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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
PROFESSORS AND BUSINESS.

Considerable is being said lately re-
sarding the general proposition OF pro-
cessors OF state institutions identifying
themselves with outside business.
These remarks are appearing in both
the agricultural and the general daily
and weekly papers. Practically all OF
what has 80 far been said has been
against the general proposition and
has been inspired by certain news
items regarding Professor p. g. Hol-
denis connection with certain irr1ga :
ton projects. What l have to say on
the subject is not written In any way
as an apology for Professor Holden's
land promotion activities. 1t is writ
ten simply as discussion OF the gen
eral principle involved. It Is really In
spired by certain editorial remarks to
the general effect that all professors
and instructors in our state institu-
lions should be absolutely prohibited
from partaking in any way in any bust
ness or undertaking in any way In
volved in or connected with that sub
tect OF education with which they are
connected in the state school.
Specifically this means that Profess
sor Holden and his associates should
be prohibited from engaging In any
way with any branch or form OF agri-
cultural industry, even actual farming
itself, because they are teaching agri-
culture. Also Professor Marston should
be prohibited from performing any en-
cheering service for any commercial
or civic organization. Or, equally tfuiJ
the professor Of agricultural journal
ism should be prohibited from writing
anything whatever for publication.
| Now the whole thing IL tommyrot
More than that such a policy adopted
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
THE SYRIAN WOMAN PEDDL Err.

4 negro is II jail at Boone GAdl geo
with attempted rape OF Syrian Wonl-
an peddier If the attempt can %
proved the negro should break stone
in the peni,entiary Tor me rest OF his
life. Iowa should NOT import the black
shadow of the south wnen il Imports
negro miners. Black or white, the
man convicted OF this unspeaka bic
crime should be permanently retired
from circulation.
But the Sv-.an woman peGd'er should
ne retired from nec present activities
also. The tra.nps about tbs country
roads and panhandles about the min
ing camps with her tin boxes of no.
tons. her tawning coaxing manner a
constant invitation 10 Insult and her
unattended loneliness making assault
by such negroes as the one in jail at
Boone easily suggested. The Syrian
woman peddler is not of easy virtue
and her character in this regard is
generally irrepr oachable; but her man
ignorance and her occupation are SO
foreign to American customs that she
becomes an object of natural suspicion.
The lonely country roads and negro
mining camps are not fit and proper
places for woman peddlers. So far as
that is concerned the country would be
better off # the whole caboodle Of ped
dlers, Of whatever color or nationalities
weer abolished and put out of busi-
ness. But the Syrian women peddiers
are plainly suggestive and provocative
to minds like that Of the Boone negro
and they should be forbidden. if it is
legally possible. to tramp the roads.
The thing to do Is TO send the negro
to the penitentiary and send the wom-
an peddler home with orders to stay
there.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

would seem a right to warning away
from eating places where disease may
be and doubtless is peddled broadcast
daily. Nasty Kitchens. diseased help
and a number of other more or less
common conditions seem to be proper
and necessary information for the
public.
Tuberculous attendants handling
food served promiscously, walters and
cooks afflicted with venereal disease
nastiness and filth and insanitation
generally may not show in the din
ing room or at the lunch counter but
it would appear that the inspector
should discover them and having dis
covered them should give public warn
ing If these conditions are not i'm
mediately remedied
The public eating place may as well
clean UP and get ready for the
change. Ii must soon do this or go out
OF business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
SHIPPING BULLS AND NEWSPAPERS.

