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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
PROVING THINGS.

IF we were sure that Taft would
be nominated on the first ballot, it
wouldn't make any difference who
went to the national convention from
Iowa, but suppose he wasn't? Would
Iowa republicans like to see Mr.. Blythe
of Burlington voting the delegation
as he did four years ago?-Marshall-
town Times Republican.
Did Blythe vote the delegation four
years ago? Agreeing to that, then
what becomes, of the contention that
Blythe opposed the nomination OF
Roosevelt? For another thing: was
not Cummins a member of the dele
cation? 1t is sometimes true that in
the exercise of the recklessness of zeal
too much Is proven.'-Sioux City
Journal.
Having agreed that Blythe did vote
the delegation we would have the
Sioux City paper recall his plac-
ing Iowa with small minority
composed of railroad ridden states,
like Pennsylvania and California, in
opposition to Senator Lodges Roose-
welt tariff plank. Does the Journal
remember? Roosevelt had no oppo-
sition Cummins was member of the
delegation and he protested against
what Blythe was doing, but the plat
form was adopted by Roosevelts real
friends over Blythe's opposition in the
resolutions committee.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
HOW SHALL THE CONVICT LABOR?

South Dakota is In q quandary. The
state has erected buildings for bind
ing Irvine factory in the penitentiary.
and now finds it lacks conticts to run
the plant. The reason for the short
age, however. is not that the peniten-
tiary fails to contain the help, but
that the state prison shirt factory
needs it to get out the product it has
contracted OF 1877 convicts, 105 are
busy upon shirts. AS sixty-five are
required to run the Irvine plant. the
machinery will not be installed, and
the Irvine plant remain idle.
This unfortunate, but can be easily
remedied. 1t is not to be credited that
1877 out of South Dakota's population
constitute all that belong in the peni-
tertiary. The idle Irvine plant should
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21

offer direct incentive for a round
cut out, rope, hog-tie and brand from
the herds of crime If South Dakota
needs but sixty five to put the Irvine
factory on full running time. the va
uueros of justice should be able to
deliver the bunch early in the after
noon of any specified day. There are
probably enough old longhorns on the
political range to make UP the ship
ment They would be better spinning
Irvine than spiderwebs for the entan-
clement of progress.
The South Dakota Irvine factory
established are expressions Of the
conviction that convicts should be
employed and so far as possible given
tasks that do not compete with the
honest labor that is striving TO keep
out of the penitentiares and the poor
houses In the western states the
Irvine factory comes nearer filling the
latter requirement than any other
feasible factory work. The shirts that
10J South Dakota convicts are busy
making are in direct competition with
the product of the sewing machines
over which lily paid women toll ten
hours day for existence. Prison la
Dor is always cheap from it's very
character. Its product must be- sold
cheap and cheaper the product of free
labor. The Irvine factory is simply an
expression of this general knowledge,
with perhaps a protest against the
Irvine trust.
There is better plan. The high
ways offer it. The 1877 convicts of
South Dakota might be used on the
public roads of that state and their
competition with free labor be abso-
lutely unfelt This is just as true OF
Iowa We are coming upon an era OF
roadmaking. 1t is not, and Will not be
for many years, an avenue LOT pIl-
waite enterprise We should use our
convicts and the convict classes. from
90 day men up to those who are under
long terms, on the highways. And it
would not be outside the limits of jus
tice and common sense If this en-
forced labor were paid. If family men
were thus forced to keep their fam
lilies and educate their children. and
single men thus forced to accumulate
a fund sufficient to make a start with
when their sentences had expired. The
real object of penal sentences is ref
ormation. 1t is easier to reform men
cut Of doors than in the unlighted and
corridors of penitenti-
ary, and stake" for a new start in a
new country is better than all the
Hone Halls, that must of necessity
smell of past crime as a hospital
smells of iodoform. Health and hope
are landmarks of reform The road
camp offers both to the Jail bird.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Wilder = ~''---e s.cord- Hera'r'
laws, and women have only to obey

laws, and women have only to obey
them.
1--WE read that the greater part OF
the criminal class are men. Is 1t posi-
BILE that the vote has something to DO
with this and that by giving 1T to In
nocent women we shall make them.
too, criminals?
MEN have decided when and where
we shall wear hats. whether or not we
shall smoke. Why interfere with them
1t makes the brain reel to think OF the
possibilities il wonderland love-were
to enter politics.
"Women can't serve the political ma
chine and babies too Give women the
vote. and, the first thing you know.
they will have the baby using the po-
litical machine for perambulator.
There will be no homes, no marriages.
nothing but bosses"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Good Memories for Music.


