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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03
ALDRlCH BILL DANGEROUS.

The house Of representatives at
Washington, is wrestling with the Aid
rich bill for currency reform, while
the commercial associations of New
York city are adopting resolutions OF
protest against its wisdom and the
clearing house association Of banks in
Chicago has addressed memorial to
congress opposing the bill. Politi-
clans who dare not force the currency
situation with a determination to give
it permanent and lasting remedy, may
if the bill becomes law, there will
be no assistance given to the country
from it. Bank will not avail them
selves of it's provisions because they
could not benefit their business by do
Ding so and the law would remain a
dead letter so far as providing emery
ency currency. The fact that law
had been passed, however, would stand
in the way of future reform and the
chances are that the country would
be allowed to drift onto the rocks of
panic and depression again before any
real reform was attempted. 1t would
be far better to have no legislation at
all than makeshift like the Aldrfch
bill, which is founded and predicated
upon incorrect principles of currency
Rpopoo
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03

selves compelled to adopt the Taft re-
vision plank as complete humiliation
for their long fight against Cummins.
In order to appreciate how false and
how baseless was the criticism of
Cummins for defending the shelter
plank which had been written for him
from Washington advices, one has but
to compare the language of that plank
with that of the tariff expression
adopted this year by the republicans
of Illinois. The Iowa Idea platform
adopted in 1901 and reaffirmed in 1902,
reads:
We favor such amendment to the
interstate commerce act as will more
fully carry out it's prohibition of dis
ordinations in rate making and any
modification of the tariff schedules
THAT MAY BE REQUIRED TO PRE-
VENT THEIR AFFORDING A Shell
TER TO MONOPOLY.
While the Illinois republicans have
resolved:
1--WE believe that two main ideas
should pervade all of the provisions
of the tariff: First, that the protective
principle so prevail in all the schedules
that American farmers, workmen and
producers shall be given the first call
on the home market, and. second. that
NO ILLEGAL OR UNJUST COMBIN-
ALTON, TRUST OR MONOPOLY
SHALL. FIND ENCOURAGEMENT
OR SHELTER IN ANY OF IT'S PRO-
VISIONS"
In view of the fact that the Blythe
newspapers have adopted the Taft re-
vision plank as their own and that no
shelter to monopoly" is now good re-
publicanisan in Illinois. it seems that
justice and fairness to Cummins would
demand an apology from these news
papers which have attacked his dan
gerous democratic doctrine"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03
SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION.

Editor mes-Republican:
"The old country school house of
not so long ago will soon be relic of
the past -. and a consolidated
school house will be met with farther
up the road. 80. We may expect
great results from this change, for the
farmers with their poor schools have
turned out some wonderful men, and
they should do even better under the
new conditions. JAMES TIGHE,
altoona, Pa"
Here are some of the results of the
new conditions when applied to Iowa:
Iowa is an agricultural state. The
fertility Of it's soil to a great extent
is the basis of every line of business.
This fertility can be maintained only
by that system of farming which in
cludes the raising of live stock AT
the present time the care of this stock
requires the assistance of the farmers
boys who attend the rural schools.
BY consolidation of the schools the
parents of these children would be de-
prived of this help for during the short
days of winter, would see their faces
during the school week only by the re-
Election of the lamps that tighten their
homes.
Parents in feeble health at home and
children of tender age with older
brothers and sisters at school might
be separated for an indefinite time by
storms so severe the fleeting snow for
days hides the buildings sheltering
the farmers stock, the cold so severe
the mercury sinks to between thirty
and forty degrees below zero and the
champions Of consolidation would be
responsible for the sufferings caused
by these conditions, in a state that has
laws whose penalty Is a fine or impris-
onment for cruelty to animals. OF
what practical use is an education &C
auired at these schools as applied to
the occupation Of farmer?
Every boy or girl who makes farm
ing an occupation will have to pass
thru these trials. These conditions are
not temporary, each coming generation
will have them to contend with. There
can be no prosperous contented homes
with fertile fields, under a system OF
consolidated schools.
This change in our school system
would be great expense but the ex-
pense would be nothing compared to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03
The Knockout Blow.

