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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
1alIinsers "snake-kiIIins."

'I intend to kill some Snakes!" ex-
claimed Secretary Ballinger with sar-
donic smile when he was in the wit
ness stand before the Congressional IN
vestigating Committee. The snakes"
are the men In his department who
have failed to stand by him" When
CLAWS unearthed the Cunningham
claims. CLAWS was promptly discharg-
ed. When Kerby told the facts in re-
gard to the preparation of the Taft let
ter of vindication. Kerby was dis
charged. Now Mr.. Ballinger has set
about the work of driving from the
government service those who gave
testimony that was unfavorabie to him.
He has summary discharged Horace
T. Jones Jones was the special agent
of the land office who collected con-
siderable evidence tending ito prove the
fraudulent character OF the Cunning
ham coal land claims He was sum-
moned by the investigating committee,
was compelled to testify, and tho every
effort was made to break down his
testimony. it stood the test. This tes-
timony involved Ballinger and his
friends Ballinger orders the dismiss
sal Of Jones.
The director Of the reclamation SER
vice and the chief engineer disa greed
with MI Ballinger on many points.
They questioned the truth Of some OF
his statements. II is understood that
both officials will be removed.
But the Ballinger snake killing cam
paign by no means ends with those he
regards as his active enemies" It
extends to officials who refused to aid
in his defense Professor Joseph A.
Holmes is regarded as the ablest expert
in certain features of mining and mine
rescue work in this country Congress
created a bureau Of mines in order to
extend the notable work in which Pro-
lessor Holmes has been engaged for
several years, and no other man was
thought of for the first chief Of this
bureau. Holmes takes no interest.
whatever, in politics. He refused to
take sides or be mixed up in any way
with the Ballinger affair. He spent
his time II, attending strictly to busi-
ness Holmes was the co-worker of
Secretary Garfield and Clifford Pin
chot in the previous administration.
But he failed to rush to the rescue of
Ballinger. and the secretary of the in
terror is doing everything in his power
to Illuminate LIT. 11clIbSS dppOiit
another man chief of the bureau OF
Mines.
Mr.. BaIlinger is sorely taxing the
patience Of the American people. His
attitude or the witness stand and his
course. since that time show clearly
what manner of man he is
It is not the Joneses and the Glavises
of this administration who deserve re-
moyal. but the Ballingers the Dement'S
and all the kit and crew of servile I'M
ierlings who sneeze every time the
secretary takes snuff. In spite of all
the "vindication" that whitewashing
committees can furnish, in spite OF all
the letters of "exoneration" that friend
" attorneys can draft and the presi-
dent sign, the head of Ballinger himself
is demanded by the people of the Unit
ed States. and Mr.. Taft viii be forced
to recognize that demand. or still fur
Their weaken and disorganize his party.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
any Jews have you converted so

many Jews have you converted so
far?"
The Christian Intelligence asks.
however, since when It is that the civil
law has appointed the mayor Of New
York City as "the theological censor
of the religious forces Of that commune
tty." The mayors letter, It thinks,
seems to show that he Is Tailoring
under the delusion that his personal
convictions as TO the character Of
certain religious enterprises should
control his relations as a civil officer
to them" It says further:
"As matter Of fact it Is q question
whether his attitude does not come
dangerously near endroaching upon
the religious liberty of our citizens.
which would seem to include not only
liberty Of worship but Of expression,
so long as such expression does not
disturb the public peace and uiet. As
a matter of fact the permission re-
quested by Mr.. Chalmers, the missions
airy in question, has been granted time
and again to other preachers and
workers and without harmful results.
AS to the propriety of proselytizing
such Jews as are willing to be prosel-
typed, even the mayor must acknowl-
edge, If he will took up his history,
that the early christian church was to
a large extent founded on converted
Jews. It is certainly pity that an
official should lay himself open to
even the suspicion OF an attempt to
make political capital out Of an appeal
to the religious prejudices of any class
of our people"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
DAY AND THE AUTO CRAZE.
[DaYenport Timesl.