The long delayed question OF the
railway mail contracts in relation 10
enormous cost for the service rendered
has got along to definite recommen-
dation by the postmaster general. He
susReets paying the railroads the cost
of carrriage and per cent additioai
and figures that the government woa!a
make a saving of 100000 900 year at
that. The present plan is the o.d tash-
loned one based on periodical weigh
ing of mails and on the proposition
formerly conceded that the railroads
ought to get a great deal more Tor
ANYTHING carried for the government
than for service to firms and !ndivid-
AUS VINO want what they pay for ard
are willing to pay 10 more than il is
worth
The postmaster general IS making a
business proposition; il is an unusual
hing for a postmaster general to do,
but it is a business proposition to base
the proper profit II is generally con-
ceded that per cent over cost is a
fair return 10 a public service corpo-
ration except possibly by the pubic
utility concern itself We have been
assured that II costs about cents a
pound 10 carry periodicals under the
present arrangement, and that the loss
on such mail matter 70 the govern
mert is cents on every pound car
iica. This Is also given as the cost OF
carrying newspapers. Now a newspaper
circulation scarcely averages 70 be
carried 100 miles. probably much less
except in the case of few metropoii-
tan papers, and probably much less
when the entire mail circulation Of
even the big paper is averaged II
ought not 10 cost $3.50 Ton 70 carry
NEWSPAPERS by mail when the express
companies Will send a bull weighing
. ono pounds eighty-eight miles for
$3.50, and the same bull uncrated tne
same distance for s3S. Anything more
awkward to handle than ton OF &C.
tive uncrated bull is hard 20 imagine
And there is a suspicion that the ex-
press companies divide more than
per cent profit on the transaction
Business is business, whether the
government or the owner pays. Get
GOV. 10 business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
WHY TEACHERS FAILED?
fEasl Grove Eaglel.


The large number of failures of can
iidates for teachers certificates Il
ass the required examira tons is
.ortain indication there is somethir
aecayed in the system. II is no fau'
+ the applicants. Mary OF them ar
Id teachers with envjable records bull
up in long Years OF efficient sacrifcir .
service. The exam ina ton is neithef
tair. practical nor sane. The question:
IN rea ding would drive doctor of let
ters into Mysteries and make a u2ive-
Sity president wish he had never beer
horn. They are simply insulting to tn
teaching profession. AID they are fair
II representative OF those in all the
branches. The teachers are being out
ri ed in these questions and there
mould be united revolt against sucl
inexcusable efrontery. State Superin
tendent DeYoe may think ii smart t.
ask the teachers smart questions il
their examinations, but in fact ne is
betra*ins a pitiable misconception o.
the whole scope and purpose OF thi;
branch of work. Competency to teacf
is not discovered by freak interroga
lions no one can answer and SHOULD
not if he could. They should be re-
sented and If necessary, the school,
be left without teachers until sanity
prevails in the conduct Of this depart
gnent Of our educational system.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
Then we shall know the truth, end
EI.x.n Y..r. o. Probatien.

at the bottom Of the postal services
as i,s army Of recruits are the sub.
s;itutes. The conditions under which
these grown men, who have passed =
stir civil service examination ana ara
in many cases. married. serve durin1
the probationary period, are not genef.
ally known writes Mary Brown Sum-
ner in The Survey "They were de-
scribed by Representative Kelehef ana
fully discussed at the hearing before
the committee on posto6ices ana POST
roads.
From the time the substitute -
sworn in, pays for his uniform. which
has to be renewed at least once year.
and gives bond to the department. ~
full working day from $50 .. m TO
1890 o. m. Is at its disposali. but hs -
paid only for the actual hours ne
works at the rate Of 80 cents IN hoaf.
Frequently he stays at the office al
day but has no runs. On holidays ana
Sundays too his time belongs 70 snS
department. His work IL harder then
that of the regular carrier. 40 ne MAJ
no set route with which he becomes
familiar often he is sent to routes -
a distance from his starting point. out
| for the time taken In transit he 70 Daid
| nothing.
There is no limit to this probationary
period, which ranges from one to slsv.
| en- years and the average pay about
s25 a month. Cases where substitutes
have been dependent on charity or On
relatives to supplement their income
are frequent One such case. man
with a sick wife and two children. Wa
in the care Of the New York Charity
Organization Society for two years, tAs
mans wages during this time runaino
| from $40 to $40 q month"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
America is . Cure For Begging.

