Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-08
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Observation-Disclosures

Latimer, Feb. S.-A conservative
stock dealer here estimates that III
Franklin county, nearly, If not quite u
thousand car loads Of corn will be
shipped in before another crop can be
raised At present the supply is not
equal to the demand. One dealer here
showed the writer a long list OF farm
ers names who Want corn and when
q car arrives 1t is sold to those that
have engaged it, providing they are on
hand to get it. After that any one
can buy. Cars are emptied on the
day of arrival. There's one thing about
this shipping in Of corn to Franklin
county The men needing it have the
money to pay for it and 1t Is not
causing any particular hardship, UNI
less the lowering of bank account
is a hardship. There are. of course,
some renters that are very hard up
but as rule a renter that owns stock
enough so that he has to buy corn to
feed. is able to pay for it. "A store
keeper tells this story. illustrating one
phase of these hard times Some one
asked a renter If his landlord was go
ing to throw off, any rent this year
mo, sir" was the reply 1--WE paid
him $1,000 year for this past seven
years and made money every year and
he never asked me to give him any
thing because T made money. Now do
you suppose I'll ask him to give me
money, because run behind this year"
In this county Chas. f. Pickett. cam
didate for congress for the Third dis
trict, will get more votes than general
ly supposed. In Hampton the legal
! fraternity and their friends will quite
generally support Pickett as against
Birdsall. The Recorder has already
given Pickett nice send OFF, and
that paper has considerable influence.
Another factor is the omnipresent
postoffice deal in every town in every
county. Some traces of feeling show
here on that account On the other
hand Birdsall will carry the county
outside of the towns by a big vote.
The writer was in a few towns in
Butler county this week. In those
small towns Pickett is making little
Roadway. The general feeling is that
BirdsaH has made a creditabe show
ing in Washington and is entitled to
another term. In the western part of
the district BirdsaIl has little oppose
! ton. Around here several express an
opinion that Pickett really does not
expect to win out this time, but is
merely being groomed for future races.
Burton Sweet is hardly known of
around here AND will not affect the re-
suit in these counties. Some Of the
Birdsall supporters think the coming
out Of two candidates against Bird
sail, is to reduce his vote so that a
convention will have to be called, when
and where they will unite to defeat
| Birdsall
An Iowa banker gives as his obtec-
! ton to the proposed tax to secure de-
| positors in national banks. that cit
will result in the establishment OF
many small banks all over the coun-
| try. There will be no object in putting
in capital of 100000 to 100000 to
| establish big, sound bank to attract
and secure depositors With deposit
ors secured by such a tax a man can
! deposit his money In country bank
with $4,000 capital. and it will be as
safe as in big bank with big cap
| ital. The result will be that the big
banks will not be in condition to fur
| nish the money required for the larger
business enterprises and undertakings
of the business men of the large towns
and cities"