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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
SQUEEZING OURSELVES.

A dispatch from Bedford, Iowa makes
the startling statement that Taylor
county apples were gathered and sold
70 the commission men this fall at 80
cents barrel. shipped to storag
houses and are now back on the Bed
ford retail markets at $3.50 per barrel
There is no doubt that fine apples
sell everywhere in Iowa from $3.50 TO
s. above the prices the cores pendent
Gays the Taylor county growers got
for them. If the Taylor county grow
er cared for his orchards, graded and
selected his fruit as the New York
shipped from Bedford by the commits
sion men are coming back as apple
aristocracy. If that is so-which is
open to questionable price is too high
at retail and was very much too low
low to the producer
But even at that ii doesn't matter
much. If Taylor is an apple county
raising the very best apples. the as
sertion that these apples are sold at
80 or 30 cents q bushel to the commits
sion men and retailed later at $3.50 is
accusation of untlrift and a lack of
plain business sense in Taylor county
and Bedford city If there is such
middle profit in storing Taylor county
apples why aren't they stored at honle
If the best apples sell in the orchards
for 80 cents a barrel, why do Taylor
county consumers prefer 70 pay tbs
difference between $3.50 and 80 cents
to avoid the labor of rolling barre
Of apples into their cellars in the fail
A very considerable part Of our uni
versal complaint against prices and
the cost of living should be directed
against our own unthrift and utter
carelcssness The probabilities are
that the Taylor county case isn't quite
as bad as it is painted; but how many
persons in Marshall county are paying
over dollar bushel for potatoes now
when potatoes were shipped from Mar
shall county by carloads at 431a to 4;
cents bushel? Wouldn't it be gooc
plan to quit screaming that we are be-
ing squeezed to death and devote some
individual effort to getting our oHr
weight of our own backs?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
1RYMe GEORGE cossoN FIRST,

About the best defense So called
criminal lawyers find adapted to their
business which is mainly as buffers be-
tween rogues and their deserts is to
question and assail the motives of the
prosecution. Our jury system lends
Itself to this system of defense The
effort II to discredit the state prosecut-
ore as impelled by personal or sordid
motives and put the notorious criminal
a. much as possible before the jury as
ono. pursued and prosecuted while 9TH
err equally guilty 60 free.
IN the Marks trial at Council Bluffs
whxe . notorious gambler and law
1eAkee il being tried as a conspirator
IN the Namay swindling syndicate the
1eWgpaper reports Indicate that George
CosDon, attorney general of Iowa is also
on trial before the jury as to his own
clasaCeer and the character of the
!, Sruoeeu1ioa Of Marks. The defendan,
l1ADy0D -SaaA - be profuse in asser-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
RErUB11cAN. ARsa AJJGow4lp IOWA. DECEMBER

more costly than that one. The cost OF
the Sulloway bill was estimated at
$40.O00.000 to $50,000,000 a year. That
estimate Is far below the estimate of
the cost Of the Sherwood bill made by
the secretary Of the interior, but 1t was
probably, like all such estimates, far
too low.
In his message Of Feb. II. 1887. We
toing the dependent pension bill OF that
year. Mr.. Cleveland said:
THE bill exacts only a military or
naval service Of three months, without
any requirement Of actual engagement
with an enemy in battle and without
subsection to any Of the actual dan
gers Of war. The pension it awards Is
allowed to enlisted men who have not
suffered the least injury, disability. loss
or damage Of any kind incurred in or
in any degree referable to their mill
tary service, including those who
never reached the front at all and
those discharged from rendezvous at
the close Of the war, If discharged
three months after enlistment"
These brave and loyal words apply
accurately to the present bill and in
deed with greater force than to the bill
Of 1887. These non-combatants who,
according to President Cleveland,
should not receive pensions are now on
the list, receiving their monthly pay
drawn from the labor of the country.
The present bill is to increase that
pay.
The passage Of this bill by the house
of representatives was an act of politi-
cal cowardice, pure and simple, IN
which both parties showed the white
feather. 1t was poor politics. however.
BECAUSE nothing appeals more strong
ly to the people of this country than
courage and sincerity. and the noble
band of democrats who stood firm, Will
gain five votes for every one they lose
by their fidelity to the public interests.
In the house debate last Saturday,
Mr.. Austin. of Tennessee, said that no
republican president ever vetoed pen
sion bill and none ever will. Suppose
Mr.. Taft should be as courageous just
before the election, as Cleveland was
just before election, would not the
people Of the United States uphold and
applaud him? The people admire
courage.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
WHAT BOOZE CAN DO.