Chancellor Day has broken loose
again. Chancellor Day Of the SYRIA
cuse university is one Of the noted
pessimists of the day Perhaps he
considers himself merely a prophet.
No one can tell. But he has been able
TO discover a dark cloud for aim ost
every thing Of public interest during
The last few years. And now he says
the automo bile is the nations curse.
This Pronunciation of the motor car
comes. too just when many, people are
thinking of mort gaging their cottages
swim" It comes when many factories
are planning for an increased OUTPUT
not only Of the higher priced but Of the
lower priced cars. He asserts that
the motor car adds nothing to wealth.
Perhaps he is right. Nevertheless
there are many people who spend many
hours in the open air now who former
" remained shut-ins. If anyone mas
better health as a result OF riding in
the open air, that is worth while. There
are two sides to the automobile craze,
lust as there are two sides to almost
everything else Surely there ought to
be no criticism Of the man who rides
in a motor car If he can afford to do
so. The wages paid for building mot
or cars buy just as much food for the
workman's wife and children as wages
paid for any other kind OF work, and
a little more because the average
wages in automobile factories are high
er than in many other industries 1t
is the man whose income does not
Justify the purchase OF a car who
should listen to Chancellor Day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
Iona Newspapers
BLAME THE COMET.

[ W aCeFIOO I!IlItS- ITIUUIIeI'
This weather is dispiriting. Too cold
for hammock sparkling: TOO cold for
straw hats, open work hose, peek boo
waists shirt waist clerks, ice cream
soda or evening drives; TOO cold for
picnics or camping; for boating, river
bathing or band concerts; too cold for
park strolls, for mosquitoes, flies, or
bugs; too cold for most anything gen
orally enjoyed at this time OF the year.
The June brides refuse TO sing, the
flowers to bloom, the crops to grow. the
Precipitation TO flow. It's still over
coats, winter underwear and gloves. We
wonder how far away skating and
coasting are good. We wonder if it Will
ever be good old summertime again
Darn that comet.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
THE AUTO AS A FACTOR.

When we read that auto equipment
has cornered the rubber supply Of the
world" and rendered prices OF rubber
almost prohibitive, that the vast in
crease Of demand for the finest grades
of steel comes from the auto industry
and has created a demand and employ
Inent for thousands of highly skilled
workmen some impression OF the exrealt
to which cars are being made and
purchased will be dirnly gathered.
Looking about in our own field of OBJ
servation at the number OF persons
dealing in autos, the multitude Of en-
ploves. mechanics. chaufeurs, and
statesmen. IS partial preparation to-
ward APPREHENSION OF the estimate
that automobile factories will turn out
during the current season 200, 600 auto
automobiles which will be sold for
5000, 100000.
Wall street is pinched and protesting.
Il attributes the slow bond market 10
automobile purchases. The public il
complains is buying automobiles instead
Of bonds, taking Ayers in touring cars
instead of stocks. And Wall street IS
not alone in is com plant Other
lines Of business are complaining. The
money which pays for the automobile
is not running thru The fingers of other
and perhaps competitive businesses
and industries.
But what are you going TO do about
ite The man who can afford an auto
mobile ought 10 have ii and the fellow
who can't but viii have one will get
his any way whether he must mortgage
the dwelling house or not And really
the dwelling house is his and he can
do as ne pleases about II. There is lit
use for talking loud over the rage for
automobiles. Il IS a rage just now.
1t will settle into something much
better after while but II is certain
to have its run and nothing IS likely
TO stop it. When the girl told the
mother who had seen the folly OF
dancing" that she also wanted TO see
the folly of it she voiced an inherent
tendency in human nature The man
who can have an auto will get 1t if he
wants it bad enough and tell US who
complain that it isn't any Of our bust
ness. And in the last analysis it
isn't.
The plaything part Of the aucomo-
bile viii not last. One or Two exper-
fences of the man who can't afford it
viii settle him. OF course he is likely
TO be settled for keeps but some one
will have the money It isn't lost, 1t
is like the quarter the boy dropped into
the well. He knows where it is.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
BURRELL IN BERLIN.

