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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
Outside Point of VIEW.

Judge Grosscup in n recent address,
comes out plainly in favor of a plan
compelling all corporations of a pub
lie nature to pay all profits occruing
over certain per cent, to be paid to
stockholders, into the public treasury.
He assumes that all prohibiting legis-
lation so far, notably the Sherman act,
has not prevented combines of corpor-
alton interests. That trusts still exist.
His idea is, combination is MURAL
and harmonious, often beneficial Sc
quence of increased and modern busi-
ness ventures. That the legislation Of
the future should be of a controlling
nature. AS Cleveland once put it, con-
ditions rather than theories confront
u.s.
The idea is not new. The Illinois
Central Railway has paid to the state
of Illinois for many years such a tax.
1t is now we'll settled principle that
all corporations getting a franchise to
use public street should pay into a
city treasury a certain percentage of
its net profits. The Gothenburg scheme
probably as successful and practical a
temperance measure as ever enacted,
and one producing very satisfactory re-
suits in Norway and Sweden, has this
feature Of paying into the city or
town treasury all net profits in excess
of 10 per cent which first goes to the
stockholders.
"A superficial student of political
economy can easily figure out some
results of such law and it's appreci-
alton to our common carriers. First,
the dividend first allowed to stock
holders for their investment should be
large enough to encourage investors
Then a well managed concern would
be carried on with the intention of be-
ing able to declare such a dividend, but
no inducement would be in sight for
the officials to over charge the public
for services rendered. Rather would
it be factor in low prices to secure
business as against competitors.
And this brings out statement thai
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
THE APorHEosls OF THE TURKEY.

Strange how we let ourselves be
and there by mere custom. Take tur-
key for instance; every householder
imagines he has been derelict to the
day and those who celebrate it about
his table if he does not provide tur-
key. So he buys the bird at the price
of an overcoat for the oldest boy and
eats it in solemn ceremonial when
ducks and geese and chicken and oys-
tiers are more to his taste if the truth
were known and much more palatabla
to his pocketbook.
Nobody lapses into the temporary
insanity CT paying 30 cents pound for
turkey except on turkey days, Thanks
giving, Christmas and New Years
days. Ordinarily chicken is good
enough, escalloped oysters or baron
of beef a gustatory joy. But along
about Christmas the obsession for tur-
key takes hold and we act like negro
mining camp when the circus comes or
the camp meeting has been running
two weeks. We simply must have tur-
key.
But for all this there is, 1t must be ad.
mitted, much excuse. The turkey is a
royal bird. He is filed with happy
memories as with sage stuffing. Free,
in the barnyard he represents nothing
unless the sordid price he will COM
mand at the poulterers. But roasted
brown, unctuous, upon a platter. sur
rounded by faces lit with filial and fra
ternal fires, he rises to the height OF
a sacrifiicial offering. He has ceased ia
be turkey and has become a part Of
home gathering, Of home memories and
future hope. Aside from his tooth
someness he is something necessary, 4
chord In the music, something thai
would jar by its absence like a familiar
lpicture taken from the wall. He ceasei
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

many Of our best thinkers put into
words and one heard more frequently
during the Roosevelt administration, is
it safe thing to put power into the
hands Of any set of commissioners, to
fix prices on any mans goods for that
is what it amounts to when railroad
commissioners can make an arbitrary
rate on passenger or freight traffic. We
may admit that congress or state leg
islatures have such power and use it.
Even admitting its constitutionality, is
it wise thing to do, to delegate such
power. And again 1t seems plain If
Judge Grosscups plan was in vogue,
there would be no need of such dele
gated power. These things are worth
the attention of thinking men, for
some settlement of this big question is
close at hand
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
evAMeELlsm,s COMMERCIAL SIDE.

A Baptist organ, the Standard, has
word or two to say on high priced
evangelists, and says it with much
plainness and good judgment. The
Standard questions the modern method
of syndication of the individualistic bus
mess of evangelism, or as 1t expresses
1t evangelism by proxy" 1t suggests
that the command to go make dis
ciples" applies to individuals and that
we Of this modern time answer it 'by
sending q substitute" in the person of
the modern evangelist. And bad as is
the Sinking Of personal responsible
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
PosrnEE,cE LOSING MONEY.

