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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02
APRIL Fool,

It's a big day. April l. TO boys and
girls 1t is one of the days they can
understand and enjoy. 1t jumps with
the humor of childhood. 1t is a day
of fun. of successful fooling and humil-
iation of being fooled. But it is fun
just as it was fun forty or fifty years
ago
When the children walked yesterday
morning they walked 10 April fools day.
They didn't care boot whether it was
the 1st of April or the last of Novenl-
Der so car as dates go. 1t was one
day in the year of carnival of match
ing wits with each other and their
elders. a day Of legalized deception and
licensed lying for fun
The man who stopped to pick up the
purse, the fellow who found the neat
packa ge, all the victims of yesterday
need not complain or get sore. Lons
ago they tried on all the tricks. There
has been nothing new in April fooling
since our grandfathers time. Boy
nature doesn't change except 10 ap-
pearances. The old fun and the old
tricks are good enough for anybody.
| If any man of mature years went by
"a package yesterday, if he failed to
reach for the pocketbook with a string
to it. especially if he saw a group OF
children looking laboriously uncon-
cerned. he's a crouch. Next year fall
for the trick. 1t doesn't cost you any
! thing and it is such fun for the chill
| dren."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02
REDUCING THE ..cosr OF LlylnGm

Meat is to be cheap III Louisiana if
the state game commission can gain
the ear of the Louisiana legislature.
The commission, after consulting a
congressman, has decided TO ask for
large appropriation wherewiJh hip
popotami, wart hogs and other Africa n
wild beasts may be introduced into
Louisiana and thus furnish a meat
supply as an economic necessity. The
comm ission insists its demand is no
joke but sober earnest. They need the
meat IN Louisiana.
Several objections suggest them
selves. Iowa protests. Within few
short years, unless an ungrateful dis
trict forgets the distinguished services
% Capt. J. A Etc. Hull, Louisiana Will
capitol city of this state. The Des
Afoines river is 10 be deepened for
hippo and alligators and the like. I'M
agine Iowa cornfelds overrun by hip
on the piers of the Walnut street
bridge, And tame crocodile shedding
tears in the office of the Des Moines
Capital. Picturesque? Sure, it would
Cap. Hull and One Johnston" remain,
Des Moines will not lack the pictur-
esque; nor while Beryl Carroll and the
Iowa railroad commission remain in
= he civ 4l,a loca
If the hippo and the whale We're sue
cessfully introduced into the Misss-
sippi and its tributaries does the game
commission imagine that the common.
atty would retain rights and privileges
of pursuit and capture? The Missis-
sippi is a navigable stream, govern
ment water. Within the year the
stern of every hippo would bear in
broad branded letters. Keep off the
Grass: private property of the ]. P
Morgan Guggenheimer Syndicate
signed Balinger." and Gift Pinchot and
Jimmy Garfield would be served with
lettres de cachet to stay east of Pitts
burg and not bother. Meat nothing
The common citizen would starve 10
death reading government patents
granted to commercial plug uglies or
the last litters of two days old war,
hogs brought forth by syndicate6
sows in the impenetrable woods Of {
back county-if wart hogs hapNn tc
be fit to eat or run to lard
Here in Iowa we know how hard Il
10 to draw public attention and favor
and can understand why the commits
sion feared it might be forgotten if il
didn't spring something new anc
strange. What is needed here as there
is something which will attract. The
commissions scheme suggests what
might be done by proposition to take
the Iowa gun license money and begir
rearing birds of para disc in order tc
keep out the food supply of the state
Perhaps II the breeding farm could bt
located at Des Moines in twelve story
hatchery, employing man to watch
each egg and turn it once a day, with
appointive power vested in the gov.
ernor, or Frank Jackson, the organiza
ton Of standpat clubs might take OF
evidences Of actual activity
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02
CARNEGIE's IDEA.
ISioux CITY Journal. I

