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The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05
DO PASSENGER TRAINS PAya

Upon the authority or the Central
Managers Association of Chicago,
Slason Thompson has issued pamph-
let to show that the passenger SER
vice of the country is not self-sustain-
ing.
Mr.. Thompson's opening shot is as
follows. Although il is incapable or
positive proof, it is probably a fact
that the passenger traffic of the Amer
lean railways is carried on at the ex-
pense of the freight traffic"
This statement has caused general
discussion among passenger men,
many of whom believe that they hau
outgrown the position of head of the
ornamental branch of the service. q
BY the latter appel; len the passen.
ger service was known among freight
men for years. The passenger repre-
sentatives have always taken excep-
ton to it and have insisted that the
passenger business brings in its fair
proportion of railroad revenues.
They also claim that freight men
forget the fact that it is the passen-
ger business which advertises road
and that a shipper usually ships as
he rides.
Mr.. Thompson, however, declares
that although it is impossible to DEM
onstrate that the average passenger
mile, which the roads now receive,
do not cover the cost of operations,
it is sufficient Justification for the as
sertion thct the margin between the
two is so small as to leave an made
quate sum for taxes, fixed charges
and necessary renewals, to say moth
ing of DIVIDENDS. Interesting stat s.
tics are given to show that this must
be the case.
Mr.. Thompson insists that, al
though the railroads have not receiv-
ed more than an average OF zoos
cents per passenger mile for etgh-
teen years it would not be possible
to adopt a maximum of two cents
without forcing the railroads serious
ly to cripple their service ty reduc-
ing the number of trains, reducing
the speed and curtailing special rates
and special service now given the
public.
One instance of the extraordinary
expense to which railroads have been
put of late to maintain such a service
as the public demands is said to be
track elevation IN Chicago, which has
cost $3O,OOO,OO0, and which will cost
IS, 900, 900 more. 1t is also shown
that the cost of passenger locomo-
tives has increased 104 per cent
since 1898 the cost OF coaches &c per
cent, mail cars 80, baggage cars 80
wages of engine men 1876, Of firemen
l7.2, of conductors Is, and Of train
men 81 per cent.
The entire gross earnings of the
passenger service, including mail and
expresc do not exceed 27.42 per cent
Of the total gross earnings Of the
railroads. Figures are then given
which, Mr.. Thompson says, are con
vincing evidence that the passenger
earnings proper do not come within
$73 100000 of meeting the expenses
of the service and that the revenue
of passenger trains, including earn
ings form mail, express, etc., exceeds
the cost Ct operation by only $2S,925
los.
This sum is equal, he says, tc
slightly over 1 per cent on one-third
of the funded debt of the railroads
with nothing left over for dividends
upon an equal proportion Of the stock
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05
Records Are Broken.

The biggest days work in its his.
tory was done at Bolton Wednesday.
when the men got out zsf tons Of coal
during the eight hours of work. The
great amount, exceeding by between
rs and 100 tons the ordinary output
Of the mines, was due not to the ex.
pectations or the strike.bu to the fact
that by coincidence all the miners
had an exceptionally good day.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

The legislature having regulates
the Iowa hen so that hereafter she
VIII lay eggs by law weighing an even
ounce and one-third each, the Knox
vile Express says: 1T now looks as
If the legislature may adjourn before
reaching the bill making it a crime to
leave a cherry seed, or seeds, or pit,
or stone thereof, in, among, between,
betwixt, or in the midst Of the afore-
said cherry pie"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

