Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-03-04
rn1Es-REpuB1roAN 11ARsnAI1TowN, IOWA. MARCH 4 1910

produced resurrs. Hereby Il may be
that the American people will learn
lesson. whenever they get ready to
move In body they will accomplish
things. Whenever they are sufficiently
In earnest to meet in their town halls
and In their schoolhouses and in all
other available places and investigate
Tor themselves they will get some
where. Most important Of all, when
they secure Information let them act
on 1t. Deeds are the things that count
In this world-d-e-e-d-s-deed Bear
down on that word and emphasize it.
The only forward steps in the worlds
history have come by deeds. The only
freedom that ever arrived to bless a
people was won by deeds. The COM
mon sense of the world has acclaimed
one axiom true-if you want thing
done, do it yourself. 1t applies to, the
people as well as to individuals. II
they want a thing done, let them do 1t
themselves. The politicians and conf
dence men may tell you something
else, but don't believe them. You know
UclleI. DO III yourselves,
Hope For the Future.
I seek In nowise to minimize the
inquiries that have been ordered. They
may agreeably surprise us all and ac-
tually bring facts to light. Legislative
investigations are under just ..icion
in this country, however, d these
present ones will receive pl lie COM
mendation only when they earn it. Let
US suppose that they win earn it and
so not discredit them in advance. Let
us have faith that they will not waste
the public money in mere futility or in
downright efforts to comfort or conceal
the truth. But in the meantime let US
seek the facts ourselves and accept no
sophistries or excuses as to the logical
conclusions deducible from the facts
we find.
Already the secretary of agriculture
has carried on an inquiry into high
prices and has come to the conclusion
that the food trusts are chiefly re-
sponsible. The District of Columbia
committee has looked into the cold
storage question and has brought out
some rather suggestive testimony
about overripe eggs and putrid meat.
The house Of representatives is con-
templating an inquiry by the ways
and means committee and the senate
by select committee headed by Sena-
tor Lodge. It was this committee
that was charged by Senator Elkins,
the author Of the resolution which
gave 1t existence, with being q frame
up to shield the tariff
Hard on the heels Of the high prices
inquiries comes the prosecution of the
beef trust. In Chicago the federal
grand jury IS Investigating, and in
brought, but the meat barons have
CONTEMPORARY defied notices to APP
pear.
In New York city and New Jersey
has been carried on an inquiry into
the milk trust that has resulted in sew
eral indictments. In New York state
Governor Hughes has ordered IN in
vestigation Of the purchase of forest
reserves, concerning which there has
been some scandal in the public press.
Possible Wall Street Probe.
Following the collapse Of the Hook
ing pool in Wall street. the Stock Elk
change has carried on an Investigation
Of its own and has suspended two bro
kers. Jim Keene, the head Of the
pool, has been questioned, but could
not remember anything and left the
impression that his Office boy was to
blame.
A Wall street inquiry by the New
York state legislature is possible. At
least Assemblyman Frederick r.
Toombs has introduced a resolution
to that effect.
AS to the Ballinger- Pinchot investi-
cation, the committee has already
been in session several weeks and is
hardly through with the examination
of one witness, L. r. CLAWS. Perhaps
the most sensational testimony given
by CLAWS was that the Cunningham
interests had kept James r. Garfield
out Of the Taft cabinet
One interesting and unexpected side
light on the Alaskan coal claims.
around which much Of the Ballinger-
Pinchot controversy has ragged, was
1ufulSueu ny Two agents OI Tie MOT
gan Guggenheim syndicate in their
testimony before the senate committee
on territories. This evidence clearly
established the facts that trust yex-
lists, that J. P. Morgan is connected
with it, that there are 100000 tons
OF coal in the trusts Alaskan mines
and that the entire Boring river coal
district contains 100000 tons with
a net value of $20O,00O.O 600 and a. gross
value of $500, 100000
Let the investigations go on. The
people cannot know too much about
how their business is being conducted.
And now that the inquiries have start
ed let those in charge be given to I'M
derstand that the American people
will be satisfied with nothing less than
the whole truth.
ALTERNATE i NE TO WEST POINT
o. r. Smith, Negro Candidate For
Army, Athlete and 9roncho Buster.
Ollie r. Smith, the young negro who
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