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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
pAMs...No1 POLITICS.

Mr.. N. S. Ketchum, of the state rail.
way commission, in recent interview
in Des Moines, complains because
manufacturers have failed to make the
most of their opportunities by the util-
zation of the streams of Iowa for
power purposes. He advances the ar
gument that millions of dollars are go
ing to waste annually because the riv-
ers are not harnesses and made to
pay toll for the right of way across
IoWa's fertile prairieS.
Mr.. Ketchum has tackled a propo-
sition bigger than the question of long
and short haul rail rates. 1t is safe
to assume that he has never UNDER
taken the financing of a dam project,
keeping one in repair or depending on
one for the generation of power II
appears simple. this matter Of throw
ing a wall across a stream. diverting
the waters thru race and opening
and closing gates to regulate the
wheels of industry. No engineer, no
fireman. and no fuel to eat up a good
share Of the profits, argue for great
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
CA, SEES GE FAILURE.

After diligent inquiry Bradstreet's
has come TO the conclusion that of all
the business failures last year, fully 8
per cent of them We're due to causes
wholly within the individual. while
about one-tfth were due to causes
over which the individual did not have
control Among the faults of the in
divdual and in the order of their i'm
portance are numbered 'ipcompe-
tency." "inexperience. lack of capt.
tall" "unwise granting of credits"
iness.' personal extravaganza and
fraudulent disposition of property"
SO we have it in cold statistics that
the two first causes of business fail
ures are the incompetency and mex
perience of the men who engage. Then
the next in Importance with five other
causes trailing behind. is the lack of
capital The average banker will in
sist that this should have come first.
Certain it is that the lack of sufficient
capital is the greatest cause of dis
tress to those already in business and
it is not surprising to learn that it
ranks foremost among the known
causes OF failure.
The causes over which the individual
has no control but which have pro-
duced business failures are only three
in number, Specific conditions" fail
ure of others and competitions 1t
would seem that incompetency con-
sisted largely in ones inability to meet
competition and that Specific condi-
tions" were the very problems which
men were expected to solve in busi-
ness in order to prove their competency
so that in actual fact the only cause
of failure outside Of some fault of the
individual would be the failure of 9TH
ers and even this is guarded against
by the far-seeing. Business failure
Is one of the great tragedies of life.
against which is pitted large portion
of our education. There is long SER
mon in every one of the statistical d.
visions made by the credit agencies
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

saving in operating expenses But there
is another side to the argument
Dams are expensive to construct.
They are also expensive TO maintain
very unsatisfactory. and there arc few
water power plants in the state that
are not equipped with steam plan.
which is frequently resorted to. ANY
experienced mill man or former owner
of one of the numerous Touring mills
that dot the Iowa streams at intervals
know the griefs and uncertainties of
water power. Many idle mills are mute
movements not only to the failure of
Iowa soil as wheat producer. but OF
the impracticahility Of our rivers as
generators Of power. The percentage
of depreciation thru floods and ice
foes is greater than that OF the aver
age piece of machinery. The farmer
up stream has something to say con-
corning the conversion of his land into
a mill pond. Dams have tendency TO
cause a river to rebel and to seek Il
new channel far away. Constant labor
and large investment are required to
hold the river within the confines OF
its original channel.
Our streams are too cratic Their
flow is either too heavy because of
melting SHOWS and June freshets, or
too light In summer and fan 10 main
tain constant and never failing
power The height OF the average
dam in Iowa is six feet. A Mill owner
of thirty years experience declares
that to provide a head" sufficient for
ALI seasons and conditions. this height
must be doubled, This would mean
the overflow Of many additional acres
of land and resultant damages, added
cost of maintenance and repairs. and
a total expense that would overtop the
cost of fuel and labor necessary to the
operation OF a steam plant of equal
capacity. Mr.. Ketchum will find in
the dam business that experience is
against it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
Iona Newspapers
THE CASE OF PENRosE.

