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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05
A Rich Man. Assessment.

No matter how eloquenuy orators
may dwell on the citizens duty to the
state, nor how much in detail they may
poiEt out what the state does for the
citizen, he kicks when he gets his tax
statement.
Former Senator William A. Clark, Of
Montana and New York, recently re-
ceived his. and tho he has so much
money he doesn't know what to do with
1t, he kicks. in fact, it seems to be
frequently the case that the bigger the
purse, the louder its owners howl
about taxes.
The taxes referred to are levied on
Senator Clarks New York house, a
most gorgeous affair, which has vio-
lated every canon of architecture and
dawn travellers thousands Of miles to
moralize on Its exterior monstrosities,
and to puzzle over what the interior
must be. The owner spared no ex-
pense in the building Of it. An officer
OF d e:::::.:.,::--s plate glass concern
testified that experts in the employ OF
his company worked five years exper-
imenting on Carrara glass in imitation
| Of marble to be used in the bath rooms.
Other features Of the house we're pro-
portionately extravagant. The tax
board valued the structure the arst
year At three and half millions. Then
| they cut q million off Of that, but still
the proprietor kicks. and the assess
ment 10 now before the appeal board.
He wants it valued on the theory
| that It Is unproductive property. But
| there Is a manifest injustice in doing
| that. since it is no more unproductive
than workingmen's cottages. They are
| taxed on the amount put into them in
boards. nails, glass and so on. Why
| not Clark on his marble, bronze and
copper. his spiral stairways, and his
chambers with secret entrances con-
| cealed by heavily carved panels OF
| priceless woods ?--Minneapolis Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05
ASKING WHY.

| w etIIdce : fdTHicIl.
why Oh earth should we continue to
pay combination prices (and there are
no other prices) on steel and steel pro-
ducts, when manufacturers after go
ing to the expense OF shipping these
products abroad sell them in Europe
considerably less than they sell for 20
the western farmer? Why should we
pay color duty on sugar. the only eff
feet OF which is to prevent US from
buying the old-fa shioned brown sugar.
which all our mothers and grandmoti1-
ers used in preference to white sugar.
, and which simply compels every bit
of this sugar to be sold to the sugar
| trust. so that it is sold to the consumer
at combination prices Why should
the farmer pay twice as much for q
suit of clothes as the tourist pays in
England? We might add that English
men an land worth from 30 to 100 per
cent more than the best Iowa land
grow sheep on it with profit.
The natural net result we fear. so
far as this congress Is concerned. will
be that the farmer is given free trade
with Canada in natural products. while
he is paying the same old price for
manufactured products However NJ
has the remedy i'll his own hands Next
year we nominate congressman: and If
Canada accepts The pact or contra ct
and The farmer nominateS and elects
, members to congress who DO not see
he necessity for providing competition
; in the things he buys then he deserves
TO bear the burden cheerfully and we
shall nave little sympathy for him. 1t
Is now up to him to sharpen his knife,
or rather his lead pencil. and say
things that will make every trust and
combination in the country sit up and
take notice
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05
Topics of the Times

Now and then some fellow hobs up
disposition to deny La Toilette the
right to aspire to the presidency.
Wouldn't it be wiser TO treat him as
tho you expected his friends to vote for
Taft il the president should beat the
Wisconsin man to it in the convention
A perusal OF the life and times Of
William Lloyd Garrison convinces us
that we know but little about real in
surgency.
Mr.. Underwood married the daugh-
ter Of a steel magnate and Mr.. Bryan
knows that blood is thicker than wat
81.
The en- tente between Governor
Carroll and David Brant grows more
shadowy as the days go by David in
sists that he has found mares nest
and Carroll seems equally certain that
David is mistaken.
DR.. Wiley knows that the foam on
the top is not beer and he seems TO
have some doubt about the remainder
Of the contents
The Manson Journal insists that the
time is ripe for harmony in Iowa with
big H. The Journal probably knows
that H stands for other things besides
harmony.
There are good many democrats in
the country who hope to garner post
office or something equally as good in
the event of democratic success who
are convinced that Bryan has become
a mere boat rocker.
Anyhow, it has been demonstrated
that the chautauqua can run without
the aid Of men on the government pay
rolls.
Speaking OF the insurgents trying to
put Taft in the hole, what was he do
ing when he refused to appoint their
candidates for postofYices?
The Charles City Intelligencer re-
marks that Hon. Warren Garst is a
bigger man now than he was when he
occupied the office Of governor. True
enough. good progressives keep right
on growing. It's part Of their creed.
The Register and Leader will keep
up it's campaign for q larger field OF
young men from which to select q
nominee for governor until 1t induces
Col. Dave Palmer to get into the game
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05
1h. Electric Blacksmith.