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03

the sacrifice of the health and manners
of these children, to say nothing about
morals, cooped up for hours each day,
out from the restraining influences OF
both parents and teachers.
Now what is the final result? BY
the sacrifice of the time of these school
children riding in these conveyances.
makes grain farming to a great extent
the only alternative. The owner of the
farm becomes dissatisfied and leaves
it in care of others. then by robblng
the soil of it's fertility and thru the
indifference to the spreading OF nox-
ious weeds, among which are Canada
thistles and qlrack grass, and the wash
of the soil down to the gulf, the land
depreciates in value and all lines OF
business are crippled
What Character" then as the result.
of this movement can excel the ones
referred to in the above article, "The
product of the present rural school
system?" The school system that re-
lieves the scholar of the responsibility
to help his parents or does not re-
quire him to make any effort on his
own behalf to reach school or return
home, but school Of dependence on
others, will net turn out many wonder
full men, in a sense that is intended to
be conveyed But wonderful in a way
that this graduate will be OF no benefit
to himself or to the community.
ALLEN PUTNAM.
Eldora, Iowa, April 3, 1908.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03
g,rrs- 2rp1h1ira1 Observation-Disclosures, 5n1a Apri1 1903

1t not because they are dissatiied with
the rural school? If they had rural
school equally as good as the town
school would they not remain on the
farm longer and does anyone, in these
days, believe that resident management
does not enrich the soil far greater
than renter management?
The time is fast approaching when
the farmer must needs have not only
a common school education but tech
nical college education as we'll and he
is not going to be content to raise MS
children on the farm without the best
school facilities he can provide for
Them He and the kind of men WHO
have sent their sons and daughters
long distances to good schools are the
of their community life. 1t is all right
to make the children work. 1T is a
crime not to do so, but the man who
would not give them the best or
schooling with which to do their work
is as far behind the progress of his
age as the man who would try to cut
his nay with a scythe so as to avoid
either the expense of mower or the
loss of time in hitchng up his team.
If we are to See rural school consol-
idation blocked because of the soils
need for large manure pile. lets farm
lass soil and educate our kids the best
that human experience can provide
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03
SOME MORE LYING.
Cedar Rapids Gazette,


Because the state treasurer has this
spring sent out notices to county
treasurers requesting the prompt re-
initial of taxes collected for state pur-
poses the enemies of Governor Cum
minis have tried to make it appear that
the state is in a hard row financially.
Treasurer Morrow has issued state
ment in which he refutes the insinua-
tions of the governors enemies. He
shows that the money is due from the
counties, that it should be paid into
the state treasury, that it has been
the custom to urge the early remittal
of funds owed by counties to the state;
and he declares, in a statement over
his own signature, that it will not be
necessary to STAMP state warrants as
unpaid for lack of funds" as certain
newspapers and politicians have re-
ported. The statement Of Treasurer
Morrow shows that the state treasury
Is in as good condition as it usually
is at this season Of the year. And. as
Mr.. Morrow has always been rated as
a standpatter, perhaps the standpat-
tiers will accept his statements as the
truth.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03
SCHOOL CONSOLIDATION ARo FERTILITY.

Mr.. Allen Putnam, writing from Eli
dora, presents some objections to the
consolidation Of rural schools most OF
which have been met by those who
have attempted the improvement OF
country school service. He believes
in raising children for profit and Is
opposed to any reform which Will take
them away from the chores. Under
present scarcity of farm help loss OF
the childrens work at chore time Will
interfere with the live stock business
and any reduction in the live stock
business will depress the price OF
land. exhaust its fertility, etc. Man
IRE spreaders can avail nothing with
out the manure, and fertilizer is i'm
possible without the live stock which
the children tend, ergo: consolidated
schools will sap the vitality of the soil
like a fence row of soft maple trees
1t is a bleak prospect If true.
In the absence of any contradiction
dated rural school with we'll paid, ex-
perienced teachers, adequate equip
ment and graded classes would great
Nv Improve country school education
The main objection is the necessity
for transportation.
I'm the matter of transportation,
which is usually performed by the
father or older brother of one set Of
children. the choice must be made be-
tween half an hours walk along the
country highway or three quarters Of
an hours ride in a covered convey
ance. The loss of time could not be
greater than half to three quarters
Of an hour on the two trips and the
chances are that the kids would play
along the way afoot enough to eat up
even this margin Of time.
But after ALL what is the purpose
men have in life. Is it to rear child
rem. to feed cattle, to enrich the soil,
or is it to give our offspring the adj
vantages of education and opportunity
to develop into nobler race of men
than we, ourselves, have been? Was
there ever a foreign born farmer who
em,grated to this country for the ex-
press purpose of having his boys feed
cattle or did he come so as to give
his boys a free education and a free
citizenship which shall make them
men of ability, and men OF education
and of parts? Why do our most in
telligent class of farmers move to town
so as to educate their children? Is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03
SHELTER PLANK IN ILLINOIS.

