Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-12-19
CROWD
Is ENCOURAGED
Movement Against Railroad
Control of Politics and For
Tariff Changes Grows
MANY COUNTIES IN FAVOR
Resolutions Passed by Number OF
County Conventions Are Gratifying
to the Progressive Republicans-The
Des Moines Printers Discuss the
State Printing Business.
MANY COUNTIES IN FAVOR
Special to rlmes-Repubiican.

Special to IlmeS-Repup1lCaH.
Des Moines, Dec. 19.-While pointing
to the elections of last month in other
states as proof that the tariff revision
and popular movement against ma
chine politics are not confined exclu-
,sively to Iowa, Cummins republicans
are now hearing with gratifying pride
of the. movements in various parts OF
EIowa along these lines. Starting last
summer there was the action of the
o'Brien county republicans in the
Eleventh congressional district, which
in the resolutions speaking of the pres
mire and commend his attitude toward
and championship of the rights OF the
common people and furthermore we
do most especially endorse the admin
istration Of our governor, the Hon. A.
B. Cumrnirs. and appreciate and COM
mend his fearless and untiring efforts
on behalf OF the. people of the state OF
Iowa. A little later came the move
ment Of the square deal clubs in the
Eighth congressional district. The plat
| form of these clubs are filled with
burning declarations along the lines
| for which the governor and his friends
have been contending for some years.
Here are two paragraphs that will IN
| dictate the tendency of the times: TO
destroy the corporation caucus and re-
store to the whole people the power OF
1 selecting their candidates for United
| States senator, congressman, and all
state, district, county and township Of
| fees by means of state primary
| based on the Australian ballot syS-
| tenn" and ITO secure the revision OF
| the tariff on articles controlled by
monopolies and sold cheaper abroad
| than at home Then came the nomina-
ton under the county primaries of
Cass county Of c.. A. Meredith, who is
| very strongly in favor of the state wide
primary election law, favors tariff re-
vision and railroad rate legislation.
Then came the action of the state
| farmers institute last week declaring
THAT we regard the duty of congress
to be imperative in the revival in some
form Of the principles of reciprocal
trade relations as enunciated in section
4 of the Dingley act" and 1--WE request
our representatives in congress to act
promptly before irretrievable damage
| is DONE Now the Poweshiek County
/ Corn Belt Meat Producers have blazed
the way for other county organizations
to follow the state institute by adopt
4 ing word for word the resolution Of the
state institute on the tariff question.
It Is putting it altogether too mildly
to say that the Cummins men and pro-
gressive republicans generally are
gratified at this showing. There has
never been any doubt about the nor
thern part Of the state, but the show
ing of late in the southern part of the
state in the Eighth and now in the
4 First districts shows to very graf
flying extent that the people of the
state are not asleep as to their inter-
i ests.
The job printers of Des Moines con-
tend that they are not asking for any
thing unreasonable in asking a de-
crease in the hours of labor to eight
hours. They are not asking they say
for am increase in wages but are stalk
1 ing everything on getting decrease to
the eight hour which they contend is
in the line of progress and sure to be
achieved in time. An ex-president of
the local typographical union stated
yesterday: "That state printing has
needed fixing for some time. We have
kept our hands off the matter believing
that the state printer and Mr.. Ragg
should look after the matter. If the
state rate IL not sufficient it should be
made higher. There never was time
: in this city when the rate of wages was
as low as $12. 1t at one time during
the hard times dropped to $14.25 from
SIS, but was later put back to SIS ant
is now SIC. Two years ago we gave
notice that we would ask for an eight
hour day. At the close Of the year the
employers complained that they had
not been able to adjust their business
and we gave them another year. Now
they are back with the same claim that
they have not gotten their business
adjusted to an eight hour day. They
have had two years to do it In. know
that Job printing is being sent out OF
this city to Chicago and being done
there for less than the local printers
ask, though the wages In Chicago are
$3.50 on an eight hour day, while they
are SIS here on nine hour day. That
is proof to me that there is something
wrong with the management of the
shops here and Is not due to the wages
paid the printers"
The provisions of the pure food bill
that will be recommended to the state
Legislature will work to the advantage
of the poor man rather than the rich
for the reason that he will not have to
pay high price for an inferior article
not knowing what he is getting. The
rich man now buys the best and gets
good article. The poor man, forced
to economic as much as possible, is
inquisitive about the price where the
rich man never mentions the price. AS
result the poor man gets a cheap ar
ticle which is adulterated and is
sometimes called maple syrup, when II
is nothing but glucose doctoced UP to
give it the maple syrup flavor
There are some very interesting
things behind the scenes in the efforts
to get a pure food law. The fact that
the wholesalers are furnishing about
$500 to $500 a month as the sinews OF
war to keep the State Retail Grocers
Association going is complicating mat
ters Two years ago the state retail
association adopted resolutions favor