The debauched career of Harry D..
Kelly. its climax of double murder and
the farcical ending of his trial, consti-
tute one more impressive chapter in
the never-e ending story of what booze
will do.
There is no evidence to show that
nature sighted this man in the distri-
button of intellectual endowment. He
was not born under cloud Of mental
weakness. He had the capacity of
taking the prescribed medical course
and secure his degree.
But Kelly wanted to be a sport. The
wrecks of those who had followed the
primrose path and stumbled to de-
struction were no signs of warning
worthy of his heed. He was
one of those very wise young men who
can always "drink or let it alone"
The touching devotion to father and
mother exemplified In the presence OF
the jury was woefully lacking in the
years when 1t was so much more de-
| lightful to be known far and wide as
the high roller from Council Bluffs.
Was there ever a more terribly and
overwhelmingly realistic portrayal OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
"NleeER LOUIS PARTNERS.

A peculiar incident occurred in Chi
cago the other day when a body of
business men" interceded with the
mayor to refrain from suppression OF
houses Of i'll fame in their section Of
the city because it would hurt bust
the "business men" acted thru COM
mittee and as an organized body ana
that their action got into the news
papers. This was IN Chicago in the
sweet Christmas season of the year Of
our Lord. 1911
Blu, actually what is the fundamental
difference whether those dealers acted
as body or as individuals? 1t is not
an UNCOMMON thing to hear men who
themselves lead respectable lives de-
fend the protected hrothel and argue
for @Eoansed'' hagnios. When a man
votes for and favors the wide open
policy he favors what the business
mems committee defended and urged
upon the mayor of Chicago. If he IS
a man Of decent personal habits he does
it because he profits in some way by
the Infamous traffic 1t was a sordiu,
not a social reason that !napelled the
business men" to petition the mayor.
They were willing TO partner with
pimps and prostitutes for the money
there IS in it.
When any man admits IN all honesty
that there is not one moral or decent
argument in favor Of a loathsome uaf-
fic, when he is ready to admit that a
vile or poverty making or disease dis
seminattng or murder making and
man and woman destroying business
is utterly without moral or economic
ground to stand upon and that he IA
vors 1t because ne gains directly or in
directly by it he signs articles Of part
nership with those who conduct such
businesses. There is no getting around
that when the analysis is complete.
And he can't hide from his personal
responsibility under petition or a
committee or in the secrecy of an cleo
ton both
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
ANOTHER VIEW OF BARROW.
Manson Democrat.

!
No matter how much credit may ac-
crue to man when he does something
| worth while, there seems always to be
an underside of the affair, where some
one gets the worst of it and perhaps
the good work of a lifetime of good
living is thrown into the measure
which only goes up to make the man OF
the hour greater hero in the eyes of
mis- fellow men. Out in California two
men decided to plead guilty and save
| consequences. which might be more
disastrous than the court sentence,
| and thus was saved one of the might
! lest legal battles ever fought In the
world. But in the midst of the glory
which comes to the prosecuting attor-
neys and their assistants. to the de-
! tec,ive whose efficient work helped to
form the case and all Of the machine
which was working for the conviction
| of the McNamaras is the dark murmur
| of criticism and doubt which is de-
scending from all parts of the country
for the attorney who was doing his
best for the men he was hired to de-
fend, and who, in his own words, did
| all that he could" He did his duty as
he saw it and had he succeeded in
| freeing the McNamaras, he would have
! been hailed one OF the greatest lawyers
of his time, and the gloom of defeat
| would have rested on the other side.
| but as it is he is the losing man and
is suffering the penalty. He committed
the mortal sin of getting caught. and
that is one thing that the world will
not forgive. It loses sight Of the battle
in the flush of the darl; cloud of de-
feat and it takes mighty strong lenses
in the microscope Of public opinion to
see any virtue in the deal for the man
who was on the wrong side.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
Pensions.
New York Tribune).