Surely that was a wholesome sight
revealed to the young paper person
who reports that he found at the Man.
haitian opera house "many" who de-
clared that Luisa Tetrazzin "excelled
the peerless song bird Jenny Lind"
That song bird, now percfling lower
in the musical memory of the many,
sang in 1850 where the no more lovely
angel fishes now are, in Castle Car
den. Sturdy boys were these New
York first nighters; they supped that
night, tifty-eight years ago, at the
Astor house after hearing Jenny Lind.
as they supped Wednesday night at
the Hotel Aston. The world moves not
for them as for others; their calendar
is a measure not of years but of miles.
Robust young bucks of eighty-five
opera seasons as they are, their world
has moved merely four miles along
Broadway from Battery Parq to Long
Acre square.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Economy in Excess.

James j. Hill, the Great Northern
magnate, was talking in Kansas City
about railway economy.
Economy is excellent" he said,
"but even economy must not be carried
to excess. Railways must not be
managed as a certain New York neck
tie manufacturer manages his business.
A drummer in this mans employ
showed me the other day letter from
the firm. 1t ran thus:
1--WE have received your letter with
expense account. What we want IS
orders. We have big families to make
expenses for us. We find in your ex-
pense account so cents for billiards.
Please don't buy any more billiards.
Also we see 1925 for horse and buggy.
Where is the horse, and what did you
do with the buggy? The rest Of your
expense account is nothing but bed.
Why is it you don't ride more in the
night time?
John says you should stop in Bos-
ton, where his cousin George Moore
lives. John says you should sell Moore
a good bill. Give good prices-he is
Johns cousin Sell him nasty for
cash. Also John says you can leave
Boston at 11:45 in the night and get
to Concord at 4:35 in the morning. Do
this-and you won't need any bed.
And remember, what we want is or
derS.'"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
A Mx.t.rx Solved.

~ "yOS0sy SOsvSs
what is the navy sailing for?" quoth
to Captain Binks.
II do not know" the sea dog said. "but
this is what I thinks:
Bob Evans wants to teach the Japs the
game Of tiddledywinks."
admirell.
II do not know" said he, land II did
l wouldn't tell
thought he muttered something else that
babe me go to thunder
The secretary next 1 sought. "oh. Mr..
Sec.." said I.
'swhy is the navy sailing west?" He
straightway made reply:
because it isn't sailing east" and shook
my hand goodby.
went to Loeb "Oh William Loeb. pray
can you tell to me
Just why the navy's going west to the
Pacific sea?''
"Why. is the navy going west? Who told
you SOP said he.
At last asked the G.restH~~< Please tell
me why you risk
The navy sailing round the Horn?' He
answered sharp and brisk:
because the sailing Is 80 bad from Oma-
ha to Frisk."
Carlyle Smith in Harper's Weekly.
It is better to hope and to work than
to grumble and quarrel and shirk.-
Baltimore American.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Topics Il the Times