Early in the summer of 1902 there
appeared simultaneously in the Des
Moines Capital Iowa City Republican.
Burlington Hawkeye and Cedar Rap
ids Republican an identical attack
mon Governor Cummins because of
his defense of what subsequently be-
came known as the shelter plank in
the republican platform adopted at
Cedar Rapids in 1901. Up to that time
the plank had been commended by
these papers. lit had been written by
George Roberts upon the suggestion
of President Mckinley and Cummins
had never seen 1t until he was nomin-
.ted as candidate for governor on the
platform in which 1t was contained.
The purpose Of this concerted attack
unon him was to discredit his repub-
licanism because Cummins, at that
time. was leading a movement to free
the party from the domination OF pow
erful railway attorneys such as Mr..
Blythe and Judge Hubbard. In the
course Of the argument Cummins was
called a democrat and the charge of
dangerous democratic doctrine" has
been repeated and reiterated against
him ever since.
The state convention Of 1902 vindi-
Gated him by rearfirning the shelter
plank. In 1903 he proposed COM
promise in the interest OF harmony
and wrote tariff revision plank him
self which was o. KID by Blythe and
bv Allison on one side and by Perkins
for the Cun1mins side-Perkins was
then a Cummins man, shouting for the
shelter plank.
In 1904, however, the Cummins men
went to sleep and they were defeated
in the national delegate convention.
Blythe and Allison and Dolliver put
up a job on Cummins by appearing
as the original Roosevelt men, altho
Blythe had only recently attended q
conference at the AUDITORIUM Holei In
Chicago at which he had personally
and i'm behalf Of the railroads, urged
Mark Hanna to run for the nomina-
ton against Roosevelt. The Cummins
men We're defeated in the state con-
vention, radical standpat plank
adopted. but when the state delega-
ton came into the national convention
the real Roosevelt states presented a
revision plank, which was adopted in
spite Of the mo- vote of Mr.. Blythe
as the Iowa member OF the committee
on resolutions.
This year Taft is the Roosevelt can
didate for president on a pronounced
revision platform. Again the Cum
Minis men went to sleep and the Blythe
faction captured the delegate conven-
lion by masQuerading, but found them
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03
,N1eRuRBAn PROFITS.

There is on file in the state house at
Des Moines annual reports to the
Board of Railway Commissions Of
Iowa reports from interurbans in this
state which show earnings that will be
Of great interest to every community
which harbors hopes of some day see
ing an interurban of it's own. The
reports for the year ending June go,
1906, shows:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03
Topics of the Times


the United States was referred TO by
Thomas jefferson in his diary. 1T was
a lump of pure gold found on the Rap
pahannock river, Virginia. Now many
millions of gold are produced every
year The Cripple Greek district IN
Colorado alone has produced over
1926, 100000 In CALIFORNIA; paimv
DAYS as much as $65.o00,0O0 worth OF
gold was produced in single year. Inc
surface of Alaska has only neen
scratched, but upwards of s6,ooo,ooo
in gold is produced there annually.
Alaska is said to contain the rlchese
gold deposits in the world.
Illinois going to the national con-
yention for Cannon and for taflH re-
vision is no more ridiculous than Iowa
sending Lacey and LATE Young to that
convention on a tariff ripping platform.
1t simply means that politics is a great
game.
Admiral Evans finds that the battle
ships armorbelt is placed too low and
that the present turrets and ammunl-
tion-hoists are unsafe. He says that
the broadside guns can be used to ad-
vantage only in a smooth sea ana Wnen
the battleships are steaming at MOD
crate speed. He urges the raising OF
the armor-belt and the removal of
much superfluous material so as TO
make the freeboard higher. Virtually
Identical criticisms were presented IN
the Reuterdahl article which brought
down such severe reprobation on its
authors head by navy department Of
ficials.
Editor Perkins asks: "Who in -
is Ora Williams?" Mr.. Williams is
newspaper man who was employed as
Des Moines correspondent for the Sioux
CITY Journal until the editor OF the
Journal became candidate for gov
ernor. Then Mr.. Williams was in
structed not to send anything UNI
friendly to Mr.. Blythe and Mr. Will
Jams got another job.
The value of live commercial club
to a small town is seen in the results
of efforts which have secured impor-
tant Industries within the past twelve
months to a large number Of places
within this state.
Residents of community notice
little of the constant changes that oc-
cur in their town from year to year.
The visitor who has not seen the place
for a decade must come to point out
the changes In farms, towns. roads and
even water courses, that have occurred
within a given period Of time.
The young duke Of Westminster is
coming to America next summer to
spend his vacation. The two unusual
features are that he is wealthy and
will be accompanied by his wife.
IT pay as CO." declared the pomp-
Gus citizen.
"Not while I'm running these apart
ments," declared the janitor. you'll
pay as you move in."-Washington
Journal.
Mrs Ida Lewis, keeper Of the Lime
Rock lighthouse in Newport harbor, r.
l., is preparing to take brief vaca-
ton, her first in fifty years. In all
that time she has never missed a
n;ob+ In the lighthouse. She is suf-
fering from nervousness and loss of
Sleep At IS she is the only woman
lighthouse keeper on Uncle Sans pay
roll. Last fall she received from the
American Cross of Honor society at
Washington its cross Of honor and a
life membership. Since then she has
been awarded pension from the
Carnegie hero fund for saving eighteen
lives.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03
IOWA OPINIONS ANp NOTES

