Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-06
Topics Of the Times

Governor Nandanian's pledge to sup
of Mssissippi's lawlessness, has not
been kept. 1t is idle to argue against
lynching and in the same breath con-
vey the idea that no negro should be
permitted to live except as slave.
Nardaman is a wind bag.
There are exceptions to the rule that
no man is stronger than his stomach"
Mr. Depew is too strong for most
stonachs.
We have been so busy admiring "self
made" men that we haven't taken time
to notice what a botch some of them
made of it,
\ Sullivan county, Kansas. dead man
sang at his own funeral recently. A
monograph was placed In his coffin.
When the religious ceremony was over
the photograph was turned on and the
voice rendering one of his favorite
hymns.
An excellent platform for 1906 is to
stay on the waterwagon yourself and
help get the corporations off IT.
Mi Walter Welman is to attempt
the pole in an arship. A hot air
ship?
. q
There is nothing" the Cinder re-
marked. as the smoke
Past train windows flew merrily by,
Like watching for chances like this
is to keep
Ones self in the great public eye"
Baltimore American.
Here is little story of the uncon-
scious humor of children. A little boy
seriously asked: Mamma, who made
the lions and elephants?" God, my
dear" she answered and did He make
the flies too? asked the little fellow.
Yes, my DEAR" remarked his mother.
The little chap paused awhile, as If to
ponder the matter over, then said:
"Fiddlin' work making flies"
What will be your chief aim row
viewer.
ITO stay there" answered the lacon-
ic young statesman.-Washi ngton Star.
The Valley junction Express resents
the New York Herald's headline calls
Dollver Bill Subterfuge" Admitting
that the Herald is an adept at hurting
epithets, the Express declares when 1T
comes to calling Iowa's junior senator
Bill Subterfuge, that is going too far.
1t might at least have said William.
John Bull is still the star customer
for Uncle Sans products In the fiscal
year 1905 Great Britain purchased
from the United States foodstuffs.
and raw material for
cturers to the extent of $523.
100000 If the British markets were
Irers, the volume of our exports in the
ast twelve months would fall below
200, GEO. instead of aggregating
s1,51S. 100000 For every dollar that
Americans spend on imports from
Great Britain the British spend three
IN imports from the United States.
The balance of trade, therefore, is
heavily in Uncle Sans favor. and is
likely to continue so, altho there will |
always be a demand in this |
lres. Not only does Uncle Sam find a
profitable market in the United King |
iom for his various wares, but he also |
loes a fine business in the British COL
,nies. These colonies last year con-
ributed about $220000,000 toward in
surfing the prosperity of the United |
States: To sum up, John Bull and his I
dependencies buy about one-half of |
he exports from this country. 1t is
IN object lesson that should set us
ooking for other markets for our sur
,lus.
The half yearly statement just is
ued from the United States treasury,
makes prophecies of a serious deficit
idiculous. December brought sur
Illus of s4.9SS,463, and the net deficit,
which on August 81 was $1S,5S9,230,
las been reduced to $7.673.340. Secre-
airy Shaw has estimated the deficit for
9G5-'C6 at $S,000,000. But December's
Xcelent showing suggests the possible
ay of an even smaller adverse balance
treasury conditions have steadily i'm
roved during the last half year The
eficits of July and and August We're
mailer this year than in 1904, and the
of September and December
rere larger October's deficit this year
as little bigger than Octobers de-
cit in 1904, but November offset this
light loss by bettering last years rec
I'd, the gain in that month alone be-
lg over $6,000.000. December's sur
lus is $1.500,000 larger than the sur
lus for the same month in 1904. A
ear ago the treasury faced q deficit of
%. 37S,S9 Now the adverse balance
only $7,673,340, a reduction of 65 per
emit
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