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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
THE MAIN FACTOR or HIGH PRICES

Secretary Wilson says he has invesu-
gated the charge that farmers are COM
binins 10 force high prices and that
there is nothing in them.
A great deal of investigation was not
necessary to this conclusion. Such at
ternpts al general Organization as have
been made by farmers have not been
dangerously successful. Compared to the
organizations of manufacturers, whole
salers and even retailers the farmers
efforts in that line have been especially
ineffective. Their numbers and many
other sufficient reasons are the eX-
organize, as fruit growers have been
organized. for the advancement Of
prices Were organization a present
prac-icability. Human nature does not
differ widely between the farms and the
steel mills.
But a common bond has been estab-
l.shed between farmers and the organ
izarion OF farmers elevator associations
and the like have created. not an or
ganization d sentiment and a com
mon purpose among farmer which has
lied n~eighborhoods and communities
together and thus effected a quasi or
ganization. The farms are not now to
be considered absolutely in individual
detail. Without complete organization
an understanding and a partial lineup
has come about by common knowl-
edege gained thru the daily newspaper
and by the readiness of communication.
The farm is no longer isolated. We
must cease TO speak of the farm. 1t
has been aggregated, if not consolid-
ated. into me farms.
Times have changed since '95. Farm
ers 10 nor have 10 sell in order to pay
mortgage interest. The tendency al
ways is to mold Tor higher prices. Il
leads farmers 10 hold s11 hogs for a
rise. Given the ability 10 hold for g
better market the invariable tendency
is 10 do so. M the corr lands farm
! ers have been able TO hold grain and
livestock since the fat years paid off
the mortgages, put money in the bank,
and established credit.
All these have assisted to raise
prices, but the most potential Of all fac
tors has been the steady and increasing
demand for all tina is grown or man
~ufactured. Beyond the Vaccinations of
farmer, manufacturer. wholesaler and
: retailer is the demand increasing,
clamorous, unsatisfed. That's the main
cause of high prices.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
BUILDING CANADA.

Twelve years ago the Canadian
northwest had 1000 American farmers
who had been attracted there by OPP
portunities offered them. This year
more thar 10000 American farmers
will, it is estimated. have made entries
Canada.
Thousands of these are from Iowa.
They take with them the price OF the
land-earned in Iowa-or a sufficient
farming outit-earned in Iowa. The
American farmers who are invading
Canada Upon invitation are reported
as bringing plenty Of capital and the
experience necessary to make use Of
it" The conclusion is that Iowa is los
Canada.
And the conclusion is correct. How
ever, they do not take the land. lowe
farms are o being deserted or
abandoned. For every ~expatriate's
place is filled before it is vacated. If
the Iowa emigrant is taking wealth
and a good farmer into Canada the
Illinois, Indiana and Ohio immigrants
are bringing more wealth and quite as
good farmers into Iowa. It is simply a
shifting, not an exodus
1t is the same shift which has been
in progress since the movement Of
population began, the world old move
ment of mankind west and north, which
has left its beneficent trail from Asia
about the world and is nearing it's
Joining place at Behring's. The north
west trail is practically complete
When it turns it will turn south
toward South America following par
alIels OF longitude instead of lines OF
iattitude. II as tie re.. 90 .he ~nioneer
The course of empire is nearing 4
change of direction.
| But none loses, all gain. Iowa Is los
ing nothing by the Canada trail which
she is not replacing from the east. II
is all merely evolution and evolution
: is a gainful. not q losing process. Wher
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07

