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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
The Vote on Reciprocity.
(Noxv vork TrihIIrol

Since the democrats in the house OF
representatives decided in caucus to
deal openly and fairly with the admin
istration's reciprocity agreement with
Canada the passage by the house OF
bill carrying that agreement into effect
has been foregone conclusion. The
only thing in doubt was the size OF the
majority The Mccall bill passed the
house of representatives Of the last
congress on Feb. II by vote of 221 to
go. The Underwood bill passed the
house on Friday by a vote of 265 to 80.
A two-thirds majority had been con-
verted into a three-fourths majority.
1t is to be regretted that more re-
publicans did not vote for the Under
wood measure. The division in the
party on Feb IA was 81 against recipro-
city to 70 for it. The division on April
81 was Is against reciprocity and 81 for
it. A number OF republicans did not
vote on either bill. for altho the OPP
ponents of reciprocity outnumbered its
advocates on both roll calls they did
not have in either case a clear major
ity of the republican membership.
However. the party In the house failed
on both occasions to exhibit sound po-
litical Judgment in not placing itself
almost solidIy on record az indorsing
the administrations reciprocity pro-
gram.
There are apparently still too many
republicans In the houte OF representa-
tives who can not break away from the
reactionary influences which. have
marred republican Leadership in con-
sress for some years past. They have
fallen into the delusion that reciprocity
Is not m accepted republican principle.
That idea found expression many times
in the last week on the floor Of the
house. ana It HAS been bluntly asserted
by certain republican newspapers,
among them "fhs st. Louis Globe
Democrat" which declared the other
day, ut IL true that the Republican
president spfang reciprocity upon the
country, hut this does not make Yeci-
procity = republican measure"
On the contrary. reciprocity originate
ed - q republican policy and has been
repeatedly approved ~ such in reDub-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28

900 electric horse power, enough, it
is said. to light every private and pub
lie lamp, run every street car and turn
every factory wheel in practically every
Mississippi valley city from St. Louis
to St Paul. According 70 4 writer in
the World Today. contracts have been
signed already for the Transmission OF
$4,000 horse power to st. Louis, ITS
miles south. to run the street cars and
light the streets Of that city. The Keo-
kuk enterprise will involve an expendi-
ture Of about S20,000,oO0.
A few days ago forty feet Of water
was reported from Cairo. From that
time on high water will doubtless be
reported from all points on the Missis-
sippi, the Missouri and the Ohio. After
the spring freshets and The June
rise" the copious waters will have
passed on toward the gull and the
ocean. where they are not needed, from
a land where they would be Of in
calculable value If properly stored,
harnessed and employed.
The lake above the dam at Keokuk Is
to be simply a storage reservoir. For
thirty years or more engineers have
been striving to impress communities
along and tributary to the great rivers
OI the NcSt Iudl the SAu1 lES IN 't1iC wGA-
tiers would solve the overflow and
navigation problems II is known now
that storage will do far more than this.
Not only will it prevent the annual
floods and provide water for naviSa-
ton thru the dry season. but 1t will
furnish the power with which to navi-
gate and leave a surplus for indus
tries that will make river navigation
profitable.
The dam at Keokuk must be regard
ed simply an illustration Of what might
be done. what remains to be done, else
where, in the Ohio between Pittsburg
and Cairo, in the Mississippi between
Minneapolis and Vicksburg, in the Mis-
souri, between Sioux City and st.
Charles. If the power that lies pot
enially in those streams shall be used,
the manufacturing cities Of the Missis-
sippi valley will be independent OF coal,
it's communities will be free from
smoke. and heat, light and power will
be as plentiful as water.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
THE OTHER FELLOWS SlDEI

