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OUTSIDE SECURITIES.

Speculation in outside securities was 1 nai ~
ON irreguIar tendency with decided hrmness IN
spots under fair activity. Fractional recessons o
Cured on light liquidation In some instances IN
number of the mining stocks considerable actviS
was shown. The specialtes showed little or ~" -, IL
Chicago subway was stronger, on limited dealings
Standard Oil, after an early snlaii irnpio 49,, A.
cided strength. British Columbia copper hioseN ~
nm L. and Butte Coalition similar traction Cui.
hs,s,d Elv gas in fair demand. Douglas Copper
was M Is Micmac Mining was nrner Irl-buiiion'
on large volume of dealings on which spou, one @
half was crossed, improved IS NeVana-Ct1H We w
mace Creek were irregular. The Goidheid stocN'
were in fair demand small fractional chahse.
In bonds New Haven 6s were strong ana laiii'
active consolidated Steamship IS were heaVy.
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TOPICS OF THE STREET

FOREIGN TRADINCs-Trausacfgon. e. -,
account In this market aggregated abouf n "a q
sales. and represented principally evening m, ba.
to-day's settlement I'm London American sfoct.
in London quiet. but firm. The general -
ket was without feature
HANDBOOK OF SECURITIES, orr .-.
Handbook OF Securities. compiled bv the nnb,.-s
of The Commercial and Financial CTo-o15e1. =.
is ready. The book contains in a small -
pass very full information concerning the va~io-.
railroads and the leading ndustrials Ehn.s ss-s
ties dealt in on the New YORK Bosfor rsT
deiphia and Chicago stock exchange ~ -
their earnings. dividends. etc. FOR a series =. s
present fixed charges. and also the amounts - -
different issues OF bonds outstanding t;,ef- = @ -
OF interest. etc. There is also given the rro1sSS
range Of stocks and bonds for 1906 and fasr - =.
gether with yearly range FOR four years. -
APPLICATION TO LIsT-AppIication has -
made by the Missouri Pacific Railway Comoar N n
permission to list on the New York stock Exc5s,1 ~
81. $500 additional capital stOc&
TO SPEAK AT BANKERS DINNER.-zsbs.. .
Freeman. secretary Of Group VIII. New YORK So
Bankers Association. has announced the zssss.'s
honor who will make addresses at the dinner - % %
held the Waldorf January q The lsss :.
cludes David X. FOrgan, president OK the Nar,er.,
City Bank Of Chicago, the Rev. Dr.. Aked uas~.
of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church. PreSids-s
Butler OF Columbia University, and Patrick NJ
ply Alexander Gilbert. president Of the groua
will postmaster The invitations are limited
to four hundred.
IRON TRADE CONDITIONS rogers Brow, =
Co. say:
The reports Of blast furnace capacity On Jam.
ary show the astonishingIy low figures OF odo IA
tons a month less than half The maximum an.
put three months ago. The question Of raoss i.
terest at the moment is whether this reduction Sa
NOT fully discounted the shutting down OF sfa~l
works and meters OF foundry irons IL is true fhar
MANY shops which shut down for the hoIidavsehav.
not resumed operations. but the number OF ids
plants throughout the country SHOWS clearly thar
business is still far from normal Orders a.
finished material reported be stil very Iizsr
At the same time the conviction prevails thar o.
=fal z1@ 1@wr~-
on and that consumption is probably at its mini
mum
EXPORTS OF DOMESTIC PRODCCTs-T..
chief OF bureau OF statistics OF the Departrsur
of Commerce and Labor reports the volume -
principal domestic exports for December and sar
the twelve months ended December. as follows.
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.latereAaaseaOis. fcOup0n- sRssistsrsd.
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GOVERNMENT BONDS.

The following shows yesterdays closing quota
tj,rs for government bonds. compared with Satur-
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ankers' posted rates were as follows:

DON MESTIC ENCHANGE.-Boston. 2Gc discount;
Chicago, 25c premium. 81. Louis, 1Jc premium bid
san Francisco. sight 90 premium telegraph Toe pr
nium: New Orleans, commercial par. bank 81 pre-
Inium: Cincinnati, l2l4c premium Savannah, buying
lDc discount, selling 75c premium.
BANK Cf.EAKINGS.-New York, exchanges
tI7sO7l445 balances 81. 02523 Chicago. exchanges
Sg7 40l 49, balances S2.7s5,45l; Philadelphia. eX-
changes xl6. .sg7 622, balances $l.5s9 o4; Boston,
exchanges y2oG0g.l@G balances $,G34. .0iG.
SILVER MARKET.-Bar silver 56@sc. Mexican
silver dollars. 80. Bar silver in London closed
a l-1Gd advance. l2d.
GOLD PREMIUM-In Madrid. 1S 50: Lisbon $50
MEXICAN ExCHANGE.-Mexican exchange on
New York is quoted at 20l12.
. GOVERNMENT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. receipts
reported from Washington 37l0003; internal reve-
nue. TeceiDts q miscellaneous receipts, Sl6i
9fS Receipts for the day. SlSs3,39l: expenditures
81 020 DOO Receipts the month date, sa.75 49,
expenditures, s2l, ,750000; excess of expenditures
S. 5A Receipts for the year to date s337,l7ooSa
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NEW Work AND OTHER GAS SECURITIES

.And interest
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sIsS35 Total sales for the day. ENLISTED lex div Ia
per cent.
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STOCKS STRONG AT CLOSE.
md FLUCTUATING.
4 Day OF HEAVY TRADING And I
PRICES.
Bank of Germany Reduces Its Rate-Money Here Eas'er

exnanditures ssas 465 ess; excess of expenditures
sl1 ,295 s4S.
SUB-TREASURY.-The Sub-Treasury was debtor
to the Clearing House 81, ,S50,43I
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BOSTON CURB STOCKS.
q Furnished J. Thomas Renhardt 3s
; New York. and No l9 Exchange Place. Boston,
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sEn fik.aeEd

FOREIGN MONEY MARKET.-CalI money in
London per cent: open market discount rate for
short bills. 4leN5 cent long bl!is ~ per cent
EserIiu discount rate 5is per cent Paris discount
rate g. per cent Paris exchange ON London, .
francs Is cenlimes. Bar gold. as Cd Berlin eN-
change OF London. 20i- marks yjss pfenniSs-
FOREIGN SECTRITI ES.-BTitish cOnsels for
money gsss per cent. the account, S3s Freirch
rertcs g francs q centimes.
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PRODUCE EXCHANGE STOCKS.

The only transaction in the mining market on
the Produce Exchange yesterday the sale of
so shares Of Beaver Superior at 50 cents
Eid a,1 asl.nd rlr:.as rrr-e.
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PHILADELPHIA STOCKS.

FURNISHED BY Charles D. Barney & Co. No. = 80 -
street New York. and No 122 South Atm sos~.
Philadslnhial
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FOREIGN GOVERNMENT SECURITIES

Bid. Asked
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BALTIMORE STOCKS.

FURNISHED by Van Schaick & Co. No. Wal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-10

shareholder would net anywhere from
10 to IA per cent dividends on the
money he invests in his Home Build
ing society.
There would be no money i'm bank
to be tied up in case of failure, no cash
on hand for a cashier to steal, no bank
Ing room to pay rent on, no salaries to
pay bankers, no money lying idle IN
the vaults and no danger of u run on
the deposits. Every dollar would be
loaned at a good rate of interest on
mortgage security and every mortgage
would be in process of being paid off
at the rate of one per cent Il month
because, when a member had matured
his $1,000 shares, he could release the
shares to the society and cancel the
mortgage.
Why have not 500 wage workers and
salaried men in Marshalltown gone in
to a 10 per cent investment, which
beats a savings bank two to one?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-10
THE FAILURE OF ALllson's LEADERSHIP.

In another column is reprinted an
editorial from the Register and Lead
err, which propounds to the Allison
press u question which each news
paper must answer in this campaign
or be lost. 1t is not a new question,
but it is most significant demand
coming from publishers who have
long cherished personal admiration for
Senator Allison greater even than
their admiration for Cummins. 1t is
question which is borne down upon
tion and compels them to turn from
lifelong association to a preference for
the leadership of the man in whose
personal political fortunes they have
been, by lack of association, compar-
atively Indifferent Will the Allison
press be as honest?
For the most part the standpat press
has simply ignored the query, realz-
ing the danger of even attempting an
answer but the Nonpareil. at Council
Bluffs, makes a try at it and every
voter should read the two articles side
by side as they appear on this page.
The Nonpareil replies that Allison has
always been the real leader of the re-
publican party and that anything the
party has ever done, either in state or
nation, was done under his leadership.
Such insipidity demonstrates the utter
weakness of the case and turns a man
away from the argument in disgust.
The Clarinda Herald, an antiCum
Minis and standpat newspaper, admits
that it is unfortunate" that Allison's
friends have had nothing to do will,
the reform legislation in Iowa. Tho
facts are that during all the time that
railroad influence was dominant in
Iowa, Senator Allison was content to
meet Judge Hubbard and j. w. Blythe
at the Auditorium Hotel in Chicago,
and receive instructions from them as
to whom they wanted appointed to fed
eral judgeships and as district attorneys
or United States marshals in Iowa. Not
that he likes that kind of politics, but
just as he has been willing to divide
authority over national legislation with
special interest senators like Aldrich
and Elkins whatever is is the best we
can get with Allison. When the rail-
roads were the machine he was con-
tent to be part of it without protest
and neither he nor his present friends
have ever given aid or encouragement
to the fight which has been made in
Iowa to free the party from Blythe
and from Hubbard, from Jim Davis or
from Ed Hunter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-10

