Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-10-03
Movement in Iowa Sets in To
ward Ohio Man and the Re
publican Ticket
FEAR BRYAN AND HARD TIMES
Demand for Republican Literature
Since Candidates Visit to the State
Iowa Has Unparalleled Record Of
Legislation Favorable to Laborins
Man and His Welfare.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Oct. 3.-There is every
reason to believe that a movement has
set in among the laboring classes Of
Iowa, the workers in the large indus-
trial communities, towards Taft and
the republican ticket. Not only are the
labor leaders who early in the cam
paign We're advocating the election Of
Bryan, less active in the support of the
democratic ticket but many. men less
prominent but no less influential in
the councils of the various labor or
CARNATIONS are openly counseling a
more rigid scrutiny of party promises
and records. ,:
Taft's Visit Potent.
This is due in great measure to the
Taft trip thru Iowa. and his frank dis
cussion of his position noWsand in the
past on questions pertaining particu-
larly to organized labor That Mr.. Taft
has made an impression by his
speeches is evidenced by the increased
demand from laboring men and labor
ing organizations of the state for lit
erature explaining the Taft labor de-
cisions while on the bench. The repub-
lican state central committee has re-
ceived these orders from all parts of
the state and is busy filling them
County chairmen have also sent in for
copies stating that they have been
called on for these documents.
Consideration of the important acts
OF legislation which the republican
congress has passed during the past
four. years for. the direct benefit of the
laboring people has also had it's effect,
1t being shown that no party has ever
paid such close attention to the needs
of the wage workers as the party now
in power under the leadership of Thee :
idore Roosevelt.
Fear Hard Times.
The laboring men together with the
farmer. the merchant and all other
classes of people are directly interested
in the policies which bring and con-
linue prosperous business conditions,
and the comparison of the records OF
the parties has had it's effect in max
ing them unwilling to accept advise
which will bring about change which
could scarcely be for the better and
which all experience has shown would
be for the worse Iowa has not suffered
materially from any dfaninution of
prosperity during the recent mild
financial panic which Interrupted for a
time the prosperous conditions in the
IF tho
panic in this state it has disappeared
and reports from all parts of the state
indicate that labor was never more
steadily employed nor at a higher, rate
of wages.
States Record Unparalleled.
But above all the record of the re-
publican party in Iowa in regard to la
Dor regulations and the enactment of
other legislation for the benefit of the
Of the people has been such as
to command for it the support of the
wage earners. Altho primarily Iowa
has been a farming state, the policy OF
the party has been to develop manufac-
turing institutions and provide an in
telligent and contented labori1fg class
to afford a good market close at hand
for the products of the prairie farms.
The labor legislation of Iowa as COM
pared with that of democratic states,
those states which will con-
troll congress in the event of demo-
cratic success, represents modern de-
as compared with antiquated
and barbaric methods of regulation. A
glance at some Of the advanced steps
taken by the state as compared with
democratic states will give a good clue
to the reason why the laboring people
of Iowa are naturally republican.
Iowa Protects Children.
Iowa forbids the employment of chill
dren under the age of IA years in fac
tories where their growth, physically
and intellectually will be stunted,
thereby removing a serious embargo
from the next generation. Alabama,
Georgia, FLORIDA. Louisiana, Maryland.
Mississippi, North Carolina, South Car
DINA, oklahoma, Texas and Virginia
show no such solicitude for the youth
Of their citizens.
Iowa likewise does not allow the
of her youth in the oper-
alton and cleaning of dangerous ma
chinery. But these democratic states
above mentioned make no provision for