fTraer Star-Cllpper)
The Tama Herald bemoans the de-
Feat of Senator Penrose for presiden-
tial delegate, and thinks it an outrage
hat man should be treated as he
vas In his own county and township.
hrom conversation with south Tama
,eople we conclude the Tama Herald is
partially to blame for this treatment.
The republicans of Tama county like
Senator Penrose They have honored
aim repeatedly. and would do it again.
il he had come to more of them In
the right spirit and asked the nominal
ton he would have had some support.
His candidacy was sprung by the Her
aid as we understand it, without con-
Sultation with anyone. Then when
Thomas came out the Herald said the
action was simply to punish Penrosc
for being a standpatter This 'riled'
many republicans They thought if
The Penrose people were bound to
draw fractional lines they might as we'll
show their strength--and they did
Mr. Penrose saw his hopelessness in
rama and did not go into the primary.
Half the south Tama townships came
out for Thomas. OF course he had all
north Tama and the fight was won all
most before Il shot was fired. Mr.. Pen
rose is not dead politically but he
should recognize that the younger ele-
ment in the party is entitled to rec
ognition. and also that the party to
last must press forward toward new
principles and grapple new issues.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
AN ADEQUATE PRECEDENT.

Trustee Hilton Nj. Let's. Of the
state college. and resident of the First
district. near the fountain-hea of all
political inspiration in the reserva-
ton, has stated the proposition in
brief and in fullness. In Des Moines
this week he predicted the election OF
Senator Allison. declaring that the
election OF Mr.. Gear for Il second term
was an adequate precedent"
Now Mr.. Let's may not have been
conscious Of it at the time. but he has
covered the whole argument in very
few words The election of Mr.. Gear
was an adequate" precedent, so ade-
quate. in fact that when the people or
Iowa recall thai spectacle they grow
impatient at any further argument.
Mr.. Gears reelection was forced
from legislature by the power of
railway influence in politics. At the
time he made the campaign he was in
his dotage So pathetic was his
senility that men turned away in dis
gust from system of politics that
would impose lettering old man upon
a great state for its United States SEN
ator When he was stood up in the
hotel at Des Moines to receive polit-
ical callers. one trusted lieutenant
was stationed on one side to keep him
from falling and another on the other
side to recall the names of men who
had be,,n lifelong acquaintances to
Gear, but whose faces We're lost to him
in the maze of a fleeing memory. The
deed was done. The midnight caucus
held and the reelection accomplished
for the sole purpose of keeping Cum
Minis out of the senate. but Nature had
not been consulted. She evidently did
not approve of Biythe's program. for
she called the old man to his fathers
before he could enter upon the new
term to which he had been reelected.
Talk about the Gear precedent being
adequate" what more could be de-
manded"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
FARMERS AT FORT DODGE.
(Manson Democracy


RI YOU could have seen them in their
deliberations at the Farmers Grain
Dealers convention, you would have
awakened to a realization that the
farmers of Iowa are alive to their own
interests, are a most intelligent and
brsiness-like body of men and are
coping with the trusts in a way that is
all their own and yet effectual.
There they were-hundreds of them
from all over the state. Not the
bearded and booted buffoons you see
in the caricatures in the city papers
but quiet. reserved, we'll dressed
thoughtful, sober men. men with a
mission and with plenty of knowledge
and manhood to perform it.
Republicans rubbed elbows with
democrats, yet there was no politics
only a little that professional poll
ticians attempted to inject and were
promptly squelched for their pains =
the farmers We're there to talk bust
ness, their own business. not politics
They spotted the man with an AK to
grind very quickly and his AK re-
manned dull.
From nothing the farmers cooper
alive societies in Iowa have crown in
a very few years to 205 organizations.
Calhoun is still the banner county
with fifteen elevator companies owned
and controlled by the farmers. They
are all successful as are nearly all
farmers cooperative societies the
whole country over. They will be more
successful in the years to come for
the farmers are now fighting their own
battles with brains and intelligence.
and. best of all. loyalty to each other
and to their cause.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