washington county fTeSSJ.
Berlin has far more statues than any
capital in Europe. Most of them are
Of rulers, statesmen, soldiers, all de-
signed to stimulate the military spirit.
Tho the garden Is animated with mar
BILE and bronze poets, musical compos-
ers, scholars, philosophers, yet the
dominant tone is 1--WE have killed a
lot" "let US butcher some more" War
is the greatest game in Germany, the
first of the sciences and arts. 1t be-
tokens a type Of civilization and re-
ligion far from the highest. Spears
and swords clank and jingle on the
pavements, uniforms color every rod
in the city The police all over Eur
ope thus far dress as soldiers and wear
swords or long daggers. Railway men
are uniformed as generals. Even the
country gatemen on railways have a
soldierly aspect Where is Jesus
Christ, the Prince of Peace? Not in
Germany, surely. Nearly every other
man in that empire is supported by bay
onets, is a son Of gun. In every coun-
try on the continent it takes gun to
support a gun, as if the theory OF life
were. "the chief end Of man is to kill
some one;" "the very best use to put
a man is TO kill him. but open schools
to teach the trick OF murder with
scientific and artistic eject Tnis SUI
der business, the world over, one
would think, is the most perfect idiocy
on earth.
Our ladies shopped, as did the men,
and found goods half no two-thirds
cheaper than at home Berlin has de-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
A MILITARY RECONCILIATION.

The loss Of the nomination for COVER
nor by progressives will 70 the public
at large appear as total loss in the
primary election 1t will be impossible
to overcome the impression but TO the
politicians there is a net gain for pro-
gressives in the election returns, altho
the entire state was not cleaned up by
them.
Before the primary the progressive
opposition had Smith and Hull and
Kennedy and Dawson in congress and
were in possession Of the state admin
istration. It was planned by progress
sives to try for the places held by
Smith and Hull and Kennedy. The
thought of trying for CAROLS place
until two years hence had been aban-
doned owing to the two term fetish.
This statement is made authoritatively.
Suddenly Dawson got cold feet and
quit. His place was conceded to the
progressives without opposition. Score
one.
Then a few Of CAROLS friends who
were personal enemies to Senator
.Curnrnins and largely disgruntled poll
ticians. under the guise OF a good
roads convection, met at Des Moines to
organize campaign committee for
the purpose of controlling the state
convention which should write plat
form. Up to that time there was not
the slightest thought in Iowa OF doing
President Taft any damage in state
r,spubIican convention. An endorse
ment of the senators and progressive
congressman was to be expected but
ft would have been tolerant and not
At all offensive to the president. How
ever. so-called Taft republican club
xyaa formed for the announced purpose
OF storganizing every precinct in Iowa"
The fight was on.
The progressives then had to meet a
nfruggae In the state as well as in the
districts and a candidate for governor
appo.iee.-
when the smoke had cleared away
~ progressives had lost nothing that
0sey possessed before. Their six pro-
Roas9ve consressmen IN the Tenth,
X1eveuth, Fourth, Third, Fifth and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
For Sunday Reading
Ill Sorts ofObinions
Match the picture Shows.

Watch the Picture Shows.
The moving picture shows have had
q great many good words spoken IN
their behalf as cheap, harmless. and
educative amusements. But a Cincin-
natl religious paper now thinks they
need watching" This journal, The
Western Christian Advocate. declares
on the testimony Of the superintendent
of the probation officers connected with
the juvenile court of Cincinnati that
Juvenile delinquency has increased
alarmingly in that city-50 per cent he
would estimate-since the multiplied
ton of the cheap moving picture
shows" This Indictment does not put
all the nickelodeons under the ban OF
reprobation,. but only such of them as
lay themselves open in a manner like
this:
1--WE lately saw series Of pictures
to which the proprietor directed our
specific attention as being particularly
high-class But they showed aband-
oned women, apartments in house OF
ill-repute, gamlNers at their games, the
suicide of a prostitute, the hold-ups
Of highwaymen, and 80 on. And all OF
this the exhibitor claimed was teaching
q high mora! lesson, This show was
in a suburban village. But many OF
them that crowd each other in the heart
of the city are much worse-as bad as
they can be and escape the penalties
Of the law. The worst plays OF the
tenderloin are reproduced, and boys and
girls-who, because of the small adj
mittance fee, are the chief patrons OF
these exhibitions-become faniliarized
with every form Of vice and violence.
Juvenile criminals have repeatedly
confessed that they received their first
suggestions of robbery. ouse-breaking.
safe-cracking, etc. from what they had
seen on the screens.
'sNot only are such pictures them
selves depraving. but for innocent boys
and girls to be drawn into the asso-
Citations likely to be found in such
places, and to be out on the streets
during the night hours, is not conducive
to their best moral development. There
are all sorts of dangers and temptations
in that direction. Physicians. too.
warn us that many of the nickelodeons
are distinctly unsanitary, being closed
in and threatening tuberculosis because
of dust, sputum, foul air, and lack OF
ventilation"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
The Food Supply Of Cities.

