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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24

topics Of the Times

A church in Chicago has lit upon !,
fering d free lunch. Bishop Potter did
not go that far for he made the boys
pay for the beer.
The 100000 Jews in New York City
together with about 100000 more OF
their kinsfolk i'm other parts of the
United States, are preparing to cele-
brate their first coming to this coun-
try, two and half centuries ago. The
occasion is to be one of rejoicing. foi
never In all their memorable history
even including the glorious days OF
King Solomon, have they prospered as
they have in this country Never since
the dispersal of their racS have they
enjoyed greater liberty or won high
err degree of respect from those with
whom they live.
If congress doesn't care to regulate
the railroads, perhaps we could COM
promise and get the railroads not tic
care to regulate congress.
That the question is not peculiar to
the country town is evidenced by the
following editorial paragraph in the
Omaha Bee: While pushing the pat
ronizing home industry propaganda
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24

been paying money into the city treas
ury. PHILADELPHIA should by 1927 re-
ceive from 1t about $26,6!5,0O0, under
the continued operation of the Oh
lease. This estimate is a low one as
the consumption of gas Will increase
with the future growth of the city
Some realization of what the deal
means to the company may be gained
then by the statement that in consider
alton of the immediate payment or y
sum several millions less than would
have been paid by 1927 under the
former arrangement, the company Sc
cures an extension of its lease for fifty
years or more at no cost beyond the
expiration of the present lease worth
$50 O0O0 600 70 it and instead of the en-
tire property of the gas plant revert
ing to the city in 1927 under the pres
ent lease, the company enjoys its pos
session and profits for fifty years
more.
In New York the situation is much
the same, the state senate blocking al.
the proposed methods of relief and Of
fering no excuse to the consumer for
Its conduct.
In Chicago, also, the gas problem is
attracting much attention and the
companies have been repeatedly told
that if they wish to operate much long
err they must cease them extortionate
methods.
Philadelphia is said to be wild with
Indignation The newspapers even go
so far as to advocate mob violence.
corrupted councils can pass the ordi-
nance over his head. Philadelphia has
long stood as the most corruptly gov
erned city since the days Of the weak
est Caesars. This gas steal may prove
the last straw upon the back of pubic
patience, and may turn out to be the
last ride of the politicians. Something
akin to a revolution is due in Philadel-
phia and public sentiment, different
only in degree, is crystallizing in CHI
cago and New, York. The greed OF
capitalist corporations feeding upon the
avariee of corrupt public officials, is
fast driving this country to that form
of socialism known as municipal own
ership. And there Is a suggestion
herein to the owners of transcontinen-
tai railways.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
a s5o,ooo.ooo STEAL.

- A conflict that promises to exceed in
magnitude and Importance anything
Of the kind that has ever occurred in
this country is at the present time be-
ing waged in the three largest cities
of the United Statesmen York, Chi
cago and Philadelphia. The parties to
the struggle are the people on one side,
the powerful gas companies on the
other, the former demanding reduc-
ton in the price of gas and the latter
resisting the demand.
In Philadelphia, where the fight is
hottest, the situation is in brief as fol-
lows: In 1897 the United Gas Improve
ment Company leased the gas works
which were at the time owned and
operated by the city, for period Of
thirty years, the company agreeing to
pay the city all that was collected
above 80 cents per 1000 cubic feet OF
gas until 1912, all above So cents until
1917 and all above IS cents until 1927,
when the plant was to revert to the
city. The price charged the consumer
at present is about 81 per 1000 feet and
the excess of charge placed s650,00o
into the city treasury last year. Sud ;
denly the city councils began to nego-
tate with the gas company, without
any public demand whatever, for alter
alton of the lease. The operators were
willing and new agreement was pro-
posed whereby in consideration OF
payment to the city of s25,OO0,0o0 the
lease was extended until 1880; the city
was to surrender it's income for the
next seventy three years and the con-
sumers were to pay 81 per 1000 feet
until 1927, 30 cents from 1927 till 1856,
and so cents from that time until 1880,
at which time the lease was to expire.
The only excuse offered by the coun-
ellis was that the city needed money
and the plan adopted was the quickest
method Of obtaining it.
At tho rate the gas company has
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
s1oo Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces Of the system, thereby de-
stroying the foundation of the disease,
and giving the patient strength by
building up the constitution and as
sisting nature in doing its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that it
fails to cure Send for list of testi-
monials. Address
u. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti-
patton.
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IOWA a DUMPING GROUND.