-~ANA W1AO 80 hSWoPdRCitt anu CLoGMAGI0
, are cracking the whip over republi-
cans now and playing schoolmaster
to the republican party and its con-
sciences and convic- :ons? Some OF
them are the man mflliners, the diet
tante and carpet-knights OF politics;
men whose efforts have been expend-
ed denouncing and ridiculing honest
men, who, in storm and sunshine, in
war and peace, have chung to the re-
publican nag and defended it against
those who tried to trail it in the dust.
Some OF them are men who when
they could work themselves into con-
ventions, have attempted to berrtle
and befoul republican administers
lions and to parade their own thin
veneering of purity. some of them
are men who, by insisting that it is
bad and corrupt for men in Office to
/, take part in politics, are striving row
to prove that the republican party
has been unciean and vicious all its
life.
Some of these worthless masquer-
ade as reformers. Their vocation and
ministry is to lament the sins of 9TH
er people. Their stock in trade is
rancid, fiat, selfrighte usness. They
are wolves in sleeps clothing.
Their real object is office
and plumber. When DR.. Johnson de-
fined patriotism as the last resort of
scoundrels he was unconscious of the
then undeveloped capabilities and
uses of the word reform. Some of
them have sought nominations at
the hands of democrats in recent
years, and some of them, with the
zeal of neophytes and the bitterness
Of apostals, have done more Than self
respecting democrats would do to
villify and SANDER their government
and their countrymen. Grant and
all who stood by that upright, fear
less magistrate have been the objects
of the bitter, trutbIess asperslons OF
these men. And now, opposed or lag
gard in the battles of the past, they
leap forward to the feast. They for
get that the parties are not built up
by department, or by ladies' maya
zines, or by gush. The grass-hoppers
in the corner of fence, even without
a newspaper to be heard in, some
times make more noise than the
fiocks and herds that Craze on a
thousand hills. A Chinese war of
noises has been set up in the state,
and beyond the state, to drive this
convention and its members to con-
tend and divide over certain dogmas;
but it is, for the convention to say
what it's judgment indicates as suit
able and wise. An important cleo
ton is at hand, and we are told that
we must not keep within our sphere
of duty, but must find bones of con-
tention to carry sch-sm and discord
into every locality and district and
weaken our party everywhere. The
wisdom of these somewhat percent
ory directions is the question before
us. The propriety of denouncing and
carping at administrative acts mas
not been without ADVOCATES. This
doctrine, as sometimes maintained,
believe to be unjust to public officials.
1t seems to me public officials are en-
titled to Prescriptions in their favor
and ought never to be condemned
until they and their acts have been
fairly tried, and then only on clear
evidence"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05
CHANGE IN CARD.
Iowa Central Announces Change In
Train Service South.

A change in the time card affecting
the south branch of the Iowa Central
was announced today. Train No. 6S,
due to leave at 1880 a. m. for Center
vile, and train No. II arriving at 600
p. m. from Centerville, have been dis.
continued, and train No. going
south at 500 o'clock a. M, will stop
at Givin and Eddyville to let of pas.
sengers.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

-Ther are now nine candidates IN
the field for nomination for Judge Of
the Sixth judicial district. Only one.
third Of these can be nominated.
Two of these three will be nominated
by acclamation-Cleme Of Jasper
and Preston of Misunderstanding sew
en- good men to contest for the one
Mace
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

As to spelling reform, the Cedar
Rapids Republican suggests that Ian
guage is not a thing to be changed
at will or without deliberation. ITO
be sure" it adds, Languages do
change gradually-but the changes
come silently, and as it would seem,
wholly without design
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Coal oil has advanced a half cent
per gallon. 1t is not told as to wheth-
er the increase is caused by the pros
pectiye strike in the coal field or Is
due to the growing demand for more
light" on the coil trust"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Algona Upper Des Moines Republi-
can. There is no good end in the
sowing of evil seed of suspicion.
There has been too much encourage
ment given in the recent pass to the
feeling that the cou1tr, is going to
the dogs and that there are but one
or two men left VINO are to be trusted
in official capacity"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Don't cuss the mud too hard. Re-
member Iowa mud is worth over $500
an acre now and still "risin'." How
much do you suppose Iowa soil would
be worth if it didn't make"good mud"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05
THE RouSTABoUT.