There are intelligent Americans who
say that the first Syrian Immigrants in
this country We're beggars, and that t
this day the majority of Syrian immi-
grants carry on begging under tn
guise of peddling. 1t may be frankly
admitted that altho the pion GERS of our
present Syrian population were neither
beggars nor peddlers, may of the early
immigrants did come to beg. Diligen.
inquiry fails to discover any Syrian ir
this country who actually began by
begging, and immigrants of that class
would naturally return home after hav-
ing amassed what seemed a compe-
tence
Why should they not have come to
beg? Thir.ythree years ago, when
they began to come. the principle that
one must not given to street beggars
was new even to American ears, and
was vehemently repudiated by the vast
majority OF well-inforned and we'll
disposed American men and women.
Even today the beggars who for ages
have infested Italian cathedrals and
Swiss highways have not entirely dis
appeared.
Moreover. for countless generations
begging has been in Syria a privileged.
if not an honored. calling; the beggar
with his scrip and water bottle has
been reverenced, II not esteemed. The
proverbial eastern hospitality invinc-
IDLY lends itself to this attitude. That
a family, village, nation, should
be prosperous and yet refuse aims to
the poor is today in the east, as in
past ages, simply unthinkable. The
marvel is not that Syrians came here
to beg. but that most Of those who did
so quickly felt the influence OF the
American spirit and turned from beg
ging to peddling-Louise Seymour
Hou 1htnn In The Survey
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
CLEAN RESTAURANTS OR TROUBLE.

The health authorities Of Buffalo
have been mousing thru the eating
places of that city with astonishing
results. Otu Of 239 places visited and
inspected l53 were found disgustingly
unsanitary. The Buffalo Express
threatens to print the names of these
unsanitary places which have ne
elected warnings from the health de-
partment and argues that it is a hard
ship to the owners Of decent places
20 suppress the names and locations
of the nasty restaurants.
There is something in the argument
Moreover 1t would appear that II would
be good public policy to publish the
uhsanftary places. The public has il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
Not La.;n,,s.

Takashf Komatsu, at one OF the am
ners of the recent Harvard commences
ment in Cambridge, praised the study
of Latin.
Latin is even useful socially" he
said II once attended a dance In Bo9-8
ton. A beautiful young deOutanSo
surrounded by a half.dosen HAfvofo
undergraduates, listened intently 70 =
story about a football sQuaoble. y
".And the casus belu;' she asked.
"Thereupon her mother. with =
shocked look, exclaimed: 1858
"'My dear, how often have told 20
always to say stomach"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

Whatever may be the dement's Of
hecklin8, every one must admit It
makes . political meeting interesting
and lively. puts the speaker on his
mettle, holds him down to common
sense and the point in question, and
prevents irrelevant flights into the
realms OF grandiloquent nap doodle.
Why the annexation DOGGY should be
considered anything but an utter alb
surdity is far beyond the conprehen-
sion OF the American people. None the
less. 1t is comprehensive that those
who have Mr. Chamberlain's policy Of
Imperialism close at heart should wish
Mr.. Borden good luck in his fight.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
Not Impressed.

Nine. Nordica. at garden party at
Deal Beach, said, apropos of her recent
European tour:
Many good people refuse to be i'm
pressed by the armless and legless frag-
ments OF antique sculpture treasured
in the museums OF the old world
"One day in the Louvre a guide was
recoundng to a little knot OF tourists
the glories OF a battered centaur, when
Chicago meat salesman broke the rev.
erent hush with the question:
Excuse me, sir. but what would
they feed bloke like that on-ham
and eggs or hay?'"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
The Reciprocity Fieh. in Canaaa.