to buy. BY advertising in a newspaper
like the Times Republican he talks to
a class of business proprietors and
land owners. No newspaper in Iowa
reaches a class SO largely of high pur-
chasing power.
The frank admission of the Clarin-
da Herald that Allison's friends have
stood in the way of all reform legisa-
ton in Iowa, should engage the atten-
ton of the anti Cummins press for a
day or two
Bryan thinks that 1T is significant
of the true state of public sentiment
that Fairbanks should have declared
for tariff revision.
If the price of meat worries YOU.
plant a garden. Fresh vegetables and
fresh fruit for almost six months in the
year are possible OH every back lot.
At least one local conference has
recommended to the Methodist general
conference the repeal of the article for
bidding dancing and card playing. II
would serve to modernize the church L
this rule were abolished SO as to per-
NIT ministers and church members to
conduct in these pastimes.
The supreme court Is disposed to be-
lieve that statutes which permit GER
tain things TO be done also contemplate
full acceptance of responsibility for the
doing. Unless the federal courts inter-
vene things will come to such a pass
in this state that man giving prom
issory note will have 1t to pay.
There is comrade spirit existing
between standpat editors which thrills
us with the inspiration of 81. The Des
Moines capital prints Victor Bender's
picture as POSTMASTER of the Taft ban
quet and the Council Bluffs Nonpareil
prints LATE Young's picture as speak
err at the banquet.
Senator Hale has probably been
reading some of the standpat papers in
Iowa. He complains that Taft is not
spending enough time at his desk in
the secretary OF wars office.
Howard Goulds charges against his
wife are merely that she has had inn
proper relations with an actor, gets
drunk frequently and swears at tn,
servants Such are the blessings of
our millionaires.
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ALLISON MEN PLEASE ANSWER.

ALLISON MEN PLEASE aN9W fi>'
(Register and Leader)
Is II or is it not fair question to ask
when Iowa would have shaken off the
domination of Mr. Blythe, and by Mr.
Blythe we mean railroad control IN
politics, for that is what Mr.. Blythe
has stood for, if the only leadership
had been that of Senator Allison?
There has been a change in the
political, atmosphere of Iowa. The
railroad pass and railroad money have
been eliminated The direct primary
has been instituted. The railroads
have announced that they will here
after be common passengers Mf.
Blythe is merely one among thou
sand men of influence. Are any OF
these things the result directly or in
directly of Senator Allison's activities?
There are two months to intervene
between now and the time set for
naming a United States senator. We
should like to put to the Sioux City
Journal, Cedar Rapids Republican.
Dcs Moines Capital, Burlington Hawk
eye Council Bluffs Nonpareil, Daven-
, port Times or any other supporter of
Senator Allison. these two auestions:
Has it been worth while to secure
the reforms we have secured in Iowa?
Should we have secured these re-
forms under the leadership Of Senator
Nilsson?
II it be answered that Senator ALL
son has not busted himself with state
affairs, let the question be broadened
to include the men who have stood
closest to the senator and who have
represented his views in the state.
Senator Allison has had a great
career. The Register and Leader has
! been first and foremost in recognizing
that Not one word should be said
that will make his retirement, IL 1t
comes, a humiliation to him. But Sem
ator Allison has been man of con-
sentative instincts. His talent has been
fitted to times of steady and peaceful
growth Times of storm and stress
are not for him. nor for men of his
temperament He would never have
led in the reform movement in Iowa,
and every intelligent republican in the
state knows it.
The Register and Leader has never
been blind follower of Governor
Cummins. The Register and Leader
admires in Senator Allison some
qualities Governor Cummins would be
stronger for possessing. But Gov
ernor Cummins has led in this Iowa
movement. his talent fits him to lead
in such movements everywhere, and
it is squarely up to the state whether
to stand by the older man, linked
more or less closely with a past
period. or the younger man aggressive
~ in the fight for new conditions and
new leadership.
1t Is easy to find fault with men
like LaFollette and Cummins. But
who today would go back to the con-
ditions in Wisconsin and Iowa their
leadership has enabled the people to
abolish? With all his spectacular
methods. who would have La Toilette
out of the United States senate today?
1t viii not do while admiring the anna
BILE qualities of the older men to forget
what we owe to the courageous
breaking out of the new lights" And
as in politics, the rewards OF effort
are measured in public station. pub
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-10
THE STANDPAT REPLY.

