Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-13
Outside Point of View.

Where all the pins go to, remains an
unanswered question. And TO enlarge,
where all of the manufactured product
Of the world goes to, Is question de-
cidedly interesting. For instance, the
number of pounds of manufactured
iron can only be expressed by so many
million tons not pounds The pro-
| duction of pig iron is reckoned by ship
I loads. We all know iron does not wear
out in the same sense as clothing.
What causes the disappearance each
year of millions of pounds of iron, steel,
brass, copper and all of the other So
called indestructible metals? We are
! aware that these metals, after use are
COLLECTED by junk dealers, resold and
remanufactured, but that does not les
sen the demand. On the contrary so
great is the demand at the present time
that the United Steel corporation re-
ports orders untitled for 100000 tons.
What has become of the millions of
tons of steel rails manufactured in
this country for the past twenty years?
1t is true we are building new railroads
every year, but if some of these rails
do not actually disappear from the face
Of the earth, they would be in evidence
somewhere, for. many more miles OF
iron rails have been made than now
are daily run over by passenger and
freight trains The statement is true
of a hundred other articles made of
| iron. What becomes Of all the pig iron
! dug out of the earth?
The state appropriation for the I'M
provement of public roads in accord
ance with the provisions of the gen.
! CT tl,tl bac a.
State Highway Commissioner James
| H. Macdonald among 121 towns which
have made application. The entire
amount apportioned out is s1,14S,500.
! Owing to the fact that the aggregate
amount asked, as represented by the
! votes of these towns, was $2.095,500,
the commissioner has had to scale to
| $4,000 the allotment of those towns
asking for the maximum appropriation
of $4,000.
| Let's see how much, reader, did
your town get of this state fund? How
much did your township vote for road
Improvements? This s1,100.000 is a
good deal of money, and ought to make
a showing before long, and the people
seem willing to be taxed to make per-
manent good roads. An explanation
should be made to all this. These fig
ures are from the Hartford Courant.
It's what Connecticut Is doing, not
Iowa. We are making roads the old
way Dirt roads YOU know that need
fixing every year. And with present
prospects we shall soon be able once
more to work out on taxes, by putting
in eight hours day driving pair of
horses. What's the use Of this eternal
yawp about good roads in Iowa? Did
mr. ale oil
March, 1910?
Just now the man most talked about
in the world is Roosevelt. 1t is true
what he says provokes this comment.
But it is what he does, that makes his
words have weight. And here is a
chance for hit of mnralizing This
man of action, is man of blood,
fighter, believes in fitting out our coun-
try at extravagant figures with the
best and largest warships possible.
Believes in standing army. Says the
manly art Of self defense is a necessary
part Of any well educated young man.
Has no use for "molly-coddles" or
"sissies." Is temperance man, but
not a total abstainer. Is a christian
man, but far from being eligible to the
Holiness Association. None Of the
above statements can be controverted.
|
With all this admitted, how is It he
has the respect, the admiration and has
as followers, SO many men, that en-
tirely disagree with him theoretically.
To illustrate the point Not long ago
we had a brutal prize fight in this
lcountry. Press and pulpit everywhere
condemned the community that allowed
such an affair. But this man Roosevelt
while president of these United States,
received and shook hands with the
most notorious prize fighter of this
country. Did Roosevelt lose a friend
in pulpit or press by such action? Or.
to change the Illustration. Roosevelt
VIRTUALLY made Tai. president OF these
United States. Roosevelt. to all in
tents and purposes, said to writer and
Ireader Of these lines, vote for Taft. II
you are in sympathy with the work /
have tried to do. vote for Taft TOR he