Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-10
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

j. Ogden Armour has commenced a
series of articles in the Saturday Even
| ing Post, showing the real facts con-
| corning the private car lines interest,
| now a subject OF much comment in tire
daily papers aud magazines, aud one
which some congressional action will be
taken in the near future. The suEges~
tive thing in these articles is not a
defense of the system, which he seems
to think necessary, but that the prin-
cipal stakeholder of line of private
cars, now numbering over $4,000, makes
that frank statement: IF the Ameri-
can people understand the merits of the
controversy, there will be no adverse
legislation." In other words thru the
medium of the Saturday Evening Post
he addresses Il jury of twelve million
voters. Or, to state it another way. Mr.
Armour, by this act, recognizes the fact
that the people OF this country have the
power and are going to use it, to con-
troll the corporate interests of these
United States Several of our multi
millionaires have not yet reached that
stage of reasoning.
The recital of the treatment that
John Dressler. a German farmer, nv
ing near Renwick, subjected his wife to,
seems incredible. That is in 1905 In
Iowa, in the United States. The writer
happened to be in Renwick when the
poor woman was brought to town by
the county authorities. The officials
and ncighbors give details Impossible
to print in q newspaper. 1t seems that
during harvest time a big rain caused
an oat field to overflow, and the shocks
to be in danger OF floating away Dress
ler from the high point OF land. forced
this woman into the water waist deep,
to save the crop. Then, when attacked
with rheumatism, he pricked her llnDs
with a needle, and rubbed In a horse
linament. This to save medical at
tendance. Finally. when she became
bedridden, no doctor was called, no
nurse was hired. and for over SIX
weeks this woman was not able to leave
her bed nor were the bed CLONES
changed during that time. The deputy
sheriff told the writer, that no animal
shut up in a box for six weeks could be
in a worse condition. The liniment
rubbed into the limbs actually ate
the flesh to the bone and running sores
were numerous, and uncarcd for.
Rheumatism had drawn her body al
most double. Her pains had made a
mental wreck of Dresser's wife and on
the way to the insane asylum this poor
tortured woman died at Eagle Grove.
After the woman was taken away from
the brute. a crowd of men went and
"tarred and feathered him.. But lhls
didn't save his victim. we are tola
that the authorities, the county at
tusney or somebody is going to take up
IN case Why wasn't it done long
ago? His own son filed the lntor1na-
ton against DRESSER. DIDN'T any Oh
the neighbors visit the house! AN 10
year-old daughter was in the mouse all
of this time, what was she DONG III
tho name of common humanity 1t would
seem something besides Furnishing
Dressler needs be done. And all this
on AN Iowa farm Dressler now is OF
ferea sS5 an acre for, not because OF
noverty. bad crops, unable to pay for
medical attention, nurse. etc, put JUST
because Dresser is a brute, loving
money more than anything else on
earth. and also because everybody $
business was nobody's business.
Cam someone explain why deformed
person apparently enjoys the attention
they naturally attract. In matters OF
dress, they select conspicuous artlcles
This scribe has seen and noticed doA-
en- or more bunch backs with red neck
ties. When children, they seem TO de-
light in a head dress OF bright colors
or unusual shape. this of both sexes.
on the trains, in the depots, at the
hotels, instead of coming In quietly,
naturally, one would think to attract
as little attention as possible, they
are loud" in both appearance ana
conversations Again instead OF being
dependent of trying to win our nat
ural sympathy, instead of being OF a
'meelS and lowly disposition they are
the very opposite. This indictment, of
course, allows many exceptions, but is
a fair one of the public characters so
unfortunately created. While some
philosopher perhaps can solve the
nroblem. it is beyond the ken oil
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