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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
Tn. AutomebiI. in japan.

Japan is no place for the man who
wants to tear around In a forty horse
power car. The roads are narrow. In
the towns the pavements are few and
far between: in the rural districts the
highways are usually pretty muddy. AL
told, there are not more than few
score automobiles In the entire coun-
try. but the government. up to the
minutes in its instinct for regulation
has promulgated the following edict:
In case any policeman recognizes the
possibility of danger to a car he has 9
right to examine or stop the Gag until
1t be thoroughly repaired.
The speed Of q car Is limited to eight
miles per huor, but in Yokohama OF
other specified places, by police regula-
ton, speed IL limited to six miles pea
hour.
The cars must not 60 In rows or race
with other cars or carriages.
When other carriages or any ons
passes ahead or approaches the car
the car must go at slow speed OF stoI
it's motion
When any car meets a procession
festival, funeral. fire brigade. carriage
etc, the car must stop until 1t shall
have passed. or go the other way.
II any dsobey above. detention OF
money penalty will be imposed.
He is desperate dog who would dis
obey these.-Chicago Evening Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
The senefcence Of Rain.
kansas City Sta,

The real henefcence of ran is an
preciated in this favored and only
once or twice in generation. when a
prolonged drouth has parched the earth
and threatened the crops. But in coun-
tries OF scant rainfall men in all ages
have valued the gift Of the clouds
Biblical l,ere ture is full of reference
that may be read with fuller under
standing because of the widespread
rains Of the last few DAYS in the mid
die west
In the book Of job, among the great
and unsearchable and marvellous things
attributed 20 God is the sending OF
! rain upon the earth and water upon
the fields. Benefcent things are liken-
ed TO the coming of rain. ny doc
( trine," says Deuteronomy. shall DROP
as the rain. my speech shall distill as
the dew as the small rain upon the
( tender herb. and as The showers upon
the grass" The same figure Is used in
the seventy-second Psalm: He shall
come down like rain upon the n1own
grass: as showers that water the
earth" His going forth" Hosea says
! ''is prepared As the morning: and He
F. shall come unto US as the rain, as the
latter and the former rain unto the
earth
! Understandable. too. In the light OF
/ the rdouth, is the use Of the figure D.
| the empty clouds TO signify disap-
pointment. Repeatedly IN the last few
weeks have men watched the heavy
/ clouds form. only to be dissipated with
out precipitation. The farmers OF
Palestine must have had similar ex-
! periences Whose boasteth himself o.
a false SIT, the Hebrew proverb says
sis like clouds and wind without rain >
! In times OF excessive rain. when the
/ clouds darken the sky day after day
! people sometimes become impatient
over the continued 6ownpour At such
! times they may well recall the beauty
! Of the nrsr showers that broke the
/ drought Of 1911.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
BLAME THE WHOLESALERS.

\
\ quite agree with the statements
made by An East Des Moines Grocer
published II the Register and Leader
yesterday morning" said Frank Muir
ray. that the commission dealers and
wholesale srocers are the cause ofhigh
prices Of living in Des Moines. Take
the prices quoted by the east side gro
Ger and they are eloquent with the
truth OF his claim. Take the list OF
prices he gives and note the difference
in the cost of sugar, eggs lemons
spring chickens. oranges. soup beans
dried fruits. white laundry soap. and
canned salmon. The first is 20 cents
more than the price paid one year ago,
the third 30 cents. tomatoes so cents.
spring chickens Il cents. oranges s1.25
per box higher. soup beans So cents.
dried fruits to 4 cents higher. laun-
dry soap Is cents and canned goods 35
cents more than for 1910. The retail
groceries are compelled to buy their
goods Of the commission dealers and
the wholesale grocers and these charge
whatever they please. Take the story
OF car load OF strawberries which az
rived in the city last week from
Wood-iver. Ore. and the incident OF
the melons Of which the Register and
Leader says there are five car loads
now standing in the Des Moines union
switch yards. and they go to prove that
exorbitent prices are due to the hog
gishness of the wholesalers and COM
mission dealers. ! think the east SIDE
grocer is right. Stop hammering the
retail g-ocers and pillory the rascaity
of the commission men and the whole
sale grocers."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22