It is always interesting and ALWAYS
helpful in the discussion of & subject
to be able to see the question from
the viewpoint Of the opposition Ca
madam reciprocity is no exception. in
the May number of the North Amer
ican Review Hon G. E. Foster. a mem
Der OF the Canadian parliament, refers
to the subject Of reciprocity with the
states ~ follows:
lou desire to make Canada for rada
purposes like unto state Of the union.
except that you do not propose to en-
ploy your capital within her borders.
You VIII draw her raw resources to
your very own country and work them
by your very own people and Of course
reap the profits. Canadians may find
employment in the rough work, cutting
timber and loading 1t, mining ores and
shipping them, raising stock an putting
1t on board Mr.. Hills cars, producing
grain and drawing it to the trains
headed southward. Well. all that you
wish to do to benefit your country we
wish to do to build up our country.
II raw materials form the vasis of
Industrial development we are in no
hurry to invite their wholesale exploit
tation by s0.o00,oO Of people who have
SQuandered their own. If the working
UP OF such material is a sure way to
population, wealth, and national pros-
p0ritJ, why should we not pursue that
path. the very path by which you have
arrived ct your present wonderful de-
veeopment? Why should we rest con-
tont with simply diEEing out ore cut
ting timber, raising stock and grain ?
Why should we not proceed to manu-
1aetueo and dnish 1t and then to dis
tythutA Il BY our own lines Of transpor,
1oe cur own home wants and then to
Gnegt the surplus thru our own sea-
Degto and by our own merchant ma
fano9
~ have 1T great cost opened GU,
49, peAfries and established an in
1uDkf1A system for the purpose Of at
troetlng population and capital and
1sve1eDing our rich natural resources
! - thirty years we have been expend-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
THE LODGES.

X r MAooNic NoTlcGA.
X|aAA in New Alasonie TS0o1A
/vNvisitors always welcome.
MARSHALL LODon. 100. A. =.
4. a.. stated communlcation Nay 70,
p. m. 81
r. W. Chamb4rlAip. W. y.
John w. Wells. Secretary.
stGNNr CHAPTER No. %, 4 Y. NJ 1
special couvocation Tor work "a -
Mark Masters and Fast Nastsis deoesS
Monday evening. May LIT, - 5:3e
sharp
Fred wallaos, 4. :.
!. 9. MNlard secrstary. 3,
KING SOLOMON Council, No. 80, i
Stated assssnbly Monday. May -. 8
p. m. eI5 gss
]. +. Forbes. Recorder.
4. d. Meeker. =. I. y.
ST. ALDEMAR colC16ANDERY NO.
30. K. +. Stated .conclays Tuesday
evening. May - ct osciook sharp.
visiting Sir Knights win ~ weSoomo.
Fred Wallace, Recoc1er.
I. T. Forbes, q. G.
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. o7. o. =.
e.-Regular meeting wednesday oSssf-
ing. May IL. at p. m. Tho Grand
deputy will be present for Inspection
Edna c. F>1larton, W. ~
Lillian Norton. Secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28

lican national platforms. Mr. Blaine
was the author of the reciprocity pro-
visions incorporated in the Mckinley
tariff law, which gave that tariff law
one OF its chief claims to originality
and distinctiveness. When the demo-
cratic party came into power in 1924
1t repealed the many reciprocity treat
les concluded under the authority Of
the Mckinley law. and when the re-
publicans regained control Of congress
in 1897 they again in the Dingley law
opened the way for further applica-
ton of the reciprocity principle. Presi-
dent Mckinley endeavored to negotiate
comm ercial treaties with many coun-
tries on a reciprocity basis, and his adj
Manifestation repeatedly made advances
to the dominion of Canads for the set
tlement OF various boundary questions
and the enlargement OF trade relations
1t is an absurdity to say that Presi-
dent Taft "sprang reciprocity on the
country as a republican measure" for
the republican party has been commit
ted to reciprocity for over twenty
years.
The failure OF go many republicans
in the house to support the administra-
ton is to be regretted, furthermore. for
the reason that it will prove embar-
raising to the party in the approach
ing presidential campaign. "The Globe
Democrat" also said in the editorial
quoted from ''Does anybody suppose
that If reciprocity should be enacted the
republicans will, in their platform Of
1912, name 1t as a republican achieve
ment? Certainly not" But the GER
tainty Is all the other way. The next
national republican platform will either
mention the Canadian agreement as a
republican achievement-if 1t has al
ready been achieved-or will demand
it's achievement, il 1t should be defeat
ed in this congress by combination Of
republican insurgents and democrats in
the United States senate. The republ-
cans representatives who voted against
reciprocity simply went out OF their
way to make 1t uncomfortable for
themselves to stand on the next repub-
lican national platform.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
Topics of the Times

