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The Columbus journal., 1903-08-19
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Auditors and controllers are the
natural enemies Of mankind" re
marked IN army oGlcer. but more
particularly are they the enemies Of
m army odlcer. They take great do
light In finding reasons Why they
should not pass IN o0cer's accounts
and take advantage Of the least little
technically or any possible way Of 70
fusing to do %. Some time ago IN ON
Ger to get just claim that has been
turned down BY the auditor or con
troller was compelled to 90 to con
gTess. and the printing bin for the
amount was four times - large ~ the
amount In the Arst instance
Gen. Weston got the best Of IN an
ditor when he WAS in the Seventh
Cavalry. and this Is the way he tells
the story:
Il was on . horse board ut Kansas
City. and before . horse could be &c.
cepted he Was sent . mile ut Q very
fast clip to test his endurance. oh
served that the men who were selline
the horses had . rider who would take
item behind clunp Of trees where ]
could not see. and shorteted the dis
tance. decided to ride the horses
myself. and tried about twenty . day.
would get pretty well warmed up
with that kind Of work. and I went In
afterward and took bath. I charged
mp the bath each day In my expenses
But the account came hack from the
auditor with the indorsement:
"'One hath day ID . luxury. not .
necessity. One hath . week IL enough
And I indorsed right under that: 10
may be enough for IN auditor. but not
for q cavalryman.' .'"-Washington Post
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
THE 1NTERuRBAN ROAD.
TTabor Beacon.1

Very few Tabor people seem to real
ize what the building of thisroad means
for Tabor 1t will take in round numbers
s1.S00.oo0 to build and equip the road.
Two hundred and fifty thousand doll
lars will be used In building and equip
ping the central power station which
will be at Tabor 1t is the intention
of the company to make Tabor the
headquarters for transacting all its
business. This means a decided In
crease in our population. besides the
large amount of money paid into the
towns eNchequer thru taxes. A Ger
tain gentleman connected with the
Tabor college has made the statement
that the building of the road will be
worth more to Tabor college than a
$4,000 endowment gift. Whether
this will prove true we cannot say but
one thing Is certain. Tabor and Tabor
college and every property owner In
the town will be greatly benefited In
more ways than one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14

Paris were too shiewd to let that round
million escape. If, then. the franchise
could be forfeited at once, Colombia
would become owner of the French
companys property. without paying a
cent for it. and would be able To say
to the United Stases: You We're VIII
ing to pay the company SA0,o0o0o0 for
this. Now what will you pay us for
it?' Moreover, If it We're found inn
practicable or impolitic to forfeit the
franchise now they would only have
to delay things Until 1906, when the
extension would expire With the canal
still unfinished. Then the franchise
would lapse and the slick" game could
be played without challenge. Really,
it would have been interesting to see
what would be d one or said in such
case by the stern moralists who regard
the recent action of our government as
the most shameful thing in all history,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14

without a driver for his team and talk
ing two rows of corn at a time. He
gathered it clean. took UP the down
ears. and stripped the husks from the
corn In such good condition that the
man who backed time against him ex-
sssed himself we'll satisfied with the
outcome and said that he had no OBJ
lection of any kind 10 make
The frst load was driven out of the
field Al quarter after & and twenty
t,yo bushels had been hYsked. Al noon
the corn weighed ont was 1ol bushels
and a fAw nourds
aefsr din-,-r nn,,, h.fe ms, r o'clock
,,ittino limo Ran,,ck ,yorl,a4 like q
etaa,, au,ona.o, Hss arms ana
bonas ,,oyagi ,ljlse ,,,a.,,i,,erv For sew
e,al minutes No vas timed and /. was
ea,,,d ,ha+ ba ,r,s .vnr.,snp thirtv-
.a,.a,, ears ~ corn 10 tho minnie. He
,ros ,ieb.l,, c,ad arl ~ snt,a of the
ool5 Weather ,,arsn,ra1 most freely. so
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
cLomslA's ayAMKEe TRICK