body and soul, by their addiction to
opium smoking and gambling. Mr..
Bitton describes how readily 3 response
is found in China to the efforts made
for their suppression. We read:
THE public conscience Is now being
awakened upon this aspect of public
morality. Last week I was invited to
take part in a meeting organized by
men who arr not directly connected
with any christian church. but who
are sincerely DESTROYS OF assisting in
the reformation of their countrymen.
Their purpose was to start an anti
gambling league, n with this in mind
they called a public meeting, which was
attended by some hundreds of Chinese
scholars INC business men, n resolu-
tons We're passed in approved public
meeting style, approving of q campaign
against the gambling vice. Members
of the Chinese Young Mems Christian
Association were asked to assist in the
meeting. and to demonstrate by means
OF games the possibility of recreation
without vice. Suitable addresses were
given by prominent Chinese, and the
chief organizer OF the movement Is one
of the government education inspectors
for the provinces OF Kiangsu and
Kiangsi. A Chinese Roman-Catholic
teacher gave a violin solo. a Chinese
secretary of h Y. NJ. c. A. rendered
two cornet solos, and a protestant mis-
sionary sang to the gathering. The
whole meeting was conducted in so or
derby and orthodox a fashion that it
was scarcely possible to realize how
tremendous a reformation in the whole
Chinese outlook upon public life this
meeting revealed. Twenty years, even
ten years age, such a meeting would
not have been within the realm Of pos
sibifty. Today we have a class Of pub
lie moralists arising who ave un-
doubtedly learned from christianity in
their midst the ideals which they are
desiroaus of impressing upon their
c~ountrymen."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
Nav 8. 1910.

Temperance Lesson-Prov. xiii:
% 35.
Golden Text-At the last. 1t bfteth
like a serpent, and stingeth lk an
adder. Prov. xiii: 80
Verse 22-What Is the general rule
concerning the first personal effects
OF bad, or good things, are they gen
orally pleasant or other wise? Give
some examples
Why is It that God has 30 arranged
nature, that some Of the most dam
Gerous things look SO pleasant, ana
taste so sweet?
Verse 2s-why II It that none Of
US are exempt from trouble?
-ds q self-tnflicted wound worse than
any other? Why, or why not:
Verse -so-what II the erect upon
the indivfdaal, his family, and the
community when Z maj tarr1es long at
the wine1
what is the effect when Z man
drinks wine in 50 called moderation? =
Verse 31-what proportion Of the
victims of drink, have deliberately
started out to become ~drunkards?
What are the first STEPS - the life
and destiny, Of drunkaed7 .(1his qvse-
ton mpsk - answered. in writing by
msmbsfs Of the etub.)
Which II the wiser, and stronger
man anS --1sr-the one @ho .hrns the
nrst approach OF a temptation. or
the one who carefully looks at II. and
deliberately feels its charm, and then
refuses its solicitation?
Is It, or not. always q legitimate
oMce of pleasure to feast our eyes
upon beautiful sights. our ears upon
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
THE LODGES
MAaoMlc NoTIcE0-

MASONIC NorlcEs.
Vivian over LOS -1O7 West AsiA
/\visitors always welcome.
MARSHALL LODGE. los, A. \. 4
A. M.-Stated Communication Friday.
May 13 at 8 p. m.
r. w. Chamberlain, W. n.
H. s. Lawrence, Secretary.
sIGNDr CHAPTER No. 90. r. A. n.
Special meeting Friday. May s. ;
O'clock, for work in the Royal Arch.
George II. Boggie. f. n. r.
I. 8. Willard, Secretary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL. No.
20. r. & s. M.-Stated assembly Mon
10y A. 5. MEEkER. T. /. n.
I. r. FORBES, Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR COMMANDERY. No.
so X. T. Stated conclave Tuesday eve
ming, May II. 1910. at 8 o'clock sharp.
Fred Wallace. Recorder.
Fred n. Wilbur, y. G.
CENTRAL CHAPTER. No. 81. o. e.
S.-Aegular meeting Wednesday even-
Ing. May II, s p. m.
Mrs. George Downing, w. u.
Edna c. Fuiarton. Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
THOSE .PiRArlcAl RE1ALERs."

At the union convention of farmers
at st. Louis an official of the Frisco
road told the farmers that when Mis-
souri, and Arkansas farmers were re-
ceiying Is cents a dozen for their eggs
the price was so cents in New York,
willie the freight vas 2 cents a dozen.
He argued that the man who took the
eggs away from the car at New York
was making a profit of 10 cents a dozen.
This official seems to have been anx-
ious to send the farmers off on a scent
(which would draw attention away from
freight rates. He knew that his asser-
$ion wa not true; that the eggs passed
thru several hands between the farmer
s-s enla thenn at some grocery store
and the man who received them at New
York and that e one OF these took
a slice of profit in the transaction. Just
lat present the policy of the railroads
land those who feel kindly toward them
seems to be to lay everything inimical
ho the farms and the freighter at
AhA door Of the retailer. No
--Ouhk The New York retailer
aRets all he can. So do other re-
Dtaiiers; but each retailer has compe-
Ntition to meet, something the railroads
to have practically eliminated.
and It is an open question wherein
oeeuneo and tariff sheets would be de-
drabse. whether 2 cents will get a
eggs from Missouri n Arkan-
- New York City.
e = STATED with some authority b
hast winter. when eggs in Iowa were
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
FOUND BUFFALO HEAD.
IAldeu Timesl.

