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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
THE PRICE OF A scHooLmA,A

A Pittsburg school teacher is suing
the principal of one of the schools of
that city for $4,000 damages She al
leges that she lost twenty-five pounds
in weight and can prove it. She wants
Just thousand dollars pound for
the difference between what she used
to weigh in the halcyon hour Of re-
Quilted affection and what unhappiness
and disappointment now register on a
shortened scale beam.
At this distance judicial decision is
more or less hard to arrive at; but
Judging the Pittsburg schoolma'am by
the Iowa product and admitting rea-
sonable equality the conclusion is that
she should have the money. There are
thousands of men ready to swear that
10 pound Iowa schoolma'am is
worth million of any mans money.
There are hundreds of Iowa school,
ma'ams that would be cheap at $4,000
q pound, live weight. In fact and in
short, the demand in Iowa is over
whelmingly beyond the supply and
market prices are not considered. All
that a man hath will he give freely for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
The Western Insurgents.

[Springield Mass. Republican,
The western republican insurgents
may close their mouths in fear of
executive power, bat this attitude Of
the president Will be extremely irritat-
ing to them. The question they can
still put to the president with unbroken
force is whether he aid all he could to
bring about more unquestioned full
fillment of the pledges he made for
himself and his party in the matter of
tariff reform and downward revision.
Was he the willing or unwilling victim
of the undoubted Vaccinations of the
Aldrich -4Cannon machine in congress to
prevent real downward revision? If he
was an unwilling victim, why came
there not from him turnout the long
struggle a single word in support and
encouragement of the republicans in
the senate who were striving for that
real downward revision which the
president made them believe he favor
ed in his western campaign speeches of
last year?
The president makes it appear tina.
the congressional machine of the party
was acting in entire good faith with
him in this matter turnout. In that
case it remains to be explained why.
at the very last moment. his eyes
seemed to have been opened to what
was going on and he was led to send
letter to the republican conferees which
resulted in breaking their deadlock over
the glove and lumber schedules. That
letter. by the way, has never been made
public, so far as We have seen. 1t
should now be given out 1t is said to
have been couched in very strong
terms. 1t is said to have placed honest
redemption of party pledges above any
party expediency to be found in trifing
with those pledges. 1t was regarded by
the party insurgents as amply justi-
flying their course. They at last should
demand the publication of that letter,
that it may be read in the light of Mr..
Tafts present disposition TO ally him
self with the reactionary Aldrich ele-
ment
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
THE NATlohAL VICE.

There are plenty of people in this
country to whom the cost of living,
ever on the increase as it is, is great
problem Also there are plenty to
whom it ought not to be SO much Of a
problem as it is. These should ia
miliarize themselves with the precepts
laid down by Poor Richard at the
auction. You pay too much for your
whistle"
There are not great many persons
in this immediate vicinity who make a
habit of going to Europe. But If it
isn't going to Europe, it is something
else, and one thing may serve as well
as another for the purposes of illustra-
ton. The way this item has been
growing may be gathered from the fol-
lowing table which shows, in round
number. the outward bound saloon
and second cabin passengers on trans
atlantic liners since 1899:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
TWO TYPES OF AMERICA SUCCESS,

Action seeking to invalidate the
codicils to Charles T. Yerkes' will Civ
ing about $4,000 to his butler and a
few other faithful servants, brings out
that the multimillionaire lived his last
years in an agony of fear lest he should
be poisoned by members of his imme-
date household. His fears forced him
to insist that his butler and immediate
dishes before he touched them. With
unlimited means to supply every want
and within that money could buy, he
lived the prisoner of deadly fear in
his marble mansion, lived the life of a
hunted thing without the freedom Of
the hunted. But he died rich beyond
the dreams of avarice; and the woman
who bore his name some weeks later
became one of the principals TO a re-
marriage which was the scandal of its
hour Back of Yerkes was much that
even money could not cover from the
contempt of the world and that even
the American fetch of money making
could not justify to its own idolators.
But he died rich.
A few days ago another type of
successful American died in a Mime
sofa hospital His estate it is stated
on some authority may be estimated
at $4,000, less than the price of a hun
dred acre farm in Marshall county. He
had never served himself AS boy
he worked for an honest dollar while
his mother took in washing" He was
a fearless editor of an unknown county
paper the honest candidate of the hon
esty of a great state that sought re-
form even to the breaking of party al
legiance. No one was ever sorry he
trusted John A. Johnson. He died poor
as Yerkes died rich, but he died a
multimillionaire in all that made
Yerkes' poor.
Young man, there are two distinc-
lively American types. Which will you
have as your ideal American? On your
decision rests the future of America.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04

