Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-08-11

should not be forgotten that there ar,
vast numbers of looms and spindle!
elsewhere in New England, in the mid
die and the southern states. Even {
big strike in one community in Massa
chusetts involves only small percen.
| tage of American mills. In Maine ana
| New Hampshire, in Lowell and Law
renee, in Rhode Island and Connecticut
/ and in many immense industrial plants
| in the eastern and southern common
wealths of the union there is no alarm
| ing decline OF activity in the consump-
ton of the famous American staple
We are not likely to go unclad because
the mills in one cotton manufacturing
center shut down.
/ To substitute cut glass gohlets for
stems is not an evident reform of the
saloon evil.
| The interstate commerce commission
states that the average revenue OF the
railroads per passenger per mile in the
! fiscal year 1903 was 20.06 mills. against
| cost mills In the decade 1890 1899
| showing reduction of rates. Per ton
of freight the average receipt per mile
| in 1903 was 1853 mills, against S.39 mills
| in the decade from 1890 to 1899. show
ing a reduction also in the transporta-
ton of goods. Expressed in percent
ages. the reduction III passenger rates
was o.19 per cent, and in freight rates
900 per cent
Mechanical Explanation.-Th en-
gineer seeing a specimen of the Mep-
hits americana on the track ahead,
hastily applied the airbrakes and Stop
ped the train.
But he was not quick enough. The
locomotive ran the little animal down.
The conductor went forward hastily.
He returned even more hastily.
What is the matter CONDUCTOR
asked an anxious passenger. rs any
thing wrong with the engine?'
"Only temporarily, ma'am," he re-
piled. "It's-er-on a dead scenter. =
Chicago Tribune.
1t is rumored that members OF that
mighty combination of capitalists, the
Rothschilds, propose to spend 100000
francs in the setting UP in Paris OF
dwellings for wage earners, In which
the rentals shall be extremely moderate
and out of which the owners do not
intend to make profits. Similar work
n1t,h lint NJ re
In London and in various extensive en-
terprises OF the sort In a number of
leading cities, but every addition upon
a large scale to the comfort and con-
veniences in the homes of people of
small compensation for hard work -
people. for instance. who resemble our
faithful and Industrious cleaners of the
streets--is to be welcomed heartily.
Agricultural statistics show that the
crops are almost total failure in Hun
gary, SO we may soon look for re-
newal of those familiar reports OF trou-
BILE in the Hungarian diet. Augusta
Herald.
Not long ago company OF American
soldiers We're hiking" in the Philip
pines, and when Sunday night came
the captain halted the column for Il
rest and the chaplain decided TO hold
a service The chaplain hadn't can
die to read service by and an obliging
private hunted one UP for him. Then
the private started for his tent, but the
chaplain halted him, asking il he
wouldn't turn in and help with the
singing. Music was not this private's
strong point. But he had a lot of re-
spect for the chaplain, so he halted,
took station close to the minister's ell
bow, and, converting himself into a
candlestick, said. See here. chaplain, /
can't sing hell of lot, but l can hold
the candle. Go ahead with the services
Il car help that much.''
The trolley lines of the country now
represent an investment of 5000 million
dollars Last year $500 miles were
added, an increase OF 10 per cent. The
steam roads are beginning to take not
ice of the trolley and in the east one
or two roads are buying them in and
operating them as feeders This
plan was first thought out by President
Mellen OF Northern Pacific fame, and
seems to be working well. The trolley
is certain to have a large future, either
independently or under the wing OF the
railroads.
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.
Whether there are profits or no
profits. whether it is possihle to make