Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-12-14
Iona Newspapers
ALWAYS IN POLITICS.
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| two factions, one engrossed with the
rights of property. the other trying tn
work out the social rights of the in
dividual. Each will tell you that jus
tice is wholly on his side.
To make the thing concrete. Smith
Mcpherson and William J. Bryan are
both learned lawyers of great ability.
Does any one imagine that. if they
were trying a case between a great cor
poration and the citizens of common
wealth. in studying the case. they
would follow the same line of argu-
ment or be bound by the same prece-
dents? We all want justice from the
courts but the voters have got to de-
eide for themselves what justice is.
Drop back a century and come for
ward Was not the supreme court al
ways ruled by the brilliant minds of
pro- slavery lawyers? Would a sup
preme court today repeat the bred
Scott decision?
People hold up their hands in holy
! horror for fear that the supreme court
may get into politics. 1t always was
In politics.
LAFE'S ANALYSIS OF POPULATION
1.-THE Knoxville Journal
Senator Young's paper uses a column
and a half of editorial space to be-
moan Iowa's loss OF 1000 OF her popu-
lation in the decade of 1900 to 1910 and
attributes this dire result TO the Wave
81 pnpulistic reform legislation' that
swept over the state about the begin
ming Of the period AN overdose of
sensational politics and grandstand re-
form has caused Iowa's people to fold
I,-.;,
states. has deferred the people of other
states from coming here. has discour-
eyed capital and prevented investment
Isn't it sad? And of course that man
CumIpins is 10 blame for il all But
there is brighter side of the picture
which We wish to cali TO the attention
OF Mr.. Lugubrms Blue. who edits the
Capital During the same era of popu-
lism the value of Iowa farm and in
creased from s1.25S.152 900 to s2799.-
/ 025.000 an increase Of more than 100
per cent Is il fair to attribute this
wonderful increase in material wealth
to "populistic reform o. During the
same period Iowa has made the most
marvellous growth in her history in the
additions TO her material wealth So
wonderful has been her prosperity that
she is the envy of every other state in
the union but the eXigeEcies of a per-
sonal campaign for political preferment
induce the Capital To SANDER the po-
litical leadership of this state upon the
one charge that the state has lost in
! population. II the editor Of the Capital
is really DESTROYS of knowing why the
state has lost in population he can find
the true explanation in the unparal-
lelled advance in the price of farm
lands and the CRY for Cheap land"
Iowa has been the harvest field for in
Vulnerable land agents and literally
thousands upon thousands of Iowa far
n ers have sold their lands TO their
neighbors and moved TO Texas, Colo
, RADIO. Dakotas. Canada etc. in search
of cheap lands. This movement be-
came acute in Iowa during the decade
just closed, because the tremendous
advance in the price of Iowa land was
first realized during the same period.
There Is nothing the matter with Iowa.
She is just coming into her own. Dur
ing the next few years Iowa is to be-
come a great manufacturing state Her
| industries are to become more diversi-
! fled, while the marvellous wealth of her
agricultural resources is to be multi
piled by intensive farming. The big
| farms will be cut up into smaller ones,
and her urban population will be null
tiplied by the thousands of factory en-
ployes who will be needed to keep the
wheels of industry revolving. The flu
! ture of Iowa IS secure. whoever is elect
| ed 10 the senate to succeed Dolliver.