Blacksmithing Is one Of the world old
trades. When the flrst blacksmith fred
up his crude forge It marked the end
Of the stone age and the working OF
metals is still one Of the important in
dustries OF the world.
For thousands OF years the black
smith heated his iron In a charcoal
Are, increasing the heat with a crude
hand bellows. until it was just the right
temperature to be worked into the de-
sired shape by hammering 1t on an an
vii. The fire, the bellows, the anvil and
the sledge were the tools OF the trade
and little was done to provide machin-
cry for the work until recent years.
Now you will flnd that the progressive
blacksmith has adopted electricity and
electrically driven machinery does most
Of the work around the forge.
The first bit OF improvement TO this
trade was the invention OF the steam
hammer This did away with the half
dozen men clustered about the anvil.
each swinging heavy sledge The gi-
ant, steam, did the work and he did 1t
better quicker. and cheaper than could
human hands. The next Improvement
was the adoption OF small electric
| motor to work the tiresome bellows to
keep the fire hot Then. in rapid order.
followed the new electrical processes
for welding. for soldering and for plat
ing All this was supplemented with
electrically driven drills, planers, lathes
and other machine tools. Electricity
was also used to light the shop and to
keep 1t cool and we'll ventilated.
Electric welding has perfected the
art OF blacksmithing With electricity
it IS possible to weld together the ends
Of the finest wire or to unite great
| blocks or arInor plate. huge broken
shafts. rails Of solid steel or anything
else that needs welding. 1t is also pos
sible to weld lead to silver, to unite all
kinds of alloy, to weld copper to gold,
| zinc to steel and other marvels deemed
quite impossible before Electric weld
! ing Is accomplished by passing heavy
current Of electricity thru the parts to
be united until the edges become white
hot and begin to flow, then they are
| easily hammered or pressed together.
In these days Of advanced blacksmith
ing very little pounding 10 done. ny
! draulic pressure being used instead.
The very iron the blacksmith uses
| Is smeNed and refined by electricity.
!, Not all OF It, to be sure, but consider
able Of the finer grades are made In
| this way. With electric heat. developed
from water power. the iron Is smelted
from the ores and run into pigs" for
the trade. This electrical process makes
the very finest iron.
The making and tempering OF tools
is another important branch of black
smithing Very recently the oil tenn
pering bath has been developed to do
this important work. The oil for tenn
pering tools il heated by electricity. In
this way the temperature can be resu-
lated to q fraction OF a degree and the
right temper 10 always assured.
The total Investment In electric
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05
the NOBLE SPORT OF swAr1lne.

Perhaps you are sitting at home I'm
mersed in the daily paper or new
book Whang comes something down
on your shoulder. Never mind" says
the wife. Il killed him And as you
have become comfortably settled the
little girl says sit still papa" and you
hold yourself rigidly until the spat OF
the swatter announces that another fly
has passed into a muscaean yesterday.
At the club a soft-footed person
steals slyly about intent and cautious
as a panther. He carries svatter in
his hand. Softly he swats. All day
long he glides about softly swatting.
His eye Is fierce AZ butchers. With
in him the instinct OF slaughter is su-
prena Swat on the walls. swat on the
library table. Swat. swat, he goes
lengthwise and across he Fate swat
ting instead OF shipping innumerable
tiny threads OF life.
OocAsionally q man carries a swat
ter. As he sits talking at his club or
In i1tS homo a dy lights. Then he
stiffeos like a pointer. Swat, He never
misses. Swat. The nangled and dead
surround him in a growing hecatomb.
Swat.
Swat the ny. Swat him wherever he
droops but for the instant to rest his
w.ngx Swat him on the walls and the
ceilings. Let no back be sacred. Swat
him going and coming. Any way to
get him. Swat brothers. swat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05
THE ESSENCE OF POPPY COCK.

A Colorado girl, replying to an offer
Of marriage, told the wooing swain
that she would marry him when he
had circled Pixies Peak in an aero
plane Consequently the wedding day
Is not set But the editorial wriaters
are telling young men that the women
who set such tasks for loving SWANS
being penlaShed from California to
Maine.
Now there isn't as much to it as the
man who must write and wonders
what he will write Of is trying to
make. The fact Is II the girl wanted
him she never would have made the
condition. On the contrary she'd be
asking him over TO the house against
fathers command or slipping out for
surreptitious spooning When girl
actually falls in love with fellow a
wart on his nose looks better than a
three-karat diamond to her. She
doesn't want him in an aeroplane sail
ing around Pixies Peak. She wants him
within reach. The fact is the Colorado
girl doesn't care whether that fellow
goes up in an airship or hides in the
hay NOV. She simply had to get rid
Of him some way.
This Dante business is pretty well
over. A man can't enlist the sympa-
thies OF whole world any more simp-
ly because he wants some woman who
doesn't want him and goes around tell
ing people about 1t. The Colorado
man is entitled to about the same SYM
pathy as Bill Jones' boy who got the
mitten from Sallie Brown when he
asked to see her home from church
And II you have ever stood in the row
outside waiting for the girls to come
out you know how many tears were
shed for him.
There are a lot of people who want
10 make their love affairs and business
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05
county. in spite of his size, and his