NneA lHe postmaster general'S report
is received by congress there will be
presented an interesting suggestion to
postage on second class mail matter in
order to overcome the annual deficits
Of the department. 1t is computed that
1t is costing on an average nearly five
cents per pound to carry magazines
thru the mails which pay only one cent
postage and that newspapers cost the
government nearly two cents per pound
when they pay only one cent The post
master general suggests that limited
zone be established for the one cent
rate and that as the haul becomes
longer the rate go higher.
1t is a reasonable and businesslke
suggestion. There is no reason why
the people should raise an annual tax
of s64,o0O,o0 with which to pay deficits
on second class mail matter. 1t is
true that the magazines and news
force in our civilization today not ex-
cepting the public school system and
money spent for dissemination of good
literature and current information is
IS wisely expended as appropriations
for public educa ion, but the trouble
now is that the unworthy publications
are getting in on he rate and piling up
he deficit I'd 10 good public purpo e.
If the rate ere raised the people
would pas il jdst nc same but they
would select The publica ions for wAiah
they We're to pay ana they would pay
only for those which they wanted In
this way the total tax would actually
be reduced and the people would re-
ceive thru the mails the journals which
they wanted to receive.
But if the rate were boosted uniform
ly on all second class matter it would
create an unfair discrimination against
the newspapers. Their average haul is
short as compared to the average haul
|
of the monthly magazine and the mail
order weekly, hence they cost the gov
eminent much less to carry. If the rate
| is to go up it should be adjusted ac-
cording to actual cost. The zone basis
of postal rates would be fair and equit-
able. Then the short haul would pay
a low rate and the transcontinenta
haul would pay rate commensurate
with it's cost.
But before any rates are boosted g
congressional commission can we'll af-
ford to investigate costs. 1t is motor
ious that the railroads are overpaie
for carrying the mails. Fast mai
trains are run on fat mail contract:
primarily for the benefit of the grea
city newspapers whose publishers hav'
the pull. Mail is delivered by fas
trains from the east in Chicago in tn,
afternoon and held there five to eigh
hours to be rushed westward on othe
fast mail trains which should have lef
by 6 p. m, were it not that the morn
ing Chicago papers need the servic
delayed for their benefit. Manufactur
ers the world over look to their cost
firsts and raise their prices last whel
the postal department Of the nation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
WHERE THEY RAISE TURKS.

LNeUSdUVu1 INepUUIICdIiJ
The price paid az cents a pounO,
Mt the recent great turkey sale at
Douds-Leando, where 1.400 turkeys
were brought in by farmers round
about. of which mention was made in
the Republican last week, indicates that
lots of people indulge in the eating of
that bird about holiday time in spite
of the unsurpassed big cost for turk
eys ION foot But then, you know,
Christmas time comes only once a year,
hence this occasional extravaganza in
eating is not out of place.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
THE LODGES.
A MASONIC NoTicEA
w Visitors always welcome
V\ Hall over 1851 West Main.

NUNOOsNtS NV bOsOS
w Visitors always welcome
wv Hall over 1851 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 1os A. +. q A.
M.-Work on third degree Thursday.
December 80 at 1880 p. m.
H. q. Hoeck. w. ".
II. S. Lawrence. Sec'y.
S1GNET CHAPTER No. SO. r. A. N.
Installation of officers Wednesday,
Dec. 20, at 1880 p. m. Refreshments
served.
George H. goggie, r. II. r.
I. s. Millard. Secy
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL r. q q.
M.-Special assembly Wednesday, Dec.
20, 1880 p. m. Election and installation
of officers, and work
A. u. Meeker, T. !. N.
I. T. Forbes. Rec.
ST ALDEMAR CcMMANDERY NO.
30 K. T. Sir knights and officers meet
at the asylum Wednesday evening,
Dec 18th at 1880 sharp for installation
of officers. Visiting Fraters always
welcome.
+. NJ. Wilbur, b. e.
Fred Wallace, Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o =.
S.-Meets in regular meeting, installa-
ton of officers Wednesday evening,
Jan. IL at 1880.
Mrs. Geo. Downing. W. Y
Edna c. Fularton. 9ec1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
The Years End.