Mrs. Fletcher, of MarshalltoWn, I'M
til recently president Of the Iowa Fed
GRAFTON Of Women's Clubs, somewhat
startled the women of her organization
at the Waterloo meeting with a state
ment that Iowa had for years been the
dumping ground for adulterated foods
because of it's lax food laws. Thai
hers was not an idle statement is evil
denced by notice given her remarks in
the Commercial Bulletin, trade paper
published at Minneapolis, which says:
There can be no question about
Iowa being the dumping ground for
impure foods. The trouble which the
food departments of Minnesota and
South Dakota have with Iowa groceries
is plenty Of evidence that Iowa gets
the worst going in the food line.
Southern Minnesota has recently
been invaded by some of these goods
and Minnesota's food commissioner is
forced to exercise unceasing vigilence
to keep that section OF the state in
good shape"
consequently the day that Iowa
adopts a pure food law will be well
coined by the people of Minnesota"
And expert evidence of the truth of
the observation has also been given a
semi Official recognition by DR.. H. r.
Duffield, chief surgeon at the Iowa
Soldiers Home. DR.. Duffield was in
vited to prepare a paper to be read be-
fore the board of control at a regular
meeting of the superintendent of state
institutions and in his Investigations
of adulterated foods he found that tho
canned goods, jellies, preserves. pickles
and honey sold in Iowa grocery stores
5. were very largely adulterated with par
tally poisonous substances. Com
mercial travellers told him that they
sold grade of goods in Iowa which
pure food laws and lit was the doctors
conclusion that the Iowa situation was
bad one.
If Mrs. Fletcher could induce the
Iowa Federation of Women's Clubs 10
investigate the adulterated food situa-
ton and to start a campaign for a pure
food law she would give to the federa
ton reform strictly within the prov
ince of womans organization and
one that would make her own name
worthy of a place in Iowa history. The
T.-R. can look back a few years to the
meeting at Burlington when the feder-
alton gave impetus to movement for
a library commission, and it was really
startling what that women's organiza
ton could do to an Iowa legislature.
If the same energy and the same or
ganization would go after the Iowa
food laws this state would not remain
dumping ground for impure foods
very much longer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
FiNANClERs AND THIEVES.

Some more Of Lawson's frenzied
New York City in the failure of the
| Merchants Trust Company. A bank
| ing institution of half million capt.
!! tai and two and a quarter million de-
posts has been found loaning $S5G,00O
| on the securities of a single trolley
road and 100000 on the securities of
a street railway. 1t is moral GER
| tainty that loans in such amounts
made to speculative enterprise We're
never made unless officers of the bank
were in the deal. Like the directors of
some insurance companies they were
| investing trust funds in their own
speculations and they ought to be sent
to Jail
Out here in Iowa we have developed
no little heat at the thought of a bank
cashier receiving a mild sentence for
stealing $4,000 from his bank and we
were thoroughly justified in our indig-
nation. But defaulter commits no
greater breach of trust than the bank
director or officer who loans one-half
of his depositors' money to his own
business enterprise and no more of a
crime than an insurance company di-
rector who invests one thind Of the
trust funds of a life insurance company
i
in the securities of his own railroad.
Many private banker in Iowa who
has used his depositors' money plung-
ing in cattle, in land or on the board
of trade, has sought relief in sui
cide's grave. Others have gone to the
penitentiary. Had they succeeded in
their speculations, no doubt, they
would have been looked upon as great
financiers. And so it is with these big
bankers in New York City. The great
Standard Oil bank uses the millions OF
it's depositors to speculate on Wall
street. So long as it wins its directors
are financiers, but some day there VIII
be failure, as has come to the Mer-
chants Trust Company, and IL Justice
is not blind, these keepers Of trust
funds will go to Jail as the poor teller
would 60 had he stolen a few thou
sand dollars But will Justine see
clearly? Has our public sentiment
thoroughly grasped the fundamentals
of frenzied finance?
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Iowa Newspapers
PROMISING CROP SITUATION
Hampton Chronicle.l