IN July /, 1911, unless new statements
# consent for selling liquor are OBJ
aimed: and thereafter the life of a
tatement of consent will be but five
years. This is the most important
amendment to the Iowa liquor laws
since the enactment of the mulct law.
1t is a step in the direction of state
wide prohibition. and it was taken
with the fun sanction of Governor
Cummins, whose closest friends We're
among its strongest advocates. He
promptly signed the bill and it became
law. His is a better record in the
't"r of temperance legislation than
can be credited to all of three imme-
republican predecessors. two OF
whom We're prominent church MEM
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

oil that the United States price was
in the first half of 1905, 1.99 cents per
gallon above that of Germany, PIP
cents above that of Denmark, and
3.17 above that of England. 1t is
only necessary to guess at the num-
Der of gallons of oil the United States
has used since the Dingley law began
to protect the Standard Oil Company
to appreciate in some degree what
the tax on American consumption has
been
If Governor Cummins should ever
find it necessary to justify his COM
parison between the eXactions of the
insurance trust and some others he
would not need to go further than the
statistics furnished in Mr.. kuester-
manns speech. The Standard has
taken more than all the n-tariff-
benefited monopoies put together.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
Horrigan the Deserter.

'Horrisan has been captured" was
the news received on Governors Island.
Horrigan was an inveterate deserter,
and altho every conceivable decora
ton is tatooed on him, he has managed
TO fool the recruiting officers of the
army and navy for fifteen years, in
which time he has enlisted thirteen
times in the army, each time under a
different name, but always with the
telltale tattoo pictures on his body.
Horrigan's deserlions soon became
such regular events and caused so
much trouble to the officers who had
The misfortune to have him in their
commands that when he deserted for
the thirteenth time, General Ainsworth
adjutanr general of the army, took
charge personally of the work Of re-
capturing him.
The description of the deserter.
which was sent to every army post
from New York to the Presidio and
from the Gulf to Jackson Barracks in
New Orleans, was the most complete
ever sent out by the adjutant generals
department of the army. The circular
said that Horrigar was between 30 and
35 years old, and was so literally tat
tooed that his identification should
prove easy. and that from previous ex-
perience he would. again apply for en-
listment soon.
The description said that Horrigan
had the gayest chest of any man in
the army. There We're pictures of
flowers and animals all over his chest.
The central picture represented a prize
fight. the picture showing the pugilists
hammering away at each other and the
roped arena the only thing missing
being the spectators and seconds of
the fighters.
Horrigans right arm according to
the Ainsworth circular, is even gaud-
Ter han his chest. On this arm there
is the picture of a heart. a knife, a.
wreath of flowers. Maltese cross, and
girl swinging from a trapeze. The
left arm is decorated with two clasped
hands. reproduction of the aurora
boreais. star and shield. On the
back of the left hand is a star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
HIS TEMPERANCE RECORD.


During the six years Mr.. Cummns
has been governor he has not advo-
Gated single concession to the liquor
interests. He has advocated legisa-
ton for the Strengthening of the en-
forcement power. of the state. tho OPP
posing the Rankin marshal bill because
it takes away responsibility from the
officers elected and paid by the peo-
pie for the enforcement of the law. Ev-
cry general assembly since he has been
governor has passed measures for the
strengthening of the prohibitory fea-
lures of the Iowa liquor law and Gov
ernor Cummins has signed them. No
tably, the last general assembly, in
which his friends commanded strength
to defeat any legislation he didn't
want passed the time limit BILL thru
the provisions of which the entire state
will come under the prohibitory law
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

