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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-02-06
JAS. r. PATTON DIES

MILWAUKEE,, Feb. 4.-James E.
Patton, 70 years old, d well-known
business man of this city, died tonight.
of heart trouble.
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From the: Cleveland Plaindealer:
"A: prominent New York pastor re-
that If it wasn't for the news
papers the politicians would steal even
the Statue OF Liberty. The pastor talks
like man who is well acquainted with
both newspaper men and politicians. ,
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NO Doubt II Died !: Natural Death.

] From the Denver Post: II -.
81 sout hern paper asserts that. Mr..
German killed his owl presid Dental.
boom. zpostmortenn however. would.
mo doubt. establish the fact that &c,
INSTRUMENTATION lnanit ~
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SKI CONTEST WILL
ATTRACT EXPERTS

1SHPEMING, Mich, Feb. .4.-The ski
Jumping tournament under the auspices
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01

the dishes while he drove a grocery
wagon The head of his profession
possibly once thanked the Lord for the
shiny frock coat that hid the patch his
wife put on the bulge of his threadbare
trousers The fashionable clergyman
of the popular church and powerful
congregation may in his early days
been glad for the chunk of meat
brought in by Pensioners at butcher
ing time The American woman like
the American man learns self-service
from ambition and necessity. Still 1T
is true that in this country women
work too hard The farmers wife, the
wife of the small salared man with
the large family bear too great bur-
den of toll 1t is hard to find a remedy
for these conditions and these over
worked and care ridden women must
comfort themselves with the reflection
that their class has been permitted to
mother the greatness Of the republic.
The most useful men are born of the
poor and few men are useful who
have not had good mothers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01

will be the center Of assault He must
withstand the threats and pleadings
Of frightened politicians, the offered
brides of a desperate criminal, every
pressure that can be brought to bear
upon him by a powerful and unscru-
pulous gang. He has his opportunity
to be wolf or watch dog to make or
lose a name and a reputation. II
would be manifestly unfair to maks
public approval a contingency of sue
cessful prosecution, but the public has
the right to require the most thor-
ough and conscientious conduct of the
case The Harrison county prosecu-
tor is fortunate in his opportunity. II
offers the chance to advertise his ably
ity and prove his integrity or to b'azon
his shame. He can emulate Folk and
Jerome or sink to the grafter's level.
There is no middle way
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01
WHO MOVES THE CROPS2

Cashier Gates, OF the Ladora Savings
ject that is receiving considerable
newspaper publicity just now. He
contends that the frequent statement
regarding the sudden demand for
money by country banks to move the
crops is unfounded in fact. He says
that country banks do not furnish the
capital to grain buyers. that the buy
er usually ships Immediately to his
comm ssion house, and draws draft
on the commission firm for nearly the
full amount, which draft he deposits
with his country bank so that the
country bank generally has the money
for the grain before the farmers get
around to cash the buyers checks.
What Mr.. Gates says is true enough
and is the general practice but he fails
to explain the whole result. For in
stance. what happens when the dealer
draws on Chicago and deposits the
draft! The local bank has received
no money. The draft is merely enter
ed to the local banks credit in its bal
ance with it's Chicago correspondent
When the merchant comes in for a
Chicago draft to send to his jobbing
house the local bank merely checks
on it's balance in Chicago and the bal
ance thus gained by reason of the
grain dealers draft is used. But sup
pose the farmers who come in to cash
the grain dealers checks should ask
for the currency, then the local bank
must draw on it's reserve and if its
reserve gets low while it's balance in
Chicago piles high the local bank must
call on Chicago for a shipment of cur
rency. This is the drain the Chicago
banks feel.
Again this is the time of year when
the demand for cattle loans is heavy.
1t is also the time of year When many
deferred land payments are being
made. All of these causes contribute
to an increased demand for money and
while it is true that the Chicago banks
must furnish the capital for moving
the crops it is also true that the first
notice Chicago reserves get of the
movement is the demand from the
country banks, whose Chicago ball
ances have risen, to send back some of
their credits in currency. The T.-R.
will welcome discussion by other bank
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01
WOLF OR WATCHDOG,