The junior senator from Iowa has not
yet warmed his seat but he is certainly
the whole works already il the United
States if you happen 10 read the Reg
lister and Leader.
The man who writes to the newspa-
pers that permanent hard roads are I'M
possible in Iowa simply borrows space
in which to advertise mis- ignorance. II
he would read the Texas road law and
ride Of IS Il, uch as 800 miles Of perma-
nent hard country roads in a single
Texas county he would discover that
paved country highways could be had
in Iowa at an expense Of not TO exceed
500 per annum TO the quarter section
Of land abutting upon such road. We
can have them when we want them.
The treasury department at Wash
ington reports that cash reserves are
jiling up IN the banks Business is
slack in the east and money is dirt
cheap in the centers. The cost Of liv-
ing has gone down. We are about 10
slow up and walk for a stretch after
swift run.
Life insurance must row be recg
nized as one Of ;he institutions that IS
sapping wealth from our state along
with the automobile for old line COM
panies alone collected over eight mil
lions from Iowa policy holders this last
year and returned only two millions in
death losses paid.
II is now time for worlen's clubs TO
get busy on something that is worth
while. The common Fly which wades
in the iIth Of the street and back alley
dumps and then pe-ches on food dis
played in front Of the stores without
cleaning his feet should become the
object Of organized opposition.
The suggestion Of Sanlmis for con-
gres in the Eleventh district fails to
take eognizance of tae Ssmmis liahili-
ties bill in the last session Of the IL gis-
Iature. \ man who would father such
goes in politics.
Senator Berry IS very much worried
ONe- lI!- possible IlHl!i!6llDN 10 con-
victs if given healthful outdoor work
on the public highways. but he will use
all OF mis- powerful influence with the
present governor of Iowa TO keep those
Rainsbarge- boys in the penitentiary
after they have served twenty five
years for a crime which they did not
commit and after the board of pardons,
| Of which Berry is a member, has rec
commended that these unfortunate men
be psrdoned.
| If there is anything in mans pub
lie record that is of value to him III
running for governor Lieutenant Gov
ernor Clark should b. winner from
the start, AS speaker Of the house
and chairman of the senate he has
made good to an eminent degree
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
TUBERCULOSIS SUNDAY.

Sunday is Tuberculosis Day" in the
churches of Iowa. The clergy gener-
ally will devote their morning dis
courses to the great white plague and
will be assisted by the physicians who
in many instances will occupy the pull
pits az speakers
The effort Is to spread knowledge of
the disease, its insidious and fatal
character, of preventive sanitation and
precaution and hygeienic methods of
treatment. It is the effort Of the pull
Dit to add it's assistance to the efforts
of the press and make needful knowl-
edge Of consumption common
This general movement by the pull
pits and the subject under considera-
ton next Sunday emphasizes the grow
ing tendency Of churches and pastors
to enter into the daily life Of the world
dn physical as well as spiritual admon-
alton and heipfulness. 1t is nothing
new. Moses did 1t and made good
Job Of it. His rules of physical con-
duct are in force today among those
who desire sound bodies and healthful
communities. The pulpit is a good
place whence to teach good health as
1t is the decimal point of moral and
spiritual teaching. tuberculosis day
is as much in the proper line of the
preacher as a protracted meeting and
no day is too sacred to devote to cru
SADIE against that incubus OF the CEN
fury. tuber culosiS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
n% Zs1-<
ksokuk's Great Dam.
tchristian Science Monitor. ]

[Chrfstfan Science Monit0r.J
This spring work has been resumed
on the Mississippi river dam at Keo-
kuk. Iowa, with renewed vigor- The
time set for the completion OF the I'M
dertakinG 10 July, 1913. In other words.
1t will have taken Q little more than
three years to complete dam in size
second only TO that at Assouar, On the
Nile. In power capacity second to none
ia sxtstsrce. Its total sength will be
$500 feet; its height. thirty-ssven feet.
The rs-encorced concrete at which 1t
b to be compared win 6inA &ounda-
ton In the Limestone bedrock beneath
the river Above 1t will be formed a
lake between three and five miles wide
and some forty miles long, Thirty tur-
bines fed by this hle Win generate
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
BALL1NGER CROWD OUT.
[sioux City Tribune.l