lNeW Ork lTlDuHeJ.
The passage of the dollar DAY
pension bill is discreditable to the
house of representatives. II its IN
tended benefciaries preserve that spirit
which took them to the front In 1861,
they will regard it as an insult, 1or,
passed on the eve of presidential
campaign. it is designed as nothing less
than a bride for their votes. Are the
men who We're once willing to give
their lives in the service of the ma
ton so changed that they are ready to
have it tacitly assumed by congress
that their suffrages may be bought for
few dollars apiece of additional PEN
sion money every month?
The Tribune refuses to believe that
the bill, providing for the wholesale
handing out of money to every veteran.
practically irrespective of his needs
and of whether he actually saw any
service or not, represents the senti-
mcnts of the old soldiers. We can be-
lieve that they do not wish to see their
comrades without means OF support
because of age or disability. No one
does. The country has exhibited un-
paralleled generosity toward those who
fought it's battles. Its expenditures for
military pensions S.rpass those of all
the great companies OF Europe taken To-
gether. Thruout, the purpose has been
kept in mind to prevent restitution, TO
relieve need to take care of suffering,
and exceptional cases have been treat
ed with exceptional liberality. But In
this bill every such consideration is
thrown aside and the payment pro-
yided is a mere gratuity, mere
"hatu:utit" 90 .:.axennniiffed dimensions,
offered with unconcealed cynicism just
when the old soldiers ave about TO
cast their votes in presidential
election The amount of the pension.
$50 a month. to be bestowed without
discrimination. is unprecedented. VINO
ever heard Of pensions. where no IN
Jury is shown and no extraordinary
need exists. for exceeding the pay for
The post formerly held by the pen
sione- far exceeding-the old age pen
sion. paid anywhere by any govern
ment? The last years of those who
defended the country in the civil war
should not be passed in misery and in
want. Every case OF need should be
relieved. if il has not already been re-
lieved by the liberal general pension
laws and the energy of congress in
passing private bills. But the grant
ing of a practically undiscriminating
pension OF $50 a month would be de-
moralizing precedent.
The cost would be p-odigious. Esti-
mates vary. Perhaps in the first year
not more than $4,000, 300 or s4o,0oo.0o0
would be added TO the pension bill. but
that would be because of the inability
Of the pension bureau TO pass upon all
the claims in one year. When the work
is completed the cost. according to es-
Inmates furnished TO the committee on
invalid pensions by Secretary Fisher OF
the interior department, viii be nearly
$40, 900, 900 year. And this from
congress which is pledged to econony!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
A Democratic View of Pensions.