! Cur good friends tho Canadians
seem TO be in for very hot campaign
! and already in the land OF the maple
! leaf the air IS blne with cries OF re-
! ci7rocity or no reciprocity. ana IRON
ali accounts ii viii probably become
| much oluer. That the opposition VII,
gain several seats seems TO he pretty
generally, acknowledged on all sides
| but whether Mr. Borden will succeed
or not In Wrestling the reins of govern
| nent from the hands Of Sir Wflfrio
! I1aurier is most doubtful The Canad-
! ian parliament Is composed OF 221
/ members, and of these 49, are liberals
| eighty-eieht conservatives. and one
nationalist That is. Mr.. Borden tie
( l.aGc-- Of the conservative party. mas
! TO oTerturn a mai ority Of forty-fo II
order to defeat the reciprocity agree
! r17ent. In other lords. in the last par
| lament the liberals had approximatelF
! 50 per cent. the conservatives az per
| cert and q change Of 10 per cent
means The PARTIES break even. The he|
| to the situation is the province OF oEe-
hec. liberal stronghold, which re
| turns sixtv-five members TO parlia-
men. viz. thirty-two liberals. eleven
! conservatives and two natonalists
| ana on this province the hopes of the
| opposition ere centered, for here IN"
! situation has been rendered both com
! plcx ard uncertain hy the activities q
| # third party. the nationalists tn"
| Leaf ers of this party are Messrs. Bour-
! ASA and Monk. and al one time the
were in agreement to A very great ex-
ten, with Ian1ier and liberalism. Now
| however tho the former Is 1ndireren'
| 70 reciprocity and the latter only mod :
J erately opposed to it, Vet hoth are IN
| absolute opposition 10 Laurier. and, j
/ is believed viii act with the conserVa
! tives. Thav claim that reciprocity j.
!, rot the para mount question. but Is
| simply a bird for tire eyes of the vol
ars most enthusiastic meeting
| which scnao 80 900 persons ATTENDED
vas recently hel1 at Three Rivers. an
there they raised the clean and homes
| administration issue. TIE olive scar
| 1al was dv.elt on: it was claimed
rauricr had 10 mandate from the cleo
tors Cor his Cana dian navy scheme
which the nationa!is.s thorouThlv dis
ike ard the menace OF Imperialism
vac brought in Considering the fac.
that Mr. Borden is stanch imperial
ist. more 90 than Sir Wilfrid. this
seems strange. but as near az an ou'-
slider can come to the heart Of the
matter, 1t is A case OF opposition T.
Lauriar above everything. This ma
.ionalist opposition in the liberal Glib
after is by no means a petty matter
hut a force that has to be carefully
rackoned with
The liberal candidates thunder to the
voters that the campaign funds to OPP
pose reciprocity are being largely con-
.ributed to bv the vested interests ir
this countr,- and that a combination
If o-navy-ant i-reciprocity and anti
Observation-Disclosures people are trying
ia ureyent the farmer from immediate
I1y exnerfenciny the bliss Of the much
soueht-after millennium. On the other
hand the conservatives hold forth that
rac,n-oc,+v &c ant,-national and anti.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
Iona Newspapers
MARKET. NOT THE REPUBLICANS
tSioux City Journal1.

IoIOuX N1tN IUHI laII
Early June apples. the Omaha
World Herald tells US are selling down
Florence way at 40 cents bushel;
these apples are quoted by Omaha
wholesalers at $3.50 {, bushel and by
the time the retailer has his inning the
customer must pay $50 to $40
bushel for the same fruit selling at 4C
cents a bushcl al F1orence-which is
in the same county as Omaha. The
World Herald, standing for the rights
OF the consumer. stops short in apply
ing the moral. TIE responsibility is
not charged to the debit account Of the
republican party. What the World
Herald sees in the situation is the
need OF city market place that viii
bring the grower and the consumer to-
gether
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
Tn Erae.

Police Commissioners Waldo Of Xew
York. apropos of a somewhat excessive.
number OF intoxication cases, said ths
other day:
"a great many men have been siveA
the freedom of the city lately
Freedom Of the city? When were
;;..;; .he greedon1 Of the city 1'saa
reporter asked.
".When their wives" said II. ~ els
do, went away to the seAshcfe.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
MANY = SUFFERING Woman

Drags herself painfully thru her daily
tasks, suffering from backache. head
ache, nervousness loss Of appetite ami
poor sleep, not knowing her ills are
due to kidney and bladder troubles.
Foley Kidney Pills give quick relief
from pain and STfi:se-. and nromp.
return to health and strength. No
woman who go suffers can afford to
overlook Foley Kidney Pills. Mcbride
& VIII Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
az ! Be Lifted Up"
lChrisfian Science Sentinell.