Hampton Chronicle
SO far as the crop outlook in Iowa Is
concerned, ii would have been better
had there been no rain during the last
week, it already having rained for al.
most week, and the land was
thoroughly soaked. Oats are growing
Well, better than last year. but the
corn crop should be planted this week.
The ground should be warm and dry,
and in its present condition there i:s
not much use of planting corn until
next week. Nothing more than warm
weather Is needed. But the warm
weather must come or the advantage
gained by having dry spring will soon
be lost. and the prospects VIII be no
better than last year. The weather
bureau has promised fair weather
since Saturday. but the rain refused 10
be stopped and kept up until Wednes :
day.
This portion of the state suffered
severely last season from too much
moisture, only the rains came later
when the crops were all in. While 1t
has been wet and threatening there Is
no need of entertaining fear of serious
damage This county will be full of
waving corn fields with a few weeks of
growing weather. Pastures are in the
best condition they could possibly
reach. Gardens are doing we'll and
there is Il promising crop situation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
Saved hx Dynamite.

Sometimes, flaming city is saved by
dynamiting space that the fire can
cross. Sometimes cough hangs on s.,
long, you feel as if nothing hut dyna
mite would cure it. q. T. Gray, of
Calhoun, Ga, writes: my wife had u
very aggravated cough, which kept
her awake nights. Two physicians
could not help her; so she took DR.
Kings New Discovery for consump-
ticp, Coughs and Colds. which eased
her cough, gave her sleep, and finally
cured her. Strictly scien life cur.
for bronchitis and lagrippe. At Me-
Donald & Mahood Co.'s drug store
price soc and 81; guarante I'd. Trial
bottle free.
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No News in it.

Dr. w. H. Lynch, of Salem, Mo-.
praised recently at the University of
Pennsylvania, the newspaper.
DR.. Lynch is an educator, and he
declared that the newspaper was one
of the most powerful educative in
fuences of modern times.
Finally he told a number Of stories
about country methods of journalism.
"A country editor" he said. was APP
pointed, thru some misrepresentation
or other to the city editorship of a
leading daily. The first day OF his APP
pointment a fierce fire swept the town
IA fire let US say, like that which de-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
A Mile With Nc.

Oh, who will walk mile with me
Along lifes merry way?
A comrade blithn and full of glee,
Who dares to laugh out loud aud free
And let his frolic fancy play,
Like happy child through. the flowers
gay
That I'LL the field and fringe the way
Where he walks mile with me.
And who will walk mile with me
Along lifes weary way?
A friend whose feart has eyes to see
The stars shine out DER the darkening lea
And the quiet rest at the end of the
day
A friend who knows and dares to say
The brave, sweet words that cheer the
where he walks mile with me-
with such a co1nrade. such a friend.
fain would walk till Journeys end
Through summer sunshine. winter rain
And then? Farewell! We shall meet
again!
Henry Van Dyke in Dominion Prcsby-
teripn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24

vastated Baltimore last winter.
1.-The managing editor sent for ne
new city editor and asked him what
arrangements he had made for report
ing the fire fully and accurately
"'Why' said the new man, I've mide
none
"None,?' said the managing editor,
Good gracious, man, why none"
What's the use of printing any
thing about fire like this?' said the
city editor. It's such "A big fire that
everybody in town will go to see 1t for
himself"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
When the first seed comes up