County attorneyships offer two
chances to the younger men who are
usually incumbents of this important
office. They can go right or go Wrons.
The county attorney may make a rec
ord with the courts and the people as
an honest man, vigorous prosecutor
and q trustworthy lawyer, or become
the subject of whispered conferences
and the object of suspicious glances
and lifted eyelids. His position is ono
Of peculiar temptation. He is contin-
ually upon a high mountain with une
kingdoms Of political promises ana
checkbooks spread before him. There
are only two ways before him. He
can stay honest and remain poor do
ing his duty TO the people who elected
him or he can become a purchasabte
commodity and tool and take his
chances of the profits of dishonor.
There is no middle ground. He re-
mains public prosecutor or becomes
one Of the class he is elected to sup
press and punish. He can not be botn
wolf and watch dog.
County attorneys are, on the aver
age, as honest as other men, not more
So and other men sometimes go wrong
under pressure. That too many county
attorneys turn wolf is evident by the
demand for the abolition of the ofticc
that has been gaining volume in the
county press. 1t is argued that county
attorneys are usually young mer
struggling for foothold in legal
practice; that they are ordinarily hard
up" and need money and too often
succumb to temptation. There IL
truth behind the argument. Confirm
atorv instances might be cited by thosc
on the inside in too many Iowa coun-
ties. But the instances are few
where the county attorney, who turn-
ned wolf ever rose to be more than
third rate lawyer hanging on TO the
skirts of his profession. snatching a.
carrion cases and the offal of tho
courts. 1t rarely pays watch dog to
turn wolf.
Just now the states of Iowa and
Nebraska are watching the Dennison
case The vigor of its prosecution,
rests with the county attorney OF Har-
rison county. lie Will be opposed by
the best legal talent that Dennison's
money can procure. Dennisons his
tory makes it certain that no art white
or black will be left unti'ied TO CONS
pass his escape. The county attorney
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follows that the neglect to comply with
1t is matter of accusation, when
going to confession. 4. Confess
sors are hereby forbidden to give abso-
luton to parents who, without PERMITS
sion of the archbishop, send their
children to nonCatholic schools, unless
such parents promise either to send
them to such a school, at the time to
be fixed by the confessor, or at least
agree, within two weeks from the day
of confession, to refer the case to tse
archbishop, and abide by his decision.
5. We strictly enjofn that do
cesar statute No. Ga be adhered to:
1--WE decree that those who are to be
admitted to first holy communion shall
have spent at least two years in Cath
Ollie schools" No exception is to
be made to it without our permission.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01
The Church on Lynching.

1t was high time that the church
should take some definite action in re-
gard to lynching. This is the introduce
ton with which begins in most OF
the southern papers the editorials upon
the action of the Methodist church at
Statesboro. This church has gone on
record in the strongest possible terms
against lynching in general, and what
is more to the point, it has called upon
many Of its members who participated
in the Stateboro negro burning either
ito make public confession Of wrong
with expression Of penitence and con-
tribution," or leave the fold. 1t is
the opinion OF many southern editors
that when this text is adopted by
preachers thruout the land, long
step toward the prevention of lynching
outbreaks will have been taken. This
attitude is very different from the
abuse that was visited upon Bishop
Warren A. Chandler when he tried
year ago to start q church crusade
against mob violence in the south.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01
Whore Did II Go?

Where did yesterdays sunset go
When It faded down the hills so slow,
And the gold grew dim, and the purple
light,
Gdke an army with banners. passed from
sight?
WIN Its flush go into the goldenrod,
Its thrill to the purple aster's nod
Its crimson neck the maple bough.
And the autumn glory begin from now?
Deeper than flower fields sank the glow
OF the silent pageant passing slow.
1t flushed all night in many dream,
II thrilled in the folding hush of prayer,
1t glided into poets song.
1t Is setting still in a picture rare.
It changed by the miracle none can see
10 the shifting lights of symphony,
And In restrictions of faith and hope
The glory died on the shining slope.
For 1t left its light on the hills and seas
That rim thousand memories
w. G. Gannett.
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some clever ruse, escape the clutches
of the law, but even tho he does his
punishment is sure and will last him
all life. He can claim no man or wo-
man on earth as a friend or confident.
He can not even claim his own name.
He must hide from the world. Every
move he makes and every person he
sees he expects will give him into the
hands of the law where punishment
will be meted out. Deprived of friends
relatives, hunted and with a price on
his head, is there any use denying this
man is being punished? If he has a
conscience, and all men have who have
not become wholly depraved, is not it's
voice calling to him and condemning
him every moment he is not running
from his pursuers? We have no pity
for the criminal but do not fool your
self into thinking he is not going to be
punished. He is being punished every
hour that he lives, and with the OPP
portunity for spreading news there is
no hope that his escape will be per-
nanent, and justice will eventually be
lneted out to him. These lines are not
written in condemnation or for the
benefit of the man who has become a
criminal but to set the the man or wo-
man who has committed a sin to
thinking. Crimes are not committed,
MS rule, upon the impulse of the mo-
ment but often by long premeditation
Could the mind dwell as thoroughly
upon the punishment as upon the
crime, no doubt fewer crimes would be
committed. There is too often but
one object in the mind at time. 1t is
Just as well to weigh the awful results
and punishment of a crime before 1t is
committed You may be a respected
citizen today honored by the commun-
ity, commit crime and tomorrow you
are criminal despised Of the world
Stop and think about it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01
SENATOR HoAR.

