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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-12
Telling His Toes.
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''This little pig went to market, this
little pig stayed at home
Telling the toes Of the barefoot babe
thus in the twilight gloam.
..This little pig had piece of roast
beef, this little pig got nome
Thus till the ten little tees have felt
Z the witch and the tweak and fun.
The baby bundle of chuclSles, with
difnples brimmed over with glee-
Telling the toes of the baby as he sits
in the dusk on. my knee!
This little pig hollered wee, wee. wee,
can't find the way Home
Telling the toes Of the barefoot babe
thus in the twilight igloam;
t.huckle and cheep and laughter, sing
ing the nurs'ry lay,
When the dark comes down in its in
finite grace to the golden edge of
the day;
(.fgEIe and grin and gurgle, and all In
the strange, sweet tongue
l)f the baby land, where the under
stand, tho ever and ever SO young!
Telling the toes of the playwright out
of the roaring road.
Where the Bonded back swings over the
track, the trail of the lifted load.
Telling the toes of the baby, with his
bare feet kicking my face
Lord, who se!,deth the twilight rest, is
It fall from grace
To step from the streets Of the city, to
followSthe sweet lane home,
Telling the toes of the baby as he sits
on my knee in the gloam!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-12

Mr.. CLEMENS WRITES.
or Times -RepubIican:

ILultOI i IlItrS -INepupllCdu.
| have noticed several comnunica-
lions in your excellent paper pertaining
to the consolidation of rural schools
and the wages paid teachers and the
scarcity of country schoolma'ams. etc.
/ have given the subject of consolidate
Ing our rural school districts into a
township high school where all the pu-
pills of the township had to attend or
send them to small towns like Albion,
State Center or Gilman in Marshall
county, like Beaman, Conrad, or Wells
burg In Grundy county. a great deal
of thought and consideration. / am
finmly OF the belief that our present
system of district schools is the best
for all concerned.
Because they serve to better pur-
pose the attendance of small pupils and
all other pupils that generally attend a
country school until they are old
enough, and far advanced in their
studies SO as to commence work in the
town or city schools. When a boy or
girl has progressed this far in his
school work, they are generally able to
walk or drive to the nearby town
school without the assistance Of the
expensive good natured man that gem
orally drives the school wagon.
Right here, Mr.. Editor is where
want to call your attention to the
enormous extra expense connected with
running a township high school. How
would you like to drive a school wag-
on? How would you like to ride in a
school wagon? sa
Well, sir, when the weather is fine
and the roads just splendid, it is not
very disagreeable for all concerned, but
when it is very cold and the roads
rough or banked full of snow, there is
in it pleasant to think about
I would rather run a mail route than
school route.
The man that drives a school route
has to be up and doing at o'clock in
the morning, rain or shine, good wealth
err or bad he has duty to perform and
he has to be we'll paid or he will quit
his job. We have tried the system of
right here at Beaman and
the ones most enthusiastic, at first in
ts praise and support, soon got tired
If their job.
During the summer and fall Of the
school year Of 1905, Professor Stahl of
he Beaman high school, thought he
would have the experiment tried. Ac-
,ordingly district No. 5, directly north,
and district No. Z, directly east of Bea-
nan, arranged to turn over their school
funds to the Beaman district and send
Dr. haul all Of their school children to
he Beaman schools. Mr.. Stahl was
20 earnest in this matter that he agreed
10 run the route wagon for No. for $35
ser month, the proceeds to he his when
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-12

