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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
DO WE lIxs HERE7

If one were to judge by the condi-
ton in Philadelphia it might be sup
posed that none but street car owners
and street car employees live in Phila-
delphia. AT any rate a dispute between
a small fraction OF the capital and a
enough to paralyze business, suspend
pleasure, redden the streets Of that
great city with blood and put the fear
Of death upon its people.
The street car service is a public
service. lis advantage is part Of the
purchase price CT property part of ev-
cry contract between the man who
works and the man who pays. 1t is a
vital part OF the business of men in
trade. Losses to the street car COM
pany and men are a drop in the bucket
beside the loss TO the community which
IS not 3 party 10 the contention. Men
are losing jobs, and factories losing
contracts, tradesmen are facing bank
ruptcy because a few men are quarrel
ing in their own private and individual!
feud over public utility which is as
much public necessity as bread.
Il IS another illustration of our in
competent and twisted fashion OF deal
ing with public utilities. II even there
was need OF inperiahstic methods the
need exists in cases like that at Phila-
delphia. There should be some arbi-
trary method OF dealing between the
men and the companies; sufficiently
arbitrary and stern TO keep cars run
ming. The public has rights tina, cap
ital and labor should respec. or be
forced 10 respect
soon or late We shall deal with these
matters. no, as politicians bu, as sensi-
BE people who insist on the saneitary
% ne general right Of the general
PUBLIC
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
A Bill Nye Story.

The following anecdote appeared in
the first number of the Bookman ana
has lust been reproduced in that mag
azine. It concerns Edward w. Nye
(BilI Nye), who made, we are informed
a short speech at an authors dlnher III
London that was much re1ished by the
bookmen present, including the pup
fishers. at whom it was 1ndlrecti!
aimed. Just a year ago." he SAID,
was walking on the principal street Oh
indianapolis, when / met a man whose
appearance showed that he was re-
duced to the very depths OF poverty
His clothes We're ragged. his race uh :
shaven. his hair/long and matted and
his feet unshod. AS passed him look
OF recognition came into ;i:s eyes
"eNye, old fellow. don't you kno"
me? Don't you know Abel r. Jones'
who was your classmate at coilese!
what. Jones. Is it really you! we'll
we'll. what can do for you"
".For heavens sake help me. am
starving. Lend me half a dollar.
II felt in my pockets. they were
empty. I had no money myse1. But
bright thought flashed thru my niha.
label, L can't lend you the haf
dollar; haven't got it. But look mere
TIL tell you what / will do; III let you
publish my next book.
"Gentlemen, that was just year
ago. and this month Abel p. Jones sent
me an invitation to go to Europe Win
him in his steam yacht.
time coDy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
MR.. CANnon's FLING

Mr.. Cannon has achieved somewhat.
He has been distinguished by a special
function at the White House, a func-
ton in his honor at which ne shone
with that brillianee all his own. He
had waited long for the peculiar dis
happy, even ebullient. Among other
demonstrations of glee and high spirits
Mr.. Cannon danced the Highland
Fling.
Everyone seems TO have been in high
Spirits Even the president earlier IN
the evening had in company with Mr..
Cannon cut few capers and jigged a
step or two but wearied soon. You Just
couldn't stop Uncle joe. however.
From the common buck and wtrg re
rose to the classical and favored ca@
august company with the Ce,-ic C1et i
aevre.
Nothing more unique has 5Lsttz-
guished the Terpstcho-ea1 ar zrrce
Tam o'shanter watched --= Cr-ctr sark
as she lOupeO anu !---5 ---@
evolutions of the devils hor-pIp= i
Alloway's "auld haunted k,-k-
Lank. and lean Of shank. wtza MS
cigar stuck at an impertinea- aag.=
past his beak, the exhibition offered ny
Mr.. Cannon must have been che limit
Any respectfully aroused Imagination
should be able to produce the picture
It was at once study in sociology and
q demonstration of anatomy.
A harder thing to imagine would
be to conceive of Abraham Lincoln,
George Washington, William Mckinney
or Theodore Roosevelt jigging with old
Joseph Cannon publicly in the execu-
tive mansion, or permitting that an
cient village cutup to rock his veneer
able and nlisshapen old legs into the
som blance of the Highland Fling 70
their own or other guests amusement.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
BOY WITH coRNET VOICE:
Peculiar oift Of Droekiyn Lad, Who
Initiates cevalry Calle.

