Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-22
/ Topics Of the Times


| Had there been any apprehension
that the east coast of South America
would tip up when Mr.. Root stepped
ashore at Rio Janiero, VIE might have
| sent smaller man.
| y IT, as feared the boil weevil moves
| into Mississippi. that state can even
up with Texas by sending Yardaman
| west.
Nine dollars a day is the figure
| which the union bricklayers of San
| Francisco demand for their services.
| They seem to be charging "all ne
traffic will bear"
| "A Muscatine rural mail carrier now
| makes his trip in buck board au-
| tomobile The newspaper account
| does not state the source Of his large
| income.
The Washington Post prints an al
| legged conversation between Speaker
Cannon and the president in which
each assured the other in CASTOR
| Alphonse fashion that the other would
| be next president of the U. S. There is
| little doubt that Mr.. Roosevelt could
have the nomination for the asking
! but Mr. Cannon has long and
troubled road between him and the
presidential nomination. not to speak
of the presidency. Mr.. Cannon's boom
| is as yet mostly made to order. There
has been no popular call for him.
The police at st. Petersburg claim
that a light haired girl threw bomb,
and are arresting all the blondes in
the neighborhood where the explosion
took place. But what. has her hair to
do with it? Who ever saw girl make
anything but bum" throw.
The Boone Republican, progressive,
says that for downright asininity Mr..
c. w. Johnston's recent letter is with
out parallel. The Republican seems to
have overlooked the republican papers
that gave the communication a glad
welcome.
The Cedar Rapids Republican is
writing of "Hypocritical Support of
Roosevelt" The heading would indi-
cate confession but the article is dis
appointing in this respect.
Painfully conscious that the coal
barons have the country within their
grasp, 1t will be cheering news to
learn that substitute for coal has
been invented. Daniel Drawbaugh,
with the aid of DR.. p. E. Gamble, has
invented new fuel composed of
chemicals and a fibrous matter that
weighs only half as much as coal,
which burns freely, does not clinker
lasts longer. 1t is said that the new
fuel will probably cost about one-half
as much as coal, 1t is now being man
ufactured at Bowmansdale, near
Carlisle, Pa, under secret process
Daniel Drawbaugh is the man who for
many years contended with Alexander
Bell over the patent right of the tele-
phone. The patent suits We're finally
won by Bell on technically, but
Drawbaugh has been making other in
ventions, many of them of large value,
at his home at Everly's Mills.
William E. Curtis, writing from
London to the Chicago Record Her
aid, gives some surprising statistics in
reference to the number and cost of
the support of paupers in England. He
says there are 7S2,422 paupers sup
ported by the English government, or
ratio of 22.9 paupers to every 1000
inhabitants. OF these 247,256 are in
public institutions, almshouses, ETC..
while 535.166 are receiving outdoor re-
lief from agencies maintained in the
various cities and villages for the dis
tribution of assistance. This is an
awful showing were it not that it can
be offset by a darker picture in former
years, when the ratio in 1869 reached
as high as 44.2 to a 1000. Since that
time pauperism has gradually declined.
Just how to lift this great mass Of
mendicants upon self-respecting, self
supporting basis is a tremendous prob
lem. 1t is hoped that this country will
never be brought face to face with
such a proposition.
The bureau Of labor has issued sta
tistics for 1905, and estimates that the
laboring man is better off as to wages
and hours of labor. In 1905 the pur-
chasing power of wages was l per cent
higher than in 1904 and the retail
prices Of food were slightly higher.
This advantage was more than offset,
however, by the increase in the pur-
chasing power of his wages. The av-
erage wages per hour in 1905 were 1879
per cent higher than the average pc
Rod from 1895 to 1899, and the number
of employees were SO per cent greater.
The total amount of the pay rolls was
52.3 per cent higher in 1905 than the
preceding ten-year average. At the
same time the purchasing power of
average wages in 1905 was greater
than in any other year.
Madame" politely began the man
behind, your hat obstructs my view
of the stage. I wish you would re-
move"
"Om she snapped. st guess you're