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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18

committee of the whole on bill to
amend the existing laws relating to
duties ON imports;-a ways and means
the floor. "A few excerpts from the
official report of his speech will suf-
ficiently indicate it's character. Here
they are:
1t is said by those who defend the
present and proposed tariff that, if we
will wait long enough, commodities
will be cheapened. How long shall we
be required to await this happy result
when exactions under the tariff will be
paid by the foreign producer? The
testimony disclosed i'm this report
shows that it is impossible for us to
compete with the English in building
ships. And why? Because the tariff
by increasing the duy on iron, has in
creased it's cost Now, if it has increas-
ed the cost of iron to the shipbuilder
m this country, it has also increased
its cost to every consumer in this
country.
When / can get the opportunity in
the house, if no gentleman does it be-
fore me, I shall move that the pending
Of ways and means with instructions
to report reduction upon existing
rates of duty equivalent to 20 per cent
upon the existing rates = or one-tifth
reduction. The gentleman upon the
other side of the chamber would, as
partisams, be glad to have us do moth
ing in the way of a reduction of duties
under the tariff, so whatever of odium
may attach to these excessive duties,
whatever Of excessive burdens may be
imposed upon the people, would be
chargeabls upon the republican major
ity lin congress. And i warn those
who insist SO pertinacfously upon a
retention of these high duties upon
necessary articles of consumption that
they only hasten the time when a
more radical change will be made in
our tariff laws.
Thus it appears that ALBERT B. Cum
minis has gone astray-if gone astray
he has-in William B. AlliSon's COM
pany, notably good company for any
younger republican ito he, AS "a mat
ter of fact, he has not left the old
paths. 1t is the Shaws, Cannons and
Dalzells who, as. regards this matter,
are the lnnOValofS. difu politleai hei
etics. The doctrine which they pro-
claim is a doctrine which the fathers
Of the protective tariff, Henry Clay
and the wings of his time, never
dreamed of, 1t was utterly unknown
to the men who founded the republic
can party--Abraham Lincoln and his
ootentporarie Its sinister shadow
never fell across a republican national
platform until 1888.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18

spired by the desire to destroy pro-
lection, but we should also follow Nc
Kinley step farther and admit with
him the period of exclusiveness is
past" I'VE can't go on selling forever
with buying in return" why should
MT we use schedules no longer NEEDED
for protection to secure increased mar
kets abroad?"
Suppose President Bryan had in
structed his secretary of the treasury
to resume the purchase of silver bul-
lion, what would have been the state
of the public mind?
In a North Dakota town the only
thing they can find wrong with their
mayor is that he is the leader of
gang of horse thieves.
Consul Frank w. Mahin reports that
the price of Illuminating gas in Not
tingnam, under municipal control, IS
60 cents per 1000 cubic feet to ordin-
airy consumers, with slight reduction
to large users This has been consid-
cred quite a low price, but seems eX-
tortion in comparison with the rae
given by the town of Widnes III Lam.
cashire. The price there is now 20
cents to small consumers, but Will be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
GENTLEMAN AND RowDY.
tcolfax Clipper.l


Young man be a gentleman. 1t Is
just as easy as being rowdy, and
pays a whole lot better. There is
nothing smart in being tough" The
kids you see now days who are
rowdies, who get drunk and swear and
make general all-round asses of them
selves, are the fellows who in later
years fill poor houses and jails They
are the ones who have no homes, no
friends, no money-the ones the po-
licemen tell to move on. If you play
ball, be e. gentleman. The crowd will
applaud you a whole lot when you
make good play and guy you less
when you make an error. The gentle
man has friends verywhere-the
rowdy none The rowdy and tough
come to premature old age of want
and privation: the gentleman lives
long and walks in green pastures with
friends TO help him over the rough
spots. he gentleman because there
is money in it. Be gentleman be-
cause it will pay you dividends when
about everything else is below par. Be
a gentleman and in the final windup it
will bring flowers to your bier and
eulogies to your memory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18