Peculiar Gift Of Droskim Lad. Who
Initiates csvairy Calls.
Willie Laffen Of 90 Rysxson street,
Brooklyn, is the boy with the coRnet
voice. He is q little shavef. with q
pleasant, chubby face add like a thou
sand other boys except when be emits
from between his lips SQUADS So 5izzif
lar to those Of B nat cornet - to
deceive any one.
The boy was In Broad street. New
York city, tho other afternoon when
he screwed up the necessary courage
to send out q bugle call that echoed
among the skyscrapers, ana instantly
there were half . thousand men and
boys about him. They cheered him on
and nearly mobbed him.
The boy said that he discovered the
peculiar gift about two years ago and
had made q nuisance Of himself about
the house with his 1mitatiens Of cav
airy calls. Willie IL fourteen years
old and works as an errand boy. n
policeman had to escort him ~ the
block.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07

1t, but, looking on the other SIDE OF the
shield, one may wonder little why.
if it is possible for America thus to
compete in the open market against
free trade England, is so stiff pro-
tective wall needed around the home
market. And again if foreign subsidy
policies make ship subsidies absolute
w necessary in America how did it
happen that these bids were just in?
The award of the Argentine
contract to American enterprise as
against English certainly mixes things
a little at both ends OF the argument.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
Topics of the Times

First thing We know spring will
spring ap-l=5,ossors On Us
TIE weather mans seams 10 be the
only department working on the
stress
TOO rauch fuss Is making over the
oFder % poc Up mall boxes. Those who
G-s -zt,,.ing to put 80 cent box "a
trei- Gqs1rs 20 receive their mail should
quit gec5trE Letters o. go 20 the pos--
office -or than
Il sign Of growing conservatism
-a=c 10 one aaz as ye- predicted the
so hog
Iowa counties ara showing some pref
= s-ro-g aggregates Of really transfers
our McL4aa coun--. III, still holds the
BAR vt-h s.9p9ooo IN farm sales
= men w=-4 % love TIER friends with
The sane v:go- they hate their enc
rn:es Z; would be pr=trr hard to stay
poor.
TIA Springfield Republican says
Secretary Wilson cut T. eor-y figure be-
fore ne investigating conmit tee Mr.
Wilson seems % be pulled and hsuled
between wha- ne considers his duty as
q cabinet officer and what ne would
Ike 70 do for the conservation pol
icies.
= Chicago professor has brought
forward the best cure for high prices
Simply get used 20 them and they will
not seem high.
An entomologist asserts there are a
hundred million varieties of bugs. And
some persons appear 10 be afflicted
with the entire schedule.
The proposition to rename State
street in Chicago and call ii Roose-
welt street arises perhaps from the mis-
understanding that the tiger has his
lair at various places along that IA
nous thoroughfsre.
Gamers can scarcely afford 10 use
poA ~ 80 op@ o. q > A''@AiIi " LII CiiiSh-
en- in canned soups nowadays. The
porker IS the aristocrat of the barn
yard.
Chances seem to be that the next
congressional directory win involve
setting out bunch of familiar biog-
raphies and the setting up Of new
ones.
The attorney general should be a
lawyer of repute and ability. None
other should be considered. Keep an
eye on Cosson.
Clifford TI1ome is growing sharper
in the side of special interests daily as
his candidacy grows.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT.

Mr.. CLAWS has shown courageous
willin gness 10 take as much of the con-
troyersy off Mr.. Pinchots hands as the
latter cares to dispense with.-Wasla-
ington Star.
Anyway, we feel pretty sure the re-
publican party can find ways to spend
money faster than Senator Aldrich can
devise ways 10 save it.-Houston Post.
What a glorious land the south is!
No strikes. no riots. 10 bribery, in
ves.igations. no Ballinger, no Glavis.-
Greenville, Is. CO News.
Is winters backbone broken or only
bent ?-Richmond Times Dispatch.
Speaking Of the packers, juries are
not their meat-Charleston News and
Courier.
ANY sunshiny days this month are
clear proft-New York Mail
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07

Total, ~ OF. proteid, OF. fat and IS OF.
starch.
The question now is. Which Of these
foods can be provided for " cents
day for each person? Not those
out Of season nor quickly perishable
nor those brought to the consumer
from a distance. Such foods are al
ways expensive and may not con-
tain any more nutriment than foods
produced in home markets. For In
stance, in all inland localities oysters
are high priced because they are -~rv
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
THAT STATE ROAD.
L.
TCedar Rap;ds Republican.