The Cedar Rapids Republican says
in the republican party of Iowa comes
from the fact that by reason of the
utter decentralization of the democratic
organization there are at present in
the republican party, and seeking to
dictate to it, men who do not believe
in republican principles and who new
er have believed in them. AS a rule
they do not vote for republican can
ddates. They take part in republican
caucuses, and then since they fail to
make the platforms and select the can
didates," and then for fear we would
not know who they were. the Repub-
lcan in the same issue reminds us of
Linn county going democratic on the
head of the ticket when normally re-
publican, and does not want "all these
republicans fooled who thus pro
tested against factionaism. But
how can we keep these democrats out,
will the Republican please tell?
q Joe ILdIlt 5 pleScuI dltlIuuC lSlSNSS
the situation somewhat. He will not
need to be watched turnout the next
campaign.
Discussing hard times in the Feb
ruary American, Mr.. Dooley says:
What difference does it make to We
how far We move forward, if ivrything
else moves forward ahead iv We?
Now, as thin, We are chasin' tn will
low-th' wisp Of good groceries AS
We begin to retreat they come back,
but there's niver a day whin ye can
reach out an sieze thin. TIL dinner
pail is always full, but not full iv angel
cake. Don't We be throubled be tn
end iv prosperity. Ye have nawth-
in to fear firm hard times that we
haven't suffered durin' the peeryod so
charmingly described in tn Thanks
givin' Day proclamations.
A press dispatch from Pittsburg
says that the big coke companies in
the Connellsville region are seeking to
displace foreign labor in the mines
and coke works by the employment of
English speaking workmen. Agents
are being employed to secure new
hands to the number of two thou
sand The explanation is that in the
calendar of the foreigners every feast
day in the church is a holiday, and on
those days they refuse to work. We'd
dings and funerals are also as eX-
cuses for absence from the mines and
ovens, and it not infrequently hap
pens that these holidays run the
greater part of week, during all OF
which time the power plants at the
works must be kept in operation
burning immense quantities. of coal
and other expenses must be incurred
to keep things in running order.
In Switzerland we find the earliest
intelligent treatment of forestry
over one thousand years ago she pos
sessed forest system. and had devel-
oped a scientific forestry by the tif-
tenth century AS early as Louis
NV France awoke to the fact tha'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
NOTE ISSUES MUST NOT DELAY.

Mr.. Roberts, once of FIT. Dodge, then
director of the United States mint and
now president of great bank in Chi
cage, will talk to a Marshalltown au-
dience this evening upon the need of
a central bank of issue in the United
States. What he will say will be of
unusual interest to every business
man more or less concerned over finan-
cial panics.
The principal function of central
bank would be the issuing of currency
to ordinary banks as their needs would
require The trouble with all schemes
for bond secured currency is that
method. No currency will fill the bill
which can not be had by telegraph and
express from some nearby point and
be retady for banks use when its
needs are the most acute, and no cur
rency will fill the bill which can not
be ready for a banks use when its
thru the delay of purchasing bonds,
making application and waiting for
red tape regulations and requirements
to be met.
For this reason the plan Of the cur
rency committee of the National
Bankers association provides for ma
tional banks to possess standing au-
thority to issue currency on their
general credit up to 40 per cent of the
bond secured notes they have out, and
not to exceed II per cent of their COM
bined capital and surplus. This would
enable them to issue notes on demand
and without delay.
Such notes would be called asset
notes, but they would have all the
elements of security and safety that
the present bond secured note now
has, For instance, certificate OF
deposit for $40, signed by any ma
tional, state or savings bank in Iowa,
would pass current at par and be ac-
cepted wherever that bank was
known, and yet 1t would have back of
it nothing but the credit of the bank
or it's ability to pay. A clearing house
certificate has the added strength of
having an association of several banks
back Of it. The asset note will have
every national bank in the United
States back of it, with the United
States government guaranteeing it be-
sides, and it will be exactly the same
kind of paper money as the bank notes
which now furnish the most of our
IS bills 1t will not spread alarm
when it is issued, and it will be safe
and sound What is Of far greater
value, it can be issued quickly when
needed and being taxed, will be re-
tired as soon as money begins to pile
up again. If we had the central bank,
the government and the national banks
would own it jointly, and all currency
would be issued by the central bank
and loaned to the several banks upon
satisfactory showing as to their assets,
just as they now loan to their farmer
customers who own their land.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Largest Mica Mine.