reduced to 80 cents on July l. Large
consumers will pay from % to 70
cents. This is claimed to be the cheap
est gas in the world The Widnes gas
works are under municipal control.
The town has only about 10000 popu-
lation, but the profit on it's gas works
last year is stated to have been S22,-
8S7.15. The price of gas is remarkably
low everywhere in Great Britain,
whether under public or private con-
troll, the general range of price being
between 40 and 70 cents.
Professor Thomas, of the University
Of Chicago, has made himself ridicu-
lous by claiming a discovery in the
theory that human life first appeared
in female form and that man was fin
ally created from woman and that for
countless ages he was not only inferior
to woman but was ruled by her. The
eminent sociologist should get mar
ried.
Cholly Nowitt-D'ye know, Miss
Miss Smart tho I've only just met you,
there seems to be sort of intellectual
sympathy between us. You know just
how to appeal to my tastes, you see.
Are you literary woman?
Dolly smart77-No; I'm kindergart-
en- teacher.
The latest hot weather innovation in
Paris is a private rainstorm. While
people in the streets are sweltering in
the hot sun, guests at the Hotel Cas-
tiglione may now gaze from Their
windows on the big open court, and
have all the cooling effects of sum-
mer rainstorm. To make the artificial
rainstorm complete the hotel manage
ment has placed in the center of the
courtyard a, gigantic umbrella, some
twenty-five feet in diameter, und er
which the guests may read or drink
without getting wet. The innovation
is decidedly cooling, and is attracting
considerable attention. The mechan-
ism consists merely of pipes placed
high above the courtyard.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
Topics Of the Times

Mr.. Rockefeller says his desire Is to
"get close to the people," Isn't he
touching us every day?
Even the unpleasant task of shovel
ing snow may become pleasant mem
DRY.
The American Economist, special
organ of the protected interests, mas
bolted Mr.. Cummins on account of the
Iowa republican platform.
The 5000 stockholders in Banker
Stensland's wrecked cooperative store
will not boost much for the mail order
house now seeking to sell shares of
stock to the public.
When C. w. Johnson blandly argues
in an open letter that Perkins had no
claim "eauita bly, to the Scott county
delegation. but that politically" 1t
belonged TO him, he is not SO foolish as
in American politics a distinction be-
tween equitable and political rights
which many an otherwise honest man
seems to see without being so lax in
political morals as even Mr.. john
son.
80 Y
We will all agree with Uncle Joe
that when the country turned to VIM.
Mckinley for relief it got it under the
Dingley bill. For this reason we don't
want to see any revision which is in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
BRYAN AND ROOT ABROAD.

In view of the possibility that year
or so will see w. j. Bryan and Secre-
tary Root running on opposing tick
cts for the presidency, the connection
created by each. in foreign lands this
month is of more than passing inter-
est. Both have stirred up discussion
of the Monroe doctrine by some origi-
nal propositions presented.
Mr.. Bryan has proposed to the In
terparliamentary Union an amendment
to The Hague convention which has
been adopted by the Union and will be
8 presented to the peace conference at
The Hague next year.
1t reads:
IF disagreement should arise
which is not included in those to be
submitted to arbitration, the contract
4 ing parties shall not resort to an act of
hostility before they separately or
Jointly invite, as the case may necessi-
tate, the formation of an international
commission of inquiry or meditation of
one or more friendly powers, this
requisition to- take place if necessary
in accordance with Article VIII of The
Hague convention providing, for
peaceful settlement of international
conflicts"
The purpose of the amendment is to
offer a chance to investigate the facts
in any dispute between nations and to
separate the question of fact from the
question Of honor. It also gives a
chance for governments and nations
to calm their passions and time for
public sentiment to exercise its con-
troll.
The idea has been very generally
endorsed by the European press and
Mr.. Bryan is a very much talked of
man in foreign countries. In our own
country, however, there is some ques-
ton as to what effect this amendment
would have upon our status in case of
a dispute involving our construction.ot
the Monroe doctrine. Some of our
ablest journals point out that we
would not want to trust to the arbi-
tration of some friendly European
nation over our rights as asserted over
the guardianship of all governments in
the western hemisphere. Others con-
tend that Mr.. Bryan's plan would not
embarrass us at all and would even
give us time in which to expand our
army and get ready. for war.
Contemporaneous with the discus
sion which Mr.. Bryan has aroused in
Europe, Secretary Root has stirred the
whole of South America to cheers
which have reverberated to European
shores by his declaration of what the
Monroe doctrine really means. As
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
An Awful Fate Decreed.