Ralph Leslie, of Iowa Falls, it is re-
ported, found a buffalo skull and a rib
in a swamp near Lee Center h e other
day while out hunting. The bones are
said to be in a fair state Of preserva-
ton.
Forty years ago a person could
travel from Alden to where Lee Center
now is and almost keep in sight of
parts of buffalo skeletons all the way,
so it is not to be wondered at that one
has now been found that has, some
how. escaped the ravages of times. But,
forty a ago, the bones were not at
all new. Many of them when stepped
on were mere shells and would crum-
bic down as If made of something a
little frmer than chalk but not as
strong as bone. To be true buffalo or
bison head. Mr.. Leslie's find must be
~noticeably broader tina a cows skull
would be.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
Suggestive Questions on the Sunday School Lesson
by Rev. Dr.. Linscott for
the International Newspaper Bible Study Club.


pleasant sounds. and to 4ahals swest
odors? Why?
Give a reasoned answ az To whsth.
er 1t is eyer right to be governed BY
our senses?
verse s2-spscify some OF the things
which drink does for MANI
Describe some OF the hoSroes OF de-
lirium tremens?
In considering m act, or q habit
should We b governed by itx pres.
n or its ultimate results? Why?
Verse Sis the drink habit gem
orally OF eve . single vice, or does
it always engender other vices and, II
SO, what are they?
When any kind OF sensual tempta-
ton assails q man, OF a woman, under
the .ns.sence nf drink. what are the
chances Of its being resisted or yielded
to?
How much confaence can you place
In . promise or an opinion, or a sem
time1t, uttered by q ntAn under the in.
fiuence OF drink? /
Verse 34-How does q man not, 81
sailor. feel on "the top Of q mast" and
what analogy is there between SUCH
feelings and the sensations -of q
~drunkard? b
Verse 35-Compare some conscious
and unconscious hurts, either spiritual
or physical, and say which are thu
more dangerous?
Is the fascinatlon, or the CAUSE
which influences drinkers to keep Of
in the course which they know il ruin}
ing both body and soul?
Lesson for Sunday, Mey Is, 1gle7
Glowing Hatred to Jesus. Matt. XII
22-32, 1892.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
rHE sLEEPINe SICKNESS.

Used to get it awful when my mother
wanted wood:
Awful sleepy feeling-but you still can
take o u food.
Used to come O. mornings when they
wanted me 10 rise,
Filled me from my instep to the lashes
of my res
Sleepy, sleepy, sleepy.
Oh, feel il coming now,
Creepin,r creepin'. creepin',
" And I-can't-tell-hoW!
Used to~think 'twould vanish as l got
a little old,
Fer mother used TO worry when she
could no longer scold:
Get It same as ever when I'm grown
up-mercy me.
/ get so awful sleepy I could sleep till
'e3.
Sleepy. sleepy, SLEEPY
Science says it's like a germ:
I alluz used TO get it
When l saw a fshin' worm.
Every time an errand had to be I got
1t then;
And, shucks. I often get it twicet as
bad as that again;
Jes' natural, dog-gone sleepy. fond OF
lollin' at my ease
And now the doctor tells US its a Won
derful disease,
Sleepy, sleepy. sleepy.
Dog my cats but it is sweet
To browse among the blossoms
In the fragrant summer heal
Used to get it worse than e~nnybody
ever had
When garden wanted diggin'-fer hat
ed gardens bad,
And how 1 ever caught it, that's no
matter, but the thing
Is how it gets into you and its ever
lastin' cling;
Sleepy, sleepy, sleepy
Any work to do? Good-bE!
I've got the sleeping sickness
Almost bad enough to die,
Baltimore Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
MEsREPuB11CA =, M KRsHAI1nowN IOWA. NAY, 1910