Full happy is the man who comes at
last
Into the safe completion of his year:
Weathered the perils of his spring. that
blast
How many blossoms promising and
dear!
And of his summer with dread pas
sions fraught,
That Oft like fire thru the ripening
corn,
Blight all with hooking death and
leave distraught
Loved ones to mourn the ruined
waste forlorn.
But now, tho autumn gave but harvest
slight,
oh, grateful is he to the powers
above
For winters sunshine, and the length
ened night
BY hearth-side genial with the
warmth of love,
Thru silvered days of vistas gold and
green
ContenJedly he glides away, serene.
The Century
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
to be food. He is Of the spiritual as o

to be food. He is Of the spiritual as Of
the physical.
So turkey becomes worth the mon
ey. Costly, then, thy turkey as thy
purse may buy. Neither duck nor goose,
not game or oysters in or out of shell
may supply his place. He has risen
above the flesh and belongs to the
great American home as symbol and
expression of its happiness.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

"A p. o. IN THE wooDP1LE?
{ Mapleton Press.l

[Mapleton Press.l
This paper is waiting and ready to
champion the candidacy of some cap
able republican to take the place of
the 2X4 peanut politician that is now
misrepresenting the Eleventh Iowa dis
trict in congress. Any man with ordin-
airy intellect can easily win over the
brainless monstrsity that is the pres
ent incumbent.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

The greatest danger from influenza 10
of its resulting In pneumonia. This
can be obviated by using Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, as it not only cures in
f1uenza, but counteracts any tendency
Of the disease towards pneumonia. Sold
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

What effect will the heavy snowfall
have on automobiling in the Seventh
district?
The indianapolis News points out
that the ship subsidy advocates were
first to call the second class mail priv
llege "a subsidy to newspapers" and
that President Taft borrowed the term
from them. The fact is that it is not
a true statement but a deceiving term.
The second class mail can be carried
For what it pays if the contracts for
way as business house would make
them. President Taft hears too we'll
out of the ear next to the advocates of
ship subsidy and tariff barons to please
those who are on his deafer side.
Had Belgium been shrewd enough to
turn the surgeons loose on Leopold
years ago she might have saved her
self much of the shame of the Congo
How'd YOU like to see Theodore
Roosevelt chairman of the Ballinger in
vestigation committee?
The Cedar Rapids Republican com
plains when a piece of reform legis-
lation is advocated by man like AL
drich the extreme reformers move
away from it," The Republican may
possibly have noticed that when the
professional proposes to change the
whist game to poker those who have
profted by observation or experience
suddenly remember a previous engage
ment
| Little Belgium now has an expert
machinist for her king and her queen
is graduate physician Such is the
successor to Leopold and the wife who
is to assist him.
Justice Lurton aside from being an
ex- confederate is the only member of
the supreme bench who ever served a
term in the penitentiary. AS prisoner
of war in 1863 he was imprisoned in
the Ohio state penitentiary.
oh! those bargain ads! If one only
had something left after Christmas he
could make fortune on the marked
down stuff.
What Iowa needs is an importation
of about 100000 Hols.ein- Fresian bulls
Dairying as an industry must come
With $500 land.
Whether Cannon himself is reelected
speaker is not SO essential as whether
or not the system and the rules which
have made him are to endure Con-
gress needs to do some house cleaning
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

Upon reflection, President Taft's mes
sage seems to be chiefly remarkable
for the things that he proposes to put
in the next one.-Providence Evening
Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

1t must be said for the sugar trust
that it has not played any favorites.
but has robbed the government as it
has the consumers.-St Paul Dispatch.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

Aeroplanes and automobiles have
served one good purpose. People have
quit thinking there is luck in old horse
shoes.-Chicago Record Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

Fault Of Weak Mind.
A weak mind is like microscope
which magnifies trifiing things bu,
cannot receive great ones.-Lord
Chesterfield.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

cause his retirement would bring to a
nearer, realization a higher ideal and
the higher class of legislation than
has heretofore prevailed"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