When John Sherman was secretary of
the treasury a quarter OF century
ayo he made careful Investigation of
the amount expended by tourists in
Europe. He found the figure was about
500, 1000 600 year at that time. 1t
probably is much more than twice that
much now, since the number of tourists
has more than doubled and since the
times are much flusher now than then.
The matter comes home to greater
number if domestic travel be consid-
cred. The annual average expenditure
per capita for passenger fares on
American railroads in 1908 was $3.50,
and the figure is increasing. Probably
one fourth of the total goes for purely
pleasure trips, or say s141, 100000.
Now, it is good for folks to travel
and it would be we'll if everyone could
so about some, but it is not necessary.
Often 1t is extravaganza.
The present purpose, tho, is not
TO discourage travel. 1t is only sought
20 use travel as an illustration In a
hundred other ways the people are
pending their money with an abandon
that bodies no good for the nation This
extravaganza on the part of the indi-
vidual is father to extravaganza on the
part of the government. The cost of
living feeds on itself. 1t has an i'm
mediate influence in the direction of
further increase that the people and
their money are soon parted. All the
traffic will bear applies here as we'll as
to freight rates
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
Growing Railroad Profits.
TPhiladelphia Press.


When the Hepburn interstate COM
merce act was passed. prohibiting re-
bates under adequate penalties and re-
quiring full reports of railroads. many
railroad managers declared that the
law would ruin railroads by Its restric-
tions.
The railroads are making more than
ever Their gross earnings are at their
highest level, or nearly there. Their
net earnings are larger. The proportion
of net earnings to gross earnings is
greater than it was in 1905. Dividends
are increasing.
The reason is simple. Passes and re-
bates were depriving the railroads of
their due. Trusts and large shippers
were forcing the railroads to give them
cuts on rates. special privileges and re-
bates, by which the railroads lost
money.
Rates have not been raised since the
Hepburn act. In many cases they are
lower. The interstate commerce COM
mission has reduced hundreds of rates.
Classifications have not altered. AT
many points railroad legislation has
made railroad operation more costly by
shortening hours and requiring larger
clerical force.
But the railroads profit, just as big
stores do, from the one price system.
All are treated alike. Each man and
corporation pays for what each gets.
Trusts have lost their old advantage.
In almost every great industry the
share produced by trusts is increasing
and that by Independents is diminish
ing. AS all pay the railroads get all
they earn and getting all they earn
their net earnings grow.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
PEARY's SHOWDOWN.
[sioux City Journal.1

ISfoux C1ty JOufnal.J
Commander Peary has given the
New York Herald the first outline Of
his case against DR.. Cook. Peary
supporters who have been looking for
a, convincing showing Of evidence will
be disappointed. Peary's case Is found
to rest almost wholly on his own
judgment as to what is feasible in arc
tic travel. Ordinarily Peary's 1udg-
ment on such points should go far.
In the present instance no court would
accept 1t as carrying much weight.
The bias of the witness is too strongly
evident.
Count No. l in the Peary indictment
Is the only one supported by direct
testimony He says all the Eskmos Of
the TRIBE that QUILTED Cook reported
that he had not got out Of sight Of
land. Cook has already told us he
pledged his two faithful Eskimos to
secrecy about finding the pole. To
keep that pledge they must do a little
prevaricaung to their tIiibbsspeopio.
Under the circumstances 1t Is not SUR
prising that Peary should hear lot
of bear stories" about the outcome Of
the Cook expedition. If the two
Eskimos who really knew the truth
kept their pledge to Cook, they must
have lied to Peary.
Cook says he passed Cape Thomas
Hubbard on his way north Peary
makes much Of the fact that Cook did
not bring back duplicates Of the
records Peary had left there on a pre-
vious expedition. It seems quite pos
sible that Cook felt his time. energies
and provisions could be better en-
ployed in getting to the pole than in
searching for Peary's cairn, then, no
doubt hidden under many feet Of
snow.
/ Peary says Cook could not, in a sim
BILE sledging season, have Travelled by
sledge from Annotoak to the pole and
back to Jones sound. where he claims
to have wintered. The distance Cook
claims to have covered represents
twenty-five degrees. Peary says the
best he had been able to do was
about fourteen degrees. In this connec-
ton 1t is we'll to remember Cook had
] a smaller and more mobile party than
Peary ever had; that Cook claims to
have met exceptionally favorable con-
ditions on the uptrip and finally that
what Peary had been able to do under
certain conditions furnishes no ac-
lcurate measure OF what anothar man
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
THE LEGION OF THE LOST.
.Glidden Graphic.

