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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30
Or. Briocs Once More.

Rev. DIR. Charles A. Briggs of the
staff of the Cathedral of ST. john the
Divine and professor in Uni9n Semil-
airy, has set the Episcopal church into
a mild ferment George McCuiloeh
Miller. president of the Church Club
of New York, is said to have called the
attention of Bishop Potter TO the paper
which DR.. Briggs read recently before
the club and Bishop Potter has ask ID
Professor Briggs for copy of the
paper for examination.
In his paper before the club and n
the comments with which he followed
1t Professor Briggs was understood
by members of the club TO say. among
other things. that apostolic succession.
very dear TO the hearts of Episcopal
ians. hangs by a slender historical
thread; that ordination in the Episco-
pal church is not a sacrifice. and that
inferentially man ordained by 1t can
not consecrite elements in the Euchar-
list in 4 sacrifciau sense; that in point
OF universally the Church of Rome has
almost the only claim worth consider
ing: that the pope of Rome was right
in the main when he affirmed Angel
lean orders to be Invalid from the
Roman point of view. but that by tn.
very decision he affirmed the vai-
dity of Presbyterian and Lutheran
orders that he felt humiliation ut
being compelled by Bishop Potter to be
ordained again when he entered the
Episcopal church. and that the requir-
ment of Bishop Potter and others Of
reordlnation is an affront TO other re-
ligious bodies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30
AN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENT.

In renewing his subscription to a
preciative assurance that "he can not
farm without it," The eKokuk Gate City
thinks it would be interesting to know
just how this farmer makes use of mis-
newspaper las an agricultural imple-
ment"
However it may be in that corner Of
the successful farmers of the fruitful
central and northern counties of the
state class the daily newspaper among
the necessities of farm equipment. 1t
Is not all of farming to plow and SOW
and reap.
The up to-date Iowa farmer is max
using brains in the business as effec-
lively as muscle and long hours of toll.
He knows the value of general KNOW
edge when applied to particular pur-
suit.
The daily paper brings him the mar
ket reports of the world. 1t carries
the careful estimates and forecasts of
experts compiled from the reports Of
thousands of minor experts and down
from every farming. and stockraising
section on the face OF the earth at Inn
mense first cost. 1t brings daily
weather forecasts and crop conditions,
a multitude of other facts bearing d.
rectiy on his business as u producer
arr renflcr OF produce. More than
t'sa' /, i,-ings him the worlds expert
80 ~ & day. Its failures and sue
tcsses. The Iowa farmer has learned
the value OF this general knowledge of
affairs when applied to his particular
business. He farms with his head as
much as with his hands. He could
farm withou; the newspaper as he might
use an old fashioned drag in place OF his
FOUR horse harrow-but he doesn't and
for the same reason. His newspaper is
an agricultural implement to the av-
erage Iowa farmer. He needs it IN
his business
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30

total value of steel rails exported in
s21,21s in December. 1902 and of To-
comotives. S504,6S4 against s1Sl,571 in
December. 1907. Pipes and fittings
show an increase of over 100000, the
total exports for December. 1908, being
s5I2,991. against s470.425 in December.
of the precs ding year Wire shows an
increase of about s150,000,000, the total
exports in December, 1903, being S4SS,-
052 against $3369S2 in December, 1902.
Sewing machines show an increase of
about $l30000Oo0 the total for De-
cember. 1903. being S542.661, against
s4lO,ss3 in December, 1902. Typewrit-
ers show an increase of about Sl1500o
the total for December. 1903. being
$442,07S, against S327476 in December,
1902. Builders hardware shows an
increase of nearly 100000. the total
for December, 1903. being S1.11O,01t,
against s1,024,S13 in December a year
ago Metal working machinery also
shows an increase of about s150.000 the
total for December, 1903, being s41S,-
SIS against $26s.4S2 in December,
1902.
In imports of iron and steel the fig
ures of December show a marked de-
crease as compared with December,
1902 the total value of iron and steel
imported. excepting ore. being in De-
cember, 1903. $1,739.4S6. against s4.iOl.-
$50 in December. 1902. This decrease
is largely in pig iron, of which the i'm
portations in December. 1903 were
s307.9S9, against s1.a40,s02 In Deem
ber 1902. Ingots, blooms and bars also
show a decrease, the total for Decem-
ber 1903, being s113,o22. against $685.
1855 in December of the preceding year.
while imports of tin plates In Decem-
ber 1908. were s157,110. against s419.-
s95. in December. 1902. Machinery
showed total importation in Decem-
Der. 1903, of s236,715. against $685.
$40 in December, 1902. For the entire
wear the figures of imports show little
change as compared with last year.
the total of all iron and steel imported
in 1903. being $4l,253.S3S. against $4l,-
46S.S26 in 1902.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30
LooKER-oN IN IOWA