THE STANDPAT REPLY.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.)
Manifesting Il little more spirit than
it has been wont to show In the bust
ness heretofore, the Des Moines Regis
ter and Leader comes to the defense
and support of Governor Cummins
with a couple of posers. The Register
and Leader wants to know:
Has 1T been worth while to secure
the reforms we have secured in Iowa?
Would we have secured these re-
forms under the leadership of Senator
| Allison.
Yes, dear brother, it has been we'll
| worth while to secure the reforms we
have secured in Iowa. If there is any
body who thinks to the contrary. he
has. not been heard from. Those reforms
are all right They are very good. They
are valued asset of the people of the
state.
Would we have secured these reforms
under the leadership of Senator ALI
son? Certainly we would: and not only
we would, but we actually did, for II
! Senator Allison is not the leader of
| public life in Iowa, then pray tell us
| who Is.
| The Des Ntoines paper seems to have
| 1T i'm mind that somebody else is to be
credited with that leadership. To be
definite. it assigns the credit to a. -.
Cummins. We doubt very much that
| Cummins had II great deal to do with
| it. AS already stated. the reforms in
question are valued asset of the
people. They were purchased by the
people in hard fought battle. They
were not fashioned and handed out as
gift, by Cummins or anybody else,
as a bit of ebony might be fashioned
and handed out. The people fashioned
these reforms in the exercise Of their
! own rights and sentiments. Leaders
had very little to do with it, but what
ever credit goes to leadership should
go to genuine leadership, and not to
assumed leadership. Senator Allison
has been the foremost man of the state
during this season of transformation.
True, he has not footed his horn much,
but he has been there right along.
True, he is not now engaged in
strenuous effort to purloin the property
of the people. but he is the leader of
Iowa republicanism the more, not the
less, for that. True, he hasn't the
monumental gall of his antagonist, who
! is engaged in such effort to purloin,
but he is not to be overlooked on that
| account, as will appear when the pri-
mary vote is cast and counted.
This plan of the Cummins forces to
appropriate for the benefit of their
candidate the assets Of the people Is
one Of the most magnificent exhibit
tions of grand larceny on record. The
political annals of the state, and pos
sibly of the entire country, show moth
ing approaching this attempted coup
in boldness of conception and undis-
mayed brass in the effort to execute.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-10
TEN PER CENT ON SAVINGS.

| Let us suppose for a moment tina;
500 wage working and salaried men OF
Marshalltown should be gathered in a
public hall in this city for the pur-
pose of organizing a Home Building
society. They would elect president
secretary, treasurer and executive com
mittee from among their number with
the provision that all officers serv,
without pay but the executive commit
tee would be authorized to hire some
one to keep the books of the society
supplies. Everybody would pay an in
itiation fee of 81 so as to provide a
fund from which to meet incidental ex-
penses Everybody would subscribe for
shares Of the par value of 500 each,
payable at the rate of 81 per month,
and in a crowd like that at least 1000
shares would be subscribed for on the
spot. When the first months pay
ments had been made the Home Build
ing society would have $1,000 to loan
to some member.
A meeting of the society would then
be held and the members would bid on
the privilege Of borrowing this $1,000
at 6 per cent interest. Under the rules
of the society he would have to own
at least ten shares in the society.
which would be constantly approach
ing maturity at the rate Of 81 per
month each. He would thus have a
$40 interest in the loan which he was
going to buy. Suppose he was the
highest bidder at a premium of $50,
he gets the $1,000 loan at 6 per cent
and gives back the $50 on the spot,
with a mortgage on the property on
which he intends to build. Next month
another $1,000 is loaned in the same
way.
When shareholders neglect to pay
monthly dues on time they will be fined
and if they get tired and want to drop
out before their shares are fully paid
they will be fined a few dollars for
their lack of thrift. These fines and
the premiums paid by the members for
the loans will all be returned to the
shareholders as dividends in addition
to the per cent interest, so that every
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-10
THE CENSUS OF INTELLIGENCE.

