowledged num-
Der of subscriptions to the fund for the
Canton. o., monument to the late Pres
ident Mckinley. United States consuls
all over the world are authorized to re-
ceive such subscriptions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07

The allied party seems to be new
birth of populism. Not still birth by
any means in a sense of peace and
quietude, but partial revification of
the fragmeptary policies and chimeri-
cal political pipe dreams of old time
populism. w. j. Bryan will be their
logical candidate and the good thing
about this is that he can't help it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-07

In the fall of 1881 he began his life
work at Tuskegee with absolutely moth
ing-neither land, buildings nor tools.
He was sent there by General Arm
strong. who appeared to have full con-
fidence that Booker could do whatever
was asked of him. and his confidence
was not misplaced. The long, difficult
struggle, the gradual growth and per-
manence Of this work Is interestingly
told in the remaining 200 pages of the
book, with closing statistics as follows:
Twenty years have now passed since
made the first humble effort at Tuske-
gee in a broken down shanty and an
old hen house without owning dollars
worth of property and with but one
teacher and thirty students. At present
the institution owns 1900 acres of land.
over 700 of it under cultivation each
year, entirely by student labor. There
are now upon the grounds, large and
small, forty buildings. All except four
Of these were wholly erected by the
students. While at work upon the land
and in erecting buildings the students
are taught by competent instructors the
latest methods in agriculture and the
trades. There are twenty-e eight indus
trial departments, all Of them teaching
Industries at which our graduates can
find immediate employment. The de-
mand for our graduates is so great that
we can not supply more than one-half
the applications that come to US. Nor
have we room for more than one-half
the young men and women who seek
admission
The value of the property Is over
5000, 900, which with the endowment
fund reaches half million. From thir-
ty students the number has grown to
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-10-18

1t is often matter of wonder how
these people manage to make sufficient
profits to pay rent and taxes, to say
nothing Of getting a living. There
must be thousands of shops the country
over that do not give more than $40 to
500 month net profit.
Naturally, this is nsuneconomical
way Of distributing merchandise, and
the modern; business man, who thinks
in big figures will condemn it offhand,
as taxing the community heavily for
the rate of profit must be large to en-
able so many people to make living,
even bare living. Political economy,
that science which takes no account of
human sentiments, is offended as the
prevalent method of purveying articles
or common consumption here. But
looked at closely, the little-ship system
enables great many people to preserve
certain measure Of dignity and indie
pendence. The petty tradesman feels
himself man, and the mere clerk in
the big department store knows that he
is an insignificant part of a huge ma
chine and may easily be replaced He
has surrendered his individuality. Wo-
men who, with few hundred dollars,
set up an estanquillo and sell notions,
the odds and ends of neighborhood, de-
mands, are, we must believe, better off
than if they were mere assistants in
great shops. The little shop is In close
touch with it's patrons. 1t is a rendez-
vous for a small circle of friendly tpeo-
pie who drop In for a chat, and end Of
ten by making purchase. In many a.
town the tiny shop is sort Of club, a
news center, and the patron drops in, as
by right to have his dish of discourse"
When Mexico is undermined according
to the ideas of the men who talk of ten
story buildings, and the massing of the
trade of a populous town under one
roof, the little shop will have gone for
ever; we shall see something imposing
in way convenient, and undoubtedly
selling cheaper, but the humane side,
the friendly side, of trade will have van
ished also the kindly personal relation
of customer and tradesman. The COM
munity will have made gain, CONNER
cially speaking, but, as always, there
will be a loss-this time, of pleasant
feeling, of something that makes buying
and selling something better than mere
business.
The Gradgrinds of these latter days
will say that this is all nonsense and
mere sentiment. But sentiment counts
for great deal in the making of life
tolerable. 1t is matter of importance
for the healthy life of a community that
existence should not be reduced to terms
Of cold business" The conservation Of
the feeling Of independence is much In
the United States all tends to mon
strous commercial feudalism; a small
of great lords of trade, mer- |
chant princes if you will, and a host Of
serfs and retainers. This does not tend
to healthy old-fashioned sentiment of
individual worth. Men become, as they
will under socialism when it is realized,
parts of a vast mechanism. One of the
many good Things of Mexico is that life
here Is not yet reduced to the utterly
mmonplace.-Mexican Herald.
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-10-18

Vice president-F. E. Howard, of
Bridgeport.
Secretary-George B. Matthews, of
New Britain.
Treasurer-Irving Emerson, of Hart
ford
Calvary Baptist church was crowded
to its utmost capacity, morning and af-
ternoon, at the musical section of the
convention. The address of W. F. Tom
lin, of Chicago, was mastery effort
AT its conclusion the speaker was given
a vigorous round of applause. The
singing by the Naugatuck high school,
under the direction of Supervisor w. II.
Minor, showed abundant evidence of
fine training in the rendition of CLASH
cal music.
The organ recital by Professor Harry
Jepson formed a fitting climax to a
grand succession of musical events and
was greeted throughout with marked
appreciation by the vast audience pres
ent.
A beautiful feature was the ushering
by the following named pupils of the
Hillhouse high school: Sidney Taylor,
Lewis Armstrong, Bertha Sturges,
Julia Parker. Rosabele Wells, Marion
Welton, Ethel Foote, Mabel Collie, Ha-
gel Ritter, Maud Young, Eleanor BOOTH,
Prudence Battin, Hazel Watson, Edith
Campbell, Merriam Kelley and Gather
inc Hildreth
The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1902-10-18
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS,
Continued from Sixth Page.)

| his duties on Wednesday. Mr.. Watson
! is we'll known there, having been in the
| employ of the New Haven road at that
place before his appointment as agent
at Milldale.
Mrs. Leavenowth, of George street.
West Haven, who has been visiting in
Naugatuck, has returned home. Miss
Fannie Sperry, who has also been WIS.,
iting in Naugatuck for some time, re-
turned with her grandmother, Mrs
Leavenworth.
Harry d. Beardsley, of Chicago, a
popular and esteemed young Branford
man, having a large circle of friends
here, was on here recently visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. D. L. Beardsley,
Of Branford. Harry has fine position
in Chicago, being general manager
there for the Lynn plant of the General
Electric company, a very responsible
position, which he entered upon a year
ago.
w. II. Lyons, of Ansonia, has been
secured as physical instructor of the
Derby Y. M. c. A.
The Deourenoi En- Chiloi club met this
"SEh Will NIlSS Iut lUll VI IHbSL nut
street. West Haven.
A very pretty home wedding was that
of Miss Estela Merrill Race, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. P. J. Race, of 1870
Meadow street, to William Brown, of
Whitneyville, on Thursday evening at
the home of the bride. Rev. DR.. Mes
erve. formerly pastor of the Davenport
Congregational church, performed the
ceremony
Superintendent of Schools B. e. Rus |
sell, of Brockton, Mass, who delivered
an address here at the school teachers
convention yesterday afternoon, is the
guest of Principal Lewis, of the Web
ster school. He was a pupil of Mr..
Lewis in Dartmouth, Mass, over forty
five years ago He stated yesterday
that Principal Lewis was greatly be-
loved by all his pupils. and that after
he had left the school he had lost all
track of him. Mr. Russell said he had
written in after years all over the coun- |
try to try and find him, but had been
unable to hear from him until he be-
came superintendent of schools in |
Brockton. when he met former Super |
intendent of Schools Curtis. of this civ |
who informed him that Mr. Lewis was
still an educator in this city. He i'm
wrote to Mr. Lewis and re- |
aewed This old acquaintanceship.