Oh, men who write things for the press,
III / could catch and chain
The proofreader around the neck
Out on some sandy plain,
And called you all with arms to come
Clubs, pistols, guns, and spears
Pray, what would you all do to him,
In spite of all his tears?
Baltimore Sun.
Forget the pistols, guns, and spears,
Dear bard, they're much too tame;
And do not let his falling tears
Cut in upon the game.
TITS best tby far If you would Kill,
ITO ,starve him half to death,
Then feed him "potted chicken" till
His body sheds it's breath.
Milwaukee Sentinel.
Nor were this last fitting death,
lMy,sfriends and fellow-dupe;
For then would Gamers take his
breath,
And make it into soup.
Go to. you amateurish lot;
You must be full of drugs,
Just drop him in the metal pot,
And watch him turn to slugs..
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
THE STRONG AND THE WEAK.
TMason CITY Times-Herald.7

In the turmoil of the busy every
day life, with the strong, pushing and
croWding the weak, in their effort to
gain the top of the ladder of success,
the infirnities of others are often for
gotten. Here in Mason City the same
is applicable, as in hundreds of other
places about the country.
Afflicted with the total loss of eye
sight is one who has been granted a
special privilege of conducting a
stand on one of the busy corners in
the. down town district. Once a
strong robust man, capable of making
a substantial living for his family he
took his place among his brothers.
Today he is barely making enough to
keep himself and family, not so much
because he has not the best corner in
the city for such a place to distribute
his wares, but because strong, aole-
bodied men engaged in other lines of
work during the day take their places
or the street corners at night with
portable stands.
This privilege perhaps may be
granted to those who seek it, but on
certain evenings when large crowds
gather in the public park to enjoy
the band concerts, certain able-bodied
men distributing their wares occupy a
position between the crowd in the park
and the stand on the corner where
the weaker brother is endeavoring to
make living. The pleasure seekers,
who perhaps at other times might be
more thoughtful and look with pity
upon the scene of affliction, the result
of an accident, forget for the moment
The weak in their desire to have the
comforts and the best accomnoda-
tons.
Even the stronger brothers, perhaps,
have not given the matter thought,
and perhaps they have no desire to
crowd out the weak in their effort to
secure additional money to their wages
for a days work. But thought or
two by the strong may be the means
of bringing sunshine and happiness in
to the soul of one whose tribulations
have been great.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
ourcArALoelHG THE cArALoG.

| Retailers who belong to associations
and who read their trade journals are
| devising some very novel methods of
| holding trade in competition with the
| mail order house, all of them based
| upon some scheme for better advertis-
ing.
In Minnesota there is manufacture
| ers' association engaged in making
various pieces of furniture which has
| prepared series of circulars modelled
after speciment pages from 81 mail or
der catalog. These ads are ';terotyped
and the cuts offered for use by any
| dealer who will have circulars printed
with his name attached or the asso-
| citation offers the circulars at cost al
ready printed to any dealer who VIII
circulate them In other words the as
ISOLATION is trying to make the dealer
do what the catalog house does, adver-
tise.
At Richiand Center Wisconsin, a
bright hardware dealer has caught on
to the secret of the catalcg houses
success and he uses his local newspa-
per to make catalog bargains look
ridiculous in comparison to the ones
he offers. He has discovered that ev-
erything offered in mail order catalos
is the "highest Of high grade" or the
most superb creation of human art,
no matter whether it be a steel range for
$15.9S or not. So he bought cheap
range, put it in his store window, OPP
ened well-known catalog to the page
containing the s15.9S offer and he Of
fered his range at s15.69, advertising
it in the local newspaper as the
"Highest of high grade" ranges
sThe most wonderful and sublime
product of the brainest brain and most
skilled artisans in the world MS
astonishingly astounding and amazing
ly low price is made possible only by
the fact that we sell direct to the con-
sumner. We have no agents. Bull IN
one of our own colossal factories. Inc
same range for which you would pay
the Cash Suckers Union $1,000 war
ranted for SO years with proper care
and no usage to be range. Ana
James pays the freight"
Mr.. James says he has never yet had
to deliver one of these bargains, altho
he had cut the price of the mail order
catalog and had offered to pay the
freight besides. He also contends, that
customers saw the PORT to his joke
and bought first class ranges at his
store.
A merchant in Marshalltown has
surprised himself by learning that ne
can sell goods by mail just by doing
nersistent advertising. He has been
shown the follow up system of the
catalog house. How a customers name
is never dropped from the list but how
advertising matter is mailed to him
constantly so that he il; solicited with
one offer after another until one fin
ally comes along which gets his money
again. Advertising is the life giving
spring to all catalog merchandising
and retailers are learning that two
can play at the same game.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
"make Hav While the Sun Shines"

