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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08
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oLEoMARGAR1N VS.. BUTTER.
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The Iowa public was worked to Ia
frazzle when the oleomargarine bill was
passed. They are now getting butter
that is collected by the Chicken pick
ers." and shipped as grease" to the
renovating establishment, where It is
washed, doctored, scented and labeled
creamery" and the nasty stuff isn't
one-half as clean or wholesome as oleo-
margarine. The simple fact that the
oleomargarine makers persisted In coll
oring and selling their product as but
ter is what brought them to grief. and
so far the law is right Now II the
butter dxers' were compelled to sell
their noxious stuff as grease" there
would be lot Of retribution and Justice
In it.. Some pure food man will come
along and tell us to cite instances
whore this butter doctoring has been
DONE" and we cant do it from person
al knowledge, but, just the sss.:.e, ell
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08

| Is increased every year. until now the
loss goes into the millions. The Chief
has the following timely article on
the subject:
The last two weeks, the road condi-
lions have cost the farmers Of the
vicinity thousands OF dollars by the
loss OF profits that might have been
made could they have reached the
market The business men in Perry
have also suffered q similar loss. This
mud ds expensive and when we review
the history Of other states we can
but conclude that we are ourselves to
blame for these losses.
we can not prevent the fields from
becoming soft, but we can have roads
that Will not become impossible. In the
eastern states, and in some OF the CEN
trail states, the country roads could not
become in the condition as bad as they
are here II 1t rained q year. The pixies,
the state and county roads OF Indiana,
Ohio and New York state are so well
made and so well kept that the people
along those highways are never incon-
venienced by conditions that are pre-
vailing in this vicinity.
The situation in central Iowa is be-
coming very serious and in spite of any
change that may come now in the
weather. thousands Of people will suffer
heavy losses. This will doubtless re-
suit in more legislation along the good
roads line. and IL these weather condi-
tions do not repeat soon this state will
be better prepared for them in the f,l-
ture
Reference to taxes to a farmer is liks
Haunting a red rag in front OF a bull
is generally accepted assertion. At
this time It is generally believed that it
would be better to endure little moro
taxes and less OF mud roads. This
change would still> make dirt expensive
and valuable. inasmuch as it would re-
lieve US Of the soft roads, which are
an expensive proposition without any
redeeming features.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08
Orderly.

Mr.. Frontpew-I am glad you belong
to our church choir my dear; 1t is
such an orderly organization. l never
see you whispering to one another dur
ing services.
Mrs. Frontpew-No; none Of 10 are
on speaking terms.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08
IOWA cplkloNe and NOTES.

The Onawa Democrat does not wish
TO be understood as pessimistic, but it
prophesies that those people who be-
lieve that high prices will reign on and
on will wake up some day to be fooled.
Make the best of the present and be
ready for what comes" is the Demo-
Gratis advice
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08

The Orange City Herald argues that
the bone and Drawn and brain and
sineW of commercial life come from the
farm Let the boy who complains
about his tasks on the farm remember
that the schooling ne is now getting
has its uses, and that the future will
depend upon how he uses it, says the
HeraldHerald. Accomplishment is the
great lesson to be learned = learning
how to do things which are difficult,
learning how to perform tasks which
are disagreealDle, learning never to be
discouraged, never to give up
Insurgency is here to stay The only
issue at stake is one of generalship,"
announces the Glidden Graphic and
goes on to explain: insurgency is a
living force. Its opponents are the ad-
vance guard, the guides, the skirmish-
ers of the main army. They develop
the strength of the opposition and
show the weak spots in his defenses
They are the pioneers of progress and
the harbingers of a better day"
THAT dear old winter entertainment
congress, begins again today" submits
the Boone News Republican.
And the question arises: Who is
running the government, Knox, Pin
chot, Balinger, Aldrich or Cannon 2
says the Waterloo Times-Tribune.
This would be a fitting time" says
the Cedar Falls Record, for commerce
ial clubs, boards of trade and farmers
institutes to hold meetings and pass
resolutions favoring good roads That's
about as far as the road question ever
gets"
Capital and labor ought to come t
look upon the strike as a monstrosity
a thing to be stunned, except dn tn.
most extreme cases." says the Ceda,
Rapids Gazette. TT is at best a poo
lcure for labor's ills. 1t Is a drasti,
punishment to infiict on capital, or 70,
capital to invite. There ought to b,
arbitration OF every dispute between
labor and capital. between employee
and employees. The strike ought to b
Ieternally tabood"
There has been enough criminatiol
and recrimination, and peace shout
now be declared" says the Cedar Fall
Record, referring to tine tuT moi IN til
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08
Topics of the Times

