Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-10-04
Current Comment

It is far easier to tear down than tC
build up One lusty professional
Kicker can do more harm to q
community than half dozen good
citizens can rectifv.
The law requires every child be.
tween .he ages of seven and fourteen
years to attend some school-public,
private or parOchial--unless prevented
by physical or mental inability. The
law also provides that any parent OF
guardian having under his charge any
child of the prescribed age and who
shall fail to send such child to school
as provided, shall be punished by a
fine of from five to fifty dollars.
When an individual orders his
corporation 10 publish freight rate.
and another individual" orders his
corporation to make contract al
less than the published rate. it is al
offense under che Law. But the "cor.
poration" gets the lambasting and
the penalty cannot be enforced. This
isn't good. sound sense. The agitators
are yelling for " fiat rates. and dis
tance lates. while the discrimination
that is the curse of the whole business.
is lost sight of in she shuttle. The
Britt (Ia. Tribune.
The $500 year mulct tax collected
bv the counties of Iowa in 1904
amounted to 81. .086. 965. according to
the census compilation by DR..
Patterson of the census bureau at the
capitol. This sum represents the state
tax collected by each county but does
not include. it is thought the ad-
ditional license fixed by the citiss in
which saloons are maintained. OF the
81. .086. .965 collected by the counties.
one half under the law. went into the
city treasures of those cities. in which
the saloons operated. In addition the
cities got whatever license they them
selves imposed. According to the re-
turn as to the mulct tax collected by
the counties fiftv counties in Iowa
have no saloons.
Governor La Toilette doesn't need
to worry about the u. s. Senatorship
he recently obtained from the Wis
cnnsin Legislature. He has q better
paying occupation to fill in with be-
tween times. During the summer he
has pooketad $4,000 OF Iowa money
from OhautauQua speeches and has
contracted for $40. 600 of Iowa money
for lectures during the winter season.
When man can come into one state
alone and work his gab for $40. 600
during single year. and still have
time to do . similar stunt in several
other states. besides being governor
of great state like Wisconsin and
also U. s. Senator from the Same
state all in ths same year. he is getting
dangerously close to the strenuous life,
and how is the state Of Wisconsin get
ting from him what it pays him for?
--O
Eighty million dollars in gold is an
imposing sum for nation to produce
in single wear. vet the output OF
yellow metal sinks into insignificance
when ranged alongside the value OF
crops which the tillers Of the soil are
preparing to place on the worlds
markets. Last year the combined value
Of the wheat, cotton and corn crops
was approximately $4,000. 000. 600.
Added to this was the hav crop. valued
at more than $500. 900. 600; the oats
crop worth half as much; yield Of
potatoes representing $3.50, 600. 900.
besides barley. tobacco and rye and
aax seed drops agRregating elS5. 900. 900
more. All things considered which
are taken into account In estimating
the products of the soil. the total
contribution Of the fArmers to the
nations wealth IN 1904 appropriated
o6. 900. 900. 900. -Waverly Independent.