1t can still remain a matter of pride
with Iovans to know that the Hawkeye
state along with Nebraska, still stands
at the head of the list in the matter of
education Iowa and Nebraska lead
all the states in education, having only
twenty three illiterates per thousand.
Kansas is next, with Washington,
Utah. Oregon, Wyoming, Minnesota
Illinois, Michigan, Colorado, Indiana,
Idaho and Wisconsin following in the
order named. Illinois has forty-two
per thousand. The other extreme is
represented by Louisiana. which has
ass per thousand.
however, 107 persons in every LOCO In
this country We're illitemte, that Is to
saw. they were persons ten years old
or older who We're unable to write IN
any language. Thus one person in ev-
ferry nine of ten years and older is IL
literate But this compares unfavor-
ably with England, Scotland or Hol-
land. where only one person IN forty
is iliiterate. In Switzerland one per-
son in 166 can not write. in Den
mark one in 500. in Sweden and Nor
way one In 1850, and in Germany H.
literaey is virtually unknown. The ratio
in 1908 among all the army recruits
was one in $500 and illiteracy Is prob
ably less among the German people
generally than among these recruits.
These facts, as the Journal of Edu-
cation says, are not such as to give
Americans reason for pride. Nor can
we excuse ourselves on the ground that
we receive great numbers of immi-
grants from the less intelligent peoples
of Europe for in many states illiterates
of native parentage outnumber those
whose parents We're born in foreign
lands. In the ss,tate of New York in
1900 there were $4,000 illiterates of for
eisn birth, but $4,000 who We're born in
this country. Moreover, in the large
cities, where our foreign born popula-
ton is most largely congregated, the
percentage of illiteracy is lower than
in cities Of $4,000 or less, and in the
large cities it is no greater than In
the country districts. However, if we
could eliminate our 100000 of black
people from the figures, we would have
a better showing in spite of the fact
that foreign countries are sending their
illiterates to us to be schooled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-10
Topics of the Times

| The Register and Leader believes
! the differences between republicans
and asserts that the mere desire OF
! the railroads to punish Cummins is not
enough to warrant bolt"
The Clarinda Herald editor has al
ways been opposed to Cummins, blu!
when the governor delivered his cam
paign speech in Shenandoah, the Clar-
india man listened to it and wrote in
his paper the conclusion that the
speech was a vote getter. He re-
marked that it was unfortunate for AL
lison that none of his friends could
claim credit for leadership in any
of Iowa's reform legislation which will
give Cummins many hundreds of votes.
Bob LaFollette can carry the Wis
consin primaries for his own candi-
dacy, which is more than either Can
non or Shaw could do.
Village Banker-Tm sorry, but I
can't lend you any money on that
worthless, run down farm.
ST Haymedder-Wa'al, I guess the
only thing left for me ter do is ad-
vertise it in the city papers as a gem
tleman's ideal country estate for sale.
It is encouraging to note that there
are now $4,000 separate stockholders
in the United States Steel corporation.
A large proportion of these bought
steel stocks in the last nine months at
panic prices. 1t is estimated that the
actual number of steel shareholders is
about $4,000, as the names on record
represent joint ownership and syndi-
Gates in many cases.
Mrs Dashaway-Yes, While we were
in Egypt we visited the pyramids. They
were literally covered with hierogly-
phics.
Mrs Newrich-Ugh! Wasn't you
afraid some OF EN- would git on you?
The principal value of the Williams
upon which to make noise while ig-
noring the query, Would we have
thrown off railroad domination in Iowa
under Allison leadership"
A real estate dealer with something
10 sell always seeks a buyer who is
known to have something with which
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-10

against 1t is that he was the first man
lin the field and the man who is in a
large measure responsible for Bob
Cousins voluntary ca retirement. And
this criticism will not be very seri-
Gus one. The fact is it is what makes
Good good with a good many people
here" is the opinion of the Mechanics
vile Pioneer-Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-04-10
Had His Sympathy.

QCatholic Standard and Times)
eyes," said Miss Jiltham, "he was
an old flame of mine. And when you
told him I was to be married next
week, did he seem sorry?'
Yves, he admitted that he felt very
sorry" replied Miss Gabble.
Did he, really?"
eyes, altho he said he didn't know
your fiance personally"