(Christian Science Mon1tor).
Civic pride has expressed itself in
many ways during recent years, but
seldom has 1t been able to boast with
more substantial reason than Baltimore
gives for the self congratulation in
which it is indulging at present. Ut is
happy as we'll as proud that it's food
supply is so plentiful and so cheap. and
the American of that city, touching on
the matter. attributes these blessings
to the fact that Baltimore is located
practically on the waters of Chesa-
peake bay, with it's vast production of
fish food, and ITO the numerous truck
farms in the vicinity and their easy ac-
cess to the city's markets. This leads
the Picayune of New Orleans to pre-
sent similar claims on the part of the
Crescent city.
These cities, however, are not excep-
tionally situated or exceptionally for
tunate with regard to the mat
ter OF local food supply. In the
South, the West and the Northwest
the local supply Of foodstuff. generally
speaking, is abundant, and at first
hand cheap. The middleman is con-
venientIy blamed for the advance
which takes place between the time the
foodstuff leaves the producer and the
time it reaches the consumer. IL fs a
question. however, whether the retailer
is getting more than his legitimate
share OF the profits; it is question,
indeed, os whether the profits in these
days of high prices are so great as
they were few years ago when the
price of everything in the nature OF
food was low.
Baltimore and New Orleans seem to
reveal the secret when they md reason
to boast Of easy and cheap transpor-
tation for their water and garden pro-
ducts. For example, New York and
Chicago have almost unlimited fish and
vegetable producing territory to draw
upon, but in each case it costs almost
az much to market the products az 1t
does to catch or to raise them. In a
mo io.itv 1T our big cities greaf cen
trail markets, reached quickly and
cheaply underground or overground by
the producer, and accessible to the
great body Of consumers, give assur-
ance Of the only effectual remedy Tor
present conditions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
THE MOTHERS SACRIFYCE.
Nevada REPRESENTATIVE.


DR.. T. K. Hunter Sunday morning.
at the Presbyterian church, still under
the inspiration Of Memorial Day, car
ried thru his sermon ST. Paufs figure
which represents the Christian as
soldier. BY way of Illustrating the
enthusiasm and willingness of sacrifice
which often characterizes enlistment,
he pictured a scene which occurred In
his own home town in Haysville. Ohio
in the early days Of the civil war. when
recruiting for the Union army was
going on. The five sons OF WiooW
subscribed to the muster roll, and then
the mother. her all being laid on the
altar of her country. offered herself to
serve in any capacity TO which she was
suited.
The giving of ones self 10 the cause
to which all that was dearest had been
dedicated was a natural sequence. AL
most any mother would have found it
easier to go than TO stay. But gen
orally ties remained. So it was with
the senior Mrs Stone, the venerable
lady who used to live over south of our
cty park-the mother OF John Il.
Stone who was foreman for a genera
ton in the Representative office. Mrs.
Stone, widowed and poor in Central
New York. but staunch in patriotism
saw her sons one after another start
for the front till five had gone and. but
for little ones that claimed her care
she TOO would gladly have followed the
ones who marched away. The sacri-
flee of her middle life won for her old
age the comfort and care OF the Iowa
Soldiers Home at Marshalltown when
she had no sons left in Iowa TO care
for her and she was too welded to the
state Of her adoption TO take up life
mid S.,>a n ga Surroundings
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
TELLING THE Truth.