earned, just the same as his regular
salary as teacher. AS a matter of
course the professor had to furnish
the team and wagon and feed for his
horses and make the route on exact
time. 1t is needless to say that the
professor tired of his job before the
ran shy of funds TO complete the job
undertaken. At the present time both
of these districts are back ON the old
plan that has made Iowa famous with
her little red school house on the HILL"
No 8 has built new modern house.
with concrete foundation and furnace
in the cellar. The present system is
as good as any we have ever known.
There is one thing that makes us
tired as we'll as Inundated and that is
the want or lack of scholars in our
rural schools But consolidating will
not remedy this matter in a financial
way. Can we expect higher wages
than we are now paying when the at
tendance is so small? Why, Mr.. Edi-
tor, right here in central Iowa are
hundreds of schools that are now in
session that the average daily attend
ance does not exceed from five to fif
teen scholars. What does this mean?
Why it means just this, that we are
now already paying from So UP to $3.50
per month tuition for each and every
pupil attending rural schools. This
same rate would bankrupt the average
city district. II you think we are ly-
ing in this matter just examine the
school reports Of Vienna township in
your own county, or any township in
Grundy county. We think John r.
Riggs, our present state superintend-
ent of schools is meddling where he
has no business. State examiners"
is high sounding expression. Is this
what we want? Is this what we need
here in our country schools? We have
a4county superintendent in every coun-
ty in Iowa who is far more competent
to examine the papers written by APP
plicants for teachers certificates than
the board of state examiners.
The question naturally comes up:
are our present county superintendent
mere figure -heads subject to the will
Of Superintendent Riggs and HIS state
BOARD of examiners? We think this
new law is an insult to the intelligence
Of our county superintendents Mr..
Riggs has surely shown his fine Ital-
ian hand with our legislators in a
way that is not going to stand. What
does this board know of the moral
the home surroundings and
the aptness to teach. and the real ac-
luaintance of the applicant, things
surely of the greatest Importance We
would be pleased to hear from others
On this all important question.
Teachers, please speak your mind.
JOHN CLEMENS,
Beanan, Iowa.
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VERY HIGH FINANCE.

lSlOux lily JOurHalJ
A very neat little quirk of high
finance has been uncovered by the
cost of manufacturing gas in New
York City.
The legal rate for gas in the me-
tropolis is so cents a thousand cubic
feet. and the Consolidated Gas Com
pany claims any reduction in price
would make the productions unprof1t-
able. In defending its rate the COM
pany filed a schedule assuming to give
the cost of production, the various
items aggregating 74.81 cents a thous-
and. Scrutinizing the times the in
vestigating committee found the gas
company had a contract with the
Standard OIL Company to supply 1885,
100000 gallons of oil at 4.5S cents a
gallon. To the retail consumer that
may seem cheap, but, pursuing it's
research, the committee found that
other large consumers of similar guam
titles We're getting oil from the STAN
dard at a rate 1 cent lower per gall
Ion. The extra cent per gallon added
cents to the cost of production of
each thousand feetjof gas.
The committee puzzled over the
question why the gas company should
pay the oil company more than the
market rate for Its product. The gas
people explained that they could get
oil in such large quantities from no
other concern, and that they paid the
rate asked because they had to do so or
go without oil. But the committee
worked out another solution. 1t de-
veloped that the ownership of Consol-
dated Gas and Standard Oil is prac-
tically identical. That is to say, the
Rockefeller group of capitalists con-
trolls both properties. Hence to all
intents and purposes that extra cent
per gallon was simply taken out of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-12
HIGH SCHOOL "FRATs."
burlington Hawkeyel

l1SdAAlJS lOu WhCyCl
Marshalltown's school board has dis
covered that there are cliques and Sc
cret societies in her high schools, and
the board has resolved to put down its
foot and put a stop to the whole
business. Evidently, it will have to be
this or the high schools of Iowa will
go backward. The common school sys-
tenn of the United States is the great
est in the world, because it is demo-
cratic in the very best sense Of the
word. 1t makes Americans, and good
Americans, of the children of all the
people, no matter where they come
from. But the high school, which
ought to be the best portion Of the
public school system, is deteriorating.
1t is getting away from its democratic
ideal. There are all sorts of idiotic
limitations OF college societies in the
high schools of the land, and in con-
sequence the high school becomes, I'M
pleasant to the children who are not
admitted to these societies. We should
be working forward to the time when
every boy and every girl In Iowa
would get high school education
Between compulsory education. inn
proved methods and the child labor
laws this ought to be possible. But
the fraternal societies are working in
direct opposition to this ideal. If the
young people in the colleges and the
universities, who ought to know bet
ter. waste their time and their parents
money upon such organizations. that
is their own business, but these So
cieties ought to be kept out Of the high
schools. In fact they ought never to
have been permitted to take root there.
In all likelihood some fool professor
planted one somewhere, and then they
grew and spread like the Canada
thistle and now the authorities are
having the time Of their lives getting
rid of the evil.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-12
sslLAmY sToRER,s EXPERIENCE.