hope III the view expressed by Presi-
dent Taft. They believe worldwide
sentiment viii be created. even IN the
mos, warlike nations. that will event
ually influence the abandonment OF
warfare as means of settling dis
putes between nations as eYectually
as public sentiment in America and
England has eliminated dueling as a
means Of settling disputes between in
divid,lals. The last refuge of the code"
was the plea that only by physical
combat could questions OF honor be
settled. But az last the code duel!o was
practically abolished in this country
and the man who would resort to it
today TO uphold his honor would be
looked upon as fool rather than a
hero. The resort to arms to v!ndicate
national honor Is as Illogical as in the
case of individuals. and In time war for
that cause may be quite as infrequent.
A greater difficulty in arbitration is
likely to be the matter OF territory.
when the larger nations are continually
reaching out for trade and new do
minions and the smaller ones fear
nothing SO much as annexation.
This il a very practical age. and the
cost Of war is likely to prove the
strongest argument for peace.-Baiti-
more Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
Honest M.d;ein. v,r.v. F.k...

President Taft.s recent message suS-
costing an amendment to the Pure Food
and DRUG. law In its relation to Pre-
pared Medicines, does not refer to Ss,oh
standard medicines IS Foley's Honey
and Tar Compound and Foley Kidney
Pills. both Of which are true medicines
carefully compounded Of ingredients
whose medicinal qualities are recoG-
nized by the medical profession itself
as the best known remedial agents for
the diseases they are intended to coun-
teract. For over three decades Foley's
Honey and Tar Compound has been q
standard remedy for coughs. colds and
affections OF the throat, chest and
lungs for children and for grown per-
sons. and It retains today its pre-emi-
nence above all other preparations OF
It's kind Fcley's Kidney Pills are equal
~ effective and meritorious. Mcbride
& Will Drug COMPANY
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
Tiley has been waging unremi-ttng

Wiley has been waging unremi-ttng
warfare on impure food manufacturers.
patent medicine fakirs. and others who
have been growing rich by cheating
the public. Big business hates Wiley.
His courage and vigilance and intelli-
gence make trouble for those special
interests that flourish best under a
sleepy eyed. conp,aisant government
For several years, the food adulterators
and candy prisoners and their friends.
both in and out OF official position. have
been on the ,rail of Wiley with the
avowed intention OF getting his scalp"
Wiley Is the guardian of your health
and of the health OF your children He
bears the scars Of many a battle IN
your behalf against inscriptions man
ufacrurers who would defraud you OF
your money ard despoil You Of your
good health. Will you permit him, on
a tiirnsy technically. to be kicked out
of unfriendly adlninistration-as your
friends Pilchot and Glavis were-with-
Out showing your resentmeEt?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
A Welcome Limitation.


The restriction by the senate Of the
amount permitted to be spent by a
candidate for a senatorshio to $4,000
shows that the leaven Ct the Lorimer
investigations is working. One wit
ness before the subcommittee Of the
committee on privileges and elections
testified that another witness told him
that ut cost 100000 to put LorImer
over" AZ a preface to the request for a
relmbursinS contribution Of $4,000.
Senator Stephenson. OF Wisconsin,
complying with a state law, turned in
an account showing that he had ex-
pended more than 100000 to secure
his reelection In 1909. Evlience that
excessive amounts have been used,
even for legitimate purposes, in many
senatorial contests has at last aWak-
ened the upper branch OF congress to
the fact that a pace that kills IL being
set under the system OF double cleo
tions-first in statewide primary
and then In the legislature.
n make . suitahSe contest before
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
h66lhROIHAMS SCARE.

H y. Higginbotham, one of Chica =
rope. expressing the fear as he left
New York for the other side. that his
life is in danger He processes to be-
lieve that If he were 10 stay IL this
country he would be killed
When a number OF Chicago bremen.
among them the fire chief me- death
III pursuit Of their duty some mon. rs
ago. the citizens ot tha, city raised
something like 5000 otS for the relief ~
the families OF the dead men and with
the idea that it would be used u re-
the husbands and fathers who had paid
the last tribute TO fealty. Five trustees
OF the fund were appoiuted % whom
Hsggi niotham was one. They were
men Of large business affairs and the
public which gave the money was sat-
listed. Later the widows Of The dead
drenler told a story Of destitu,iot.
which reused Chicago. The question
was asked where IS the money We save
and why are these women net made
comfortable and their children ecu-
Gated with il. That was what il had
been given for out Of the hear, and
sympathy Of the city. II was found
that the trustees had invested" the
contribution in such a way that there
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
AN AMERICAN MARVEL.