The Sherwood pension bill. which has
Just passed the house Of representa-
tives, and which has Deen 1rGr- c,s-
cussion all over the country, VIII add,
according 10 the estimates OF the Gee
rotary of the interior, the procigtous
sum of s75.s11,S $50 the d-st year TO the
already enormous pension list II pro
vides that any person who served in
the civil war in the army or navy afi6
was honorably discharged shall De en-
titled to pension as folloxE- For q
service of ninety days, or lsEE than FIX
months. s15 per month; for six nnontaf
and less than nine months. sz9 per
month: for nine months and more
and less than year. s25 per month;
for a service Of one year Or Ipre, s2s
per month. 1t was provided in the
original bill that no pergon Dnn re-
ceives s25 per month under t5s act
shall be admitted to the soidie,f' home.
but this restriction was eliminated ~
the house. The bill further pfoT'Ses
that those who were wounSeS 81 oatt1s
or in line Of DUTY and are rloY o,iat
for manual labor thru csussg not Sts
to their own vicious HABITS. r mo
from disease Or other causes 3ncurrsc
in the line of duty are III res1jt M
able now to perform manual ks,e',
shall be paid the maximum psns'1o nj
$50 per month, without reSays 80
length of service. The bin in II, o,3Z5-
nal form provided tina. 10 1e.ssss
| shall be paid to any persor MN IL ~
receipt Of an annual net income M S5,s
900 year or more, excaasfre M tts
pension, but thig proyiyton MAJ sss'
stricken out.
The estimates Of the cant ~ ta3s WI
to the taxpayers Of the s11Et5y Y&y1
from $37, 100000 a year. AecrS1gE W
| the advocates Of the bf1l - ne fssrsS&,
! to more than s75.1eo.e99, ire ssssMats
| OF the secretary OF Inc 5uIeTt50, ~
every new pension bill fsss szs H6<sl
enacted the estimates have ssstss fsS<
short OF the reality.
| While this bill ~ Isss oh1eessesAsS,
perhaps. in terms than ne &nsssSaz
bill. which passed the fnrse ~ ~
! Sixty-first congress. Il sasy ~ zye6
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
the biblical teaching that
Whatsoever a man soweth. that
shall he also reap,"

the biblical teaching that
Whatsoever q man soweth. thai
shall he also reap"
In the career which Harry d. Kelly
chose for himself there has not been
one note Of triumph, not one worthy
achievement, not one isolated COM
mendable thing toward which etthel
himself or his family could point with
pride.
The medical profession Is noble
one. Its possibilities for attaining
eminence and blessing the world are
almost infinite. yet Harry d. Kelly
turned his back upon these things. He
was deaf to counsel; he was blind to
the signs Of warning. He preferred
booze.
Behold the mournful result: At
time when Harry d. Kelly should be
in the prime OF his physical MANHOOD
and the meridian of a professional ca
reer he is a wreck, two men have been
murdered by his hand, two innocent
families broken up and homes MADE
desolate-not to mention his own fatn l.
err and mother compelled to pass theli
few remaining years under a cloud
and himself the central figure IN a
criminal court proceeding which means
additional burdens Of taxation to the
extent Of thousands of dollars.
And the answer is-booze!
In the face of such a record who car
defend the use of liquor: Who can De
Indifferent to the devastating influences
W hich flow therefroln?
Judged from any viewpoint or meas
ured by any standard the booze habit
leads in but one direction, and that Is
toward financial. intellectual and NOR
al bankruptcy.
If there is a young man in Dies
Moines within the range OF this news
PAPERS influence who is conceited
enough to imagine that he can drink
or can let it alone, let him read the
story of the life Of Harry D. Kelly and
its colossal failure and implore Heav-
en- to burn the lesson thereof upon the
tablets of mis- own heart.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
Railroad Journeys Of Long Ago.


It was only the adventurous who
dared to face = railway journey in
1923. A writer in the London Quar-
terly Review, commenting on the pro
posed line to Woolwich, remarked:
I'VE would as soon expect the people
OF Woolrtch to suffer themselves to be
fred on upon one Of Congreve's rock
cts ~ trust themselves to the mercy
OF such machine, going at such q
rate" The third-class carriage OF
those days was q thing Of horror. 1T
had no roof and no seats" writes Mr..
]. c. Wright. Into this the passen-
xery were packed, and had to stand
during ths whole journey. or. II there
WAS room, to squat on the floor. ex-
posed 70 the rain or sun. and bonn
bardsd BY sparks emitted from the
engine. second-class passengers were
Kindly advised TO provide themselves
with gsuss spectacles and to sit -
f.r from the engine - possible!'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
DISQUALIFICATION rralnnen.