Anew days ago the press dispatches
credited Senator Morgan with the
statement that he had heard great
democrat" declare that the Panama in
cident was the first in the history OF
hts country which had caused him to
hang his head in shame. Without en-
tering into history for the various In
cidents which the great democrat"
who Is supposed to be Mr.. Odell, APP.
pears to have passed blindly and with
a sti ffneck the report Of the Colombian
senate committee on the rejection of
the Hay treaty, Will throw considerable
light upon the attitude of Colombia as
an injured party. From this 1t APP
pears that Colombia over-reached her.
self in play of sharp practice, where
by the French canal company was to
be loser and Colombia gamer by $780,
100000.
Briefly, as stated in the New York
Tribune, the Colombian plan, as con-
fessed by the highest Colombian au-
thorities, was to delay matters. until
by hook or crook. Colombia would con-
fiscate the French canal companys
property and then sell it to the United
States for round price. The decis-
ion OF the United States to pay the
French company s4o,OOO,OOO for It's
property, was too much for the cupidity
of the Colombians. The thrifty pa
triots of Bogota wanted that 100000
900 themselves. They needed it in their
business 1t would be maddening to
see it go to parcel of Frenchmen.
So they proposed to have their con-
gress pass upon the validity-that is
to say, deny the valldity-of the ex-
tension of franchise which was granted
to the French company in 1900 until
1906. There was all the more provoca-
ton to 90 this since the Colombians
are believed to have got none of the
large sum paid In 1900 for such ex-
tension-some Of their creditors in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
THE STATE MARSHAL LAW.


We are of the opinion that the Mar
shall law will never accomplish the
purposes hoped for. Here is one OF the
objections made to 1t and II is deserv-
ing of thought. Suppose Gov. Cummins
was called upon to appoint the various
deputies. Say that he was in sympa-
thy with the provisions and appoint
ed men who would absolutely enforce
it. What would be the result? Gov.
Cummins would be defeated the very
next time he was up for office. Why
do, we say this? For the reason tha.
the temperance sentiment in Iowa is
not strong enough to support an en-
forcement OF that Kind. To get the
sentiment OF the state say Mason City
is an average town. Put man in
Mason City who will rigidly enforce
the law and where would he be when
1t came for reelection? Another
thing, can Gov, Cummins place his
hand upon six or eight men in the state
who would satisfactorily fill such a po-
sition? Talk about grating" why
open 1t larger than 1t is? We will ad-
NIT the law is we'll intentioned but the
state can not use II at this time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
A NEIGHBoRLY ACT.
IWhat Cheer Patriot.I

Last week Ed Strasser. of Thorn
burg had the misfortune to get his
leg broke in foot ball game Ut
Barnes City. thus laying him UP for
the fall with his corn field and other
work on hands.
Tuesday. November "a. about thir-
ty-five Modern Woodmen and the foo.
ball team of Thornburg gathered at
his home and took possession of his
corn field. There were all kinds of
men-young men, old men, big men, lit
tie men, bankers and BARRIERS. plaster
ers, painters and railroad men,-but
they got there just the same. When
night came they had landed 1.400 BUSH
els OF corn in the cribs. If they We're
wooden men they knew how to husk
corn Just the same. AT night there
was a gathering of the young folks.
We We're not there and don't know what
they did. but we We're young once and
can guess.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT

1t looks sometimes as tho the coun-
try could not escape the nomination OF
Ohio men on all the presidential tick
cts. New material is constantly pre-
senting itself, and frequently we are
confronted with the names of men who
had been forgotten, but who are never
theless prime material for leadership.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
The drift of commercial events indi-
Gates that it is time for New York to
begin to be jealous of New Orleans
end King Cotton of King Coffee. Both
are doing business on an unprecedented
scale.-Philadelphia Inquirer
Massachusetts is leading repuh-
lican state but she is still without an
important craftsmanship in the lowar
branch of congress- Alas. poor repub
lican Massachusetts, She's too sure.
Boston Herald.
Colombia, 1t is commonly under
stood, neither pays nor feeds her sos-
diers. Waging war in such circum-
stances is inexpensive. but also Likely
TO be somewhat ineffectve.-Pro
dence Journal
Beer from the United States has
taken highest honors in Bohemia. When
the American invasion reaches the
European thirst what is there left to
conquer?-New York World.
According to Senator Tillman, Pres
ident Roosevelt has killed the Mon
roe doctrine. But foreign nations should
be careful not to jostle the corpse.
Kansas City Journal
1t is difficult to understand how
there can be so much friction between
two such smooth propositions as Ser
ator Plat and Governor Odell.-
Washington Post.
The protected trusts are still passing
dividends. Even protection can't pro-
vide dividends upon no investment.
Memphis News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
Qua COTTON INDUSTRY THREATENED