--
Why not send him the T.-R. for a
year and quit worrying about thar
present? 1t will call to cheer him 31a
times at cost of little more than one
cent per call.
And then have mercy on the women
and men whose only interest in Christ
mas shopping is sixteen hours per day
Of hard and trying labor. Buy early
in the day and early in the month.
The farmer with corn in the field can
congratulate himself that it was not
in the crib heating and moulding dur
ing the past six weeks or rain. Even
the picking now is vastly easier than
from the starboard deck of mud
scoW
That squealing we hear on ahead is
! the nine dollar hog coming
| Norwegian women cast their first
ballot in the storthing elections the
other day and the first woman deputy
was elected. Now We'll see who has
the last word in the storthing de-
bates!
A large number of Mrs. Abdul Ham
id have arrived in Paris and will show
the eScitable Parisians something new
in dancing. In America next carnival
time the 10cent show that has NO
real sultana will have hard work Sc
curing concession.
AS a farmer MIR. Bryan should have
| known that the mule is at disadvan-
tage in water or on a. muddy road.
Jim Wilson is worth the money, as
secretary of agriculture, alone for his
ability to see the American farm as it
ought to be and TO tell how it looks.
! If the United States We're to hang a
few mulatto presidents and cremate a
few Central American citizens, muir
dering American citizens might become
a less popular amusement than bull
lighting.
Loves young dream never grows old
whatever time may do 10 the dream
ers.
aragua to catch Zelaya and kill him
quick.
Christmas beef has taken the high
roost once occupied by the Thanksgiv-
ing turkey.
Perhaps the sight of Joe Cannon
perched on the safety valve with AL
drich examining rosin and pine into
the firebox suggested Representative
Fowlers prediction of a party explo-
sion.
PLANT earlier" says the government
there. don't talk back. No man COM
ing to Iowa in the mellow weather of
an Iowa fall could imagine what a
cold wet Iowa spring is like.
The men who did the crooked
weighing at the custom house only go:
a SIS a week rakeof. Why is it that
the average crook sells on SO cheap a
market?
Horses are not selling we'll in the
eastern markets demand having fallen
away largely? AS to the reason
choice lies between high horse prices
and the motor vehicle.
If the strike could be switched to
the main line of arbitration it would
be sensible thing to do for rail-
roads, switchmen and the unconstdered
public.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08
THE DOCTORS PRESCRIPTION.
Monticello Express

The insurgents are beginning to com
plain of certain things Uncle Joe Can.
non has to say about them. There
should be no whining. Didn't Senator
Cummins say that they were in the
fight to stay, and that they woult
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08
Dancing, Skating and the Church

the Congregational church Of Ellsworth Iowa.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08

The Marcus News says: "It will take
more than talk to convince the aver
age western IMAM that President Taft
ever intended to fulfill single pre-
election promise"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08
IOWA. D1CEABER g. 1909

republican household. Speaker Can
non could render the republican party
great service at this time by coming
down on his high horse He should
be paclf1er rather than disturbing
element"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08

There has been enough crimination
and recrimination, and peace should
now be declared" says the Cedar Falls
Record, referring TO tine turmoil IN the the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08

THAT dear old winter entertainment
congress, begins again today" submits
the Boone News Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08

The men who did the crooked
weighing at the custom house only got
a SIS a week rakeoff. Why is it that
the average crook sells on SO cheap a
market?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08

waitin' at table-why. at used to be
A regular pastime fer youngsters like
me,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08

If the strike could be switched to
the main line of arbitration it would
be a sensible thing to do for rail-
roads, switchmen and the unconstdered
public.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08

Horses are not selling we'll in the
eastern markets demand having fallen
away largely? AS to the reason
choice lies between high horse prices
and the motor vehicle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-12-08

And the question arises: Who i.
running the government, Knox, Pin
chot, Ballinger, Aldrich or Cannon r.
says the Waterloo Times-Tribune,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
WARNING TO JEWELLERS.