Cedar Rapids and Clinton and Mar
shalltown and all the intermediate
towns ought TO get into the good roads
movement. The natural highway, for
automobiles to the west lies thru these
towns and cities. There ought to be
provided for them the best roads that
can be made out of dirt. Automobile
travel should not be despised by the
cities. There is going TO be an In
creasing amount of il and the cities
that are so fortunate as TO be on the
automobile highways will be greatly
favored in the future. A certain amount
of business development will take place
along such highways. Clinton and
Cedar Rapids appear on nearly all the
automobile tour maps, Cedar Rapids
being used as the turning point for
travel to the cities Of Minneapolis and
St. Paul as we'll as for The travel to
the farther west. 1H
Good roads in Iowa do. not mean
brick paved roads nor even macadem-
lied roads 1t means dirt roads well
graded and dragged. The inacadam
should. however, be applied to all low
spots in this highways. There is
great deal of agitation in Iowa about
such roads at the present time and
we should not let the opportunity pass
to get into the current.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
FREE TRADE AND PROTECTION,

The protectionists of England. who
are proving long-winded if nothing
else, in their efforts 10 overthrow their
country's historic policy Of free trade,
are felicitating them selves on the cir
cumstance that protectionist America
took away from free trade England, by
virtue Of a lower bid on the job, the
construction of the two Argentina bat
tleships.
The fact that the quoted British
prices for these vessels were above
those of Germany and Italy by s15o.-
900 and s1so,ooo above the American
by those British newspapers which are
actively engaged in the propaganda
for the abolition of free trade. The
Daily Mail in particular. which
achieved such notoriety by the pub
ication at the height of the recent gen
eral election of the Blatchford articles
on Englands naval and army needs,
has seized this opportunity with avidi-
ty. In pursuance of its professed policy
Of converting Great Britain to the pro-
tectionist idea, It has this to say in
connection with the shipbuilding incl
dent: "The capture of the order for
two Argentine dreadnoughts by an
American firm of shipbuilders is one
OF the most remarkable blows to free
trade yet recorded. But an even
more disagreeable fact remains. In
addition to the British and American
firms, Italian and German firms also
rendered. Both Italy and Germany are
protectionist states. Yet their tenders
also were below the British. Indeed
German wards have secured the orders
for four destroyers by undertaking
British shipbuilders. The free trade
country was thus beaten by all its pro-
kectionist rivals. 1t came last, where
~, according to the free trade theory
II el,nnld have heen easily first There
must be something very wrong with a
theory which is so lamentably upse,
whenever it is tested"
30 much for the English aspect Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
TRY IL On.

Try IL On.
Your friends are fewest when your
face is long,
The DAYS are darkest when your liver
wrong.
Then, the best prescription is a cheer
full song
And a hand to Others, just TO help
along.
Try It on.
The sun shines brightest and your
heart is light,
Zen the shadows soften al the fall of
night.
When you win the battle 'twiNt the
wrong and right.
Full of faith believing That The right
is might.
Try it on.
When the echoes vanish as you near
the wall
And the silence deepens as the shadows
fall.
You will not be fearful at the final call,
If each day While living you've been
kind TO all.
Try It on.
&C. r tscroggie in Midland School.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
HERBERT GLADSTONE "A PEER
Career Of Great cemnsonsr's Cen, Whs
Accepts What His Father Declined.

Career Of Great cemnsonsr's Cen, Whs
Accepts What His Father Declined.
Right Hon. Herbert John Gladstone,
former British secretary Of state Tor
home affairs, recently appointed gov
ernor general Of United South Africa,
who has been elevated to the peera1e.
has accepted what his father, the
great commoner, William Ewart Glad
stone, twice refused-a ssat In the
house Of lords. Queen Victoria. who
had little love for some Of her minis
ter's policies. tried hard to make IN
earl out Of him, but ho steadfast1y
refused, telling her that he considered
it duty as well as privilege 70 Re-
main without title.
Herbert John Gladstone. his third
son. was born In 1854 1T ~ DownlnE
street, London the of1ciol home Of
the prime minister. Educated at Elton,
young Gladstone carried OF both there
and in Oxford University many hon
ors as a student Of classics and his
tory. He became bis fathers private
secretary in 1881 ana thereaftr held
successfully the positions Of lord Of
the treasury, financial secretary Of the
war ONCE, undersscretary Of the homo
Office and FIRST commissioner Of works.
In 1880 he became chiof whip Of the
Liberal party. In 1906 he was made
secretary of state for home Affairs.
Mr.. Gladstone married In 1901 Miss
Dorothy Paget q daughter Of the
Right Hon. Sir Richard Paget, a
young woman whose social talents
have done much for her husband.
Golf. cycling. shooting. 0shin8.
yachting and occasionally cF1ckst and
football are the recssatto0s Of the Aow
peer. He was sleetsl prsai6snt Of
the National Physical Aecraat1on -
ciety some years ago and has Te1nain-
ed its president ever sinee. His Lon
don residence 10 . BuckingAam Cate.
and he has . bsautaful eeanry place
at Sandycroft, Littieton.by-the-9ea.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
case In the court Of commerce, and no
body else would have any right to ap-