And /, If be lifted up
From sordid thoughts Of earth,
May drink with him the bitter cup
Of worldly friends have dearth;
But l shall taste life's richest JOY.
Sweet peace and truth and love.
The al. of good, without alloy.
And power from above.
II be lifted UP to see
In all the child Of God;
That all related are to me.
And ali atone with God:
II refuse TO see the i'll
AS any part OF man,
And know tits only human will
That's worthy OF the ban.
T. too, shall draw all men to me-
To the good that I express.
And all with one accord will see.
VIII gladly then confess.
That all mankind are one indeed.
And God atone with all;
That each, in meeting others need,
Obeys life's sweetest call.
Then we shall know the truth, ana
come
To fully understand
That to be one las we are one"
Is surely loves demand;
That Il in them, ana Thou IN me,
Means unity with God;
For Christ in us, and God IN Christ,
Makes all atone with God.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

Reciprocity with Canada will do no
hurt nor any particular good insofar
as the reduced cost of living Is con-
cernea." says the Baxter New Era. ut
won't matter In the least which way
the cat jumps. the consumer will come
out second best and will be fortunate
If he escapes with his life"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

They all say Colonel Young is az
much O. a hit as anybody offered on
the chautauqua circle this year. This
may be set forth with the more free
dom since congress Is in extraordinary
session says the Sioux City Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

OF course. meat must 20 up, and Al
a time when vegeta h!es are high. Those
who believe that oatmeal contains eli
the virtues y,ill rot push their prone
ganda Philadelphia Inquirer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT

We may not have torn down the
tariff wall bat we have at least
Knocked the broken bottles off the top.
Atlanta Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

clause such as the president based
his veto on in their state constitution
the country would have been saved
hundreds Of thousands OF dollars that
are being expended In an effort to pry
Senator Lorimer loose from the Job
which every one believes he bought"
The Des Mcinee Register and Leader
AYERS that the farmer has never be-
lieved very sincerely in the merit Of a
tariff on wheat and corn. and While he
has kicked some on letting 1t 90, he is
becoming reconcled to the notion that
cutting off the so-called farm tariffs
will work to reduce some Of the tariffs
he is really interested in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
worm OUT ASPHALT PAVEMENT

[Cedar Rarias Republican,
Cedar Rapids has large coilettioF
Z badly worn streets. The asphal
hat vas put down few Years az
as fraud on the public and th'
roperty owners VINO had to pay TO- !.
.'here was never any life in 1t Whe,
he time for which it was guarantee
las up. they pulled one over the cour
il and escaped esporsibilitE for Il.
-epairs. Before the bonded period ha
Xpired the city ought 10 have com
oelled the resurfacing Of all the street
affected at the costs OF the conpanic.
which laid the stuff But it ts now too
late for such measures and there i.
nothing to be done except TO resurface
the streets Fifth avenue especial!
needs the resurfacing The street is a!
most In dangerous condition. If II I
left to 60 to pieces 1t will become dan
-erous. Last year attempts were MADE
% patch the street. hut all the patche
we're failures because the pavement.
surrounding the patches gave way. Al
patches represent money wasted. Tie
'esurfacing can be done at the ex-
pense Of the property owners and i
rill cost, it is estimated by the cit'
4bou: 1926 a yard. 1t is up to TIL
property owners. to some extent. hu-
wen if the property owners should OIL
ect the city will eventually be con-
Dnlled to act for the streets will be
come impossible or at least dange-o-.
to travel We understand that a grear
many OF the property owners along thu
sphat paved streets are not onl,
.illing. but insist on the streets bein.
put in good condition
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

President Taft first should have
signed up an arbitration treaty be
tween the White House ard the SEN
ate Washington Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

There are great possibilities in the
commission p!an-possihlitie for i'm
p-ovelnent." proclaims the Waterloo
Times Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

With the .lie-nome:e" near the cen
fury mark it Is indeed gratifying L
hear that the dutv on wool blankets j!
to be reduced -aShington Herald
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19

The French family must envy to
house Of repre- entatives. where pairs
can Re Cancelled alret without an ef-
Washington Times,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-19
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Iowa democrats ask nothing better
of their republican opponents than that
they will renominate Taft for the
presidency and Carroll for the COVER
Eorship." says the Ida Grove Record
Era, (democrat>. Given that combi-
nation of circumstan noes. Iowa demo-
Gratis will proceed to carry the state"