Tho long expected the news of the
death of Senator George Frisbie Hoar
came with only partially lessened to
shock to the public. His long ana
highly eminent service had made him
a familiar figure in American politics
and given him prominence among law
makers and statesmen. He was part
OF the history of great nationaA
and prominent in the annals Of his
party. His life and service reach
back to the days of Lincoln and Sum-
ner, and the foundation stones of tho
republican organization. He was q
member of the Massachusetts, legisla-
ture two years more than a half cen-
fury ago. a member of the United
States congress in 1859 and a senator
since 1877. His political life has been
coincident with the wonderful devel-
opment of, this nation. If ever any man
grew up with his country it was Hoar.
Along with his political service Hoar
found time to be something more than
a politician. He was of high literary
taste and attainment. He was an
overseer of Harvard, trustee of a great
archaeological society, regent of the
Smithsonian institute, and a doctor or
laws from William and Mary. Am
er he was an instructive delight. AZ
a companion and conversationalist he
was charming He was literateur,
senator, and scientist in one.
Most of ALL and best of all, Hoar was
a man. II he fell somewhat short OF
the statesman he stood head ana
: shoulders above the mere politician.
He was never political chatter;
never the servant or agent of any but
the people. 1t is infinitely to his dreo-
it that he died poor in an age when
politicians grow rich. 1t is as mucn
elected him to office term after term
that Hoar could stand as an indepen-
dent figure in the United States sens
ate and remain undefeated for his Of
flee. There has been much to scold
at and criticise in Senator Hoar's at
titude, but the accusation of insincer-
ity, self-service or unfaith can never
be brought against his memory. 9th
ers have made more law, held more
power and accomplished greater re-
suits, but none have set an example
of higher political purity than the
dead senator from Massachusetts, and
perhaps the rarest and most usefu.
thing in modern political life is cons
plete political purity and Independence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01
aA EA1~-a~<
Iowa Newspapers

ON ADVICE.
[Chelsea independently

One of the amusing features Of
newspaper mans life is the sage and
earnest advice handed out every once
in q while to the farmers by the edi-
ors Of the local papers. The para
graph below was taken from the Mon
tezuma Republican:
Just at this time the roads thru
out this country are of the best and 1t
will take a large quantity of water In
the shape of rain to materially in-
jure them. Large loads are now being
drawn for that reason, and at less
outlay Of vigor than with onehaH OF
that ordinarily shown. Loads OF hay
and grain that would astonish many
are to be found thus cared for in as
directions. Do your carriage while the
roads are thus in trim is all the adj
vice needed
OF course when the farmer who
takes the Republican read that para
graph he threw the paper down and
hustled out to the field and carted his
corn in, and cribbed it before the
ground got soft. Finished this. Then
away to the wood lot after the wins
ter's fuel. You bet We! If it wasn't
for some of the local papers the far
mer wouldn't hardly know when to do
his carriage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01
Saves Two From Death.

"Our little daughter had an almost
fatal attack of whooping cough ana
bronchitis" writes Mrs. w. K. Havi-
land, Of Armonk, n. Y, "but when all
other remedies failed. we saved her
life with DIR. Kings new discovery.
Our niece, who had consumption in an.
advanced stage, also used this won.s.
derful medicine and today she is per-.
fectly we'll" Desperate throat and lung
diseases yield to DR.. Kings new dis
covery as to no other medicine ON
earth. Infallible for coughs and
colds. SOC and 81 bottles guaranteed
by Mcdonald & Mahood Co. Trial
bottles free. /,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01
Potter Out-Pottered.
TNew York GJnhe I

Minneapolis is to have a combina-
ton church. tavern, and theater, all in
one building. The entrance to the tav-
ern will be in the main entry Of the
church and theater. The building is
now in process Of construction for the
Rev. Dr. Morrill, of the Peoples church
by one "Tooze" Rogers who is pro-
prietor of half dozen ordinary liquor
saloons "Tooze" believes in the Rev.
DR.. Morrill,, ana the Rev. DR.. Morrill,
believes in the regeneration of the sa-
loon. "If the people will drink" he
says, "let them drink in righteous
cause. We will donate the profits to
some worthy charity"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01
Immortality.