Bellamy St0rer has had an expert
eiice with the buzz saw. Like several
Others who have attempted to use the
personal influence of the president,
X and to quote him after their own fash
ion and for their own purposes, Mr..
Scorer has found himself UP against a
h main accusation of misst atement. if
not falsehood His remark concerning
his future connection with the "Ana-
Mas club" is fair statement OF what
ii comes to. Storer is put at a great
disadvantage, from the fact that the
II most of the people will believe Roose-
welt. right or wrong.
Mr.. storer seems to have been the
victim Of Iii, own month and that Of
I h,s wife They were converted catho-
/. 1ics and with the zeal ne new converts
Il shnttad into Ron,a,,,st nol;tios with
|. vengeance. Archbishop Ireland was
\ their friend and q candidate for the
red hat OF cardinal. The president
was a friend Of the archbishop, and it
NAV be supposed would have been "dee-
,,.hted. to have seen him selected for
Tie high honor. What was said be-
Il tween the Storers and the president is
H question of veracity between the par
ties to the controversy, storer saws he
Il did and Roosevelt says he didn't. The
mistake the storers made was to mix
the president Of the United States in
TO a campaign to make an American
archbishop a cardinal. Such action was
certain to create infinite embarrass-
5sment at home. when the president ,,
Of this country takes to naming cardi-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-12
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

Not long ago Mr. Armour of packing
house fame, had series of articles in
| the Saturday Evening Post, in which
the public was given 1.-THE other side"
of the present big controversy between
the people and the corporations. Pre-
sumably written by himself, possibly
by an attorney or professional writer,
| they gave in a decidedly we'll put ad-
dress the packers point of view and
probably had some of the desired eff
| feet, l. e., to affect favorably public
| opinion.
| And only last week Mr.. Hartman,
"the man that controls more miles OF
railroads than any living man." al
lowed himself to be interviewed by a
Record Herald correspondent, in the
great nlagnate's private car, speeding
eastward from Chicago. This inter-
view natural as life, was undoubtedly
prepared to order, every word scanned,
every sentence weighed, in short, Mr..
Hartman breaking over his rule to talk
for publication, addressed the jury, the
great American jury of seventy mill
lions, making an ingenius plea for fair
play.
In this screed no notice will be made
of the merits of these magazines or
newspaper articles but to mention again
in this column, this encouraging sign
of the times. In some way, somehow
corporate capital has at last began to
feel public opinion. One Van
derbilt did and safely could remark
'the public be damned His success
sors dare not use such language. The
day has gone by when said public will
be damned to it's face.
Roosevelt's message to congress as
usual, is full of meat" He probably
did not realize what a storm Of criti-
cism his reference to the Japanese
school children of California would
bring forth Neither did he contem-
plate what an issue his discharge from
the regular army of the negro military
companies would raise. But the color
question, the rights of the black man,
and teh rights of the yellow man, and
the rights of the white man, are the
subjects of many. editorials these days.
Many impassioned speeches on these
subjects will be made in congress.
Many stump orators will make the
speech of their lives on this color ques-
ton. For really that's all there is to
it. Skin color, just the outside cover
ing Of several million human bodies is
what causes all of this commotion. Not
true? lima CINE a miracle that made
negro troops white men six months
ago. Another that the good Lord Gre
ated, change from yellow to white all
Japanese children in California five
years ago.
And the writer's opinion is that all
of this agitation will no more change
real sentiment than did Lincoln's
emancipation proclamation change the
real status of the colored man in the
south. Perhaps it would not be an
exaggeration to say Lincoln changed
owners. whereas before the war the
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past Neither pope nor bishop, pre-
late nor preacher, can rule in state af-
fairs. Progress has definitely settled
this. To hold to the idea of tenn
poral dominion is to stand in the path
Of cyclone. To bring a creed into
politics is dangerous to the creed.
The French law is severe. 1t carries
provisions that even to citizens of a
country founded on the principle of
separation seem unnecessarily harsh.
However, an order from the head of
the church counselling resistance to
to be strange way to seek ameliora-
ton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-12

in the two states have increased from
fifty-seven to ninety-two, and their
membership from 1921 to $4,000, the
salaried officers from 40 to 17S. and the
property of the associations from s4O6.-
4O5 to $3,S4s,492, while the annual ex-
penditure of the executive committee
has grown. from $4,000 to $4,000.
First Doctor-,Is this operation abso-
lutely necessary?
Second Doctor-It is. The only pos
sible chance we have of collecting our
bill is from his life insurance!-Life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-12-12
PREACHING IN SALOONS.
rCedar RAPIDS Republican,

