Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-24
OUTSIDE POINT OF VIEW

About as aggravating a thing that
comes to us ALL is when we are asked
for advice (and give it; it's free, you
know is to find out that the recipient
totally disregards it. We are so sure
that the path we point out is the only
safe route, that when the would-be adj
vised one takes the other road and
comes to grief, the satisfaction is
doubled of saying Il told you So An
other irritating thing in this same line
is when you are called upon for infor-
nation, and impart it, is for the ques-
toner to deliberately in your presence,
to turn to someone else and ask them
the same question. Such a transgres-
sion Of common politeness implies that
you are ignorant or mistaken, a fool
or a liar. Even so simple q thing as for
some one to ask you what time it is,
is almost invariably followed by turn
ing to someone else present with the
question, what time is it by your
watch?
"Robbing Peter to pay .Paur' is an
old financial transaction. when
rogues fall out, honest men get their
dues" is also ancient. But surely a
modern illustration comes to us these
days, when we find Hearst fighting
Tamnany. For unless Hearst is a much
maligned man, and Tammany a more
maligned society, there are no depths
of political ehicancery to which either
will not descend New York state and
New York city these days are fur
nishing some curious pen portraits. AS
ho eli NV
limelight of publicity. Lawson the
principal actor in many previous dis
reputable financial deals now the eX-
poser of insurance frauds. Depew, the
genial senator and after dinner speaker,
for all national functions, turning out
to be just an ordinary every day graft
er The three presidents of the three
biggest financial institutions of the
world, proven by their own admissions
to be dishonest men. Odell, the repub-
lican boss and Murphy, the democratic
boss, of New York, both being turned
out because of loose, not to say dis
reputable political procedure. And
perhaps no greater surprise to the pub
lie mind is the development of the
character of jerome. Naturally by
birth, environment ana association, lie
belongs with "the machine Instead, |
he is the foremost character of rugged
honesty, the most prominent represen-
tatve of public integrity that occupies
the public stage of New York City to- |
day.
Save the pennies and the dollars will
take care of themselves, said our
OIL n fat Md thaU did the. |
pennies. But they did not accumulate
so many dollars after all. We of this
age and date can not even save the
pennies. Fully one third of the wage-
money goes in nickels. 1t [
goes to the trolley line, and grandpa |
walked. and grandma washed and IRON I
ed his .bfled shirt" and collars. 1t goes
for the glass of beer, and our fore
fathers had a barrel of efder in the eel
lar. and a gallon of Medford rum in |
the pantry. Every well regulated fam
ilv now spends ) cents d day for the
telephone. while fifty years ago all
were economical in fhe matter |
of postage stamps 1t is now an every
dav transaction for the laborng man to
buy one or two daily papers Fifty |
years ago in q New England town of
5000 inhabitants only Twelve diilty pa |
pers were taken by regular subscribers.
and it was an impossibiiity to buy !
one in that town becouse none We're for |
sale. Anybody now buys nickel cigar. |
md many find 10-cent cigars none too !
good for their educated taste. Wheeling |
stogies. six for cents in these days. |
were nothing uncommon in rich |
mans mouth. Even pennies put in the
box was general prac-
ice. Now we have the good authority /
If prominent Iowa editor by the way
not even a church member that no
man should put less than Is cents in
he hat when the deacons call. And SO