| Forest City, Jan. 30-When the wr!-
ter gets up in this part OF the state he
naturally drops into the office of one
o. the best-posted republicans in Iowa.
| To avoid any misunderstanding, II
should be said he is no. a resident OF
this thriving town. In the past this
gentleman has given the Looker-On
many good and reliable pointers, and
results. months after, have justified his
opinions as printed in this column.
| Therefore. being in his town. the sub
ject OF the present ''irrepresslbse con-
| fict" between the Blytheites and the
Cummi nsI,es for the control of the
Iowa delegation to the next national
REPUBLICAN convention was once men
toned. Here are almost the exact
words of this man. who has been n
member OF the Iowa legislature severai
times. and man who always knows II
Something's doing III political cir
cles:
1T is impossible for me at this time
to figure out Just what Mes before us.
get tired OF fighting. There are many
guod fellows In tine Other crowd who
are so kind to me personally that It IS
uncomfortable to be dn scrap with
them con tinuaiiY, but do not see how
this Iowa conflict can be other than
irrepressihle until 1t is fought to a
logioa! conclusion. 1t ds really a fight
| for dominion between Blythedsrn and
urtra mmeied republicanism. know
good men in the other camp would
deny II, and In many CAGES would mean
n.o. In, sHas Inv hut Sns,,
who see the real situation must fioh.
or submit to the dictation of this man
Blythe. This means that no man can
be permitted to receive political recog-
milton In Iowa who Will not only pledge
subservience TO corporation influence,
but allegiance to the personal fortunes
of Binthe as we'll. He cares not a con-
Mnentai for reciprocity or protection or
Roosevelt or Hanna or anything or
anybody else except in so far as his
selfish purposes may DE conserved. II
see ms to me his recent break at Des
Mo!nes will make 1t much easier for
us to win, foc- in spite of apparent In
difference at times the people are real
~ sensitive in the matter of such domi-
nation. II Cummins and Dolliver will
work together feel can easily see
the finish OF the Burlington boss.
think we shall win this summer, but
| If knew we could not I am in the
fight until 1t Is evsrlastingly settled.
The other night at Hampton a gen
tleman who takes much interest in
Iowa politics asked the writer. What's
the matter with LATE Young? am a
subscriber to his paps'r. but can't UNI
derstand why he is everlasingiy jump
| ing on to Cummibns. And what the rea-
son SO many OF the Iowa dailies are
fighting him?" Now the writer could
only give his personal opinions. and
those are liable to be prejudicsd, SO
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30
DOES eoucAr,oa BREED ca,mep