Commenting on the preaching OF
the gospel in Des Moines saloons on
which this paper recently made sorRe
adverse comments. the Ottumwa Couf-
Ter says:
a'Mr. Asher has demonstrated some
thing in Des Moines that IS contrary
to what people have been led to be-
lieye. There are those who never get
thru telling of what a heartless man
the saloon keeper is and that he will
leave no stone unturned to put down
the church and the gospel. Mr.. Asher
has shown the people Of Des Moines
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colored man was the slave of the white
man and well governed. and now he is
slave to his own passions. and an
inability to take u place in the world.
as well as fearfully lacking in self
government. But the point sought to
be brought out is this: Neither Roose-
welt nor Lincoln, neither state nor ma
ton can change racial dislike. Nor
can we by force or legislation give the
black man or the yellow man any
rights" the white men of the United
States are indisposed to grant We
are told that England and France are
inclined to love the black man. to treat
him as friend and BROTHER. But do
they give places of honor and power
to the colored man? There was Vic
tor Hugo. black blood in his veins, so
some claim. There was ii Dumas, more
black blood. There was Stephen
Douglas, there is a Booker 7. Wash
ington Great men: yes, honored by
their fellow citizens; yet--but what
does it prove? Are the white and
black men of England and France So.
cial equals today? Ne more so than
in the United States.
Just why the Creator arranged mat
tiers this way is hard to understand.
AS the color OF the skin changes to-
wards our own. so does our prejudices
disappear in direct ratio. This. speak
ing in general way. The offspring
OF the squaw-man of Indian Territory
is gaining some. Four or more genet
atoms of intermarriages between these
half-breeds and the whites take them
up the ladder more rounds. An oc-
teroon In New Orleans or France is
almost as good as a white man. Breed
out the black, breed in the white and
soon We'll be happy family, with no
colored soldiers. no japanese school
children to bother us. Meanwhile
Roosevelt has tackled worse job than
Snnlliflfr reform
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Iowa Newspapers
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The Knoxville Express heads its
obituaries "Life,s Battle Over" But
life is not much of battle. If fell
low has a good digestion and can get
three square meals day and If he
likes good books and fine art and en-
joys a show and a good lecture now
and then and IL he enjoys taking little
trip every once in while and If he
can raise the dough to make 1t, why,
life Is not a battle at all. 1t is pref
ty nice old world and battles indicate
bloodshed and suffering and trouble
and sorrow. OF course there are lots
of sad things in this world, but it is
not worth while calling it battle.
Neither is there such a thing as the
Grim Reaper" The Express calls
death the Grim Reaper" Go to Sun
day school old Casey and learn 20!
death, where is thy sting? o! grave.
where is thy yictory?"
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sion Will be pleased to note that the
japanese school problem is one of the
lew Things that do not appear to come
under its jurisdiction" suggests the
Sioux City Journal.
The Cedar Rapids Republican has no
doubt that the president makes many
mistakes, mistakes which are much to
be regretted" but points out that the
American people like him in spite of
the mistakes. He at least is doing
many good things. He is pushing
ahead. He is making reforms before
him talked of, practical achievements
He is being judged not by his mis-
takes. but by the vigorous manner In
which he has championed the highest
welfare of the whole people"
The keokuk Gate City fears that
California appears to be in danger
of making the mistake OF imagining
that 1t is bigger than the United
States. Such an error, If committed
and persisted In, is likely to be fraught
with grave consequences-to Callfor-
MA" predicts the Gate City.
The Council Bluffs Nonpareil saws.
THE tendency towards independent
thought. independent voting and in
dependent action in relation to all
kind and manner of public affairs.
has been increasing in public favor,
and is more and more coming to be
recognized as an evidence Of modern
day advancement towards that near
as-possible perfect condition which
all true American citizens are striving
to attain"
"One OF the greatest factors OF a
chautauqua is the meeting of old
friends and neighbors, the renewal of
old friendships. the latest news of
Cousin Bill and his wife from way
out west" observes the Denison Re-
view.
ANY Iowan with plan for pri-
mary bill that will work will now
please step forward and explain it, or
forever afterward hold his peace" sug-
gests the Davenport Times "a little
advance information, not subsequent
criticism, is what the members of the
now want
Give us back the annual elections.
ssys the Lansing Mirror THAT is
easier said than done" rejoins the De-
corah Republican. Two general as
semblies must affirm 1t, and a major
ity OF electors confirm it. 1t will take
years to reach that unity of opinion"
The Fort Dodge Messenger says that
war between the United States and
Japan and the defeat of Senator Doll
liver are equally probable and will oc-
cur about the same time.
Noting that Ida NJ Tarbell is writ
ingAa series Of articles the. tariff, the
Dess iMoines Capital hopes "As soon
as she has concluded the Delineator
and the Ladies Home Journal will take
up the subject The Capital opines
that "The atmosphere will then Of
course. be thoroughly clarified"
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Topics Of the Times