case In the court Of commerce. and no.
body else would have any right to ap-
pear.
Now, how long would it take any
official in Washington to become ac-
quainted with the Iowa rate situation
as Attorney General Byers knows 1t,
or Mr.. Thorne, or Mr.. Guernsey? And
with what confidence Will suitors ap-
pear before the court Of commerce
when their lawyer is not OF their own
choosing, knows but little about the
case and very possibly is not interested
in getting a favorable decision?
Not only this, but the attorney gen.
eral is to have full charge of all ap-
peals to the supreme court, and the
plaintiff and the Interstate commerce
commissioners are to be allowed to have
nothing to say here. either.
So. at no time after appeal is taken
by the railroad to the court of COM
merce is the plaintiff to have anything
to say about the conduct of his lawyers,
or the advisability of what is done
Some understrapper of the attorney
generals office may conclude that his
case has no merit and dismiss 1t, or
allow it to so by default, and he mas
no redress.
senator CummlNS says IN MS HILL
ority report:
The most Objectionable and harmful
feature of the bill under consideration
is found in the departure from the
existing method of defending suits.
The shippers are just as much con-
cerned in the judgments of the courts
as they were in the award of the COM
mission: but they are not only de-
prived of any influence or control OF
the matter thereafter. but the COM
mission itself is forbidden to take any
part in it, The whole subject passes
into the hands of the department OF
justice which. altho equipped with eN-
cellent lawyers, knows nothing about
the case and can have no more Than an
abstract interest in it. The de-
partment of justice makes itself IA
miliar with the work that has been
done by the commission as best it can,
and then IL may either defend or not
defend, as it pleases. If it should hap
pen TO believe that the commits lon was
wrong in its order it would of course,
not defend but allow final judgment to
be entered in favor of the common car
rier Thus the amazing spectacle
would be constantly presented of a re-
view of the orders of the commission
not by a court, but by the department
OF Justice.
Can any intelligent shipper of Iowa
read this record and have any doubt
of the character OF this astonishing
billr
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
A JOKER IN THE BILL.

fDes Moines Register and LEADER
In section of the new commerce
bill will be found these words: 1.-THE
attorney general shall have charge and
control Of the interest OF the govern
nent in all cases and proceedings in
the court of commerce. The interstate
commerce commission and its attorneys
shall take no part in the conduct OF
any such litigation"
Under the law as it is now the inter-
state com merce commission when an
appeal is taken to the courts. names
the attorneys who have prosecuted the
case before the commission to prose-
cute it in the courts. They are the
men who have the facts fully in hand
and who have the interests OF the
plaintiff at heart.
Thus, if an appeal Is taken in the
Iowa stock rate cases the commission
Will name Mr.. Thorne and probably
Attorney General Byers to carry the
litigation on. II appeals are taken IN
the Des Moines cases the commission
would name Mr.. Guernsey TO appear
before the court.
Under this new law no attorney who
has had any hand in preparing the
case need to be 50 engnged. The at
torney general might employ special
counsel II he desired. but the law leaves
It wholly with the attorney general to
decide. Thus in the Iowa stock case
some understrapper Of the attorney
generals office might b ret 70 try Tia
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07