McHarg comes again into the
searchlights glare. Who's McHarg
Have you forgotten. love. so soon?'
Don't you remember him as an assist
ant secretary of the department OF
commerce and labor. who shot on his
mouth" in the Ballinger business and
got let-out? Don't you recall how
Hitchcock sent him out to Oregon to
seduce republican legislators to vio-
late their pledge No. 1?"- And how
Roosevelt denounced his scheme?
And, after he was let out. don't you
remember how he fell into soft snap
as Counsel for the Choctows at $12,-
600 a year? Well, now that You are
refreshed in your memory, 1t may In
terest you to know that this new sec
rotary Of the interior one Fisher. from
Chicago, and Its ward %, has served
notice on McHarg to show cause why
that soft snap Of his should not be
cur tailed, that is, cut off. And.
naturally, Nc. is full OF wrath and
spills over in his reply.
McHarg, Of course. never ought TO
have been given this place. The con-
tract was with the Choctows, but the
president had to approve 1t and he
did approve 1t on the recon-
mendation of Hitchcock and Balltnger.
Now this Same Mr.. Taft IL permitting
Mc11arg to be turned out of the fine
fat place on the motion Of Secretary
Fisher.
It is to be hoped that Secretary
Fisher will complete the house cleaning
by bouncing that subservient tool OF
the land grabbers. Land Commissioners
Fred bennett. He II now the sole
surviving remnant Of the malodorous
Ballineer regime. Pierce. Lawler.
Schwartz and F1nney having already
gone.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
THE MEDICINE OF OUTDOORS.

IA<VNN0et 1kCPt SSe@ftCff0HSS'1
Spring times "back to nature" call
Is being sounded to those who will
heed. Meadows are green. trees are
leafing and violets are out. So don't
be bromide" and say next fall
fDo you know, az near as we live to
the woods haven't been out this sea-
son." Leave a closet that needs go
ing over or rug that could stand
another beating, and put on your old
grey bonnet" Go out and listen to the
voices in the painless woods" and
you'll forget your little troubles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28

siders his dirty, tho Sherman anti.
trust law can not be brought into play
too quickly.
The steel trust has always contend
ed In later years that it is Independent
OF the tariff. and cared not what con-
sress did in this matter. Yet here Is .
movement that reveals the direct In
terest OF the trust In the tariff. The
farmers free list may not be an ad-;
viseable piece OF legislation. hut 81 h
certainly unwise to permit q system 81
coercion by a large combination o.
capital which is calculated to irltiui.
date and bulldoze congress into SUBJ
lection as to the tariff laws. A9
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28

= =
not only to stimulate business hut to
encourage the growing OF better va
r!eties. There IL no law combining prize
giving to railroads The way II open
to candidates for office. bankers. COM
mercial clubs, manufacturers, and mer-
chants. 1t is paying proposition
every time
When he started after the senator
ship Senator Cummins was almost as
youthful looking as Senator Kenyon Is
now" says the Des Moines Register
and Leader.
Nearly every day brings report OF
some new speaking date in Iowa ar
ranged for Senator Kenyon. Lafe
Young will have TO look to his chautau-
qua laurels," predicts the Sioux City
Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
MALEFACToRs.

bOOno VSOWDs1SDpuOASuSi.1
While the dynamite 1nalefactors are
being hunted out, Indicators OF great
wealth should also be driven 70 cover.
It is reported from Birmingham, Ala.
that the steel trust has decided to shut
down work on the construction OF q
new plant IN that city. and to close
down several other factories In Ala
bama. One OF the officials, It 10 said.
explained that the purpose OF this was
to intimidate Congressman Under
wood, who lives In Birmingham. for
his action In Introducing the farmers'
free list in Congress-.
"A threat OF this kind Is un-Amert-
can. II the steel trust has reached
such proportions that It can close down
locally in one part Of the country to
punish = congressman In the exercise
OF his free rights, there is something
wrong somewhere. II the steel trust
has fattened on protection TO the ex-
tent that II may with impunity throw
men out of work In At of spite
Against IN OFFICER doing what he com
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28

when q medicine must 10 given -
young children 1t should be pleasant -
take. Chanberlain's Cough RemS4v
is made from loaf sugar. ana the roote
used in its preparation give y havoe
similar TO maple syrup. utAktnG ~
for colds, Group and whoopang ocuoA
For sale by all dealers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28