There has been much discussion of
the inaugural address of the Mississ-
ippi governor. who argues that educa-
ton OF the negro race increases in
creases its criminality, and IS RESPONSE
Die for its alleged moral deterioration.
He quotes figures of negro iliiteracy in
Massachusetts and louisiana as OPP
posed 10 each other with the minimum
and maximum OF silli,eracy among me-
HTrss and shows that the educated me-
gro OF Massachusetts is four and one
half times as criminal as the ignorant
blacks Of Louisiana. His idea is that
the System OF negro education should
be changed. He would cease educating
his head and educate his hand and his
heart.
Governor Vardaman's statistics on
the face of them appear to be conclu-
slve but the figures fail to show the
moral attitude of the two states to-
ward the negro and toward the laws
In general. Massachusetts criminal
statistics are as complete concerning
Its, black population as they are of the
whites. Not one-tenth OF the minor
crimes committed by the Louisiana
blacks among themselves ever comes to
the notice of the courts and scarcely
attracts the attention of white COM
munities. II negro steals a ham in
Louisiana 1t rarely becomes a matter Of
court record record as II is certain to
do in Massachusetts,. The attitude Of
the south toward the negro is that
Of the negro to his dog. Massachu-
sets hold him strictly accountable as
man. There is no reasonable doubt
that Governor vardaman's figures are
misleading.
1t is not to be accepted that educa-
ability to read and write cultivates VIC
iousness. II that is to be granted, the
sooner the torch is applied to our edu-
cational institutions the better for pub.
lie morality. Doubtless the desire for
equality with the whites is responsible
for much Of the peculiar crime OF the
southern negro. and the south may
justly attribute a part of its woes to
the hurried policy of reconstruction
which gave the negro an unwise po-
litical equality, but the doctrine that
charges education with promotion Of
crime and would leave thirteen millions
of people in dense ignorance will not
be largely accepted outside Mississ-
ippi.
The south must accept the duty OF
the development of the negro race. The
country Will not permit Its enslavement
or repression which Is practically
equal to slavery. The real question be-
tween the vardaman's and Tillmans
and the better south is whether the
negro shall remain free or become a
slave. and that question was finally
answered by the emancipation procla-
nation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30
SOME BUSINESS FIGURES.

Iron and steel exports during the
month OF December. for which the de-
partment of commerce and labor, thru
its bureau OF statistics. has just pre-
scented complete figures, show an In
crease of 1852. 1898. compared with De-
cember OF the preceding year. This in
crease, while distributed thru wide
range OF articles. is found especially
in steel rails and locomotives. The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30
Creeds.

tl'orestville Congregational Church,
AS for creeds. they should never
have been used 10 bind men. That USE
has properly been resented. and the
creeds have been widely driven out of
use. And yet a creed is thing 20
respect and use. The man who dis
suades you from a creed has his own
creed He may want your mind empty
of every definite belief that he may
stuff 1t full of his. In fact. the creed
less condition OF these days opens the
way for every Wild notion that any
one may study out. Nature abhors
a vacuum. In thought, as everywhere
else. And anybody who finds creed
less mind can stuff the vacuum wi
almost anything That is why relig-
ious freaks of every sort find such an
open field today. They get up a new
religion in Chicago every week. and
two every week in Boston. And still
the mental vacancies are not flied I
advise every young person to become
acquainted with at least one of the
recognized historical creeds. 1t woui |
not be a bad idea to know them all, not
to swallow them whole, but to ac-
quaint yourself with the ripest express
sion of religious thinking.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30
TOPICS OF THE
TIMES = = =