Nevada RepreEenlat1VeJ.
The Burlin gton Hawkeye in its issue
of last Thursday took the Representa-
tive to task for an editorial recently
published in this paper, advising the
Taft administration to tell the truth.
The advice was fortified with some
pertinent historical references, and 1t
had particular application to the way
in which the truth has been denied
and evaded and finally admitted as to
the preparation for President Taft by
one of the departmental subordinafes
of letter for the presidents signature.
generating Secretary BalHnger we
do not understand the Hawkeye to dis
rute the general soundness OF the ad-
vice to tell the truth: but it does re-
sent the implication that the Taft ad-
ministration has need Of such advice.
We might have considered ourselves
properly squslched and have let the
matter go had we not discovered In the
Sunday issue of that same Burlington
Hawkeye leading article under the
head Does That Square It, the main
part Of the article being as follows:
"In the Ba1linger investigation, well
toward the close, one Law1ler, who is
attorney in the case, made q terrible
verbal assault upon several OF the wit
nesses. He accused them OF things
which ought to have brought down up
on them the wrath OF all honest men.
He used language toward them which
ought to have resulted In his immed-
late expulsion from the presence OK
gentlemen who were conducting the
investigation. The whole thing was
simply outrageous. ana wOuao
ly have been permitted In q cross-roads
justice shop.
"And the next day, or the DAY there
after, the fellow announced thnf ne mao
mailed an apology to the men wnom. ne
had so brutally assaulted and so fouiS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-06-11
Topics of the Times

The department of agriculture has
decided 10 permit the floating OF
oysters if the water in which they are
immersed pending shipment has the
same saline content as the water from
which they We're taken. However, the
department will compel the marking
of oysters which have been placed in
rent as "foated oysters" and If
oysters are Heated in impure water
the Twill be condemned as adulterated
under the terms of the pure food law.
The oyster may soon be heard to join
with the railroads in a demand whether
this really is a free country.
The general synod Of the Reform ed
Church in America, in session al AS
bury Park. y. J.. adopted a recomrnen-
ia ton 10 make the Sunday following
the last Thursday in January of each
year the occasion Cor special prayer for
theological students. The church is
getting short Of prea One Won
dArs why recourse isn't had 10 the eN-
pedient Of increasing preachers SAL
aries.
It IS said that there are no swear
words in the Indian language. Maybe
that's why the language is dying out.
The Sioux City Journal thinks the
democrats have a chance to win in a
number of Iowa districts this fall But
the Journal can't say the Eleventh is
one of them and that is a very sad
circunlstance-for the Journal.
Chancellor Day says the automobile
is curse Chance must be jealous
Of his neighbor's touring car.
They are talking Of reducing the size
Of our paper currency. Just so they
don't take any of the spots off it.
The per capita circulation Of money
is II cents more than it was month
ago. and this computation was made,
too. prior to the Iowa primary.
Francis Burton Harrison no doubt
ente-tains a secret satisfaction in the
snub administered TO him by President
Taft It brings him out of oblivion
for short time.
Senator Aldrich is quoted as saying,
Kansas is a great state, but there are
more people in il with no sense at all
than in any other state" The price Of
Kansas land and the record of deposits
in Kansas banks don't bear the SEN
ator out.
They are having trouble with mis-
branded foods in England They ought
to borrow our DR.. Wiley for while.
George W. Egan's address is Sioux
Falls. S. D. Chautauqua managers
may address him there at any time
and be sure of reaching him.
It was all right for Professor Pew
of An1es to get married if he wants to,
but why should he go to Maine for
his bride?
The candidate is quite sure that po-
litical campaigns also have something
TO do with the high cost of living.
| If George Cosson is to be the next
attorney general of Iowa, that is lot
of satisfaction for the law-abiding ele-
ment of the state.
| Rudolph Spreckies has gone to
Europe to study graft. This would
seem to be something Of slight for
Frisco.
Richard Parr, the customs employee
who disclosed the methods of the sugar
trust in defrauding the treasury and
enabled the government te recover two
and a half million dollars. will get for
| his reward an amount sufficient 70 give
him competence the rest of his life.
This 10 doubt will fix him firmly in the
notion that honesty is the best policy.
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.