Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-12-16

take Vermont, MASSACHUSETTS, New
York New Jersey and Delaware to
make i'm tho wheat field, and Virginia
and West Virginia as the hay field.
Maryland would supply the rye, barley
and buclwheat crops. The two Caro-
llnas and Georgia would be covered
with corn. while Ohio, Kentucky,
Michigan. Indiana, Illinois, and Wis
consin combined would form the graz
ing land and small sections devoted to
garden truck. With this vast farm Of
the United States In crop, nearly three
fourths OF the national domain Is left
unimproved land and forest. forming
dominion sufficient for a grand empire
yet open for settlement and cultiva-
ton. but 1t will be readily understood
that the first to come have been serv-
ed with the most desirable portions
that were to be cut from the great
body.
The complaint that congressional
stegnoraphers get the same pay as
congressman Is scarcely an argument
for another salary grab. The average
stenographer accomplishes more and
better work than the average congress-
mon.
The Capital says Col Hepburn will
not undertake to conceal his views on
the Cooper uarles bill when the prop
err time comes. The proper time for
congressman to make his standing
clear would seem to be when his con-
stituents ask for statement OF his po-
sition. However, there has never been
any concealment of Mr.. Hepourns
views. He has been openly against
legislation which considered unfriend-
| ly to railroad interests.
| The power Of horse as compared
| to the strength Of man was first as
certained by Watt, the inventor of the
modern steam engine, in order to de-
| termine it's efficiency as compared with
horses for transportation and general
utility service. He conducted a series
of experiments with horses, and formu-
lated the rule that one horse power
measured the ability to lift $4,000
pounds one foot in minute To per-
form the same task 1t required ten
men, This rule Is adopted as the
standard measurement OF power Of en-
gines by all the text books OF natural
philosophy and civil engineering.
John Begley, who died at Southing-
ton. Connecticut, the other day. was
supposed to be the model from whom
Mark Twain drew his character, Bob
by Burns" Bagley, while in the west
became personally acquainted with
aMckey. Flood, Senator Jones and
Mark Twain" When questioned as to
his identity with Twain's character,
Mr.. Bagley always said, II suppose so;
| Mark was always up to some divilment
and I guess he put me in his books
as he said he was going to do" After
an absence Of eleven years Mr.. Beg
ley returned to this town to live in
comfort.
l All slIilCle OH lyuSliIHR III lue SOutL,
different from any that have appeared
so far. is promised for the January
McClure's. 1t is by Ray Stannard
| Baker. the labor union expert, who has
contributed such dramatic, yet author
! tative and temperate articles on the
| labor problem to this magazine. In the
| same impartial spirit Mr.. Baker visited
! "lJnching towns" both south and
| north. With no thesis to prove, he
sought the causes of recent astonish-
| ing outbreaks of mob violence in the
very places, and from the very men
concerned. An article on this subject
neither academic nor sectional, should
certainly come with welcome surprise.
A second article by Mr.. Baker will con-
slider lynching in the north.