There is lesson in the work Of the
thrifty farmer. He. knows that the
bright sunshine may last but a day and
he prepares for the showers which are
so liable TO follow So it should be
with every house hold. Dysentery, di-
arrhoea and cholera morbus may at
tack some members of the home with
out warning. Chan1berlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, which
is the best known medicine for these
diseases, should always be kept at
hand, as immediate treatment is nee
essary, and delay may prove fatal. For
sale by all druggists
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
lows Newspapers
DEM AND AND SUPPLY.
[Bexter New Era.1


There never was time in the his
tory of the country when the demand
for capable young men was greater
than new In this age of fierce COM
mercialism. the old man is relegated to
the rear, and the young man to the
front. Every corporation, bank, rails
road, and the like, are always on the
alert to secure the services of any
young man who can make good"
And, as they make good they are
advanced to larger and better paying
places, and as they demonstrate their
fitness for leadership. to command sub
ordinates, to formulate new ideas, and
carry them out successfully, and
which will increase the earnings
OF the money invested. their fortune is
in sight There are more and better
opportunities for the young man 10
wrestle with than ever before. The
young man who says that this is not
true has, poor stuff in his makeup and
he will necessarily be commanded all
his life instead of commanding. The
mule of commerce will not move UNI
less he is pushed. The engine will not
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
SCREENS AND SALOONS

[Des Moines Register and Leader.]
The New, York supreme court has
decided that the section of the social
ed bishops law, requiring screens to
be removed from saloon windows on
days when the sale Of liquor is illegal,
is valid. The court holds that saloon
license is privilege, not contract,
and that there is no inherent right to
SELL liquor, which Is wholly state
regulation.
1t is anticipated that this decision
will m lake it possible to stop the sale
of liquors on Sundays and holidays.
The enforcement of the law has been
practically impossible, with windows
and doors SO effectively screened that
glimpse of the interior could not be
had. The saloon men realized that q
removal of the screens would seriously
injure their business and made siren
uous effort to prove the Bishops law
uncon stitutional on the old, old ground
that IT. violated the Fourteenth amend
ment, which guarantees equal privi-
leges and immunities to all citizens.
The courts have repeatedly held,
however, that this amendment is to be
construed in the light in which it was
adopted-to secure the same rights to
the negro as to the white-and not for
every Tom, Dick and Harry who vio-
lates the law 30 claim immunity under.
Having taken this step toward sa
loon regulation, the attention of the
New Jersey authorities is respectfully
called to the Iowa law, which dispenses
with screens altogether. If screens are
to be dispensed with on Sundays ana
holidays, why not on week days as
we'll? There is no constitutional rea-
son why they should not be relegated
to oblivion, and it is Iowa's experience
that they are material factors in the
sale of liquors.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
TERMS:
Get 70 Work,

Get to Work.
Il the skies look dull to yous
Get to work:
If the atmosphere IL blue.
Get to work.
Fostering your discomfort
Will not pay the landlords rent
Will not gain for you a cent;
Get to work.
Brooding doesn't help your cause.
Get to work:
Nothing gained by picking flaws,
Get to work.
Weak are trampled by the strong?
You victim OF mans wrong?
stand the storm: 1t won't be long,
Get to work.
II success shall come you must
Get to work.
There's no other way but just
Get to work.
It may yield not wealth nor fame:
Much or little. just the same,
Il you perish you'll die game
Get to work.
-Nebrnska State Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
Summer Dirarhoea in Children.