Professor William Osler the newly
appointed religious professor at OXFORD
University, in delivering the annual
lecture on Immortality for the In
persoll Foundation at Harvard. dwelt
on the Indifferent, lethargic attitude OF
the multitude toward the whole prob
lem of a future life. On this point
the Boston Transcript remarks: Tes-
timony similar to this Of Doctor Osler
has been given with a few years oy
members of another profession whose
members have an opportunity second
only to physicians in noting what
mems attitude toward death Is. Rev.
DR.. John Watson, Of Liverpool, also
we'll known as writer OF books, In an
address given to English Christians a
wear or two ago, testified to the altered
or altering attitude Of the Christian
,aity toward death. Their solicitude
now. he said, was less about the fu'
ture. with whatever it might bring.
than about the welfare OF those whom
they left behind, their kindred and the
like. Rev. DR.. George A. Gordon, OF
the old South church, Boston, preach
ing to the Congregational State AS
ISOLATION in 1902, said: We ministers
Of the Lord Jesus Christ know as no
other persons in the community what
a PARALYSIS has come over intelligent
and thinking people in regard to tho
reality of the other life. So many
doubt it; SO few have any strong con-
fdence in regard to it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01
WHY AMERICAN WOMEN WORK.

An English author, Miss Elizabeth
Banks, after study of conditions in
this country, contributes to the North
American Review her opinions and
conclusions on social conditions. She
finds the American woman a type of
American wife in calico dress, ging
ham apron, searching eternally with
an eager and intellectual face for dust.
To quote:
There seems to be in the American
woman natural tendency, a willing
ness-one might almost say an anxiety
Ito be drudge. Give her two SER
wants or one servant and she remains
drudge-in- chief. There is about her
certain primitiveness, a barking back
to Puritan ancestors. Take her out OF
college and put her In a home and it
is difficult to convince her that the
concentration of all her energies upon
the elimination of a speck of dust is a
bit of foolishness At times they SEEM
ed to realize in part what they were.
At other times they seemed to live and
work all unconscious to the depth of
drudgery to which they had descended
especially il their husbands helped
them to beat the carpets and hung up
the clothes lines on Monday morning
before they went to business.
Even the poorer of the English prof
essional men and clergy keep two SER
wants according to Miss Banks and
those in '.fair circumstances" more.
1t is good news that the American
woman is a housewife and the fact
that an educated American woman is
able and willing to wash dishes or use
a feather buster is not likely to pro-
duce shocking displaasure upon sem
sible men with daughters who are to-
become American wives and mothers,
or sons who are to be the future AM
erican husbands and fathers. Miss
Banks has failed to realize that in AM
erica nearly everyone works. Young
married people 80 out to work for a
home" and place in the world There
is no entail OF estates here. The mer-
chant prince who may keep a dukes
retinue il he chooses began life In a
tarsexroeM "a. aat where big LIE washed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-10-01

!: LOOKER-ON in IOWA
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

! Farnhamville, Sept. 30.-"Our farmers
are praying for frost said the business
man. "The idea is the corn stalks con-
tinue so green that corn is not drying
out. and they fear winter will be upon
them before they can get it husked.
| About that time it occurred to the
writer that if the receiving prayer book
of the Almighty was open to the gaze
of man it would be curious reading.
And one is inclined to pity the poor
tomato vines these days. After bear
ing an unusually big generous crop and
calmly awaiting the visit of Jack
Frost to end a we'll spent life, the grim
destroyer puts off his visit and the to-
matoes are compelled to continue to
blossom and bear fruit. In word this
weather 'makes them tired" And
here's more plant trouble. John Will
kinson, resident of Jefferson, says
that his strawberry vines, which yield
ed profusely in June are now In BIOS
som again, and two weeks more OF this
weather and he will have q second crop
Of strawberries. Potato growers In
this section Of the country have
troubles of their own. Potatoes are SO
big and so many bushels to the acre,
it is using up the hired help to dig and
store them in cellars and pits. Five
hundred bushels to the acre weighing
10000 pounds is a hard job to pick
up, load and unload. If these men had
known there would be such a big crop
they would have purchased potato dig
gers and leaders, but it Is too late now.
A merchant in Farley, Ca town OF
few hundred people. says that last year
over $4,000 was paid out for imported
potatoes. Now anyone who wants to
contract a hundred car loads or less
should visit Greene county. And when
it comes to cabbages, words fail
and so will the barrels to hold the
sauer kraut. The only way the cab
bage crop can be saved is to havs
tanks, the size used in our water
works systems, shipped Immediately to
Greene county with one hundred car
loads Of salt, and a portion of this cab
bage crop can be saved. There's cab
bage here enough, to supply the Ger
man army with kraut for thousand
years Maybe some of these states
ments are slightly exaggerated. but
the writer has only increased lit
tie the statements of those living in
Greene county.
A few Of the towns of Iowa that
UNDERSTOOD "to reform by city ordi-
nance" and established "curfew bell'
laws and regulations. stnl ring the bell
at 9 O'clock at night But II there u
dead letter law, less observed, the
writer has yet to hear OF 1t. The
city marshal performs his duty so Tar
as ringing the bell Ii concerned. ana
then proceeds to go down to the de-
pot to see If any tramps are in town,
On the way down, ha>sess ten and