Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-06-03

lows reduction of 10 per Stnt maze II
November. 1903. 1t will enable the mil
owners to produce at a cost per pount
4 one-hal a cent lower and thus meet thf
prices Of outsiders. who are now UNI
derselling them by one half cent PEI
pound. Legislation in behalf of the
more numerous employees is supposed to
add to the difficulty The legislature
has just passed bill to prevent mills
from making up time lost by reason OF
accidents TO machinery, etc If the
governor signs it, the ability of the
mills to compete With outsiders will, it
| is said. be still further curtailed.
whittier is the editor of the Times
Republican drifting?" asks the Burling-
! ton Hawkeye. 1t is proper to inform
! the esteemed Hawkeye that the editor
| of the T.-R is neither drifting" nor
being steeered.
! Cuban bonds have been received by
the financial world in way to cause
| the Cuban republic and the American
administration. which has taken such
an interest in the affairs of that young
member of the republican family, dis
tinct encouragement and satisfaction.
| The bonds offered received most flatter-
| ing subscriptions in England, Germany
| and the United States. London was Of
| fered but small quantity of the bonds
| and volunteered to take $65,000,000;
| Frankfort. Germany. was offered $11.-
100000. and volunteered to take three
times that amount. New York was
offered few millions and volunteered
to take s5O,00o.000. Taking all of the
offers received by the Cubans together,
| the bonds We're over-subscrihed by
three times the amount asked London
offered a premium of 1ssd for the
| bonds.
The victory won by Joseph Folk In
the democratic primaries of Missouri,
in his candidacy for the nomination for
governor. furnishes striking instance
OF the influence of magazine publicity
The startling articles by Lincoln Stef-
fens in McClure's Magazine. exposing
corruption in Missouri. We're largely in
strumental In arousing the public con-
science of that state and furnishing a
response to Mr.. Folks appeal for civic
honesty.
What may be ranked as the unique
magazine serial of the year. DR.. S.
Weir Mitchells THE Youth Of Wash
ington," Is now, for many readers. cas-
lily first In interest in each number of
The Century The June chapters tell
and readers will find it hard to disttn
guish which of the quaint formal
phrases are Washington's, which his
biographers-o the young Washing
tons choice of surveying as a profess
sion. OF his experiences in laying out
land, and of his appointment by Gov
ernor Dinwiddie as one of his adjutant
generals. viii 1t be possible that, In
years to come Tin spite of the many
explanations that 1.-THE Youth of Wash
ington' is photographed only in
form), readers will come to accept this
historical study as an actual instead of
an imagined autobiography?
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Canada is to have new trunk line
Of railroad. A bill has been passed by
the parliament of the Dominion, au-
,horizing the construction of the Grand
Trunk & Pacific. The construction of
this line thru West Canada will open
up a practically undeveloped country
which has heretofore only been reached
by the powerful Canadian Pacific rail-
way. This great system has been al
most entirely without competition and,
subsidized as it has been by the British
government, it has not pursued the
most progressive policy possible. Many
millions of acres of fine farming, graz
ing and mineral lands are available to
settlers in the western provinces Of the
Dominion, large quantity of which
will probably be brought into connec-
ton with the world in the new era of
railroad building which seems about to
set in for the Dominion.