county. in spite OF his size. and his
mental capacities. while not in keeping
with his avoirdupois. are nearly equal
TO other children of his age.
Scientists have been consulted as to
James Adolph's future. Some OF them
makeg loomy predictions, others be-
lieve he will stop growing taller in a
few years. his figure will develop to
that OF man and he will be full grown
at 10 or ~ years. But If he doesn't
stop growlng-yell Old F. T. Barnum
may turn over in his grave TO think
what he had missed by living twenty
years too soon
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05
Iona Newspapers
SPONGING ON DAD.
[El1ora Ledger

n i6-year-old boy longing about a
depot not long since al the time for
the Al a. m. train was asked how
ne managed to stay UP half the night
and work the next dav You Won.
catch me doing lick so long as | can
sponge off the old man While there
is little question that the old man.
ana old woman" We're jointly in a
large measure responsible for the de-
plorable condition the boy seemed 10
be IN. yet he ought for his own sake
TO MAKE a BARGE He will have to pad
die his own canoe sooner or later any
way. the only question being whether
he wants to be a trim. water tight
craft. well equipped and easy to han
die, or forlorn and leaky scow, as
the sailors term poor boat. The lat
ter vessel is mighty unsafe one in
which to make the voyage OF life. 1t is
more than probable 1t will be found
rudderless and Its anchor untrue for
the purpose 1t was designed Any
father or mother whose ls-year- old
boy is in the habit OF making midnight
trains unaccompanied by older heads
are reasonably sure TO live to see the
Day in which tears flow for wayward
son. Far better for the father and
mother to hold matinee fer The boy
along about 9: 30 in the evening. each
armed with an able bodied barrel
stave, should the SOL and heir refuse
to stay at home nights.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05
Shopliftou.

Walter Damrosch, the famous must
cal conductor. was describing very
ignorant foreign critic.
In short" Mr.. Damrosch ended, che
was as ignorant OF music as old Jed
Shucks and his wife were Of the city
ways.
Jed was describing at q dorcas his
recent visit to New York.
"'An' We went to a big department.
shop he said. an we got inter one Of
them ere things wot whizzes We clean
up to the top-wot in tarnation is their
name, MAJ
'Shop-lifters Jedediar,' Mrs. shuckS
replied-New York Tribune. B,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05

light plants in the United States Is
now more than s2.00O,000,000. accord
ing to reports presented to the Nation
al Electric Light Association. The re-
port covers practically 5000 stations
having an estimated total horse power
capacity OF more than 100000. and
ki!owatt capacity of 5000 900. The OPP
Grating companies have a total capital
ization Of 5000, 100000 and an annual
income Of S300,O0O.OOO.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05

and family troubles matters Of public
moment. The best advice to give them
is to tell it to a policeman. He has
to listen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

So far as men are now under con.id-
Grafton for the governorship, the Iowa
City Republican believes that Lieuten-
ant Governor Clark is the logical man
to nominate for governor. CLARK for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05
eryan's Joke About Titles.

William Jennings Bryan once toked
about the American fondness for titles.
you all know Of the colonel" he
said. who got his title by Inheritance.
married Colonel Browns widow. But
I once met a general who got his title
neither by Inheritance nor by service.
nor by anything you could mention.
General 1 said to him. how do
you come by this title of yours. any
way?
why. SIR said he. I passed my
youth In the hour trade. and Tor TWEEN
ty-seven years was general miller
4 .s.S:: another ....ea ,,an-Jnd9e
Greene.
care you; SIR once asked him, q
United States Judge or,-a circuit court
judger
.ssI @in,t neither. he--replisd. I'm :
tedge; Of hoss-racin'.'" z
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05

IF the investigation would only arr
rive at some intelligent solution OF the
matter there would rot be so Eluc1
public WEAKNESS over the matter"
says the Burlington Hawkeye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05

governor and Representative Harding,
Of Woodbury.. for lieutenant. governor.
would make q strong ticket" the Re-
publican concludes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05

til h
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WITH In
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05

AS soon as LaF'oilette gets some
thing out of his system something else
gets in" complains the Sioux City
Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05