and telling how much the daily news.
by persuading people to keep their
trade at home, 1t might not be bad
idea to drive a nail for the patronage
of home newspapers. Some of the bus
| mess men who are talking loudest
against sending orders to out-of-town
catalog houses never spend cent on
advertising space in their home news
| papers.
The Des Moines Capital estimates
that 5000 went into the slot machines
within five hours last Saturday even
ing and estimates that Thursdays re-
ceipts of slot machines in eight places
alone would have paved the entire la
Dor bill of the largest factory in the
city.
One of our modern captains of in
dustry recently gave 800 to the
preacher of his wife's church, 5000 for
pew rent and $50 to foreign missions.
What was his CONSERVATION to see on
the balance sheet for the month that
his trusted accountant had charged
them to the cost of fire escapes.
| The director of the mint estimates
the worlds production of gold for 400
years at 9 billions of dollars, half of
which has been added to the money
supply One-third of this amount or
one-third of the production of the
whole 400 years has been produced
during the past dozen years, and pro-
duction is going on now at the rate of
| half a billion per year. If the worlds
amount of gold money was Az billions
at the end of the century, it should be
6 billions by the end of this year and
| the question is, is the dollar becoming
cheaper?
! McFlub-Well, did Jiggins succeed
| in getting rich quick?
Sleeth-Yes; and still he is not
happy.
McF'lub-Why not?
Sleeth-What's the use of being rich
when you're in jail?-Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
The losses in railroad accidents dur
ing the year 1904 were 1929 killed
and 1895 wounded, while the losses
at the battles of Gettysburg, Chicka-
maugua and charlottesville combined
were 1857 killed and 69,40S wounded.
Such afe the butcheries of peace as
compared to the butcheries of war.
AS an instance of what a fire will
sometimes do for a city, the people OF
Baltimore have just voted a bond issue
aggregating s13,0OO,0O0 to be used for
identifying and undermining the city.
Twenty years ago we were purchas-
ing designs for our warships in Great
Britain and bought much of our equip
ment there. Now we make the finest
ships in the world and Schwab comes
home with a contract for building bat
tleships for Russia. With the entire
Russian fleet involved in the race with
Togo it is likely that Russias demands
for new ships will be large and Bethle-
hem promises to be anything but
peaceful village for the next few
years.
1t is reported that the car recently
learned that the floor under his desk
in the study at Tsarskoe Selo contain
ed a trap door and was thrown into
CONSERVATION at the discovery. A
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
Cleared for Actioh

When the body is cleared for action,
by DR.. Kings New Life Pills. you can
tell it by the bloom Of health on the
cheeks; the brightness Of the eyes;
the tirmness of the flesh and muscles:
the buoyancy of the mind. Try them.
At Mcdonald & Mahood's drug store.
Ok canta
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
Proves His Case.
kansas City STAR

NIIISdS OIly
An old Scotchman being asked how
he was getting on, said that he was all
right. Gin it wasna for the rheuma
TINS in the right leg" "Ah, John" said
the inquirer, "be thapkfur, for there
is no mistake, you are getting old like
the rest of us, and old age doesn't
come alone" "Auld age, sir" returned
john wonder to hear ye. Auld age
has naething to dae wit. Here's my
ither leg jist as aud, and it's sound
and soople yet
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24

Russian labor organ says that the in
cident was designed to show the car
how easily he could be assassinated.
1t is said that the terrorists doubt the
expedieucy of killing the car, belieV-
ing that the weakness and irresolute-
ness of his reign promotes the aims of
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TRUE EFFlc1ENcY.
Isiioux City Tiribune.l