The ravages OF a little insect which
have cost the southern states $4,000
900 and brought about a special ses-
sion OF the Louisiana legislature calls
attention to the value of this staple
crop which Is decreasing in production
at an alarming rate. The boil weeyil
which crossed into Texas the greatest
OF cotton growing states has swept tho
fields like destroying pestilence. Now
It has invaded Louisiana and IS threat
ening the life OF the industry there
No means yet devised have had an APP
probable effect in checking its advance
and the special commission which has
been investigating the evil has recon-
mended to the legislature OF Louisiana
the establishment OF a non cotton grow
ing belt between Louisiana and Texas
IN the hope that the weevil may be
starved out and it's northward progress
checked.
The United States is the basis Of the
worlds cotton supply. As an article
OF export 1t has brought more gold
, into the United States than any other
single agricultural or manufactured
product Prior to 1898 the cotton pro-
duction OF the United States steadily
increased. and this country became the
great cotton producer of the world,
supplying fully three fourths, and IN
many cases four-ffths, OF the worlds
cotton. In 1898 the crop was the UNI
precedented figure Of 11,199,994 bales.
and in 1899 had reached 11,274,4S9
bales. From that period began a re-
duction OF cotton production, the figures
Tor 1900 being 9,436,416 bales; for 1901.
10.3s3,422 bales; for 1902, 1o,6s0,6so
bales, and the department OF agricul-
ture now announces an estimate OF
1852, 900 bales for 1908. The total vail
.ue OF cotton exported from the United
States since 1870 is 1899, Sos, 1892. aud
from 1900 down to the present time,
$ll.2s7, 1926, o92.
Inc erect OF TINS feuuctlon IN our
production of the clothing material for
which the world relies almost ex-
clusively upon the United States and
the consequent high prices resulting
from the decrease Of production has
been a vigorous and systematic attempt
In the European Countries having COL
onial possessions in cotton climate
to establish cotton producing indus
try in those possessions. The English,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14

courts. 1t can not be denied there
is some ground for complaint by the
| local officers that the government is OF
I fering agement to law breakers
I and IS, in fact, engaging in a sort of
partnership with them for revenue
only
Senator Gallinger's measure is Likely
TO receive the support OF many persons
who do not believe that it is the gov
lernment's business TO try to suppress
the drink habit or that ii is wrong TO:
the government to derive revenue from
the legal sale of liquors. Deriving rev
enue from the illegal sale of liquors is.
however. horse of another color, AMI
too strong d resemblance to compound
ing a felony TO be an agreeable sub
ject for contemplation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
MIR. GALL1NaER,s Plan.
Sioux CITY journal,