Pacific ended the
the
with him into his poa
of
will the Missouri Pacific bankers IN
Mining Coal the which
March 1907 and made receiver when the road
president
wasr rom eceverhp December 1909
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
Iona Newspapers
A REFORM PRAYER MEETING
EIowa Falls Sentinel.1

The parties guilty of stealing wood
from the yard OF Rev. Mr.. Hardcastle
would better attend some OF his prayer
meetings on Wednesday night. They
might possibly learn something for
their benefit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28

Some of the larger cities are pro-
claiming they are making an honest
effort to root out vice and evil" OBJ
serves the Iowa Falls Sentinel. They
are not, because If an honest effort is
made then vice and evil will be rooted
out"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28

or soon to be created. protected BY .
stringent law Of congrsss prohibiins
seining, trapping or catching nah ID
any manner between the Ksokuk
bridge and Fort Madison except with
hook and line, and not over two hooks
to any kind Of Z line. It u 70 b
hoped that some such measure will
be enacted into law 1t an early day.
The Wholesale destruction OF fish dur.
ing the past few years has practically
exterminated the white bass. black
bass, wall-eyed pike and pickerel IN
the river In this vicinity. and there II
no hope Of bstterment Of conditions
until present methods OF taking fish
are abandoned. Following the build
ing Of the dam Keokuk should AFFORD
some of tho finest fishing in the
world. ana it will II the movement TO
convert the lake into fish preserve
Is crowned with success.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

THE state hospital Cor inebriates at
Knoxville is to be a kindergarten no
longer" contentedly remarks the Fair
field Ledger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
STORY COUNTY HENS.
rNava do tative.1


The remarkable achievements OF an
elderly biddy which were chronicled in
these columns last week. stimulate
Neighbor G. w. Kramer to report the
exceedingly promising career upon
which a young tenant OF his poultry
yard had entered. The ambitious indi-
vidual Is White Brahma puNet that,
having been Matched June 16, 1910.
laid her first egg on New Years day.
of 1911. She periodically began set
ting on washington's birthday;
Matched in due time seven chicks out
of the thirteen eggs (not her own)
which had been furnished her; weaned
her babies when they were Ave weeks
old: at the age Of ten months COM
menced laying again; and is now
faithfully contributing an egg a day to
the family store. Mr.. Kramer reports
further that four Of this biddy's sisters
are emulating her fine example, and
with her are lifting high the standard
Of his White Brahma.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28

The Burlington Hawkeye says I'VE
must give the democratic house credit
for being far ahead of the republican
senate In preparedness for the trans
action OF business
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
ssni.1l I'D pna,,snonlAl.

sDisd Of PnsumonlA~
10 never written of those who cure
coukhs and colds with DR.. Kings New
Discovery. Guaranteed. soc and $1.De
Mcbride 4 viii Dug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-04-28
AS TO COMMISSIONERS THoRNE.
IDaYenport Timesl


Davenport Times.1
II Is beginning to leak out that Cliff
ford Thorne.. the railway commits
sioner, offended some OF the guests
gathered at the banquet In honor OF
senator Elect Kenyon at FIT. Dodge
the other evening. Mr.. Thorne has at
tanned hts present position as re-
suit Of hard work as attorney for the
Corn Belt Meat Producers Association
and he knows that there are tn ose
who would be delighted to see him
step aside and allow some more easy
going man take his place In the Iowa
commission. BY way Of calling at
tention to the fact that beneath sntl-
ing exterior there is to be found per-
sistent opposition to those who do not
favor some railways, he recalled a
little history of the last election.
Some one or something--he leaves
anyone free to guess-warned railway
employees to vote against Thorne. 1t
might not have been the time nor the
place to call attention to the fact, but
the fact stands, nevertheless. and
might as we'll be faced. II there are
those who do not like to be reminded
Of It, they should have considered
what would happen before they under
took to influence men to vote against
a particular candidate.