Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-01-03
INJUSTICE TO THE POOR.
TSioux CITY Journal.

iSlOuN lily
There are poor people iii Sioux
City who are struggling to pay for a
home. The interes, charge agains.
them is heavy burden. They are
required TO pay taxes which do not
discriminate in their favor, and on
their little mortgages in many in
stances they pay as high as per
cent. 1t ought not to be SO. There IS
plenty of Sioux City money that might
be had at or per cent. but II It's
earning power is to be reduced to s
per cent it is most economical and con-
venient to leave the money In BANK
The state ought to see to II tnas
money is available to the ambitious
Door at a rate OF interest that is not
confiscatory For such accommoda-
tions as they seek they are compelled
to deal where there is schooling IN
the hard business of forecioslne.
There should be less occasion for the
money shark than there Is. Inere
should be greater inducement IMAM
there is for the thrifty poor to Eee
homes OF their own: and there shouio
be more inducement than there Is lor
men to venture in business for them
selves. 1t ought to be possible 10
employ al, the surplus Sioux Guy
money at home; but much OF 1t Is
comparatively idle. or it is tempted
out OF the state to escape unjust ex-
action. 1t is unfortunate that there
is so little inducement for neighoor 70
help neighbor. At bottom OF the anu
nuated tax system OF Iowa ts form
OF double taxation, and this fora O!
double taxation drives money out ot
employment or renders employment
harassing and hazardous. Sot many
men with money to spare are Willis
TO be placed in public relation OF or'-
ing hard bargains with the poor. 1neS
decline to be known as mortsaee
sharks. And yet il they loan. not less
than q third OF their interest chafse
must 20 to the tax gatherer or tneS
are to suffer reputation as tax doos-
ers. lows ought TO have cheap
money, and cheap money is essent'ai
now to successful business on borrow
ed capital. The injustice to the oese'S
ing poor Of Iowa is enough to warrant
change.
BLACKSMITH OR LAVENDER.
(Iowa Falls Citizen.l
The contest on senator IN the iowa
legislature will be watched with an
intense degree Of interest by the people
Of the state. If the standpatters couio
have their way. they would eject some.
hodv like Young. Smith. or Perkins. II
the progressives could have their way
they would elect somebody like Byers.
1neham. Smith. or Garst Each would
proceed on the theory that the time
tried and fire-tested should reap the
fruit. Of the war, and there is much in
the argument.
Rut II neither faction will give way
and the democrats stand pat. It be-
comes necessary to search outside of
+he active leaders in either faction for
timber. This brings the mongrel states
man into the limelight, the fellow who
dodge. between the lines and stands FOR
nothing except office. So far as the
writer is concerned. We prefer
straight standpatter to any OF this Tx.
we prefer Smiti, or Young or Lacey or
Perkins. to such people. You kno"
whore YOU are at with standard
standpatter.
To meet the three cornered fight and
the peculiar conditions in the Iowa leg
is,atnre .he candidacy 81 Judge KENYON
has been r-oiectcd. Kenyon's candi-
dacy has = good many points o.
strength 7. IS generally believed that
the stananatte-s w,ll go to Kenyon. u
tho o~og-ezsives so 20 him largely, he
VIII be e,sctea. THIS standpat sup
port Is ono % Mr.. Kenyon's strongest
assets. u can be f';rtha- ra;d OF him
tina. he was ore of the original men IN
webs.er cc,i.ty TO take Ut The work In
which ru.rnins was engaged in :his
state We was also very successful as
! a fridge for THO ."ears on the bench,
he ,s a lawyer Of ability, he was Sc
,eeted by Taft 70 prosecute the govern
ment cases against the trusts. his work
! in this line has been along strict en-
forcement and on the lines laid down
by Roosevelt. and he is congen!al
gentleman All these points give Mr..
! Kenyon's candidacy strength. as a gen.
eral proposition.
The weak ,Sbints in Mr.. Kenyon's
! candidacy are his lack of experience
e a legislator. his lack OF -Apss::c:::e g
as public speaker and debater. his
suave nature which prefers the sound
TOT the wart!ing waters Of the brook to
| the din OF hattie in the worlds ever
Spncurrfla1 conflict and the fact that he