Senator Gallnger has introduced a
bill which Is likely to secure the
hearty support Of the temperance pso
pie. 1t is simple measure providing
that No collector Of internal revenue
shall deliver a special tax receipt to
any liquor dealer who in applying for
the receipt can not show documentary
evidence that he is entitled to dea! IN
liquors under the laws of the state
in which he lives. The effect. of course,
would be to deprive Illegal dealers ev-
erywhere of the immunity they have
enjoyed from government prosecution.
In case of violations of state laws pro-
hiblting liquor selling the violators
would have to deal with the United
Stateg courts as we'll as the local
courts, should Mr.. Gallinger's bill be-
come law. 1t is easy enough to con
clude that the additional hazard would
put stop to much Illegal liquor sell
ling. AS a rule "hole in the WALL pro-
prietors, while defying the state laws
With impunity. have been careful tc
meet the requirements of Uncle Sam.
OF course there will be vigorous OBJ
iections to the proposal of the New
Hampshire senator The advocates of
state rights will argue that the ma
tional government must run it's bust
ress Independently OF state laws, and
that it should have no concern In aid
ing a state to enforce prohibitory
laws. Those who look to expediency
will say that under the Gallinger bill
the national revenues would be largely
reduced and the expense of enforcing
the revenue laws would be enormous
ly increased. Perhaps there is som,
weight to these arguments, but tn
fact must not be lost sight of that there
also is merit in the main argument
on the other side If 1t be true the
the national government has no cal
to assist a state in enforcing a local
statute 1t should also be true that thu
government at Washington must b.
careful that 1t does not encourage tn.
violation of state laws.
In state committed either to pro
hibitlon or local option there are 10
in favor of suppressing altogether tn
traffic In intoxicating liquors Mol
wthstanding this local sentiment which
refuses to license a saloon and make.
the traffic in liquors Illegal, Uncle Sa a
will now issue to anyone who sha.
produce the price government licenss
to sell liquors Here Is an apparen
conflict of law The holder of the H.
cense has Uncle Sans permission t.
go ahead with the Illegal traffic, i'm
mune from punishment by the feder.,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
THE FARMER AND THE OTHERS.
Manson Journal]


Ten years ago young farmer 33
years of age, living in western Iowa
took a load of hogs to town which he
sold for s94.S5. With this money he
paid the collector the taxes on the
farm he was trying 20 own. paid the
grocer long due grocery bill, called
at the bank and paid for an extension
on half dozen notes. paid an attorney
$50 on mower note sent on for col
lection, and went home with $500 in his
pocket. That night the grocer paid his
clerk and delivery boy: the delivery
10y HE'D him to the skating rink ana
the clerk to his best girl, and together
they attended q social dance: the law
yer sent s27 of the money paid him to
the mower company and with his wife
blew in the other So at church So
cial, where they met the bank cashier.
the tax collector went home and en-
joyed a choice Havana by his own fire
side. while the farmer and his wife
spent the evening porting over a sheet
OF figures trying to figure out how they
were TO meet the spring interest on
the farm mortgage. To-Day the clerk Is
still a clerk, the delivery boy is rum
ming a bowling alley for another party,
the cashier of the bank is dead, the
lawyer has gone west and is booming
some mining schemes, and the tax coll
lector is running snide real estate
office while the farmer and his wife
come to town in a double seated sur
sey and this winter are spending sew
aral weeks In California, leaving the
farm in charge Of bright l6-year-old
son. The above is a true story and
only one of many such.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
THE MARSHAL LAW
[Boone Republican,

Politicians around the state are be-
coming interested in the proposed
marshal law. At first they were
inclined to 'poo-hoo' the idea but
1t is developing SO strong following
that they are giving 1t more serious
consideration, and many have joined
the ranks of open supporters.
The proposition, in brief Is to have
state marsi.als whose sole business il
is to enforce the liquor laws. These
men will be appointed by the COVER
nor and thus they vii! not be depends
emit for their offices upon election nor
would they be influenced by local
conditions or sentiment. It Is not
party question, but a question OF en-
forcing a law. 1t Is generally admit
ted that the liquor laws are not strict
ly enforced: habftual drunltards man
age to get their drinks; minors are up
for being drunk and In many ways
the provisions are often evaded. 1t
has been demonstrated in nearly every
county Of the state that present meth
DDS for enforcing the law are not
sufficient. Under specially dilligent
officers. the law Is fairly well enforc
GERS the law is openly ignored.
The best class of citizens every
where believe in the strict enforce-
ment of law, be 1t relative to the SELL
Ing OF liquor or any other subject. II
Is not a party question and the move
meut favoring the state marshal law
is backed by republicans, democrats
and protibtionists. Men who believe
in saloons and men who do not unite
in supporting the proposition that if
we have laws regulating the traffic
those laws should be enforced. 1t is
a proposition on which all good cit
liens can stand pat and the forma
ton of state marshal clubs all over
the state will present formidahle
organization which the legislature
cannot ignore.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
CHAMPION CORN HusKER,
IShanandoah Ssntinel.1


Champion Corn Husker of the World
is a title Charles Rennack justly earned
Yesterday in spite of the fact that the
day was a chilly one, with fine feathery
snow in the air a good part OF the time.
Readers of the Sentinel know the
condition on which this contest was
arranged and that it is said that a
Few hundred dollars had been bet on
he result. tho 1t is reported that Mr..
Rennack himself did not wager cent.
The contest took place on the old o.
p. Wilson farm near Farragut, now
owned by F. A. Doane, me corn being
4 field raised by Alfred Johnson and
of a big yellow variety. The contest
against time began at I O'clock and
Mr.. Rennack started into the field
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
THE FARMERS WEALTH.