Not the days alone keep growing
shorter as Christmas approaches.
Question:: Is the average congress-
man worth more than he is getting?
Invariably sneers at reform. Where
does he stand in the circle Of his ac-
quaintances, and what estimate does
his business associates put upon his
character? Sneers at all reform are
the grafter's stock argument. Size him
up. Settle 1t for yourself.
80
Secretary Bonaparte would buy ar
NOR plate for the government abroad.
He evidently thinks he is getting skin
ned at home. If railroads were under
government ownership would Secretary
Bonaparte desire to take advantage Of
the 81 cut and buy American steel rails
abroad?
Whether or not the constitution fol-
lows the flag, the amender is always
on the trail of the constitution.
The Pennsylvania miners custom Of
attending the funerals of all men killed
in mine disasters cost them more than
$1,oo0,000 in wages last year.
A Philadelphia clergyman, made des-
perate by the Swickedness of the pur-
chaseable vote in that city, suggests
as a last resort that Philadelphia can
be saved only by bringing venal voters
into the Christian fold. Hence he urges
the evangelization of the men who sell
their votes, in order that political de-
may no longer triumph over
Christian righteousness. Perhaps it is
we'll enough to evangelize the vote sell
er, but more strict attention to the
business of honest voting by those al
ready evangelical would amount to the
same thing.
"sir-I-I-want to marry your
daughter"
rs that all you were hesitating
about. Why; thought you wanted me
to lend you some money" Baltimore
American.
Joseph Medill Patterson, accompan-
led by his wife and two children, has
left Chicago for Madison, Wis, to take
a course in agriculture at the Uni
versity of wisconsin, devoting most of
which enables student to engage in
practical farming after tire months
study. Mr.. Patterson will apply his
agricultural knowledge to the manage
ment of large estate which he pur-
chased last spring near Lake Forest.
He has severed his connection with the
socialist paper of which he was editor
in the campaign.
Living in Washington, in his ninety
fifth year, is Gen. Daniel HI. Rucker,
father-in-law of "Phil' Sheridan and
boyhood chum of Sherman. He was
born in Belleville, N. j., and at an
early age enlisted in the army and
served on the frontier, being a grea.
friend of Exit" Carson. He took part
in the Mexican war, as well as the civil
war.
what are you reading that causes
you to smile SO delightfully."-"
Il beg your pardon?"
Il ask you what you are reading?
Something new in f1ction?"
Fiction? Just a trace"
ANY poetry?"
We'll, that's more like it."
mot philosophy"
Plenty of it."
ooh, come, what are you reading?"
'"The report of the secretary of ag- |
iculture. Don't bother me."-Cleve-
and Plain Dealer. 4
Robert NJ. Armstrong, for twenty
ears state secretary of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Massa-
husetts and Rhode Island, has re-
igned. In that period the associations |