1.-THE woes of the Iowa farmer are
increasing" says the Mapleton Press.
This year there are not hands enough
to shuck the corn crop, not cars
enough to ship the ears, and no place
big enough to accommodate the
husks."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

DR. Cook Is now due for some thrill
ling interviews with Il Told You So
Club.-iWashington Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

Mr. j. Pierpont Morgan is an early
and constant shopper who is quick to
buy rare manuscript or a telephone
mpany.-Nashville Banner.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
ICYA OPINION AND snIf

The determination to investigate the
charges against Secretary of the In
terror Ballinger is what ought to have
been set on foot some time ago. de
clares the Cedar Falls Record. If the
difficulty between Ballinger and Pin
chot is merely personal tilt the
country has right to know it, If, on
the other hand, he secretary of the in
terror has been guilty of conduct to
say the East Objectionable this also
ought to be known In these DAYS
Of newspaper activity publicity is a
great factor in driving fraud and graft
from under cover. Let the light be
turned on every questionable trans
action no matter whom it strikes. The
1lblic service WIN be materially inn
proved when it becomes known that
not only a searchlight is to be turned
on but that a probe is to be utilized
also. Publicity is the greatest enemy
to graft
Noting that Leopold forbade the pub
lie attending his funeral, the Liver
more Gazette suggests, his determin-
alton to deprive the people of having
any pleasure chung to him until the
very last"
Judge Prouty is strong man. He
would reinforce the element in coun-
try and congress who propose to add ia
prosperous conditions the square deal
says the Glidden Graphic 1.-THE issue
Is fairly drawn in the seventh district
Prouty would not be able to get things
as Hull is able to get them. But the
whole country at large would be the
gamer by the retirement Of Hull be-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

The Early News has it figured out
that "the sugar trust could have given
sugar away and still have made money
by the methods it was pursuing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

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Special attention given T. all 6ufgioa1
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

Dangerous Surgery
in the abdominal region is prevented
by the use of DR.. Kings New Life
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Booker Washington puts in wise
plea for the southern blacks when he
points to their fool friends as their
worst enemies Norfolk Virginian-
Pilot.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

yet, after ALL is the man who COM
mts an Infamous action much worse
than the lnan who stands idly by and
allows it to be done?," inquiries the
Thompson Courier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29
Topics of the Times

Those of us who are knocking most
on cold turkey are those of us who
didn't get turkey hot or cold.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

1T didn't require much of guesser
anyway, to reach the conclusion that
Dowell never had ghost of chance
of receiving the nomination." says the
Winterset Reporter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

''The leak in the postoffice depart
ment is not in the newspaper or any
other rate of postage" says the Charter
Oak Times, but in the railroad con-
tracts and the rural deliveries. Both,
perhaps. are necessary. The railroad
contract is badly swollen, and the poor
printer is asked to pay the cost. The
rural system is not overpaid, but it is
not self supporting"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

The man who reasoned that Cook
would practice no deception because he
could not afford to attempt it has not
been a good observer of men in his
own community" says the Dubuque
Times-Journal. What is a quack ex-
cept man who, for the sake of the
profits of quackery, exposes his char
acter to those he knows to be capable
of judging his pretensions ?"'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

Whether Cannon himself is re- elected
speaker is not so essential as whether
or not the system and the rules which
have made him are to endure. Con-
gress needs to do some house cleaning.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

Justice Lurton aside from being an
ex-confederate is the only member of
the supreme bench who ever served a
term in the penitentiary. AS prisoner
of war in 1863 he was imprisoned in
the Ohio state penitentiary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

What effect will the heavy snowfall
have on automobiling in the Seventh
district?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

oh. those bargain ads! If one only
had something left after Christmas he
could make fortune on the marked
down stuff
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

What Iowa needs is an importation
of about 100000 Hols.ein- Fresian bulls.
Dairying as an industry must come
With 5000 land
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

Little Belgium now has an expert
machinist for her king and her queen
is graduate physician. Such is the
successor to Leopold and the wife who
is to assist him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-29

Had Belgium been shrewd enough to
turn the surgeons loose on Leopold
years ago she might have saved her
self much of the shame of the Congo.
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