IGlfdden Graphic.1
We sometimes wonder If in the last
great day. when the graves give up
their dead, and all shall stand before
a righteous judge, whether or not the
punishment of those we now number
emong the %ost" will not he less
than that Of those who might have
saved but put forth little or no effort
so to do. The Indifference which per-
mits evil to grow by refusing to do
good when opportunity is offering
every day and every hour is not less
criminal than crime itself AS we
have stood in imagination on the rocks
of the ages and seen, as in vision,
the great streams of huma nifty passing
by, we have wondered If in some flu
ture time those who have been made
involuntary sacrifices on the altar of
mans lust. and greed. and avarice,
and Indifference. would not awake to a
more glorious future.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
THE LODGES.
4 MASONIC NOTICES.
x|visitors always welcome.
"Hall over 1857 West Main.

4 MASONIC NOTICES.
xvisitors always welcome.
V\Hall over 1857 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE 1os A. F. & A.
M.-Regular communication Oct. Is, 8
o'clock.
H. q. Hoeck. w. M.
H. g. Lawrence. Sec'y.
sIGNET CHAPTER No. 80, r. A. NJ.
Stated convocation Monday, Oct. IS,
1880 p. m. q. H. Boyle, e. p.
l. $ Willard. Secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL R. 4 ..
M-Stated assembly Monday, Oct. Is,
1880 p. m.
A. d. Meeker. T. l. N.
I. T. Forbes. Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR CoMMANDERY NO.
90 4. T.-stated conclave Tuesday
evening, October 49, at o'clock sharp.
F. NJ. Wilbur, e. c.
Fred Wallace, Rec.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81. o =.
S-Regular meeting Wednesday, Oct.
10, at 8 p. m.
Mrs. Geo. Downing. w. N
Edna G. Fularton. aec1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
SPEAKER cANNoNs VISIT.
REGISTER and Leader.l

Speaker Cannon may confine him
self when he comes to Knoxville to
dispassionate discussion of the
rules of the house of representatives.
But he will not be unconscious of the
fact that he is in Iowa, in the Sew
enth district to be followed by Sena-
tor Cummins, and he is more than
likely to make one Of his character
istic political addresses, paying his
respects to the opposition an general
and the Iowa opposition in partic-
ular.
It will be all but impossible for
the speaker to defend the rules with
out getting into Iowa politics, for
Congressman Hubbard was one of
the first to announce that If he stood
alone he would not vote for the rules
and he did not stand alone. On the
other hand, Judge Smith and Can
tain Hull were staunch Cannon men,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
ALONG THE SHENANDOAH ROUTE.

Roanoke, Va, with its "reminiscences
claim to distinction, less enviable than
those connecting it with a mighty
statesman and the grandeur of the
south that was. A dispatch from that
city relates that Roanoke voted wet"
by seventy majority at it's recent cleo
tion and states, incidentally. that
Roanoke is the only town following
the Shenandoah route between Wash
ington and New Orleans that permits
licensed saloons. SO much and widely
is Roanoke distinguished from it's fell
lows.
But the "Shenandoah route" between
Washington and New Orleans gains in
enviable distinction. 1t is a long way
between Washington and New Orleans
and many are the cities along its line
Let us imagine the long stretch of
that route with but one saloon city
among all the cities and towns between
the District of Columbia and the Queen
City at the head of the jetties 1t tells
a story and certifies to a great change.
Surely when condition like this ex-
lists the work of the temperance re-
formers is going on to ultimate sue
cess. When from Washington to New
Orleans along popular route but one
city exists that has not closed its
gates to the saloon. the eventual out
come Of the movement against the
dramshop is not hard to forecast with
complete confidence and assurance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
might be able to do under other con-

