Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-12

! The butter trust is the latest comb
of the trust busting division of the
department of justice. Special Attor-
ney Q. E. Harrison has received in
strucsions from the attorney general 10
make an inquiry TO determine whether
/ II is true, as reported. that a board of
trade at Elgin, H. sits daily for the
purpose Of determining the price of
butter turnout the country. and other
wise exercises control over the trade
/ in a manner alleged to be in violation
! Of the Sherman antitrust act. That IS
very Well so far as il goes, but while
( he Is al It the investigator should also
/ inquire into the charge that congress
! sits at Washington and aids the Elgin
bunch by putting an outrageous TAX on
oleomargarine. the only competitor of
butter.
Dr. Wiley has made arrangements
for strong reinforcenents in his fight
on benzoate of soda by declaring him.
self in favor of women's suffrage.
Perhaps ice dealers who maintain
prices at high level do SO in the
benevolent purpose OF reducing the
evils Of cold storage.
Courtenay w. Bennett, British consul
general a. New York, in his annual
report cautions inmi grants against as
suning that New York is an Eldorado
II Ia
says. The expenses of living are so
high and so constantly rising that a
man IN regular work in the united
kingdom al lower wages i. as well. if
not better off. than his fellow work.
man in New York al the higher wa ges
hare, while if out OF work he is better
off at home. Il is estimated that 10
and TWO children must spend just
$1,000 a year We'd like 10 substitute
any large city where it reads New
York and address the advice TO people
in the smaller cities and towns and
country Why poor man with fam
ilv should ever gravitate to large
city is something past understanding.
A man in Page county adyeruises
seed corn for So cents a bushel- Need
| less 10 say. it hasn't been tested
=
A. E. Kepford lecturer or tubercu-
peraed at Boone the other night TO
speak at meeting of laboring people.
The gathering numbered less than
twenty persons. Perhaps many times
that number in the same community
were a the same hour in stuffy the
aters and Ike places, brea thing in tu-
berculosis germs al the rate Of millions
a minute. Such is the way of life.
In Chicago the other day an auto
driven by boy ran over and killed
! child. Thus events sometimes follow
in logical sequence. When boys drive
autos accidents may De expected.
Governor Carroll may not have time
TO DO the milking between now and
June Z.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Company, II is announced. will not en-
ploy women hereafter The women now
in service viii be retained, but as they
drop out their places will be filled with
men. The reason assigned for this
policy is that women do not do as
much work as men, and are not as
careful or as accurate. Pshaw. Who
cares? There is an immense field
where women beat men ten to one. and
it's a more important field than rail-
reading, TOO. Its running the home
and raising the Children.
| Senator Gore of Oklahomas, has Of
tered 10 pay the expenses of trip TO
/ Washington next winter for the boy
( in his state who grows the biggest
crop of corn on an acre this year. Wen
bet the boys who enter the contest
won't have 20 be either coaxed or
driven TO test their seed
IOWA OPINIONS AID NOTES.
| "A good road is a road which is good
tall the time, says the Marshal1town
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