A special bulletin 20 jewellers Of advice
how To avoid sneakthief losses was re-
Gently issued by the jewellers Security Al
lance. An abstract Of this advice follows:
The holiday season is the harvest time
Tor crooks. Always have al least a hoy
win you m the store all the time Keep
showcases locked. Don't lose sight 81
valuable goods for q single instant. Don't
show valuable goods ia trays. Don't
turn your back on a customer without
FIRST removing the goods observe slrln-
Aefs carefully for pelullartties that YOU
can identify them afterward. Keep a
HIGHT burning IN the store all night Have
an electric bolt on the door 10 shut d
ulei lu the store 10y pressing a button
outside.
Look out FOR the nrm-Aam o.. a. d
Same, " hen goods are taken into the next
room OF a hotel and disappear with the
lei son Who takes them into the next room.
LOOK out Tor a group o. strangers. Have
showcases and counters so arranged that
- Thief can't crawl under them aud take
goods from The inside. BeWa are OF partly
thieves can open a. Look out Tor a take
night outside the store telephone calls
messages from home and the like which
may De- lures 10 get YOU out % Tie way.
To guard against window siuashers hang
uN wires an extra sheet Of heavy plate
glass a short distance behind the window
pane. This does not prevent view of
the goods from the outside. hat il foiIs
the smashcr when ne reaches for rbe
leNelrN through the broken name PROTECT
the side paues also FOR crooks use hooks
10 get valuahles. a lining of sheet son
should be placed in the bottom 81 show
windows % prevent burglars from boring
up from the cellar.
Have double spring hinges and no
ha 1cle- on tho door or your shop. 30 that
snash@rs can't fasten II Wnila helping
themselves 20 the contents OF the show
window. Arrange articles IN Tie show
case 10y distributing them about. 50 as
20 confuse and DELAY the grab bier" in
stead of massinE the NaluabIe In one
tray, making n easy for hlm To- got The
best "a one sNoon.
Look out Tor 'pennyWt lighters who sub
StFute cheap goods for costly ones p-her.
pretending 10 bay Diamond rings are
their faKoritc. Women play this game.
They even have fake tags on substitutes
which duplicate the real tags on Your
goods. A piece 80 apple OF banana lual
Pc used by crook. who squeeze~ a piece
~ ieWelry into n ana then throws II into
the street Tor an aCComplicc 10 pick up.
IsIuk out foT the chewing gum trick
The crook sticking jewel with q piece.
~ chewing gum under the counter and an
acComplice coming 80 get Il afterWard
Plumber may be carried on in an um-
hTela. A Handkerchief laid on the cOun-
Tor h. used 20 cover theft Look out FOR
pepper thrown in your eyes by q thief
Keep revolver handy
Evidently the jewener is exposed 20
plenty 90 hazards, and % would not be
strange n he we're found % be- more nrr-
kous and earlier gray haired than other
MOI.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
UNCLE SANS WASTE
SICKNESS md ETH
CHIEF ELEMENTS
Professor Fisher. IN ConSerUa-
ton Report, Says Life Could
Be Prolonged.

Uncle sam has been looking around his
front yard and his back yard. and has
arrived az the conclusion that there is a
dreadful lot OF waste going on. II doesnt
agree with his traditions 10 have so much
good material. especially In health and
lives. thrown right away Maybe the
hired man IS 90 blame for II all, and
maybe the general system Is wrong. but
By the great horn spoon. Uncle doesn't
like the looks Of IL and he wants the
whole thing fixed MP. Yes. he used TO
have a reputation fOr economy and neat
ness: now. there are parts Of his prem
ises that he's ashamed 20 show TO Brother
Bull and Cousin Fritz, who live across the
lake Well. well, To think OF that waste
Uncle sam has seen good deal Of It with
his own eyes and has had a special report
made on q boy the National Conservation
Commission.
The biggest waste ~ all. which Is
human waste. = reported by Professor
Irving Fisher, of Yale University. We
are sick too much. says the professor IN
the senate document on the average
every one OF us loses thirteen days year
by sickness. and this means that there
are always about 100000 people on inc
sick list The annual victims or tuner
culOsis amount to ABOUT IFs'''s VI M'''''
half are incapacitated and the rest are
half incapacitated- There's our newly
discovered enemy. the hOOkworm. which
puts a couple Of million Southerners out
Of business from one-fourth to one-hait
Of the time.
The minor ailments are responsive lot d
vast amount Of serious trouble-colds, heau-
aches and backaches. They are often pre-
cursors Of mortal diseases. Nearly all or
them can be avoided by public and private
hygiene. Nervous trouble, so common IN
America. is termed an insidious introduc-
ton TO grave disorders We should not
take chances with H.
The present working day. from a physi-
ological point Of view. is too long says
Professor Fisher, and keeps the majority
Of men and women in a continual state OF
overfatigue. It starts vicious circle. lead
ing 10 the craving of means for deadeninS
fatigue thus inducing drunkenness and other
excuses. Experiments il reducing the
working day show a great improvement In
the physical efficiency Of laborers. and i'm
many cases result in even increasing their
output sufficiently 10 compensate the en-
ployer for the shorter day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
FOUND EFFICIENCY GREATER