LET men make all the money they
can in their lifetime" says Mr. Car
negie, but when they die let the state
take half of it," There would be no
hardship in that to men in Mr. Car
negie's situation. and probably he
would make the law discriminating in
the interest of the comparatively poor
and dependents
But when Mr.. Carnegie proposes
to face every man with the certainty
that half of his LIES savings would
at his death go to the state says one
critic, The apparently is talking with
his tongue, allowing his brain to rest"
Why should the benefit to the state
restrain any mans power of accumu-
lation? Mr.. Carnegie is not trying to
hold on to all he has. Mr.. Rockefeller
is disposing of millions with a free
hand. DR.. Parsons has plans per-
fected to die poor. There never was
time in the world when there was
as much free giving as there is now;
and, Of course, there never was
time when so many could afford it.
The misery habit is not nearly so
general as many people assume to
think. Money is wanted for the power
of it, and power, more than ever. is
associated with doing something
worth while. Publicity is given to
large benefactions, but the sum total
OF generosity is largely composed of
| transactions that do not get into print.
II the spirit of f1elpfulness is common
to men during their days OF activity,
why should not this spirit be more in
evidence at a time when one can have
no more personal use for any money?
| It is well not to think meanly of
men If the way to avoidance of such
thinking is open. II the state can
make good use of money the state
should be endowed. AS a first propo-
sition. it is up to the agents to estab-
! lish themselves in confidence
| 1t is a mistake to suppose that the
mere accumulation Of money is a
dominant influence with men. The
dominant influence Is in desire to sue
coed. A decline in earning power
means evidence of failure - evidence
| of going backward rather than for
ward. The use to which money is
put is another matter. There must be
increase in investment to meet grow
| ing demands, and this requirement
puts a heavy tax on earnings. The
larger the business. however. the more
diffused may be it's benefits. The
iidIusst WofASu e1fu Poofest pdiu may
! be the man or men who own it.
| The great business enterprises Of
the country will go on whoever may
die. Men know that; and they hope
for that in connection with the enter
prises with which they are connected.
He is a small man in any relation
who thinks only of himself, and he
/ is a narrow man who thinks only Of
how high he can make his pile
! The knowledge that at death one
half of a great accumulation would
go to the state would not subtract
from the energy of men capable Of
leadership in great affairs.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02
For Sunday Reading
AH Sorts ofObiniion,
The Strength Of Christianity.

The Strength OF Christianity.
So far as figures may tell the tale
a Frenchman enables us to see the rel
alive strength Of christianity and the
progress it has made in the past cen-
fury The basis for such a view is to
be found in the figures OF Mr.. Fourier
de FLAX, the well-known statistician,
who has, to this end. made elaborate
inquiry and investigation. The Eptsco-
pal Recorder gives some OF the main
features of his work. Thus:
THE figures he presents show that
christians now living number, 477,0SO,-
15s. The other religions of the world
are presented as follows: Confucian-
ism, 256,0O0 900; Hinduism, 10000 900;
Mohammedanism, 175,000.00o; Budd-
and Shintoism, $4,000, 900; while Poly
theistic systems number 117,o00.000.
According to the figures presented. the
population of the globe is about L.
420000,0O0, and the christian adherents
outnumber those of any other faith in
the ratio OF almost two to one.
While it is always risky to rely too
much on figures, the growth OF chris
tian adherents has been most marked
during the century of modern missions.
A hundred years ago. there were only
$50 missionaries in the world, but in
1895 that body had grown to 1900
missionaries, with 10000 native help
ers, operating 10000 missionary sta
tons. At the World Missionary Con-
ference to be held in Edinburgh in
June, the figures will show an immense
advance"
The greatest triumphs Of missions,
this journal asserts. have been in the
islands of the sea- During the last
eighty years, 800 OF these have been
fully evangelical, and in many OF them
there is not heather left" We read
further:
In thinking OF. missions, one instinc-
lively turns to the east, and to the
rapidly rising power Of Japan. whose
empire seems the key to the situation.
1t is gratifying, therefore. to know that
4 per cent of the $50 members OF the
Japanese parliament are christians.
under distinstively christian influence.
The effect OF this upon China and
Korea can not be estimated. In the
last named country. an effort Is being
made to win million souls during the
present year.
1.-The problem before the Christian
church, therefore, is q double one. Not
only ought we to bend every effort for
the eyangelization OF the world, but
also to deepen the christianity OF those
who are it's adherents. To attend to
the latter is to do the former. The
problem OF missions thus becomes both
home and foreign, and homo not mere
ly in the sense of the homeland, but
of the individual home, and not only Of
the individual home. but pre-eminently
Of the individual. The christian prob
lem centers in the individual, as the in
dividual centsrs in calvary. When the
center is right. the circumference will
surely be cared for.''
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT,

The Pittsburg Gazette-Tim OBJ
serves that Kentucky still keeps UP her
reputation for gun play BY the way.
it might be increased if Louisville had
general council similar TO that Of
Pittsburg. The boys simply could not
be restrained.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02
,cwA OPINIONS EMO NOTES.

can Iowa farmer went out to the
hog pasture the other day. punched up
a dozen small sized ones and decided
that he would buy an auto" says the
Orange City Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Mr. Haugen. Of the Fourth Iowa
district, has something up his sleeve.
and the expression of his face seems
to indicate that ne hopes the thing
will keep until after the June pri-
mary" says the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

and lungs. also the gall, which infect
street Is abnormally large.
These organs are used occasionally
by the people who own them, but their
real purpose is to furnish surgeons q
living"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

The high cost of living is enjoyed
by most Americans says the Mt. Ayr
Record News. They make money and
love to spend it freely. They will keep
up with the spending procession"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

quite number of kings and other
monarchs would like to be as popular
as Roosevelt says the Waterloo
Times Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Weather Prophet Willis L. Moore has
issued a few remarks placing the
ground hog in the Ananias Club for
failing to make good this year. It is
another case of disagreeing experts
Brooklyn Eagle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02
Not Safe.