What can congressman say when
the army officers ask him for increased
pay; there is his own salary record?
good and durable concrete paving
has been put down on the streets of
Windsor, Ont for SO cents per square
yard. Cement may yet solve the good
roads problem.
c. A. Noble of the Belle PLANE
Union sojourning at the state tubercu-
losis hospital complains that the ia
cilities for editorial work are made
quate. Put on your fur coat and nit
tens and take a seat on the front
porch with lap board and try it, he
writes.
The kind of cut in wages that
might be met without presidential in
reference is that inaugurated by the
receiver Of the Seaboard Air Line
Since February those officials receiv-
ing $1,000 per year have been cut 10
per cent, and those receiving $4,000
have been cut per cent. When fur
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
PROTECTING STANDARD OIL.
(Register and Leader)

tReElSter ana LEADER
One of the comfortable assumptions
of the friends of the present tariff has
been that the oil monopoly, at least.
had no shelter under ii. But now
comes Mr.. kuestermann of Wisconsin,
a republican, and shows that oil is
systcma tically sold in the home mar
ket at higher price than it is deliv-
cred to England or Germany or
France for, and that the edge it has
on the American consumer is because
of very innocent provision of the
Dingley law.
When the trainers of the Dingley
law reached oil they virtuously put il
on the free list But to get even with
Russia, which produces practically all
Of the oil the United States does not,
they added:
provided. That if there be imported
into the United States crude petroleum,
or the products of crude petroleum,
produced in any country which imposes
a duty on petroleum or its products
exported from the United States. there
shall in such cases be levied, paid. and
collected a duty upon said crude petro-
leum or it's products 50 imported equal
to the duty imposed by such country"
Russia, to protect it's oil monopoly
from the Standard monopoly, of
course, levies a duty. Thus automat-
ically and noiselessly. and as tho
the wheels had themselves been oiled.
the Dingley law operates to prevent
the only competition in this market
the Standard oil trust could have.
ma W
s35,963 for the privilege of giving us
competition. or at the rate of "a
cents per gallon on the crude and 2.34
on the refined.
Mr. Kuesternann's figures show, al
lowing for all disparities, and 1 cent
for the superior quality of American
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

The editor of the Memphis. Tenn,
'Times" writes: 'In my opinion Foley's
Honey and Tar is the best remedy for
coughs, solids and lung trouble, and to
my own personal knowledge Foley's
Honey and Tar has accomplished many
permanent cures that have been little
short of marvellous" Refuse any but
the genuine in the yellow package. Nc
Bride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
Topics of the Times

A bar tenders union in Chicago Is
said to have joined the prohibitionists
MT least they propose to enforce sun
day closing, to take effect as soon as
the fishing gets good.
Study the bank statements and ask
your banker to compare his with the
will be able to see prosperity return
ing.
Yes, Jim Trewin is a great man in
Iowa politics. He ran against Cum
Minis for governor in 1901 and got three
or four votes Some say it was more.
The memory of Judge Hubbard was
then fresh.
"Allison Clubs should be formed
wherever Allison sentiment prevails.
and wherever two or three righteous
men can be gathered. Sioux City
Journal.
Cummins clubs refuse to be content
with less than 1000 to 1,400 members.
When Bank of England note re-
turns to the bank the cashiers sigma
ture is torn off. The detachment of
signatures for a day often weighs
twenty pounds. The notes are kept for
five wears. after which they are burned
in a furnace. Every morning at Z this
fire is lighted. Each week 100000 notes
are consumed.
Mr.. Bryan is greatly in hopes that a
republican congress will pass the
Aldrich currency bill and Mr. Bryan
himself knows a wise Bill.
Will the Pullman cars now carry
prescription clerks or will the porters
take out pharmacy permits?
Did the official revocation Of the
motto have anything to do with the
disappearance of the coin? Some of
the Wall Street publications insist that
it did.
Roosevelt is accused of applying the
air" to some railroad plans. The brakes
seemed to work, too.
An interesting feature Of the de-
tailed returns Of the country's De-
cember foreign trade was the striking
curtailment' shown in the import Of a
few 'luxures" compared with
twelvemonth ago. The following table
shows the percentage of some of the
deoreases. Per cent
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