The Sioux City Tribune says "ne
managing editor of the Chicago Tri-
bune played the. lawyer chap TO a
standstill at mis- own game You have
10 give it to really good newspaper
man He is a versatile cllss"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-05

| president Taft owes 1t to his coun-
trymen to sign the bill in the face of
| the bowling and whining of the pro-
tected interests of the east" says the
| Burlington Gazette. They have had a
long and prosperous day. have waxe:l
strong and rich beyond the dreams OF
avarice. 1t is time that they and their
representatives. in congress should
realize that the United States is not
bounded on the west by the Alleghen-
les"
According to the Cedar Falls Rec
ord for the first time in many years
members Of congress are putting in
time enough to make a show of earn
ing their money"
The Cherokee Times says that every
tariff bill the president vetoes drives
nail in the coffin of the republican
party
The Waterloo Courier says that
President Taft should sign tie wool
and farmers free list bis and lei con-
gross face the music IF it does not
! the Courier continues, his chances for
the exercise of his statesnanship from
1913 to 1917 will be materially cut
down."
The Sioux City Tribune saws "tne
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-01
DEPREss PRICE OF COTTON.
A Plot for That Purpose Said to Have
Been Formed. :

A Washington dispatch to The
State says a bull and bear war has
broken out again although on small
seals, because 1t developed there on
Wednesday In the hearing of the
committee on expenditures in the de-
partment of justice that there has
been a studied effort on the part Ct
Northern spinners for the last four
years to curtail the output OF cot
ton goods in order to force down the
prices of the staple.
Eooks of the Arkwright club which
have Just been exhibited to Congress-
man Beall of Texas led him to say
that interesting disclosures might be
expected any day in view Of the ac-
tions of Attorney General Wicker
sham last year when the bull and
bear movements were the issues Of
the day.
While it Is too early to say what
the outcome of the matter will be
there is feeling that spinners from
both the North and South will be
summoned to testify before the COM
mittee to ascertain whether the cot
tor. market had suffered because OF
tht. agreement Of the Northern men
to curtail their production and to
1ha1 extent the Solthern spinners
resnonded.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-01
CAUSES SOME COMMENT.
Action of State Board 81 Education
Is Being Discussed.

The State says much interest Is be-
ing manifested in the action Of the
State Board OF Education in eliminat-
ing about 80 per cent Of the text
books now used by the free public
schools of South Carolina.
The members OF the State board
of education are: D. M. O'Driscoll,
Charleston: Il. F. Rice, Jr., Aiken;
D. W. Daniel, Clemson college: A. G.
Rembert. spartanburg; ]. Lyles
Glenn, Chester; Nathan Toms, Dar-
lington; A. J. Thackson, Orangeburg;
J. E. Swearingen, the State superin-
tendent of education, is the secretary
of the board and the governor is the
ex-officio chairman.
MIR. Swearingen several days ago
issued a statement in which he crit
icized the board for the sweeping
changes in textbooks. He charged
that the board had placed an unnec-
essary tax OF several hundred thous-
and dollars upon the people of the
State. The action of the board has
caused much comment and further
DEVELOPMENTS in connection with the
situation are expected.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-01
THEY TOoKtTHE FUNDS.
House Committee Advises Dismissal
of Several Men.

The recommendation for the dismis-
sal from the Government service OF
American Consul Gen. W. H. Mich
ael, at Calcutta, former chief clerk
of the State department., and Thos.
Morrison, present disbursing clerk,
for their connection with the Day
portrait case, as announced Thurs
day, in which misappropriation Of
State department funds Is charged,
was reported to the House committee
on expenditures in the State depart
ment by the subcommittee, which Is
conducting an Investigation Of the
department.
The subcommittee said that it had
not completed its labors, but report
ed The case Of Michael and Morrison,
in the hope that their services would
be dispensed with Immediately. The
recommendation is the result Of an
investigation by it into an alleged
expenditure of the department of ST.
$50 for a painting Of former Secre-
tary of State Day, Of which amount
the artist, Albert Rosenthal, said ne
received only $3.50, the remaining
$500 being unaccounted for. "This
conclusion reached by your commit
tee," the report says, "seer.s irresis-
tible that this sum of $1,000 was
Jointly misappropriated by Michael
and Morrison, OF individually by
Michael"
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1911-07-01
JURY INVITED TO BARBECUE.
But Judge Spear Says They Canno'
Attend the Affair.

Announcement in the newspapers
that four prominent planters Of Pull
aski county, who were recently &C
quilted OF peonage in the United
States court at Macon, Ga, were tc
celebrate their acquittal on July 4
with a big barbecue and that an In
vitation had been extended to the IL
jurors to be guests of honor, has
provoked from Judge Emory Spear
of the United States court a warning
to the jurors not to attend. The
Judge takes the position that 1t is
against the law to tamper with jury.
He says that the names OF the men
are in the jury box yet, they are
on the jury list and may be called
upon to try a similar case. Several
of the jurors announce that they will
attend the cue despite the remarks
Of the judge.