Going down Canal street in New
Orleans the other day under the bur-
den of full grown Iowa appetite, The
Roustabout kept his weather eye out
for a restaurant. In little gilt letters
on a show window he finally noticed
the inscription, Buffet Lunch" That
sounded good so he lost no time In 60
ing in. The front part of the estap-
lishment was devoted ITO soda water
drawn from three immense fountains
Back Of this was the pie counter"
where all the sweetmeats of the pam
try were displayed in tempting style.
DESTROYS, however, of more substan-
tial filling, The RoustaDout continued
his journey on through the candy de-
partment into large square room,
not unlike the ordinary dining room.
1t was elegantly equipped with tables
and chairs, but to his great surprise
The Roustabout found himself in the
middle of large crug store, with
shelf bottles, patent medicines and
perfumery packages smiling on him
from all sides. But there was no mis-
take in the place. an elegant lunch
was served,-one that tempted The
Roustabout to return on various oc-
casions. The drug store was finished
in mahogany wood and marble and
evidently did big business, as there
were five clerks in this department
alone, Aside from the absence of
paint and wallpaper, the drug stock
was complete, and all prescriptions
were filed with care and dispatch
- - y
This upside down arrangement re-
minded The Roustabout of an observa'
ton at Vicksburg. The Vicksburg
Savings bank with a capital of $4,000
| and surplus of an equal amount does
| business in the basement of an old
building and entrance is gained from
side street. To reach the door by
| the sidewalk one must go down about
fifteen steps from Main street The
steps, however, are little used and the
customers go down the middle OF the
street, which slopes gradually, but
almost perpendicularly. The place
looks dingy, the door being narrow
with only two ordinary windows, one
on either side. Up in the front part
of the building fronting on Main street
with modern plate glass windows and
big double front doors is a barber
shop. And speaking about barber
shops reminds us. The Roustabout
had occasion to need wholesale or
der in that line and about nine O'CLOCK
In the morning he went down to the
cutting department OF the hotel tC
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Third Assistant Postmaster Gen.
-eral Madden recommends some chan
ges in classification Of mail. He
would have but three classes, confin-
ing the first to letters and cards, the
second to all Lrin'ed matter with a
special rate tar strictly newspapers
ane the third TO consist Of everything
not Jnciuded IL either of the above.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Don't be a knocker, says A. Q.
Miller. Did you ever notice that the
hammer used by blacksmith always
wears out before the anvil? That
is the fate of knocker.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Dubuque people are the best pat
rcus Of the public library of any in
the ctGte, according To reports One
fifth of the population of the river
city are regular patrons of the public
library
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05
Ladies Of G. 4. R.

On Thursday afternoon at G. A. r.
hall, oskaloosa Circle No. AZ, Ladies
of G. A. R.. held delightful recep'
ton. and had as guest Of honor. Mrs.
Dodge, of Peoria, Ill. Elegant re-
freshments were served. Quite a
crowd was in attendance.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Cheeks" says fashion journal,
''are to be more popular for ladies'
suits than ever before" Never knew
they were popular.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Every industry and every citizen
of Iowa breathed sigh Of relief when
the indianapolis convention made it
possible to avert the coal strike.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Let's all get together at the COM
mercial club banquet and stay togeth-
er all the balance Of the year, and al
together boost for Oskaloosa.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

There is no good reason why this
campaign for governor should be a
-demagogue's campaign, contends the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

As you journey through life don't
be town knocker.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05
-Hallelujah! No strike!

There is this to say, a deadlock
beats a lockout"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Soil that don't make mud and
bad roads don't, raise crops.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05
SCALE OF 1903
WILL GOVERN
NO STRIKE IN DISTRICTS WHERE
OPERATORS WILL GRANT 1T.
GREAT STRIKE THUS AvsRTRD
indianapolis Convention Authorizes
Resumption Of Work In Mines Of
Individual Operators Who Agree
to Pay 1908 Wage Scale.