The largest mica mine in the world
is located at Sydenham, Ont. sixteen
miles from Kingston. The product Is
mostly amber mica, with some silver
amber, the highest quality mined. The
mine is one mile from the upper end OF
Sydenham lake, and the mica is trans
ported in bulk from the mine by barge
to the railroad at Sydenhanl, where 1t
Is shipped to Ottawa for trimming for
the market.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
CORN LIKE CENTURIES AGO.
Ear Similar to That Of Aneients Grown
by Freak Of Nature.


by Freak Of Nature.
Nature forgot its centuries of educa-
ton near Abel, Ia. last fall and by
some strange freak produced corn as
it was originally found in Its wild
state, says Des Moines ua) special
dispatch to the Chicago Inter Ocean.
The ear of corn Is the most remark
able ever shown in the corn belt At
about the middle Of one side of the
ear little sprig came out. extending
about four inches long.
At first glance it looks like por-
ton of the tassel bearing corn. But
1t is not a tassel. 1t Is head like that
of any small grain. having little cups.
in some of which perfect grains OF
corn have formed.
1t is claimed this was the original
form of corn by agronomists who have
seen 1t and that with centuries Of cul-
tivation was brought to the present
form of corn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Amonq the Ancients.

The Argonauts were returning from
the Colchis with the golden fleece.
"This will be something new" said
Captain Jason, for Wall street to
pluck"
Hereupon he fell to wondering
whether it would be better to get it
thru the custom house as gold for the
relief Of the financial stringency or
to pay an exorbitant duty on it as
imported wool.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
az M@z-4
BLOWS FROM "THE BIG STICK
How the President Welded It In il Day
At the White House.

How the President Welded 1t In Il Day
at the White House.
Entirely as matter of interest 10
President Roosevet's activities 1T is
pointed out that in the five letters he
wrote on Jan. 4 he has rebuked and
praised greater aggregation OF per-
sons than would be supposed from a
cursory reading. says a Washington
correspondent Of the New York Her.
aid. In all he wrote two epistles to
the secretary Of the navy and ore each
to the secretary Of war. the cntef OF
staff and the house committee on mil
itary affairs.
Here is partial list of those indi-
Gated in acrostic form:
r alcbearers in the army
II orses in the army.
r xaggerators of facts in both.
Brownson, who was Childish"
/ Interiors who don't obey.
q enerals who don't cooperate.
-
9 hips that are faulty.
T roops that are LACKING
Inforners that are "mendacious.
G. lioues that are numerous.
K ickers that abound. -,
50
commander Of the Solace.
o Ulcers too fat to ride.
M agazines that exaEgerate.
f xperts who disagree.
ailors who grated prize money.
Desk warriors who love ease.
O Ulcers who agitate.
w riters who make fun OF riders
N avail bureaus that quarrel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21

her forests and her life were draining
away together But it was too late
Today she is spending $34 an acre to
reforest her watersheds. The same
experience is costing Italy $50 an acre.
Italy is not a wealthy nation; yet she
is appropriating cheerfully this enor-
nous sum in the realization that on 1t
depends the question as to whether or
not she will have to strike her tents.
If we of the United States We're called
upon to replace at even Italys figure
the trees now growing on the water
sheds protected by our reserves, we
should have to spend about three bill
lion dollars.
Col. w. G. Dows. of Cedar Rapids,
is a candidate for delegate to the ma
tiona convention from the flfth DIS
trict. He is an able man, was person
ally acquainted with Roosevelt and
in the army. and very naturally would
like to train with men of that class
in Chicago. He has thrown Off the
yoke of the postoffice-federal attorney
newspaper in his home town. and
therefore is subjected to a bitter and
humilating attack by 1t. Dows' friends
should remember the Maine.
Telephone 5000 farmers about what
YOU would like to sell and see how
long it takets. Put few words in
Times Republican sale ad at penny
a word and tell them all about it in
twenty four hours.
Men will buy cheap land now, ex-
pecting to hold it thirty years for their
children, but If the lumber supply of
the United States is to be exhausted
in thirty years, as the government
bureau Of forestry predicts, why not
plant trees?
Senator Allison's illness is the cause
of great concern in Washington. The
president and Secretary Taft recently
honored the aged statesman by call
ing on him at his home to inquire af-
will be 70 years old on the second day
of March.
Charlie Pickett is the second man
to enter the primaries against Birdsall
for congressional nomination, and
nothing has been said about there be-
ing anything but personal ambitions
inspiring them. In the Fifth district.
however, when a man inquiries among
his friends for support against Cous-
ms great cry is raised against the
governor of the state for inspiring men
to such horrible extremes.
1t is a crime in the Fifth district
for men to be ambitious to go to con-
gress. Des Moines ought to be pun
ished for it,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
An Insiduous Danger.

