Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1905-06-27

- Go. Il WNOIn uOeS lnIS money De-
long? Manifestly the bulk Of 1T be-
longs to the poor farmers about
whose welfare some people are so So
ltcitous that they are actually shedding
tears in public In anticipation of their
threatened ruin
Davenport authorities are compell-
Ing saloons that change owners to take
out new licenses, paying the full
Waterloo Reporter expresses surprise
Such official milking of mulct men,"
1t says, might be expected in locali-
ties where the saloon is not recognized
as leading institution in business
circles. but that 1t should be the Dav-
EXPORT way Is a matter of astonish-
ment. The saloon doesn't seem to have
the vestige of a vested right left when
Davenport deals so harshly with
them
Moines pastor to serve ice cream in
church to draw people to the services,
the Marshalltown Times Republican
says: The church is not a club nor
the Sunday coming together club
meeting. but gathering to worship.
Ii there Is tendency away from
church it is not to be met and defeated
by cakes and ice cream or oyster soup.
1t Is scarcely proper for the pastor to
call the cooks to his assistance while
he las the musical endeavor of the
ages TO draw upon and the help of tho
worlds highest thought"
I The Des Moines Capital notes that
the injustice of the Chinese exclusion
act came as a sudden revelation to
the pc ople who are being boycotted in
,o,,lyn at lot,
extremely sensitive is the pocketbook
nerve!"
There are no signs of hard times
In Iowa." says the Muscatine Journal
.fank deposits do not grow when there
are hard times. Increase in deposits
Indicates prosperity of the people, for
the statement of these institutions
which shows an increase of more than
S.CGo,Occ in deposits in four months,
covers the whole of the state"
Iowa can lose $4,000 now and $4,000
n ore under the census five years
hcrce without losing a member of con-
gress under the ratio fixed by congress
In making the first apportionment,"
says the Sioux City Journal, by way
CT comfort.
"The car was pleased to see the
zemstvoists," remarks the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil, and continues, THE
car is getting to be a pretty good
politician. He may soon be shaking
hands with the common herd"
Between abusing the steel rail man
ufacturers for charging the railway
corporations s2s instead of $40 per ton
and abusing the railways for 'robbing
the people, the anti-tariff and anti
railroad contingent Is working over
time" declares the Marion Register.
O.
Corn means too much to Iowa" de-
clares the Marshalltown Times Repub-
lican. 1--WE put all our eggs into one
basket in this state, an excellent bas-
ket, it is true. but after all a single
one. We need diversity Of farming,
more cows, more special crops that
may prove an anchor to windward
when the corn crop partially fails. The
strain on business of every character
conducted in the state until the corn
crop is assured proves this assertion.
Merchants, bankers, manufacturers,
all trim their sails to the winds that
wave the corn"
There has one vital point been
gained by the passage of the new road
law and the subsequent agitation
brought about by determined effort
to repeal it--namely, that of creating
interest in roads," remarks the Atlanta
Telegraph. This talk has led not only
t. an approval Of the new law, but has
caused all the people to become urgent
for better roads. The law Is doing a
mighty work in Iowa"
"The people must not become luke
warm over the railroad rate question:"
advises the Webster City Freeman
Tribune. IF those interested most
deeply In square deal lose interest
in the subject it cannot be expected
others will push it,"
IF there is difficulty in agreeing or
a place for holding the peace Golfer
ence," suggests the Dubuque Tele-
graph, Dubuque Mone Of the most
beautiful cities in the world-will be
found adequate for every need of the
negotiators." why not invite them
to Burlington" asks the Burlington
Gazette-"the city hall could be fitted
up as meeting place."
Iowa" says the Muscatine Journal.
"Bank deposits do not grow when
there are hard times. Increase in de-
posits indicates prosperity Of the peo-
pie for the statement OF these institu-
tons, which shows an increase of more
than $7,000,000 in deposits in four
months, covers the whole of the state
Municipal ownership in America Is
the dream of the theorist," says the
Des Moines Capital. What becomes
Of that theory when its application to
the graft reeking cities of Chicago,
Philadelphia and Milwaukee are con-
templated? The colossal blunder of
American municipal history would be
to place the control Of public utilities
in the hands of the uncomfortable
looters and buccaneers who are today
the menace OF urban government"
o.