Des Moines, March 31.--After CON
ference yesterday afternoon IN which
President John P. White,who is in In
Gianapolis, was consulted over the
telephone, the miners arranged def
nicely to provide for the protection OIL
the mine property during the interim
which may elapse between the expira
ton of the present working agreement
and the securing of new one. That
is, the men employed about the mine
who take care of it's machinery and
its plant, will be allowed to continue
work pending the signing of a new
scale. This arrangement was an
nounced late last evening.
This adjustment followed the re-
ceipt of a message from Indianapolis
10 the effect that The Perry resolution
permitting the miners to negotiate
settlements in the several districts,
and which amounts to a rescission OF
the Ryan resolution demanding that
all districts refuse to make scale
until an agreement is reached for all
of them, had carried IN the miners
convention there.
The Iowa joint conference was in
session in an effort to secure action
on a motion put by the operators
side of the house, pledging the min
ers to furnish men to protect the mine
properties against damage during a
suspension and so long as there is
prospect of settlement.
Des Moines, March 3d. The joint
convention this morning resulted in
the granting of men by the miners to
take care of the mines pending the
negotiations. Members of the scale
committee lwere appointed. Follow
ing this an adjournment is expected
until Tuesday or Wednesday, as no
work can be done on Sunday and the
miners will not work on Monday,
which is the anniversary OF the grant
ing to them of the e,gnt hour day and
is kept by the miners as holiday.
The result will be that all work In
the mines will be suspended tonight
and that until the new scale is made
$4,000 miners in Iowa will be idle.
Des Moines, March 31.-Thirty days
will cover the suspension in the Iowa
coal fields, according to the estimates
of both miners and operators in ses-
sion here.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Washington, d. c., March 81
President Roosevelt's determination
to take no hand in the coal strike un-
til every possible means of setue-
ment between miners and operators
has been exhausted meets with the
appreciation of even the administra-
tons sharpest critics. The southern
members, who are usually ready and
willing to find every fault, admit that
the executive has taken the wisest
course. One southern congressman
said: "I1l bet President Roosevelt
is just dying to get into an argument,
but he is not nearly so impulsive as
he used to be and his better jucg-
ment has prevailed"
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Indianapolis, March 31.-A number
of individual offers by operators will
ing to sign the 1903 scale were re-
ceived today. The indications are
that many others will arrive shortly.
Most Of the miners have returned
home to attend the beginning Of lie
strike. Mother Jones was here this
morning, and said she would go into
the fields if needed.
indianapolis, March 31.-President
Mitchell is badly in need of rest. The
work and anxiety of the past eight
weeks has been most trying on his
strength. His has been a continual
round of arguments in New York.
Pennsylvania and Indianapolis. AS
floor leader in the joint conference,
presiding officer of the miners, and
leading spirit in all committee meet
ings, he has worked early and late.
His greatest strain was when he was
attacked personally by operators on
the floor.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1906-04-05

Bevier, Mo-, March 31.-Two thous.
and employees of the mines here have
stopped work pending the new wage
scale.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-26

Satisfaction Over Progress Made On
Jennie Edmundson Memorial Hos
pitaI, Council Bluffs.
Special to Times Republican.
Council Bluffs, Jan. 26.-The corner
stone of the Jennie Bdmundson Memo
rial hospital, being erected by the Wo-
mans Christian Association, was put
in place yesterday by the Council
Bluffs lodge of Elks. The ritualistic
ceremony of that order followed a pro-
gram appropriate to the occasion, and
thousands of spectators were present
at the dedication. Funds for the new
building were furnished by j. d. Ed
mundson of Des MoineS in the form of
$4,000 loan to the association, the
amount to bear small rate of inter-
est during his lifetime but all in
debtedness to be cancelled at his death.
Altho strongly urged by the associa-
ton to be present at the exercises Mr..
Edrnundson found it impracticabe to
do SO, but sent letter rendering his
best wishes for the future of the insti-
tuition and expressing his personal sat-
isfaction at the progress that had so
far been made on the hospital build
ing. The letter was read as a part of
the program by Judge j. r. Reed, who
had been designated as Mr.. Edmund
sons personal representative.
Victor E. Bender business manager
of the Nonpareil, made brief address
expressing the pride and interest of
the citizens in general in the new hos
pital building and paid tribute to the
energetic and unselfsh work of the
woman's Christian association which
has conducted hospital in Council
Bluffs for the past twenty-five years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-26

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