man named Casebeer has disap-
reared from Sedalia. Mo. He is likely
to be coming back empty for rebate
within so days.
A number of young women who be-
long to or sympathize with the unions
have postponed their weddings rather
than ride in carriages driven by non
union men. The young women seem
to be too highly organized to walk.
The good roads bill which Mr.. Lati-
mer. of South Carolina, has introduced
In congress. providing for the cooper
alton OF the national government with
the states, may not pass al this session
or Tor good while TO come but 1t Is 4
sign that the cause is gaining ground.
The Iowa saloon men will again
bring the back door" question before
the legislature this winter. claiming
that inasmuch as they are not allow
ed an entrance or exit in the rear they
should not be required to gain the
consent of property owners in that
direction to conduct their traffic in
liquor-Oskaloosa Herald.
II the saloon men consult their own
interests they will conform to- the mu!,t
law and be thankful for such license
as is now permitted them. There is no
likelihood that further favors will be
granted the saloon business in this
state and insistence upon additional
freedom by the saloonists has ten
dency to boomerang.
It is proposed to start weekly DEM
ocratic paper in Des Moines something
after the fashion of Mr.. Bryan's Com
moner-only the Des Moines publica-
ton is likely to be considerably COM
moner.
Chill Is an example Of nation beat
ing swords into plowshares having
turned her two splendid new cruisers
Chill has given up war and will bend
every effort toward commercial SUI
premacy on the South American Pa
cific coast.
The Black Hawk county man who
bought thoroughbred sow three years
ago for $S5 and has sold $40 worth
of her increase Is an example OF how
timidity keeps man down. Suppose
he had bought 1000 sows for $4,000
and sold $4,000 worth OF pigs
Pshaw! Anybody can get rich farm
ing.
In front OF cheap eating house up
in Remington, a suburb OF Philadel-
phia-they don't call them restaurants
up there's sign more conspicu-
Gus than the others. reading:
Been Soup Today
The other night patron ate a bowl
OF the been soup and then went OUT
side. and. with the aid OF n piece OF
chalk, transformed the sign to read
as follows:
HAS Been Soup Today. God Knows
What 1t Will Be Tomorrow
1t is precisely such assumption Of
false dignity as that assumed by the
negro revenue collector who refused 10
half mast the custom-house flag at
Atlanta, Ga. in honor of the late con-
federate General Gordon, altho ordered
to do so by President Roosevelt. that
keeps the negro race cleaning spittoons
and backing boots.
II 1t is true as alleged. that theatar
scenery can be rendered absolutely fire
proof by soaking 1t in a chemical solu-
tion then there is no reason whatever
why all scenery in all theaters should
not be treated with the solution. 1t
is alleged that 1t Is not expensive. and
severe tests are said to have proven
its efficacy, and New York theater
managers are generally adopting it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30
TO CURE ANY DISEASE.
The Cause Must be Removed. Same
Way With Dandrun.

Inc S0uke MUST DC NGmOVeOe sumo
Way With Dandrun.
Kill the germ that causes dandruf.
falling hair and badness. you will have
no moro dandruff. and your hair must
grow luxuriantly. Newbro's Herpicide
not only contains the dandruff germ
destroyer, but 1t is also a most delight
full hair dressing for regular toilet use.
No other hair preparation is on this
scientific basis of destroying the dandruff
germs. 1t stops all irritation. keeps tn,
scalp sweet. pure and wholesome. Re-
member that something claimed 70 be
lust as good" will not do the work Of
genuine Herpicide. Sold by leading
druggists. Send 1Oc in stamps for sam
pie to The Herpicide Co.. Detroit. Mich.
Mcbride & VIII Drug Co.. special
agents
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30

Tests made recently in Philadelphia
show that wood and canvas can be
rendered iireproof by treating them
with sulphate of aluminium under
pressure.
The Maid-Iust think Norah it took
the hairdresser an hour ana a half 20
put my hair in this style.
The Cook-Indade. An did yez call
for it or did he sind it home. Puck.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30
gprn,tp4 -ehlie 5lars|anu aau, satrdag january 81

some form of connectionalism. 5 10
prevent the unnecessary multiplication
Of churches; TO unite weak churches
and to invite and encourage the affiii-
alton with this council of other Chris
tian bodies cherishing Il kindred faith
nld purpose.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30

San Antonio. Texas-Jessie King. the
S-year- old daughter of respectable
of Mount Vernon. Mo-, whose
identity she declined TO reveal. has
been placed in the county jail here on
the charge of bigamy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30