aiA WlAS1 GAStS VI ETAASoA AsA~SsaSS S$N>A
didacy for congress in this district. on
course. We can not support him. but
nevertheless, he has our sympathy"
To the Nevada Representative 'tl1e
fact seems to be that Pinchot did con-
suit Wilson and did have the latter's
consent to write to Dolliver: but that
Pinchot in writing to Dolliver ex-
pressed himself more fully than Viii
son has failed to support Pinchot in
the exercise Of the discretion allowed"
The Davenport Times says 1.-The men
who think money is everything and
that big business should always be
protected. do not care with which po-
htical party or what men they work
so long as they get what they are will
ing TO pay for. There are not many
such figures in the American business
world, but the few need careful watch
ing"
1.-The old agitation to take the rail-
road comm listeners out of the elective
offices and make them appointive by
the governor is again being agitated
There is nothing 10 it, declares the
Mt. Vernon Record. IF the people
can be awakened, and we believe they
are becoming awakened now. they will
put in the right sort of commissioners
There is no more chance of an I'M
friendly board than there is of an I'M
friendly governor. And if we are to
say that the people are not competent
to select a board. how can we say they
are competent 20 select a governor
demands the Record.
Observing that Judge Smith is max
ing use Of cam paign literature in which
he claims 10 have saved two hundred
million dollars on appropriations, that
-Aldrich at the same time asks for a
commission which he says could save
one hundred millions a year, and that
the administration claims credit for
cutting appropriation estimates nearly
hundred millions the Hardin County
Citizen concludes things must have
been run very recislessly in the matter
OF appropriations in Washington
The Star Clipper at Traer says that:
After reading the lengthy article in
last weeks issue relative 20 the de-
pIorable condition of the Tama Indians
all thoughtful people will agree that
something should be done. There seems
no question that these people are be-
coming more degraded every year, de-
spite the school and the mission"
AS ii appears 10 the Iowa City Re
publican 1t seems strange that a con-
dition should exist in Iowa wherein a
man who stands squarely with the re-
publican president and the republican
majority in Iowa. should be in danger
OF being read out Of the party. Yet
we have a faction in Iowa that will not
vote for a man who is the kind of re-
publican above described. no matter
what his standing as a citizen. 1t is
the well defined intention of this fac
ton headed by our two senators. TO
defeat every republican candidate for
congress in Iowa who stands with the
-,-aSi5ao- ord tho ranI,hljcan ma iority W
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
Peculiar Contract Upheld.

In Belfast breach of promise case
the man, q farner, won. He agreed
70 marry . spinster il she could raiase
$500. She was able to get together
only 5000. % the farmer called It OF.
despite the fact that he mad ordered
the clergyman to be on hand TO marry
them. The Judge said that the prom.
ise to marry was conditional and the
condition Had not been fulfilled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
A FORTUNE IN FURs.
TTitonka Topic. ]


W. J. Dawson. OF Burt. was in IT,
tonka Saturday on a business "trip, and
while here paid this office a pleasant
visit. Mr.. Dawson. since leaving the
farm has been prospecting. besides re-
ceiving a handsome income from the
rent of his Portland township farm
With Tom Trainor as partner, the
firm did more business the past year
I'D to the 31st day of December than
for any previous year. They have now
$4,000 invested in muskrats alone,
which they purchased at an average
price of So cents each. The firm mas
a standing offer of IS cents each TOT
every one they have on hand which
by figuring little. will show that they
made a clean profit of over $4,000 on
the ra, business alone. On the ast
day of 1909 the firm sold all OF the
skunk hides they had on hand at a
big profit. They buy cattle hides and
pay the highest market price and sell
in carload lots, realizing them from
their investment a handsome pront.
". ]. is happy and prospecting.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
Wall or VETERANS WIFE

Please Tell Him slvs Wa @ ovse, Che
Asked, and &lss cesst Old.
If ron were the wife Of 4 ciyN war
vo+ersn ara h> .honh re- mn m thu
,n,aa,a - .r..~ n,.ht .nA .,...h
.-S.-s ~. 49, ....s.. -..~ -.
oAou. >1 49,
anu singing nA.s $3.50 "a.
rag. Boys wouioat u 'n Jeur
patriottsm7 That's what . urea wo-
man asked when she appeared IL oh
er day In the Myrtle avenue oeu19,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-07
Iona Newspapers
THEY WE'RE IOWA HOGS.

ISIUIA N4IY JUUIIIdI.J
While Iowa is waxing more and more
excited about those high prices there
ought 70 be more or less significance in
the fact that it was a carload Of Iowa
hogs that established the SO record in
the Chicago market. In this case there
is no doubt as TO who got the money.
An Iowa farmer got it.