Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-09
Topics of the Times,
The parcels post resolution is of the
nature of hot potato.

nature of a hot potato.
Reynolds has refused the treasury
portfolio. Why doesn't Mr.. Taft ask
Shaw?
A Cedar Rapids paperhanger has
peen arrested for robbing the houses
where he was> employed. The foolish
man! Why didn't he Just put it in as
overtime like a plumber?
If the dead pioneers could be awak-
ened long enough to learn that the farms
they bought for s1.25 an acre We're SELL
ing on the market for $50 it would be
hard to induce the old fellows to go
back to sleep in their low green tents
Still, above the graves of the men who
are buying today the next generation
will speak of s225 an acre as we of
present prices. And what will their
great grandchildren hold the old farms
at?
Whether Secretary Wilson stays or
not il is likely that his record for con-
tinuous service will stand
$3.50
Any way this vicious practice of get
ting rich will never become general. 1t
seems to be, an individual habit and
not widely distributed.
The commission on the problem of
country life seems to have had a hard
time to find problem to furnish suf-
ficiant excuse for the existence of the
commission The problem of country
life is the road problem. How can we
have perfect roads without spending a
cent? Will some financier offer solu-
ton? That's the real problem.
The legislature can pass a bill to
call poor houses county homes" but
rose by any other name would smell
just the same and a poor house will re-
main a poor house. Nomenclature has
little to do with character.
Senator Peterson has bill to force
restaurants to screen dining room win
dows, Will some one move to amend by
making it compulsory to kill the flies
on the inside Of the restaurant by some
other plan except drowning them in the
soup.
The proposal to the legislature that
the open hours for salons be fixed be-
tween in the morning and at night
is a direct blow to personal liberty. 1t
scarcely gives a poor working man
time to get home to supper and back
to the working mans club in time to
get his nose wet.
Many Of those who oppose Byers'
plan for law enforcement have an
added danger to trennble over. The
prohibition amendment may be sub
mitted There are a considerable num-
Der of legislators who believe the peo-
Pile should have another chance to ex-
press themselves on it and a large
number whose constituents are de-
manding resubmission. If resubm1tted
II will carry like a prairie fire. With
the unfortunate memory of prohibition
times still fresh great many logical
and earnest advocates of liquor reform
feel that it would be a step backward
to attempt to enforce complete prohlb1-
ton at present and would much prefer
a, system that would enforce the pres
ont law which gives the community the
right to prohibit In the county unit
However If the amendment is sub
mitted and CARRIES there will be g much
closer and effective closing than that
of the past. It Is not at all certain
that the saloon change to protestations
of submission to law and condemnation
of dives has not come too late to head
off prohibitory action.
Let's have less law and better con-
sidered. Let's be satisfied with our rep
resentatives who consider and vote
right and not insist that he must evince
activity by introducing bills for laws
which ought never to be passed and
on variety of matters that are best
let alone, Less law, less four-hushing
for, the sake of the constituents and
more real lax better considered is the
motto for the legislatures OF Iowa ana