The Montezuma Republican notes
that The Cincinnati Commercial
Tribune tHanna's papeD has not yet
attained any very great paid-in ad-
vance circulation in the corn belt
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30

The standpatters who have COM
menced 10 manufacture Interviews for
Governor Cummins are presumably
running short of ammunition" sug
gests the Cedar Rapids Gazette
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30

Let us rise above partisanship,"
says the Burlington Hawkeye. and see
to ii that Congressman Wade is prom
inently mentioned for the democratic
nomination for vice president
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30

III tho people of the Seventh dis
;rict," says the Knoxville Journal,
could see for themselves the political
rottenness and debauchery of Polk
they would rise in their nigh.
and administer the much needed re-
buke by eleeting congressman from
the outside district
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30
1. i 4rp
tFor Sunday reading
T All Sorts of Opinions. ].

Humility of the SOVEREIGN Pontiff.

The pope's encourage has silencei
his family Its members talked too
much TO newspaper reporters from all
quarters of the globe says London
Truth. The spinster sisters are now
in Rome, but not in a convent. They
lodge IN a street near the Vatican,
which is in populous quarter OF the
city. on a third floor. The brother, who
keeps an inn at Riese, is about to sell
it. The Curia think that II ii is 10
harm to be of humble birth. it is not
a thing TO parade, and that all the talk
about the pope's lowly origin is gettine
on the nerves of educated Catholics.
They fear that the simple ways of his
holiness VIII bring down the prestige
of the pontitical court. and lead to a
further diminution of the Peters pence
income. Plus disiikes 10 see his
fellow creatures PROSTATE before him,
and sits near the door of his audience
room SO that he can AZ once meet the
visitor and offer him his hand"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-01-30
Rev. John L. Christian.

HIS Sale Avenue Baptist Church.
When we come to think of the fol.
lowers of Jesus dividing into sects
and parties. all kinds of churches.
with all kinds of creeds, often into
hostile camps. and frequently in actual
war with one another we are Impress
ed with the fact that there is some
thing sadly wrong In the Christian
world one Jesus and 500 and more
agonistic organizations pretending
to represent Him Is absurd. Any man
with ambitions. holy or unholy, may
begin n church and denontinate 1t as
Christian, altho II may not have one
single element OF the good of Christ
in It, Ii is Indifferent whether he is
a crank or fraud, a pious man or n
saint 1t adds to the bedlam of creeds.
No wonder that the spirit of desola-
ton appears in these empty places
and that lanentation goes up over the
wasted wilderness of the churches
Many pass by with Indifference. many
stop to scoff. few tarry to worship. The
most fruitful source OF infidelity and
the spirit of supreme Indifference
which has fallen upon men lies in thes'
disgraceful divisions. Sectarianism ana
ambition for new organization have
wrough, havoc in the Christian world
take 1t that the trend OF the century
is toward liberty of thought. the ele-
walton OF mankind and devouter APP
probation of the life and work of Him
who came to lead men out of darkness
into Night.
Church Unity.
The most noteworthy single move
ment la the religious world during the
year that has just closed was the un-
usual number of practical steps taken
toward church unity by the various
Protestant denominations. Early In
the year representatives OF the Con-
Methodist Protestants,
and United Brethren met TO consider
ways and means for bringing about
n union of the three bodies.
BY the plan agreed upon each church
is to retain it's present name with the
addition OF the words In aftil!ation
with the General Council of the United
Churches;" 1t Is recommended that a
general council be created composed
of representatives of the three feder-
atlng bodies to have advisory powers.
The report says: The purpose of tile
general council shall be: To present,
SO far as we possibly can. a realization
of that unity which seems so greatly
desired by Christian churches. To
promote better knowledge and i
closer fellowship among the Chris
tian bodies thus uniting. 3 To secure
the coordination and unification of the
three bodies in evangelistic, education
al, and missionary work. 4 To ADOPT
a plan by which the three bodies may
be brought into coordinate activity.
and organic unity. unity representing