A marvellous thing took place yestar
day when men who had decided in the
stern arbttranent OF battle a despute
too deep and deadly for peaceful settle
ment met in brotherhood on :he field
OF Manassas. 1t was place peculiarly
fitted for such reunion. It WAS the
field Of the first victory OF the con-
aue-ed and the first defeat day with q
message OF peace on earth and good
will TO men Men who had Led the OPP
posing lines which charged and cheered
across the shot plowed fields OF titty
years before, spoke Of the new era the
Cd flag and q reunited people.
Above the green swards which ran
with their blood a half century before
the fingers Of federal and confederate
met and cIasped IN the grip OF com
mon patriotism and sealed brother
hood. AL the fury and bitterness of
the past had drifted away as the bat
tie clouds had d:ssipateo and vanished
when the guns grew silent after Ball
Run. The war was not forgotten; It's
IGIOiSUl AHA SGCT--ICG were not los =.
Memory was strong and true. But
they recalled common splerdor as
they he lied a common flag and com
mon country. There was neither nor-n
Tor south. federal nor confederate Il
was the day OF the American citizen
soldier Of Grant and Lee, OF Iowa and
Alabama
So let # be. The spirit OF /: is the
great American hope, To have fought
out to the last ditch a controversy Of
radical difference and to have accepted
tho arbitration as decisive, to fight out
and decide others and accept the trI
nmph OF right unconplataingiy; to
como within generation 70 accept
and understand that the right won
and to fall into the old augnnent to a
new and stronger union of common
purposes; above ell 20 baEish hatred
and blossom a new brotherhood are 10
pledge q greater future TO a greater
America
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
Don't Get So Ear!

Don't get so far on the Little road
OF life where you travel and bear your
load,
Tia. those who follow may not catch
up;
Don't get SO far that YOU can not sup
At eventtde with the lost and stray
Who come to the dreams a, the end OF
day.
Don't get 50 far that y-ou can not ind
Your loved and lone when YOU search
your mind
And fa1hom your heart and soul 70 see
Wherever along the road they be;
All, lose them not IN the long, long
years
~ they follow the road Of the salt Of
Don't get 80 far mat YOU VII not know
When some day, maybe, beside You go
The unseen angels, SO meek and wise
They have hardly lifted their holy eyes
For seeing and seeing along the road
So many to help with their weary
-Ba 1tn1ore Sun
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
Iona Newspapers
CRIMINALS AND PUBLICITY

iNSN.sii fSHptt!S
y woman has taken q prize on an
essay aritten on the subject of con-
demning ne" spapers 1oi printing crime
news, She thinks tha; such news
should be omitted II may be stated,
willing 10 endorse her theory. He is
He does rot want the Tight to shine in
ION himself The newspapers receive
such requests. FOR the suppression %
news almost daily. II IS publicity that
IS feared and il IS publicity that helps
TO keep this world as good as ii is and
helps II set q little better day by day
would improve public morals Ok hav-
ing the newspapers keep s,ill on crime.
i IS superficial idea
Of course this does not mean that
newspapers shall make heroes Of erin, :
inais. There are two WAYS O. writing
up criminal acts. The laudatorv way,
or with the undertone o. admiration
for the criminal is the offensive ana
dangerous way. There are papers that
offend In that way and they may be
called the true yellow papers But the
papers that print the facts. with no
lauda;ion on the actors and no glaring
light on the heroics Of criminal life.
they are serving useful ends IL keep
ing down crime IN this country. Take
away the restraints that are brought
about the pub,ic.t" and we would have
& much worse condition in this country
than We have now Let there be no
doubt of this. whatever half baked
theorists NAV write n their ESSAYS
about such things
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22