Husband (reading household maya
zine): Well. what next? This maya
zine says that sofa pillows ara NOW
sssan ors.nrnentad with fAWalS that are
skillfully worked In with the em-
brofdery." What do you think Of
that? 81. sa e ~
Wife: + think they had mot better
i As ma sik down ON anx Of them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Walter 1. Smith seems to be slated
for the speakershfp, should the next
house be republican," says the Cedar
Rapids Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

The Dubuque Times-Journal: These
engines should have been turned at
Marshalltown. where the Iowa Central
has a turntable. The use of the turn
table might have cost a dollar, but it
is believed that the desire to economic
time rather than money was the cause
of the failure to use this facility"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Manhattan, Kan, has the champion
running broad mean man. He bought
his wife patent washing machine, ex-
planning that he wanted her to have
some kind of pastime. New York
Mail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

fiRev, Ingram 30. Bill.

IRev. Ingram -. BILL
1t is the business Of the business
man to turn good goods into dollars.
It is his biggest business to turn dollars
into good men. The typical business
man is pretty close to the heart Of
things. Back Of every great enterprise
in government, in philanthropy. in. ed
ucation, in religion, is the vicarious
service OF some sterling man Of affairs.
The man who II making money, and
making money fast, is primary ele-
ment in q civilization which marks q
vastly advanced step in the progress
sive life Of humanity.
The distribution Of wealth as q busi-
ness proposition is Of greater moment
than the accumulation Of wealth. It
requires q deeper sagacity and a larger
vision. That the most successful bust
ness men OF this day should vie with
one another in their gifts Of philan-
thropy is but another expression Of an
extraordinary business ability which
built up an exceptional fortune.
The unjust steward by dishonest
means made friends of his lords cred
itors, and his lord commended the pra-
dence Of the unjust steward and his
! sirr eWs; sS;;:::==:::es. sa9A<.itv. Even so
shall the children Of light by honest
and benevolent methods win the friend
Ahip Of humanity.
The story is told In ancient legend
how Midas by his magic alchemy was
able to transmute AL things he touched
into flaming gold. But what il the se-
cret Of the divine laboratory OF human
service by which the gold that lies In
the Golfers OF = Ghristian people may
be Transmitted into the priceless treas
ure OF human character? Here Is a
business proposition that II worthy the
caliber OF che biggeo1 business man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Theodore Roosevelt is not the kind
of a politician who considers it an utter
waste Of time to cultivate friendly re-
lations with people who do not hap
pen to vote in his CONTEMPLATING
ton Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02
UreI. sam.'. Dealing. in ceaI Land,


Many instances could be cited from
the figures Of the geo3odcal survey and
tho general land omico shovdng the
gain to the govsrnnent under The new
valuation plan. In one tow1Ship in
wyoming q comperativs approximate
statement is - fo1aoWs:
On basis Of minimum price,. 100000
On basis Of valuation plan Of
last year s...... 1,O0Vs0Ss
On basis Of cent ton under
present plan ........ zee. S,SeO'0Vv
In another instance in q Montana
coal tract the following 10 tho show.
ing:
Under minimum price, ......... $11e, 600
Under valuation plan Of last
year ...... I4l,vvv
Under present tonnage vAlua-
ton 1890. ........-s..s....5 fOsSUv
In q single township In the H0rse-
thief Canyon coal field Of Wyomlng the
present government valuation Of the
coal land IL 80. 134.eo0. ~ against 44ee.-
$50 under the minimum price. One
square mile OF this township has bsen
classified and valued ct @91l,0 go,
whereas on an Scent royalty basis.
which IL about the lowest prsxahne
rate, the returns wou6 b. Sz,3S7,S0O.
The surveys classiflcations and valua-
ton work during July Of last year In
cluded 81. 45S acres a coal lands ara
totaled 81, 24a, SO, or IN average OF 81
an acre. az a6@::sa.::S =! g xsx go mini.
mum price Tho total work Of the sur
vey along these lines from last April
when the new regulations went into eff
feet, to Jan. 1, 1910, foots up . coal val-
uation of $149,772.4s3. - against =
minimum price Of $4S.24o,s70.-a Diff
ference Of more than &1o0. 00O, 600
From "Our Coal Supply To-day. BY
Guy Elliott Mitchell, IN the American
Review Of Reviews for February.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Bridget" began Mrs. Youngbrids.
timidly. II don't suppose ron would
er-object to my getting an alarm
mot at all, ma'am," replied the
lazy cook. Them things never dis
turbs me at ALL"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