In these days when things are doing,
sometimes on a large scale it is well
now and then for our young people to
reflect as to the quality of those who
are leaders in the worlds thought and
work and how they came to their pres
ent positions. In comparatively rare
instances did they come to them by
chance. And If heredity placed them
there it has often transpired that they
did not keep their positions very long,
especially if efficiency were lacking.
In the development of this efficiency
there should always be kept clearly in
mind the thought that by it is not
the ability to do the other fellow be-
fore he does you. Not the ability to
climb up the ladder by gouging and
crowding and mauling the other fellow
into insensifbiiity. Not mere brute force
is intended. Efficiency does NOT carry
with it any such conception Of worth.
But it does mean the raising Of one
self to the dignity of the occasion and
filling the requirements of the situa-
ton Efficiency is proficiency in it's
best sense and is not acquired without
great labor. 1t may take them three
years of seclusion in the desert, or it
may require five, six or seven years
hard study in the university but if it
does the young man and young woman
will be only the better prepared for
life's duties when they come ont. Ell
ficiency is promoted by diligent and
painstaking service and the young
man who possesses it will not long
wait for Job.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
and shoulders above some of the fell
lows who are continually barking at
his heels"
-c,-n-,,-J Io,lc.

and shoulders above some of the fell
lows who are continually barking at
his heels.'
One way of looking at 1t is suggested
by the Cedar Rapids Gazette as fol-
lows: Maybe the rural population
of the state has decreased for the
reason that the people have concluded
that if they must pay town lot prices
for the land they would prefer to live
where sidewalks can be forced by an
action at law"
The Spirit Lake Beacon comedies
that Incorporated banks go wrong
but it contends that the records show
that for stability and safety the banks
visited by the public examiner are, as
rule to be preferred to the private,
unincorporated banks. I'VE do not
happen to think of any law" the Bea-
con adds, that wholly eradicates
the evil whereunto it was enacted, and
still law is mighty good influence in
practical affairs"
"Commenting upon the complaint
that so many people either go out of
town to trade or send to the mail or
der houses" says the Belle PLANE I'm
ion "a railroad mans wife who always
pays cash and makes no secret of the
fact that she buys good share of her
goods out of town justly excuses her
self on the grounds that railroad peo-
pie cannot be blamed for sending
away for goods since so many of the
merchants, who owe their town more,
do the same thing"
The Des Moines Capital wishes Jud
Welliver we'll in his new field and pre-
diets that During his first years
residence he will be able to write two
columns per day of special kilograms
from Iowa without going near a tele-
graph office. After that he will be
able to forget about old Iowa"
A homely reference by the Des
Moines News will recall a familiar
observation to many mind when the
News says, IF you are unable to see
how it is possible to be constantly
growing toward perfection and yet
never attain it, just try to get all the
dust out of an old carpet"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24
Low Rate Excursion Tickets ca coun-
ell Bluffs, Iowa.

Via the Northwestern Line, will be
sold June and I, limited to return
until June u. inclusive, on account Of
Iowa State Firemens Association, An
nual Tournament. Apply to agents
Chicago s. Northwestern railway.
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Very Low Rates to United Commercial
Travellers Meeting at Cedar Rapids,

Via the Northwestern Line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold on June ano
8, limited to return until June II, in
elusive. Apply to agents Chicago &
Northwestern railway.
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Very Low Rates to Niagara Falls,
nj "

Via the Northwestern Line. Excursion
tickets will be sold on June II, is and
10 With favorable return limits, on ac-
count of Mobiles of the Mystic Shrine.
Apply to agents Chicago 4 North
western railway.
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1t will wash and not rub off
This complexion all envy me.
It's no secret so I'll tell
Take thou Rocky Mountain Tea.
Mcbride & VIII Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-24

You never heard Of any one using
FDley's Honey and Tar and not being
satisfied. B. A. Morgan.
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Chickens.

Chickens.
"Does he think there is any money
in raising chlckens?"
eyes: he says for every grain they
give q peck. Yale record.