They seem to be q slow movina
kindly folk in the Highlands. A .
train stopped last week ct . amall
station on the Highland line . ladyio
clear voice called from one OF tie
carriages, Station master. Win you
get mo some rowan berTies? 8mil
ing faces looked out Of sevsfal win
dovs, for It was hardly thought pos-
sible that the express would b d.
layed for such . purpose. However.
q porter hurried across the road to =
rowan tree laden with bright berries.
He picked small bunch and ran
back asking, ''Will these dor
The incident, which occupied only
i've minutes. reminds Of . story told
by MI. Bensusah O. Spain. His tr1fn
was delayed Ut . station while 0a
driver ran down the line on his en-
CINE with . birthday present for bis
mofhsF-BYitssh Weekly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
Topics of the Times
The Webster City idea seems to be
that who iunket should pay the fiddler.

The Webster City idea seems to be
that who junket should pay the fiddler.
The government Won a case against
seventy-fve barrels Of vinegar sent by
Spielman Bros. Chicago firm, to a
Dubuque mercantile company and
branded pure cider vinegar" when it
wasn't. The vinegar company were
stuck the costs in the case. If it doesn't
/ pay the costs the vinegar will be sold
10 pay them. But why costs only =.
Why no ia memory making fine fer
1 deliberate infraction OF a national law
and an attempt to defraud every per-
son who might buy a gallon of tina:
vinegar?
Secretary Jenny, of the Iowa HUI
name Society. is out in an interview
recommending the whipping as an
the secretary's position and ideas is
the limit Of incongruity.
Why not include the legislatures and
congresses who made the criminal
codes in the conspiracy against Ben
Marks?"
Eckersall the football expert, whose
wife is suing him for divorce for
cruelty, habitaul intoxication, nom
support and infidelity,' seems to have
been d great success at everything
useless The fact is that a boy who
/ couldn't kick football over tow
string but who never leaves clinker
on the CRATES or ashes in the pit Of
the furnace is the sort the sweet mar
7 riaseable young things want to keep
an eye on.
Detective Burns announcement that
( he is after Gompers' isn't calculated
! 10 put the last mentioned gentleman
! into a peaceful slUnlber. However, this
announcement was made in IAN ad-
( dress" and when a detective gets to
making addresses" wise guys lose
much of their fears.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16

sure. This bottled-up steam enables
the locomotive to go quite a distance
with only the attention OF an engi-
neer.
It remains to be seen whether or
not this type Of engine will come into
general use, but on the face OF 1t sucn
a scheme would appear to be better
than compassionate device carrying
II. own air under pressure, as steam
viii hold more heat energy for q given
weight or volume than any otner
known gas or vapor.-Popular Me-
chanics.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16

1t wasn't an example Of the old
brotherhood when, in 1909. Ave men
were discharged because they had
signed a petition to the management Of
the Bethlehem steel Corporation ask-
ing for the elimination Of Sunday, work.
1t wasn't an example of brotherhood
when in 1910 another man was dis
charged for avoiding Sunday work. ana
then three more because they served
on committee that protested against
this mans discharge.-John A. Fitch,
in The Survey "a
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
PERPETUAL CHRISTMAS.
A Gift That Repeats Itself Every Day
to the Extent Of Complete Library.

The daily Times-Republican makes
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There would be at least eighteen good
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plete library of 326 standard sized
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the Times Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16

Suddenly Count Zinzendorf arose and
led the way past the partition to the
part where the cattle were stabbed, and
there around the hangers they sang
Christmas songs. After that they
could think OF no name quite SO fitting
as Bethlehem.
But in spite of church institutions
Bethlehem is no longer religious
community. 1t is industrial. With the
coming Of industry have come condi-
tions of which David Nitschmann,
f--,-,ts--. -,f z, 5. nlonof,, never dreamed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-16
e,.es,ee. Work 81 Railroads.

Railroads have done moro to break
down. not only the physical but the
moral barriers between men than any
,tt,er single agency. Worldwide com.
mercs II sursr guaranty OF world
vide disarmament than all the peace
conferences and pacts. 1t IL the ocean
l,nsr that has rendered pirates impos.
sibls and hooded EufoDe with Ameri'
can IDEAS