In the homes the Cedar Falls Ga
zette advises ''the tired mother, who
persists in washing the dishes in or
der that her daughters hands may be
kept nice and soft, is not rendering a
service to the daughter, neither is she
doing justice to herself"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03

The Boone suburban, Cedar Rapids
and Marion and Tama and Toledo are
NOT freight lines. 1t is estimated. that
in Iowa the freight business can be
made the most profitable branch OF the
interurban business and the exper-
fence of roads in later years has DEM
onstrated this to be true.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03

Says the Freeman Tribune at Web
ster City: The only man and official
who never makes plumbers is the one
who does nothing, and he is guilty of
the sin Of omission. which is as bad
as any other failing"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03
Iona Newspapers
BLYTHE TO BE RESTORED.

(GIdden Graph1c.)
Blythe republicanism stands for the
old order. Under his leadership the.
party was going hellwards on an end
less river Of corruption and greed.
Under Cummins there is new dis
pensation Under his wise leadership
the republican party has become the
party of the people. In some respects
we are now like the children of Israel
in the wilderness. Some want to press
forward to Il larger and purer life;
others prefer to go back to the flesh
pots of Egypt. 1t has ever been thus
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03

allowed to receive diploma without
first marking on his spelling record
whether or not he can acquit himself
creditably by spelling the words of the
language correctly. BY all means. stir
them up by the rivalry of contests
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03

THE spring sun seems to thaw out
the disposition to heave bomb as
we'll as to pronounce declaration that
two can live where one merely exist
ed" laments the Waterloo Reporter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03

The issue that keeps Hull in con-
gress is thus stated by the Capital:
'Des Moines not only does things
but Des Moines wants things as is
becoming In wideawake city. Hull
has the ability to get things
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03

The Ft. Dodge Messenger declares
that "in the name of practical educa-
ton no high school student should be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03

The Mason City Times-Herald con-
fesses that it was lot Of satisfaction
to the progressives to see the stand
patters pay their way to the state
convention this year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-03

ITO put the same thing in different
words" says the Grinnell Register. sit
is the effort of the old machine. defeat
ed long ago. to defeat the friends of
Governor Cummins and then to strut
in borrowed plumage."
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-11
POSTSCRIPTS.

the universal municipal suffrage bin
has passed it's third reading in the Dam
ish landsthing. - TO %
The great Northern Railway Company
viii pay the State of Minnesota nearly
$780, 900 in taxes this year.
OF the eighty-nine Senators sworn in
and serving. twenty-five nave been gov
errors Of their States. Ten of these
members are Republicans and twelve
Democrats.
Two Gothic figures torn from French
cathedrals by the mob in the French
revolution have found their way 10
the New York Metropolitan Museum Of
Art
Henry Farman, the French aeronaut,
who recently won the Deutsch-ArCh-
deacon prize, says he foresees the time
when an aerOplane omnibus will cover
the distance between Paris and London
in five hours.
Miss Hazel Edwards and Miss NJ
Thames, young women tourists OF New
York. who made the trip 10 san Fran
cisco by way OF the lsthmus of Pana-
ma, We're detained at Guatemala City
two days on suspicion OF being spies
The library at the British Museum
which now contains between 5000 900
and 100000 volumes, is without eXcep-
ton the larges. n the world. To mold
this imuenSe number of books upward
of forty-three les Of shelves are re-
quired.