who believe in speeding. AS . matter
OF fact, there is no real pleasure or
comfort in automobiling when q speed
Of IL to 10 miles an hour d. exceeded.
It may seem exciting to h mar at the
wheel, but the other occupants of the
car And little pleasure in the perform
ance. They would be much more COM
Portable at a lower speed.
We can not refrain from taking the
part Of this mother, and Of other
mothers, who have their children to be
mindful of. It is not right that many
mothers should be made unhappy and
uncomfortable. merely to crafty the
ambitions Of the man who wants to see
what his car can do. "A reasonable and
rational speed is all that should be toll
erated,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
For Sunday Reading
III Sorts u Ob;nisn,
Swelling Disoentsnts.


In the minds OF DR.. Pritchetts
friends there's no more question: Of
his rectitude of purpose and just
mindedness thar of his scholarship.
As chief almoner OF Andrew Carnegie's
bounty to the grayhaired college pro-
~fessors he is bound to carry out the
donors known wishes. He's a trus-
tee, and one of the explicit provisions
of the trust he's administering is that
no part of Mr.. C~arnegie's money shall
go to %sectarian colleges. Mr.. Carne-
gie's personal theology-which is his
own affairs said to more or less re-
semble that Of Rabbie Burns. The
pensions are there, to take or to leave;
colleges wishing them for their aged
professors must free themselves from
UNCONVENTIONAL control il under it, or
so without. Some have made haste
to comply with the condition; some are
~hesitating: some are being restrained.
IL we may so, by main force. Pres
byteries, conferences and associations
are ~disQuieted over Mr.. Carnegie and
his pensions; so are the denomina-
tional papers,. This week "Zionfs Her
aid" complains loudly hat colleges of
Methodist a~ntecedents are discrimi-
mated against by Mr.. Carnegie's chief
ellulOIlCIs ~ G1A0QCSS HAdS ~ OVkl0SCo
to be proof of this. Ut asks why Trim
ity College and other colleges are on
the approved list, when Boston Uni
excluded. we can hardly conceive il
possible" says the Boston contempor-
airy, that DR.. Pritchett, in face Of the
convictions which lave been quick
ened far and wide without regard to the
injustice of the Determinations which
have been made in. the case. and to
the misclassification of UNCONVENTIONAL
institutions as 'sectarian' schools, will
| continue in the path which he has
pursued
Now the doctor is under fire from
! other quarters and for a different
| grievance. His recent public mention
Of the fact that he found only two
out of twelve state universities, per-
sonally visited and inspected by him,
doing their advertised work efficiently.
was sure to be resented. Resented
angrily it has bee Who, they ask. has
imposed this mar as an overload Upon
i the presidents. faculties and govern
ing boards of American institutions OF
learning!
The answer to that is easy. There's
a hint of it in the maxim for the con-
duct OF life which was hammered into
| the youthful mind Of Andrew Fair
service
BE it better. be it worse,
Be ruled by him who bears the
purse!"
An admonitory remark from DR..
| Pritchett with those Cornegie mil
lions behind him) has many times the
weight it would have If it came from
the United state commissioner of ed
ucation. It seems quite possible Com
missioner Brown may have his own
thoughts about the matter; but that is
another story.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07

Iowa is losing is in speculation by
Iowans in western lands. The money
gained in Iowa is sent out, invested
afar. 1t doesn't work in the state. But
what are you going to do about it:
What are you going to do about the
man who makes a fortune in Iowa
trade and moves to California in the
effort to escape taxation on the wealth
he has gained in an Iowa city?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

N loyal democrat will permit him
self to become mixed up in the repub-
lican family broil to the extent Of tax
should breathe gently upon h flame
Of republican party discord, an ex-
ample not without republican preced-
n even within the memory OF men
young in political affairs" suggests the
Ida Grove Record-Era (dem).
The Usage News points out cit will
&c noted that the predictions that
Porter or some other democrat will be
the next governor Of Iowa are most
often found In the clumns of the regu-
lar newspapers and that the prediction
Is often predicted or the proyiso that
.Garst is nominated"
SIT costs more to live in America,
but there's lots more enjoyment in
living here" says the Davenport DEM
Iocrat.
at is pleasing to note that the
mixup over the interstate commerce
bills is not interfering with the corn
planting" remarks h Sioux City
Journal.
The country is SO obviously in SYM
pathy with the insurgents in then
fight for q bill" says h Jefferson bee
that viii protect the public from rail-
Froa depression. that eve the enorm-
Gus influence Of the ~.orNanizatf0n' viii
not suffice to keep members in line
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
Commander Julius A. Pratt Post No.
143 Dept. H., q. A. r.