One of the worst features of kidney
trouble is that it is an insiduous dis
ease and before the victim realizes his
danger he may have fatal malady.
Take Foley's Kidney Cure at the first
sign of trouble as it corrects irregu-
larities and prevents Brights disease
and diabetes. Mcbride & Will Drug
Co
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
WOMAN
BAG ACHE

The back is the handspring of
woman's organism. 1t quickly calls
attention to trouble by aching. It
tells, with other symptoms, such as
nervousness, headache, pains in the
loins, weight in the lower part Of
the body, that a woman's feminine
organism needs immediate attention.
In such cases the one sure remedy
which speedily removes the cause,
and restores the feminine organism
tn a healthy. normal condition is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
pisturbed the Compensation.

The person who disturbed the con-
gregation last Sunday by continually
coughing is requested to buy bottle
of Foleys Honey and Tar. Mcbride
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
Special Announcement Regarding the
National Pure Food and Drug Law.

OVS1 1oVss
We are pleased to announce that
Foley's Honey and Tar for coughs,
colds and lung troubles is not affected
by the National Pure Food and Drug
law as it contains no opiates or other
harmful drugs, and we recommend it
as a safe remedy for children and
adults. Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
ITS UNhANDY
TO Be POOR

It's worse than poverty to put up
with bad plumbing.
can eliminate your troubles and
save you money by installing for you
standard sanitary enameled bath tubs.
lavatories and sinks and M. & K.
double flush closets.
A complete stock of these goods con-
stantly on hand.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
1heusands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never SUSPECT i.

PrItalency Of Kidney Disease.
Most people do not realize the alarm
Ing increase and remarkable prevalency
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21
PlNkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

Mrs. Win Young, of 6 Columbia
Ave-, Rockland, Me-, says:
81 was troubled for long time with
dreadful backaches and pain in my
side, and was miserable in every way.
I doctored until was discouraged and
thought would never get well. / read
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound had done for others and
decided to try it; after taking three
bottles can truly say that never felt
SO well in my life"
Mrs. Augustus Lyon, of East Earl,
Pa, writes to Mrs Pinkham:
81 had very severe backaches, and
pressing-down pains. Icould not sleep,
and had no appetite. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound cured me
and made me feel like new woman.
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.
For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear.
ing down feeling, fiatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, or nervous prostration
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21

sotM dtctoring tho etects, while the 0ra9-
snail di,eass undermines the system.
what TO Do.
There is comfort in the knowledge SO
often expressed, that DR.. Kilmers
SwamrrRoot, the great kidney remedy,
fulfills every wish in curing rheumatism,
pain in the back, kidneys, liver, bladder
and every part of the urinary passage.
It corrects inability to hold water
and sc alding pain i'll passing it, or bad
effects following use of liquor, wine or
beer, and overcones that unpleasant ne
cessity of being compelled to go often
during. the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and
the extraordinary effect of Swamp.Root
is soorl realized. 1t stands the highest
for its wonderful cures of the most DIS
tressirlg cases. If you need medicine
YOU Should have the best. Sold by drug
gists in fifty-cent and one-dollar sizes:
You may have sample bottle and
book that tells all SIX
about it, bothsentfree
by mail. Address DR.. ~ 4: -
kilme.r s. Co., Bing- -
ha1r,torl, N. Y. When Hone Of swamp Root
writing mention this paper and don't
make. any mistake, but remember the
name, Dr.. Kilrner's Swamp-Root. and
the address, Binghamton, N. Y.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21

Desk warriors who love ease.
o Ulcers who agitate.
w riters who make fun OF riders.
N avail bureaus that quarrel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-21

OA AluuC AloSooSs
While kidney dis
orders are the
most common
diseases that pre-
vail, they are
almost the last
recognized by
patient and ply
sicians, scho con-
TENT thsnseICeS