Their retrenchment Is needed the Knit,
might go part way into those reccv-
ing $4,000 per year, and even into
those receiving $4,000 and $4,000 pei
year.
Yes, if Perkins wants To be dele
gate to the national convention, lei
him go as "a district delegate from tn
Eleventh, and l.afc from the SeNcnt's
eh, boys
Those railroad managers though
they could reduce wages without tn,
consent Of Theodore Roosevelt.
An expert writing on advertising as
serts that an eight inch ad in on
newspaper will bring more business
than Il two inch ad in four newspaper
and he advises the dealer who pay
$4,000 year in rent to spend mt least
$4,000 a year in advertising.
Pat seems to want progressiNes
worse In the Sixth than he does in the
Fifth so he says in his Ninton
Eagle of Nate Kendall: He is
skilled in constructive legislation
His mind is upon the needs of the
country. and his courage would cause
him TO vote against Il bad measure tho
seemingly it might for the time being
meet the favor OF popular clanor,
The low delegation in con
sress is strong. and it will be added to
by MIR. Kendall If his constituents SEQ
that it is their duty to send him there.
which we have no doubt they viii.
one of the sensations which has
gone the rounds of the press, and
headed "Haugen for Allison was
based on the standpat endorsement OF
his close friend j III. Anundson. for
district delegate. Now MIR. Anundson
saws: Il wish to say that will not be
a candidate for district delegate
against Duncan Rule. l have been
urged by the standpatters for several
weeks to become candidate. MI.
Rule is a friend of mine, and ! would
not think of opposing him, My name
has been used without permission
from me
There is a distinct tone of recovery
in business conditions reported from
All parts of the country by Dun's re-
view The report from Chicago pub
lshed on this page is especially inter
esting to merchants and manufactur-
prS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by 0Yer-Work,

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
IT used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES

"Cumnns had no more to do with
initiating the presidents railroad pol
icy than a ring tailed cat" says the
Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

Therefore, when your kidneysare weak
or out of order, von can understand how
quickly your entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty
If YOU are sick or "teel badly" begin
taking the CREST kidney remedy, DIR.
kilmer's Swamp-Root because as soon
as your kidneys are we'll they will help
all the other organs TO health. A trial
will convince snyone.
If you are sick you can make no mis-
take by first doctoring your kidneys:
The mild and the extraordinary effect OF
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-RoOt, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. AZ
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases, and is sold
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and one-dollar size H331ItSl!!
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have sample bottle Homo o, swampRooe.
by mail free, also pamphlet telling you
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DR.. killner & Co., Bing-
hamton, N. y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
Dr. Kilner's Swamp-Root, and the adj
dress. Bin2ha1nton. N. ". oneverv bottle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
III the disorder OF
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
aud purify the blood
49, thai. ,rorl-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

The Cedar Rapids Gazette recalls
that according to very accurate MS
tory. George Washington was called
just as many hard names as have been
applied to any modern progressive.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

Those railroad managers though
they could reduce wages without th'
consent OF Theodore Roosevelt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

The Dubuque Telegraph Herald pre-
sents democratic complaint that there
is much talk of Taft for president. but
has anyone detected indications of
popular ground swell in his behalf? Is
praise Of him heard from the lips OF
any but politicians, who think him the
popular choice because Roosevelt is
determined to name his own success
SOr?''
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

Yes, if Perkins wants to be dele
gate TO the national convention, let
him go as a district dclrgat" from tn
Eleventh, and Lafe from the S@Ncnt'
Ell, boys?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

II the new primary law accom-
plishes nothing more than to put a
bar to the continuation in office of
men of the type of Bob Cousins, 1t will
not have been enacted in vain says
the Rockford Register.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-02-27

Their retrenchment is needed the knife
might go part way into those recciv
ing $4,000 per year, and even into
those receiving $4,000 and $4,000 per
year