MI. Isaac Cook Commander OF above
Post, Kewanee, al, writes: For a long
time I was bothered with backache anSl
pains across my kidneys. About tNYs
months ago I started taking Foley Kid
ney Pills and soon saw they were dol
ing inst as claimed. L kept on taking
them and now l am free from back,
ache. and the painful bladder misery
is all gone. I like Foley Kidney Pills
10 well that I. have told many Of my
friends and comrades about them and
shall recommend them 1t every opp0r-
tunity." Mcbride VIII Drug Com
pany.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
TALKING BACK TO UNCLE.
TOdebolt Chronicle

Uncle George opines that his favor-
ite nephew should be given a ions
credit mark because "he succeeded in
mastering up enough moral courage to
give unqualified approval TO the
Hughes appointment, notwithstanding
it was made by President Taft
Shucks, The nephew of his uncle has
that kind OF stuff on tap every day., but
he doesn't call il moral courage II
his esteemed and venerable uncle
should commend an occasional act OF
Senator Cummins nephew would say
that uncle could be fair once in a while,
anyway. Surely it doesn't require NOR
al courage to tell the truth about your
political opponents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
FROM POTATOES TO POULTRY.
TGrundy Republican,.

There are no less than eighteen or
twenty families in Grundy Center who
have launched upon the sea of poultry
raising an dmost of them, if not all,
are meeting with encouraging result.
We made a visit TO several yards last
Sunday afternoon and the little chicks
in evidence was a sight to behold. The
chicks were all looking happy and
healthy and as numerous as the pro-
verbal fees on a dogs back There is
no doubt but that chicken frys' Will
be plentiful in the near future.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
CHILDREN AND AUTOMOBILES.
ICedar Rapids Republican,.

A mother Of children who lives on
the Marion boulevard yesterday, oVer
the telephone. talked with the writer
oyer the speeding evil on that avenue.
She says that many mothers live in
constant apprehension OF danger to
their children. Her own children are
the possessors Of a pony. but she Will
not permit them to go out upon the
avenue, especially or Sunday, for fear
of collisions with automobiles.
She has been wondering what ought
to be done. If there is speeding along
that avenue, as we think there is. 1t
ought to be stopped, especially II it in
terferes with the pleasure Of those who
live along that avenue. The city now
maintains a mounted policeman, but a
mounted policeman is regarded as a
joke by most automobile operators. All
that they nave to do is to put on the
sole pedal wnen they Sc MS -esrlend-
ant uniform.
But we can give the police depart
ment a pointer, If they really to
take advantage Of one. Instead OF a
mounted policeman have 4 plain clothes
man spend . day at some point where
speeding as apt to be going on. Let
him vary his position from time TO
time. Let him lave a stop watch n
time the automobiles between given
points. Let him take down the names
Of all those who exceed the speed limit
and let the violators be notified &haf
It must not happen again. When It
G1Ss sSs- second time. let there
be q Ane imposed.
we are writing this as an automobile
owner and operator, though very. new
In the buAness. But we IRE wrttang 1t
for the comfort of mind OF the mothers
along certain avenues in the city. Their
comfort il more worth considering Than
the abnormal pleasure OF the men
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-05-07
RI-T THE BOYo

TParkefsDurg fcIIpstJ.
A dispatch from Des Moines says the
state board of parole has discovered a
remarkable situation in the case Of a
young boy at the Anamosa reformatory.
where he had served a year for break
ing and entering a car. They FOUND
that his story of innocence was true,
another prisoner having confessed that
he alone was interested in the robbery,
the boy being a stranger TO him. The
boy is to be p%ardoned, but will this give
back to that boy what he has lost in
the penitentiary during his year OF i'm
prisonnent? Circumstantial evidence
has SEM many a mar to prison and ev-
en- the gallows.