QlClOuSs
Peary's other indictments relate to
Cooks allegedly inadequate equipment
and his course in not bringing back
all his instruments and records. Pearv
claims to have seen Cooks sledge, and
alleges it was not strong enough for
q single days journey over the ice.
Cooks snowshoes were no good.
Cooks instruments were the wrong
kind. Finally, 1t is estimated that
Cooks action in giving his flag and
certain instruments and records to
Whitney, WHIP left them at Etah, in
stead of bringing them home, involved
a sort of conspiracy to lose the proofs.
Here Peary makes the additional mis-
take of inferentially accusing Whitney
of collision with Cook in a plot to fool
the public.
In regard to all these details Peary
asks the public to accept his judgment
in matters of fact and deduction. This
the public will be slow to do AS to
equipment, Cook says his sledges,
snowshoes, clothing, etc. were made
by the Eskimos. 1t is barely possible
Eskimo judgment in coping with the
difficulties of ice travel is fully as
good as Peary's. The Eskimos fight
the frozen north every day of every
year. AS to the failure to bring back
Cooks flag, instruments, ETC.. Peary
seems to be more responsible than
any other one man. Whitney would
have brought them on the Roosevelt
if Peary had not denied him permis-
sion. Whitney might have gone back
to Etah for them after the Jeanne met
the Roosevelt Whitney in a. card is.
sued after Peary's charges had been
published, offers several plausible
reasons why he did not go back. The
main one was that he did not realize
the Importance of the stuff left with
him and didn't think it mattered much
whether 1t was brought then or later.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
Topics OF the Times

1t sometimes is awfully hard for a
politician 10 Get off right on labor
strike.
One hundred thirteen boys and girls
who attend private and parochial
schools in Milwaukee have applied for
admission 10 the cooking and manual
training classes in the public schools
of the city. This is an item for school
boards everywhere to make note o..
Possibly the expression. march of
progress will have to be changed to
flight of progress That is, if he
weather will only permit.
1t may be a war against wlite slave
ry, but it certainly deals with dark
deeds.
That economy is a difficult road to
adhere to it well illustrated by Taft's
suggestion of a s1o,oo0,0oo bond issue
for irrigation. His subsidy recommen-
datons are also at variance with his
policy of cutting down expenditures.
1t seems that the board of control
wanted to hand a lemon to the sanitor-
ium for consumptives at Oakdale, out
the superintendent of the institution
thought fresh milk and mutton would
be better.
Inasmuch as Taft was not delayed at
Portland, we take it that he had no
occasion to ride on the street cars of
that town.
No doubt the street railway officials
in Omaha would read with interest
that one of their newly employed con-
ductors was found dead with a $40 pill
clutched liz his hand.
The north pole controversy prom
Uses to be altogethed too long to hold
the public interest to the end. 1t won't
be long until few lines will suffice
where a column is now required. The
people like frequent changes in their
news diet.
1t is said that the one thing learned
from the work of the recent extra ses-
sion of congress is that it is great
mistake TO deal with SO elaborate a
thing as the tariff without scientific
study and accurate knowledge. 1t isn't.
however, we notice, the special ben
eficiaries of the high rates of duty that
say this.
more closely on the people as the win
ter comes on.
The persistent opposition Of so many
bankers to a revision of the monetary
system is regarded by many persons
as an equally persistent suggestion
/ that such revision is needed
Congressman Jameson of the Eighth
district is to take day off from the
arduous duties of writing letters and
sending seeds and documents to his
constituents and make an address at
the Knoxville homecoming 1t is ten
to one, however, that the congressman
will leave his typewriters plentifully
supplied with work while he is absent.
+Sk
When Speaker Cannon comes tc
Iowa this week he is expected to pull
Congressman Hull out Of the hole Of
oblivion in which President Taft left
him, comparatively speaking.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04

