Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-02

And to this s1000,000 worth of ma
chnery. about 100000 worth of goods
of one kind and another in the expo
sition hall and the bulk of the property
that will be seen at the state fair is
accounted for. The exhibits in the
agricultural building do not so readily
run into money, being of perishable
products but are ranked Of as great
interest.
Editor Olson, of the Iowa Posten,
the organ Of the Swedish people, which
is published in this city, says that the
Swedish special minister is not COM
ing to Des Moines, but that the infor-
nation as to why the Swedes immi-
CRATE to America is to be gathered
thru the Swedish papers publishing
notifications and invitations to the
Swedish people to write to the bureau
that is gathering the information.
Editor Olson is we'll Informed on
Swedish conditions and declares that
the conditions that drive people to
America are those that since time inn
memorial have driven all progressive
races west "They come here for the
same reason that Iowa people sell their
high priced Iowa land and go to South
Dakota and Nebraska and even Cam
ada" said Mr. Olson. They come
here because wages are higher and
the cost of living lower. Conditions
here are freer and easier. There is
little in this idea of the land there
all being held by landlords. Ihat
used to be a complaint but the land
is quite generally held by the people
who live on it and farm it. 1t used
to be that there were big landed es-
tates and a poor family was given
a. small patch of ground and all they
could raise on it in return for Whlcn
thew had to give certain number or
days' work each week to the estate.
That is not very general any more.
"In Sweden the wages are very much
lower than here in America. The living
is correspondingly higher. More than
that money is more scarce and higher
go that the difference between the two
countries is more than the difference
that appears at first glance at lne
comparison. Sweden is an old country
and consequently harder to get a start.
The Younger generations, too, object to
the military service. The labor laws
are stringent A youth of II to IA
years is allowed to work not more than
six hours a day Those over Ia can
work hours. But a person must
serve an apprenticeship and receive
certificate before he can receive full
wages. It is not any one thing that
drives people from Sweden to America
but as said before all the conditions
CankS na0n1e
to ever seek new countries where liv-
ing is easier made"
A Clay county lawyer is Of the
opinion that he lost a suit before the
supreme court because OF Its "insuf-
ferable dryness.' He has set aside with
one sweep the charge long standing
that the supreme bench of Iowa de-
lights to revel among the dry bones OF
the law and charges that they really
notice a difference between a case OF
some sensational features and the case
that consists of dry distractions.
The case is one involving the title
to some land in Clay county. the title
running back to government patents
1t is the case Of E. P. Barringer vs.
Henry F. Davies ct al. appellants
The attorneys for the appellant ask for
rehearing before the supreme court
and say: Appellants respectfully
pray the court to grant a rehearing in
this case. because of errors that we
believe the court made-doubtless. In
large measure. thru the insufferable
drynass of this character OF cases"
John Cowni-. of the state board OF
control has reports from all the state
farms in various quarters of the state
and the information from all sections
is that the crops have not suffered
from the recent heavy rains to any
great eNsept. The oats was short and
light. and consequently has not been
blown down by the storms. However
. big hail storm At Glenwood riddied