several examples OF such a result exist.
but the real justification Of a shorter work
day is found in the interest Of the race, not
the employer one company which keeps
its factory going night and day found, on
changing from two shifts Of twelve hours
each 20 three shifts Of eight hours each,
that the efficiency Of the men gradually in
creased. and the days lost per man by i'll
ness fell from seven and one-half 20 five
and one-half year
Public safety requires. in order 10 avoid
railway collisions and other accidents.
the prevention OF long hours, lack Of sleep
and undue fatigue in workmen. g.
A typical succession # events is. first,
fatigue. then colds then tuberculosis.
then death. The prevention Of undue
fatigue means the arrest at the start of
this acceleratins chain OF ealamities.
The ordinary workingman works two
or three hours too much every day. and
he doesn't have time enough in which 10
eat his luncheon 20 produce good results
for himself and his employer"
Marriages for love instead Of money are
desirable in Professor Fishers view.
While the government cannot start a
matchmaking bureau. II might offer prizes
or bounties TO couples who conform 10 Ger
cain standards Of fitness. in the same way
that the French government encourages
increase OF population by bounties for
seven or more children. Marriages among
criminals paupers and the feeble minded
might be forbidden. Connecticut Michi-
gan and Indiana have laws on these sub
jects
Municipal hygiene shows a wide field
for Improvement. There is need Of pure
air. pure milk. abatement Of smoke nui-
sances. clean streets and less noise in them.
the determination Of disease bearing in
sects. flies and vermin. As a detail Of state
hygiene. the employment OF mothers for "A
period before and after childbirth should
be prohibited. as 4 IS now I'm a number Of
European countries. Iiours ~ labor for
women and children should be decreased
further.
There are too many accidents in indus
tries. the annual number for the United
States being conservatiyely estimated al
,la0p,-"nore than were slain and wounded
throughout Tire whole Russo-JapaHese War.
according u an authority quoted More
than Cne-half this tremendous sacrifice OF
life is needless Special trades. a. the
chemical and dGst-projucing trades, have
an enormous mortality"
The federal government ought To collect
statistics on national sickness and death
, "Our Shortcomings m this respect are now
national disgrace. says Professor Fisher.
There is no accurate record Of births in
any part Of the United States and that of
deaths includes less than half our popuIa-
tiou. A a statistiCian has said OF one Of
the states. 1t buries it, dead people with
mo- more ceremony than n buries its dead
dogs We need facilities for training pub
lic health officers a. they are trained
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
WATER FRONT PROPERTIES
Factories, Factory Sites.
lloyd :. CoRBIN, 10 Wall It.

body enjoying such longevity are at pres
ent impossible to estimate.
On a dollar and cents basis the annual
waste from pTeventable deaths IN this
country is S1.O0o0O0.0Oo the average value
or earning power OF the 10000 persons
who die needlessly being fixed at s1,7Oo
Half a billion dollars more are wasted
every year in preventable sickness. The
cost Of saving life and health is small /;
the profits are large II needless fatigue.
Illness and death were eliminated. the an
nuaI economic saving might amount to
more than s. 001c00.000
The national government should re-
move the repToach that more pains are
now taken TO protect the health of farm
cattle than Of human beings" Federal.
state and municipal authorities should
work together 10 lessen the human waste.
1T Is both bad policy and bad economy
10 leave this work Of protecting people
from disease mainly 20 the weak and
spasmodic Efforts OF charity. or 20 the
philanthropy OF physicians"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
HOW THEY FINANCED CLUB.

In one Of the Newark iewelry factories,
where 1el0 men and girls are az present
employed. some office boys we're found a
few wears ago TO he gathering up small bits
OF gold selling them collectively and en-
5oyiug the proceeds IA a club which they
established. In one factory the gold given
out TO the girls Is checked by an equal
weight OF small lead shot IN a bottle. the
finished work and waste gold being after
ward compared with the bottle Of shot.
Tie worker does not know the precise
weight OF her raw material, and has less
chance OF absuacting some Of The gold
with safely from detection There IS some
times a chance for dishonesty on the part
OF the man who makes the alloys Of
precious metals. He may put a little less
gold and a little more silver OF copper into
the furnace.
IL IS easy 20 mislay or lose small pieces
OF jewelry. Diamonds snaD out OF tweezers
and disappear. They may NY up 20 the
picture moulding or enter a crack m the
wall. A salesman out West was showing
a diamond 10 a customer when IL slipped
out Of the tweezers and vanished. After
a little search, he suddenly exclaimed in
niu, Take Il out o. your pocket" The
customer 10 whom the command was given
confusedly put his ham in his pocket and
sure enough pulled out the stone.
A crook In a jewelry store pokes over
tray 90 loose diamonds with a waved
pencil. picks up snail gems with the point
and scrapes them OF casually into his vest
pocket or even into his ear. once a man
vas looking over paper Of diamonds and
pokng Them about with long nailed little
finger. The salesman knew that long nails
were correct IN China. hut he felt sus-
picious OF them when worn by an Ameri-
can. lie saw something that made him re-
mark quickly:
Take that diamond out from under your
nail"
Why. my dear sir" protested the Gus
TONER but the other seized his hand and
extracted a STABLE store from beneath the
nuger nail. There was ioom enough under
tho nail, which was waKed. 20 hold a half
carat stCuc, valued an from So 70 Sl0a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1909-12-26
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