the vofesU OF q state Of even moderate
size ordinarily compels a candidate to
spend more money than he ought to be
expected to put into politics. The iegi-
innate drain OF q canvass. involving
the circulation Of literature as well as
the employment Of speakers and other
helpers, can easily become exhausting.
n senator may be driven under present
conditions to mortgage his salary for
tWo three or four years simply to pro-
tec' himself against the competition Of
AT active rival with larger resources.
AS Mr. Root well said on Monday. a
man of moderate means is practically
deharreG from seeking q senatorship in
many states by the lack Of limita ton
on the amount of money which may be
thrown into the contest by richer an
taSonist- IL congress forbids any
candidate to spend more than 10000
ana that Is perhaps too liberal lflni:
IN the smaller states-the handicap on
the poorer aspirant is greatly dimin-
ished and the disturbing influence Of
mere wealth is eliminated
The senate had not previously at
tempted to draw the line between rea-
sonahle and excessive expenditure. In
one noteworthy case. however-t.la; of
William \. Clark. IF Moutana--it de-
ciared an election void on the specific
ground that too much money had beer
Used by and in behalf Of the senator
CHOSEN. 1t IS now wiling to fra.re
cehnite rule For use in ali cases. II
wants no more senator's Of ~" sort
who think It necessary to sp"ui over
100000 IN order to call attention to
:hefr Qualifications as statesmen. The
limit Of $4,000 ought 20 have a good
effect in checking extrsva cance IN
campaign expenditures \ lowered, cost
of living would he nowhere more well
come than in state and national poll
tics
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
EXHIBITING 1.-THE FAT MAN."

The superintendent OF privileges Of
tho state fair is N a luandarv. One
OF the concessionaires wants 70 EXHIBIT
sha. the law IS against displaying him
to the sdmirtng populace. The Iowa
Saw pervents tbs exhibition Of idiots.
defor-ned persons, human nonsu ostties
and freaks Of nature" So the aesor-
ney general OF Iowa is to be asked to
set stake where the fat person passes
the line between just simple obesity
TO become a freak or a nonstrosity,
Now what would you say? How fat
has a person got to be 10 be freak"
or "deforned" or monstrous? Who
can designate that particular limit Of
enbonpoint and plumpness which is ma
tural. normal and IN part pleasing and
the freshness against which the legisla-
ture OF Iowa has set Its face like flint
Come on Mr.. Cosson, get into the ring
end do your judging.
Perhaps the concessionaire could
bring his fat person az an entrant in
the fat stock classes. That it seems
would take his case out oe the attorney
generals department and bring it be-
fore the agricultural school and as that
school Is under the control that would
bring the matter up to the board Of ed
ucation. It could take up the case
when it passed upon that of Professor
Holden.
1t may be that the privilege man has
raised deep question. II the fat man
is not to be permitted 70 exhibit him
self for pay how shall he be able to
retain his proportions. His fairness is
the source of his living. 1t gets the
dimes and the dimes get the materials
for further fairness and the retention of
bulk. There IS something about this
business which might be regarded as
confiscatory. Perhaps this is a case FOL
the federal courts and interference by
injunctaon and .late1 decision Of the su.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
The Road Hoo.

louisville Courier JournaO.
The most dangerous Wild animal now
Al large in America is the road hog.
He IS sometimes the owner Of an auto
mobile. More frequently he is an up
start chauffeur OF mediocre mentality
who has the manners OF ruffian and
is without the slightest sense OF re-
sponsib!iity or care for the comfort or
safety ot the occupants of his car or
other users Of the highway. He IS
ten peranenrally bad citizen and po-
tentialiy q murderer. When he causes
an accident by violating speed laws
and the laws OF com mon sense and
common courtesy he deserves a long
sentence N the penitent:ary. When
turtes mete out the proper punishme
the road hog will become less con
spicuous as public MUSE nee and q
menace 10 public safety
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
Two Views of War