During the hot weather of the sum-
mer months the first unnatural loose
ness of a child's bowels should have
immediate attention, so as to check
the disease before it becomes serious.
All that is necessary is a few doses of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and Dr.
arrhoea Remedy, followed by dose of
castor oil to cleanse the system Rev.
M. O. Stockland pastor of the First M.
q. church, Little Falls, Mimi, writes:
eve have used Chamberlain's Coils,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for
several years and find it very valu-
able Remedy, especially for summer
disorders in children. Sold by all
druggists.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
1MpRoylsp MILk1NG MACHINE.


We have just succeeded in getting a
patent on an improvement on a milk
ing machine. 1t is an electric motor
fastened ON the rump of a COW, the
electricity being generated by small!
dynamo attached to the tail. She
switches her tail, dynamo starts,
strains the milk, hangs up the pail and
strainer. A small photograph accom-
panies the outfit which yells so" every
time she moves. If she lifts her foot
to kick a little dingus slips over the
condivas and the photograph says
dammit" and if she continues to kick
hinged arm catches the milk stool
and lams her on the back until 1t
loosens patch of hair as big as a
dustpan. A patent churh goes with the
outfit that works the butter in one dish
and the hair in another
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18

perform its duty unless it is we'll
steamed, ana no young man can ex-
pect to get along and make name for
himself unless he leads a clean lfe'
keeps plenty of good steam in his boil
er, courteous and painstaking, and
will to furnish his employer the best
that is in him. No young man, no
matter wha. his capabilities may be,
can hope to succeed unless he eschews
the deadly cigaret, the wine when 1t is
red late hours in the brothel, and who
does not be at his work promptly at
the hour his time schedule calls for.
The sands of time are covered with the
shattered wrecks of once promising
young men simply because they failed
when seeing. good thing" to grasp
it. Up and doing all the time wins out.
waiting for something TO turn up
loses out every time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
Back to First Principles.
IHartford .Courant

How many of our readers know that
Gov. Cummins in advocating ration
al readjustment of tho tariff sched-
ules, has merely done what William
3. Allison did long before him? That
is the fact-a rather interesting fact
too. The stern disfavors with which
the Shaws, Cannons and Dalzells re-
gard Cummins isn't any Steiner than
that with which their forerunners =
pig Iron" Kelly and the rest-regard-
ed William b. Allison thirty-six years
ago.
March a. 1870. the house was in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-08-18
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

because Mr. Hubbard refuses to re-
tire from congress to crafty Mr.. Per-
kins' longing for company, all the la
bors and sacrifices of the campaign are
forgotten" is the way the Register and
Leader puts it.
sit depends on the voters of Iowa, y
says the Sioux City Tribune, whether
this retirement of Mr.. Blythe is to be
temporary or permanent. There is
many a scar on the person of Mr.
Blythe and they have all healed quick
ly. He will soon forget 1906. if 1905
brings him restoration"
The Boone Democrat says: there is
at least one thing to the credit of Rus
sell Sage. He did not spend his mill
ions as do the Pittsburg millionaires
in debauching womanhood."
"There is only one really independ-
ent daily newspap per, in Sioux City now.
the Sioux City Journal" insists the
Manson Democrat.
Don't teach your children that it is
shame to wear worn and patched
clothes if you are not able to afford
better, but that it is no honor in wear
ing new ones that are not paid for, -
advises the Auburn Record.
with both party platforms declar-
ing for compulsory primaries for the
direct nomination of all officers. those
Of US who have not believed such pri-
maries advisable will probably 'be
obliged to take to the woods" admits
the Brooklyn Chronicle. If the next
legislature passes the law which is so
generally demanded, and does not for
bid candidates from advertising them