Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-01-29

to be recognized among democrats as
of presidential size.
Shontz may retire and Wallace may
retire, and men may come and men
may go, but Roosevelt will build the
canal. When his term expires, why
not make Theodore Roosevelt chief of
the canal commission?
With only a So per cent peanut crop
estimated for the past years yield, 1t
is fortunate that biennial elections
make no politics in Iowa necessary for
next year.
The Texas legislature need not in
vestigate Senator Bailey now that a
recollection has been given him A leg
islature which will re-eleet man in
need of investigation is not competent
to investigate.
The Railway Gazette informs us that
over two billions of increase has been
made in railroad securities in the
ltlll6u STATES uutitiS ei'o IeASS y Nsst .
and one newspaper asks. Where is all
the new capital to come from 2? 1t
will hot come from any source. 1t mas
been created by the increased earning
capacity of the roads. 1t represents a
mortgage on the people. for the people
must pay the freight from which the
earnings are obtained.
Having increased their own salaries
so per cent, a joint committee OF con-
gress proposes to raise the postage
rates on newspapers and magazines
1915 per cent. This is what the press
gets for the past era of exposure.
The great successes in retail mer-
chandisng have all been made by the
who use newspapers for
their advertising. No man ever saw
Marshall Field of Wanan1aker adver-
Using on horse blankets. The reason
for it is that the newspapers go every
where and the people who buy them
are looking in them for information
The only advertising that ever brings
results is the advertising that conveys
store information.
AS an evidence of what might be
expected from ship subsidies. the
newspapers and commercial club OF
Baltimore are demanding that the bill
be so shaped as to give their city
piece of the benefits. Every other city
on the coast will be clanoring for
slice and it will require some large
sized subsidies to go around. Why not
get foreign nations TO take. off tariffs
enough to equalize on the subsidies?
Would not the encoura cement to COM
merce be the same?
1t is said that many members OF the
house got their salaries raised simply
by shutting their eyes.
In support of the view that Mr.. Car
negie's inclination to found another
great college In Chicago is one in the
wrong direction, the New York World
says luG CduSS VI tfddNatiOii Wa "
better fostered by strengthening exist
ing universities than by starting still
others. Too many small establish
ments which are admirably fitted to
serve as local colleges have been en-
to regard themselves as com
petitors of the large and wealthy uni
versities. Within their field many o.
these small colleges, with their hun
ireds of students, are serving mis-
sion which the largest universities.
With their thousands, cannot hope tt
fill. At the same time, out of thei,
limited resources they can never offel
he same opportunities. for special in
struction in the higher schools as dS
such universities as Harvard, Yale
Columbia and Chicago.
Goodie-Don't you think that lyins
is the worst of all vices?
Bader-Yes, but it's the best thing
invented yet when you don't want to
tell the truth.
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