Standing on Decoration Day by the
graves Of those who in the civil war
gave their lives for their country, Pres
! ident Taft is impressed with the ire
mendous cost OF war in life and prop
erty, and while he recalls with pride
their bravery and acknowledges the
oeDt their country owes them, he de-
plores the conditions that made neces-
sary SO costly a sacrifice He thinks Of
tbs hundreds Of thousands OF good cit
liens who were killed, OF that army Of
manned veterans who carry their hon
orable wounds TO the grave. Of the
| WIDOWS and orphans, the desolare
homes. We are still paying the debt of
| that war piled up in millions OF gov
eminent bonds. we are trying to dis
charge in some measure the debt of
gratitude We owe the soldiers who
fought FOR us by granting them pen
siorAs IL their declining years, but no
amount Of money can restore those
| who died for their country or heal the
wounds the living bear. 1t is this that
leads Mr.. Taft to urge that we strain
| every nerve and avail ourselves Of ev-
| cry honorable possible device to avoid
war in the future"
| The same occasion inspires radically
former President Roosevelt Il believe
! that unrighteous peace IS greater evil
than war; he exclaims. He still fay-
ors carrying a big stick" and does
| no, care about walking so softly eth
er. u don't want to ask stronger ma
| tons to be good to us because I fear
being hurt by them, he says, but
do ask that big nations be good to US
| for fear we may hurt them" He
seems to have little patience with the
| idea of disarmlnent. but believes peace
can be best preserved by show OF
armed force. He believes in compelling
peace by wholesome fear, instead OF
| suing for 1t on the grounds OF justice.
Colonel Roosevelt protests that he Is
not talking against peace, but desires II
profoundly. Yet he does not believe II
can be secured by arbitral courts so
long az national rtvalries and conflicts
continue. Not discounting the potency
Of arbitration, he questions whether !!
will stand the strain, ana he opposes
the United States entering into any
agreement 1t would not DO able TO Keep
His warning OF the danger OF 1nvas'oi.
by "Asiatic peoples" ana OF violation OF
| the Monroe doctrine seems like q nttle
stroke Of politics which he could not
resist. When he was president MT
Roosevelt had no occasion to use army
or navy In upbuilding the Monroe doc
trine and he cast aside as absurd the
Californian's fear OF invasion by
hordes Of ASiatics.
| Tho they do not close their eyes to
the difficulties presented 30 sharply by
Colonel Roosevelt, those who are de-
voting their energy and treasure to the
IpEQmQtigu Of international peace dn1
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
CONGRESS SHOULD FIND OUT.
LaFoliette's Magazine Calls For In.
vestis alton Of Controller Bay Affair.

Madison. Wis. July 21.-"Another
Conspiracy is the bold caption to the
leading editorial Of Senator LaFoilette's
magazine published today. which draws
aside the mask to the Controller Bay
affair" and demands congress to in
vestigate
I'VE are assured by the admfnistra-
ton that there is no cause for excite
ment in the Controller bay affair" says
aFollette's 1T is," asserts the White
House press bureau. like trying TO
make a mountain out OF mole hill.
This would be more convincing if the
people had shorter memories. The rec
ords in the Ballinger case have not
yet had time to get musty; nor have
the facts Of that scandal grown dim in
the public mind. 1t Is remembered that
the country was repeatedly assured
when the charges were brought against
Ballinger that there was no cause FOR
public agitation; that the public do
main was not in danger; and that 1T
was merely a foul conspiracy" Every
one now knows how greatly at variance
with the truth were these statements.
And folks will wonder II. in this Con-
trollsr bay episode. the president Is
showing the same good-natured OPP
tlm1Sm. IT Is the business OK CONGRESS
to And out"
Then comes an editorial defense Of
Wiley In which LaFolletts's says In
part:
Garfield was let out. Claws was
given his walking papers. Pinchot wa
dismissed Strangely obsessed were
these three men with the idea that pub
lie Office Is a public trust. They In
feyfare6 with tho Taft n n m m Ond |. Bal.
| linger -Aldrich procession Of carrying
out the Roosevelt policies on . stretch
er. They had to go.
80 with Wiley. AS chief chemist IN
the department. --of Agriculture DE-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-22
prem. court permitting reasonable"

prens court permitting reasonable"
obesity,
And let US remember before we sheer
at fat folks that fatness sits IN the
chair OF the CHIEF executive of this
great nation and hangs over the sides
and around the edges OF that American
throne OF power. Before We get gay
over exhibiting a little flesh Let US not
forget that burning question what are
We to do with our ex-presfdents."
Anyway the concessionaire might lose
money were he 20 bring his exhibit to
Iowa this year. You couldn't get any
where near as many people out to see
and hear fat man as you could two
or three years ago.