Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-17

not heated: it would have been consid-
cred a desecration of the Lords tenn
pie to put in Il stove to make a con-
%gregation comfortable. Harriet Beech
err Stowe used to tell thai he grand
mother was the first woman in the
town of Litchfield to nave a piece of
carpet on the floor, and it was the gen
eral opinion at the time that a wom-
an with such eNtravagant notions was
hardly fit to be the wife of a minister.
AND one of the deacons, after he saw
the carpet and could find his voice,
asked the minister and his wife if
they thought they thought they could
have ali these grand things and heaven
too. The rebound from such extremes
of simplicity. and plainness has been
very. great-perhaps too great-but it
is not difficult to see how the Puritan
forefathers erred in their views of
what is permissible in the Christian
life.
SCHOOL TEACHERS AND WAGES.
[Tipton Advertiser.l
At the meeting of school officers last
week, Superintendent Kellogg spoke of
the scarcity of teachers for the rural
schools and the difficulty often met by
directors in securing teachers. There
was some speculation as to the cause
of this condition. Only a few years
ago the supply of teachers was i'm eX-
cess of the demand and many woh de-
sired to teach were unable to secure
employment. Tho present state of af-
fairs cannot result from a a rate of
wages below the level of other coun-
ties. There are few, if any, counties
in the state paying On an average
highe wages than are paid in Cedar.
AS Il matter of fact this county is much
above the average in this respect.
Many townships pay $40 per month
during the winter term; some indie
pendent districts pay as high as $50
and we believe that none pay less
than $3S. Compared with other coun-
ties, our average is high. In Benton
county for instance, there are rural
districts where the teachers wages
for the winter terms are as low as S22.
One or two districts pay as high as
S45; the majority pay about $32, while
the general average does not exceed
S35 per month.
PROOF THAT FAILS TO PROVE.
[SSpirit Lake Beacon.l
The Cedar Rapids Republican in re-
Gently admitting the need of OCCASION
al changes in the tariff schedules, in
sisted that its only concern has been to
1.-The principle of the tariff as a
whole" and to protest against the
reckless spirit of tariff ripping which
manifested itself a year or so ago,
mostly within the republican party"
Approaching it's concession of the real
point at issue-tle adapting of the
system to changing conditions
yet could not help calling for proof
rs to when. where and by whom the
principle of the tariff as a whole has
attacked, or Il RECKLESS spirit of
.ariff ripping has been manifest.
And here is the case it makes:
"The man woh is now governor of
iowa when carried away With the Iowa
dea said-see the Outlook Interview
Protection once shielded American
abor and vas a mine for lawful profit.
It now fosters industrial piracy and
That is only one of the
statements he made at that time. No
democrat ever made more radical tar
If ripping statements. A year ago in
IN inaugural address delivered in Des !
Hoines, the same governor went so far
hat even the editor of the Spirit Lake
who had for years been a /
yorshipper at the present governors
'eet. felt some measure of disgust. AT
east it was so reported. In Winnebago
county, republican factionists inspire!
W those u%tterances adopted a platform
or the same trade relations between
and American as now obtain
,etween the various states"
This proof" is all right, except that
t fails to prove. The Outlook inter-
lew referred to was promptly repudi-
ted by the governor as a misrepre-
of his views n at no point
vas the reputation SO emphatic as in