The Atlantic Telegraph SAYS that
Senator Dolliver is the kind of man
who will call things by their right
names But rejoins the Fairfield
Ledger. when one thinks of the calling
he did in the Allison campaign. he
seems also TO be the kind of man who
doesn't mean wha. he says"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

A Weasan's Reason.
she-I want to see women vote.
He-You do?
Eyes, I do"
'.why?"
.well just because"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

of a politician who considers it an utter
waste Of time to cultivate friendly re-
lations with people who do not hap
pen to vote in his country.-Washing-
ton Star.
Postmaster General Hitchcock need
never look for any literary encourage
ment from the magazines should he
ever decide to forsake a political car
eer.-Washington Star
Bryan favors Mayor Gaynor. of New
York for democratic presidential nom
inee. That's tough. for Mayor Gaynor
had things coming his way there for a
while.-Detroit Journal.
advice to Cannon is so thick in the
air that after 1t goes in one ear it
meets more advice coming in as it goes
out the other.-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Not a lion did his duty" says COL
onel Roosevelt. The joke will be es-
pecially enjoyed by the members of
the Ananias Club.-Boston Journal.
ITncle Toe Cannon's present reflec-
tons may be summed UP in the pnrase
| Never touched me."-Pittsburg
Observation-Disclosures.
Do YOU know that in Canada they
don't call it the water wagon? I'm on
the Indian list" is the correct form
| New York Mail.
Once an opportunity passes there is
no man who can run fast enough to
catch up with it.-Charleston News
and Courier.
| What has become Of the IS per cent
maximum OF the American Protective
Tariff League? Record
It must be admitted that this Is JUS
the sort of weather to make Ash soar
Charleston News and Courier.
/ The Taft smile is now in the tensile
tester Of criticism.-Brooklyn Eagle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Postmaster General Hitchcock need
never look for any literary encourage
nlent from the magazines should he
ever decide to forsake political car
eer.-Washington Star
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

The Taft smile is now in the tensile
tester Of criticism.-Brooklyn Eagle
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

IF, as trainmen claim. it is unsafe
to back a train faster than twelve or
fifteen miles per hour. and the train
recently wrecked ia Green Mountain,
Iowa. in which fifty people lost their
lives. was backing up at a rate of forty
or fifty miles an hour, the company
ought to be made to pay dearly for the
carelessness and recklessness of the
men in charge of the train" says the
Webster City Freeman Tribune. 1.-THE
first duty a railroad company owes to
passengers is safety"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Bryan favors Mayor Gaynor. Of New
York, for democratic presidential nom
inee. That's tough. for Mayor Gaynor
had things coming his way there for a
while.-Detroit Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

advice to Cannon is so thick in the
air that after 1t goes in one ear it
meets more advice coming in as it goes
out the other-Louisville Courier
Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Not lion did his duty" says COL
onel Roosevelt The joke will be es-
pecially enjoyed by the members Of
the Ananias Club.-Boston Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Tncle Toe Cannon's present refiec-
tons may be summed UP in the pnrAse
Never touched me."-Pittsburg
Observation-Disclosures
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Talk about high cost of living! The
price Of baked beans in Boston has
been advanced.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Do you know that in Canada they
don't call 1t the water wagon? I'm on
the Indian list" is the correct form
New York Mail.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

It must be admitted that this Is just
the sort of weather to make hsh soar.
Charleston News and Courier.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

What has become Of the IS per cent
maximum OF the American Protective
Tariff OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Record.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-02

Once an opportunity passes there is
no man who can run fast enough to
catch up with r.-Charleston News
and Courier.
Bisbee daily review., 1910-06-01
eLoHE THEATRE SUIT.

GLOBE May 3i-The FIRST bout OF
The contest between Mrs. Charles
T. Martin and Quinn Brothers for the
possession Of the Martin theatre was
fought out in the district court yer
terday, Quinn Bros. winning the
decision.
The ejectmeEt proceedings instr
tuted by Mrs. Martin came up yerter-
day on application for the appoint
ment OF a receiver TO take charge OF
the local show shop. After some
argument by opposing council, this
application was denied and the case
viii be fought out in court. During
the tendency OF the action. ths
Quinn brothers will pay their month
" rental OF $3.50 per month to the
clerk in the district court.
IN the meantime. the Quinn broth
-ers are preparing TO erect a new
theatre at Broad and Cedar streets
and il they lose in the contest now
on in court. they viii be in possess
ion Of another show shop and viii
not be without amusement facilities.