Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1911-08-19

this will go down into history as the
age of investigation. The trust or
near trust that has not been investi-
gated is no longer in style.
Centerville Iowegian: Iowa is going
to have some corn. This state never
fails. They are coming back from
the Dakotas, and the southwest, burned
out. Nothing doing out there for; three
years But Iowa Is going to have
enough for herself and some to spare
for the starved out people of less fav-
ored states.
Charlton Leader: The Leader Is al
most converted, to the doctrine that
some men are born in total depravity,
else how could an individual, after
reading this great enervating journal
of regeneration, for several years, in
vite the publisher to take an excursion
to q warmer country, simply because
he received an invitation to settle up
and sweeten up? It's simply awful!
Milford Mail: An exchange, advo-
Gates plan whereby young women at
tending church in the evening can
register their names in the church
vestibules so that the young men who
are in the habit of lingering around
there can see whether their best girl
is present and thus set troubled
brain at rest. The plan would undoubt-
eddy be a great convenience for a GER
tain class of young men and would
work we'll in many places.
Coon Rapids Enterprise: President
Taft may be known in history, and
with large mede of praise, for his
reciprocity treaty with Canada. But
this will not be by any means all that
will distinguish his first administra.
ton. His achievement in. arbitration
treaties. affecting large part of the
world, mark new era In civilization.
The treaties signed between this coun-
try, Great Britain and France will go
long way towards bringing other
civilized nations into like agreement.
War is more and more growing IN dis.
favor
DUBUQUE Tines Judge Lawrense
De Graft of Des Moines has made him
self national figure through the
mandatory injunction he handed down
in the street car strike at that place.
Nothing like it has ever before been
issued by court and the effect OF
the ruling that men must work
whether they want to or not. and that
corporations must employ men
whether they want to or not. Is GER
tainly new and powerful interpreta-
ton of the law It cannot be argued
that the decision Of Judge De Graf
was good law, but it was critical
situation which confronted the city Of
Des Moines and mayhap it was well
that the court took matters into its
own hands and prevented reign of
terror for that was what would have
resulted had the strike continued.
Creston Advertiser: Putting the ad-
mipjstration in a hole is the chief oc-
cupation of those politicians in Wash
ington who have made claim to the
possession of an extraordinary amount
of patriotism and courage. There Is
nothing strange In the tendency OF the
democrats to seek to embarrass the
republican president, but for those who
claim to be republicans to join In the
effort when they know they are max
ing more difficult the election OF a
republican president next year shows
willingness to wreck the party for
their own personal ends.
oh! You PhiIander.
Mr.. Knox, the secretary of state in
Taft's cabinet. was formerly engaged
in the practice of law in Pittsburg.
One day, says friend, Mr.. Knox