Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-04-29

a farmer and not a politician. Last
year, like some other years." he said
Il had almost a failure i'm fruit, but
this year l am blessed with the best
crop | ever had. This must be taken
care of. 1t will take all / can do, with
the assistance of thirty men, until AZ
ter election to save my crop. j cam
not possibly come to see you before
the election. AS to my opponent. II. t.
Godding, Jr., he is my neighbor, and
is a nice young man. and would repre-
sent you we'll" In spite of all this.
Mr. Crowley was elected.
If the woman suffrage discussion
could be confined to Grover Cleveland
and Susan B. Anthony the question.
What shall we do with our eX-presi-
dents?" would be answered. Also the
problem of what to do with Miss An
thony.
George j. Gould. head of the entire
Gould system of railways. has chosen
a Chicago man, Frederick A. Delano
to be entrusted with active control of
the Wabash road. A1r. Delano was
born forty-two years ago in Hongkong,
China. was educated at Harvard, and
began railroading as an apprentice in
the machine shops Of the Burlington,
at Aurora.
AS a sample of the newspaper cour-
tesy which may obtain between rival
county papers, the patrons of the
Reinbeck Standard are receiving week.
ly copies of the Courier until Mr.. Cas-
ton Is able to resume the publication
of his paper. Mr.. CASTOR lately lost
his plant by fire.
Jack--I could never learn to love
Mathilda
Jim-What's the matter with Mat
ilda?
Jack-Her past.
Jinl-Never heard anything against
her past. What's wrong with it?
Jack--lts length Widow
AN investigation IIllO lIle
under which women are employed in
different branches of rubber manufnc-
ture reveals the fact that tuberculosis.
anaelna, nervousness and dyspepsia
are common among them. The soft
rubber out or which shoes, tubing,
druggists goods and other such light
commodities are made, comes to the
workers rolled, stamped and cut into
the shaped parts. and 1t then remains
fo- the hands" to press the parts to-
ment. In the making of footballs the
women have to suck the air from the
interior, while those who make rubber
overshoes use hard wooden boot form
which they constantly press against
the pit of their stomach. Not only
is the air they breathe filled with
naphtha fumes and tale powder. but
as the factories are commonly not sup
piled with conveniences for working,
the women eat their luncheons at their
work benches, with hands still soied
with the oxide of lead which enters
INTO the SOU fUDDef. women VINO are
employed in rubber factories often
complain Of headache. nausea and loss
of appetite, during the first few days
or weeks, and some never feel we'll
while they are at the work. To add to
the evils of the occupation the en-
ployes not infrequently acquire the
habit of chewing the soft rubber a
practice which leads to ulcers in the
stomach. The conclusion of the joint
committee on sanitation and industrial
conditions of the Massachusetts State
Federation of Women's Clubs and the
Women's Educational and Industrial
Union of Boston, under whose auspices
the investigation was conducted is
that conditions are capable of being
vastly improved for the woman rubber
worker.