and it will be to the captains friends
and neighbors the speaker will be
talking He would have to be more
discreet than his best friend ever
claimed to avoid saying something
to set the ball in motion
He will have to be more discreet
than his best friends claim for him
if he does not attack insurgency all
along the line. Secretary Shaw has
been making speeches in Pennsylva-
MIA, and the tenor of the coming
campaign may be gathered from such
side chances at Senator Cummins as
these:
"Those who had been taught that the
robbery daily perpetrated by the Ding
ley tariff law exceeded the graft of all
insurance companies for all times evil
IDENTIFY made a mistake when they
voted the republican ticket in 1908
"The presidents speech at Winona
clears the atmosphere. The platform
OF the republican party on which Mr..
Taft was elected was prepared in di-
rect conformity with the known views Of
the candidate, and the Payne tariff bill
redeems the pledge OF the platform on
that subject
1.-The president insisted upon and
forced some amendments to the bill af-
ter that subject had been passed upon
by both houses of congress, and when
he consented to the measure as it was
finally enacted and gave 1t his indorse-
ment by his signature. he established
unit of political measurement by which
republicans and democrats can be diff
ferentiated."
Speaker Cannon is not one whit
more charitable towards insurgency
than the late secretary, and he is just
as likely to make the Payne Aldrich
bill the dividing line between demo-
Gratis and republicans setting the
Iowa senators and large part of the
delegation in the house out of the
fold.
1t is probably needless to say that
Senator Cummins will be prepared
for anything the speaker may say
II any gloves are thrown down by
way Of challenge they will be
promptly taken up. The speaker
will not be permitted to come 10
Iowa to air his familiar views with
impunity. Neither Senator Cummins
nor Senator Dolliver have any inten-
ton OF being moved of the political
boards as noncombatants. And
very considerable majority of Iowa
republicans will be found standing
squarely behind them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
BuNcorNG THE RATE LAW.

One of the first sections of the rate
law, lays down a provision that should
never be called in question, and that is.
that charges for transportation of COM
modities, from one state to another,
shall be just and reasonable, and yet,
this provision of law is a mockery, so
far as respect Is shown for it, on the
part of certain railroad companies.
One of the citizens of Denison, has
recently had an experience which
demonstrates the utter failure of the
railroad companies to treat this pro-
vision of the law with any degree of
candor. A short time ago, he had oc-
casion to purchase at Wray, Colo, ITO
bushels of seed wheat, to be shipped
to Alliance, Nebraska. distance Of
225 miles. The wheat was contained
in forty sacks, and weighed $500
pounds. The shipment was made over
one line of railroad. at least there was
continuous line from the point of con-
signment to the point of delivery. The
rate which was charged by the rail-
road, was sixtyflve cents per hundred
or thirty nine cents per bushel and
this tariff was demanded by the rail-
IOdu coIFpaIy aNO pdIQ ny 1ne con-
signee. The total freight amounted to
1890, while the purchase price of the
wheat was only IS cents per bushel,
making a total of $104.5O.
When one reflects, that carriers
charge rate amounting to almost half
the value of the commodity transport
ed, where the distance Is but little
over 200 miles. the question naturally
arises. as to whether the railroads in
tend to obey the laws. There should be
some drastic amendment enacted which
viii adequately punish the responsible
violators Of the law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04
Iona Newspapers
IN THE PBARY CLASS?
Iottumwa Review, dem.l

TOrCumWa REVIEW, uem.
In the last issue OF the Commoner
we were curious to find a tribute to
the late Governor Johnson, formidable
candidate against all corners for the
presidential nomination by the democ-
racy of the nation. But to our sur
prise not line was there to offer in
memory of the acknowledged leader of
the democratic party with vote of
seven millions. Mr.. Bryar's three page
Texas political address was there, also
long distracted story Of the Cook
expedition, also page of humor, but
Governor Johnson's name in memoriam
was conspicuous for it's absence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-10-04

an Iowa schoolma'am and chuckle over
his bargain at that.
This Pittsburg derelict should pay.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars for
twenty-five pounds is none too high:
for the price OF schoolma' am is above
rubies.