Just at present when the slump OF
Wall street securities and the strn-
gency of the money market are con-
tributing to create a pessimistic out
fetal crop reports which are the actual
balance sheets of the condition of the
country. While speculative interests
have been dismayed and Industrial en-
tarprises curtai,ed the farmers have
been gathering the bes. crop of ten
years. For the past five years they
have been paying off mortgages ana
accommodating new wealth at a rate
that when it is frankly and carefully
considered is astounding. It is esti-
mated that the corn crop Of 1903 would
purchase the stocks and bonds of the
United States Steel Company, includ-
ing Carnegie's, and leave a balance of
$200, 000.9 goo. There Is enough money
In the hog crop alone to buy out the
six biggest railway corporations Of the
United States root and branch. And
hay and corn, oats. wheat potatoes
Aogs and cattle are actualities with a
Definite value. They are not waterei
stock The southern farmers cotton
crop Is bringing tons of foreign gold
to the Golfers of the south. And IN all
this there is little suggestive OF hard
tunes.
It Is on this real wealth produced
BY the farmers that the condition of
the country rests. It makes good In
great measure the losses OF Wall street
and the slump In industrial and build
eng enterprises which has resulted
from high materials and the arrogant
attitude OF labor. With all this wealth
On the country, most Of 1t at present
not ready to move. business stagna-
Cons will be patchy, not general, and of
short duration. The billions Of the
farmers produced during the present
period OF prosperity make the country
safe. These billions are not nor Will
be invested in stocks and bonds. AL
most every dollar OF the magnificent
prosperity Of the agrculturists OF the
northwest is visible today.
When this big crop gets to moving
a. It soon must matters will right
themselves In. spite OF the depression
q Wall street. There will. however.
come q reorganization Of values in
farm products, manufactured articles
ma wages as there has been in stocks
ana securities. Prices are likely to be
lower ana wages to conform to the
lower prices. There have been great
increases in wages and increases are
no longer to be looked for. There
have been inflated prices in every
commodity and these will seek natu-
raj level. The proper policy Is to ac-
cept this reorganization as inevitable
and accomplish it with as slight dds
turbance Of existing conditions as pos-
sibie The problem is up to the work.
ingmen and the employers of labor
more than to the agriculturists. how
ever The farmers are well fixed"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
Eight Will Be Bitter.

Those who will persist in closing
their ears against the continual rec
Communication of DIR. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption will have q
long and bitter fight with their trou-
bles. if not ended earlier by fatd
termination. Read what 7. r. Beall, OF
Bean, Miss., has 10 say: Last fall
my wife had every symptom of con-
sumption. She took Or. Kings New
Discovery after everything else hat
failed Improvement came at once and
four bottles entirely cured her." Guar
anteed by George P. Powers, druggist
Price so cents and 81. Trial bottles
free
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
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NO KICK COMING.
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Chelsea independent.

We maintain that no man who re-
fuses 10 subscribe for this paper, but
borrows ii from his neighbor each
week, has any kick upon its contents
so long as it doe sn't concern him nor
any of his connections. If man ex-
poets TO get any kind of hearing for
his kick around this institution he's
got to hold u receipt for subscription.
We're sorry. We always did hate to
talk "spunky like" to anybody. But.
just the same, II you don't belong, nc
use you coming around here "holler-
ing" We don't know you. We laugh.
And you get your feelings hurt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14

Mary-s ponge the pimp,e with warn
water. You reed a blood tonic; would
advise you to take ROCKY Mountain
Tea. It drives away ali erupticns; 50
cante. Mcbride & Will Drug Company
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-12-14
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