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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-11

have spoken and like thousands who
have been silent. he 10 strongly OF the
opinion that the course adopted in ne
gotiating the agreement. as wen az tne
course adopted in pressing II thru
congress, is in opposition to sound.
public policy. One can be heartily IN
sympathy with downward tariff revi-
sion and with Canadian reciprocity and
yet entertain very serious doubts as to
the wisdom OF encouraging the pro-
cedure that has marked the progress
Of the latter measure from the pc
ginning.
Not with the view of entering upon
tedious and thankless discussion OF the
fundamentals involved. but with the
purpose of doing simple justice to the
senior senator from Iowa are these
words written His motives should not
be questioned merely because he is at
variance with the administration, nor
should his attitude be misrepresented
because it is not understood. He Is en-
titled to hold and to express opinions
that are peculiar" and the fact that
he expresses them, regardless OF what
ever unpopuarity they may for the
time being encounter, should insure
him, as it must eventually. large
measure of respect. even among those
who differ from him widely.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-11

q discoearaGe uIAt 90 the man who \
seeking safnase1 70 promote tsnpsts
ance ana sobriety. !ikjs
But regardlsss OF the statistical eie-
n,ent Of the business. there Il no whore
any argument showing that the man
who spends his money for liquor gets
any real 0sne1lt from 1t. Two men
working side BY side during the week
each receive $50 Saturday evening. One
buys jag and spends Sunday in dur
awe vile and turns UP In the police
court Monday morning broke. The other
pays his bills, buys supplies for the
family for the coming week. spends
Sunday with his family and turns up
ready for work Monday morning re-
freshed and happy. The conditions Of
these families. the happiness OF one and
the misery and humiliation OF the otaser.
are not represented by figures but they
are realities nevertheless and every
thinking man must admit the facts.
What the record would have been
had been there been no temperance
God alone knows.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-11
THE GOVERNMENT CROP REPORT.

The July government crop rpeort just
issued Is on the face of it much more
encouraging than private and press re-
ports. Corn crop conditions are within
about per cent of the average of corn
for the past ten year; winter wheat 76 s
per cent of normal compared with the
ten year average of s14; oats are low
at about Il per cent below the average;
barley is about the same percentage be-
low: rye ) per cent below as are po-
tatoes. Hay is only about a two
thirds crop.
Word of mouth reports are always
pessimistic. The man who sees a
splendid crop prospect turn TO a loss
always magnifes his loss. Conditions
are bad enough everywhere outside of
that favored garden OF the earth, Iowa.
the core of excellence of which is cen
trail Iowa but they are not as bad as
we are inclined to believe. Some Sec
tons of the Dakotas will lose all their
crop. Some sections Of Illinois and ad-
joining states will lose good part. but
if the government report is to be
credited we shall have fair general
crop Of the major cereals.
1t is too early to assert a crop fail
ure. We shall have wheat and corn
and cattle and hogs. If we have less
Of these than Of other years that is not
failure or famine.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-11
THE NAN OF THE HOUR.

Humboldt had big day not long ago.
1t was a holiday built about Frank
Gotch. the champion wrestler. In
newspaper cut the banner displayed
shows "Gotch" above Humboldt"
Now Humboldt is proud of being the
home of the champion wrestler of the
world 1t is distinction to have pro-
duced a champion. Gotch. also is a
pleasant fellow, as well as an athlete
His neighbors like him. But when we
come down to brass tacks there lsnt
much question that Humboldt has many
nuclei about which 10 build festai
day all of more Importance to the town
and to Iowa and to the world in gen.
eral than a champion professional
wrestler.
The fact is that we are all inclined
TO pass UP highly useful and service
able men and motives in favor Of men
and things which do not stand for
much beyond the moment We grow
enthusiastic over the return Of the
champion w tiiC NSiideNA ~--o
baseball team and let the man who
has blessed the world with a great true
service slip in and out OF town I'M
noticed and unwelcomed. More people
go to the train to catch glimpse of
Jack Johnson thru car window than
would call on Thomas Edison if he held
open house in the depot for week.
But after all Gotch is the smallest
part Of Humboldt. The man who
turned the first furrow with a breaking
pillow and a six yoke team OF oxen on
the town site did more for Humboldt
than Gotch tho he get his toe hold on
all the Hacks and Turks. however
terrible which a century may con-
tribute to the wrestling game. Why
not hold a festival for the pioneer mer-
chant or the banker or the farmer who
stuck it out among the sloughs and the
mosquitoes until men discovered that
Humboldt county farm land was worth
money and Improvement?
Why? o. we'll, there isn't the ex-
element in it for one thing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-11

have Tut 6oCoAAo0 by q Gom0cfA& eAau
70 have Il Eolleets. himself. - DE-
fested.
The construction OF ;twenty-four-
passenger automobile In New Jersey
for funeral party service may suggest
something In the way Of interuroan
traffic when the present era Of good
roads has become sstAblished.
80 E4e t95s
Just for purposes Of comparison: IN
Chicago the gas rate 10 ss cents Per
LOCO feet and the administration -
contending for 70-cent rate.
sss
Insurgents and regulars are lining up
for fight in the National Educational
Association meeting in San Francisco.
Wherever you find two or three people
gathered together you will And these
oontsndins elements.
Our fire loss In Iowa is $50 per
capita This could be cut down to 20
cents with rigid fire inspection ana
proper precaution. The difference y
what We are paying for slipshod
methods.
II presidents are worth anything. the
saloon men just as well get ready to
be reduced in numbers
The king and queen OF England visit
ed Dublin last week and the Irish peo-
pie bid them welcome. But along with
the banner on which was printed the
word welcome" there was this signin-
cant statement, I'VE want home rule"
They wanted to be sure the king would
not overlook their hint and they fixed
Il so he couldn't.
The president Is keeping IN touch
with the senate at washington b..
wireless telegraph. Roosevelt never
needed wires or wireless methods. He
used just ordinary words. embeliished
some what as occasion demanded and
reinforced by a row OF teeth which
might have scared Red Riding Hood.
President Taft ought to love Con-
gresham Hubbard.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-11
Topics Of the Times

In its efforts to embarrass Senator
thing out OF reciprocity for the west
the Register and Leader should take
note that Senator Kenyon voted for the
Cummins amendments.
Progressives In Iowa who follow the
Des Moines leadership will arrive ut
chaos.
Aspirants for state office who really
want to land should try for nominal
ton for auditor. Two terms for one
who never deserved the first ought to
be enough to demand successor.
1t begins to look as tho George
secretary of state had gotten away be-
fore the other starters were really
ready
Reciprocity is very much like a horse
trade, full of possibilities per Sc but de-
pendent largely upon the horses for re-
suits.
The city council at Council Bluns
is having terrible time reducing the
light rate from IS cents to IA cents but
the municipality has been selling cleo
trio lights at Webster City for 10 cents
and last year at that rate made 35 per
cent gross profit on its operation after
running the city's street lights free of
charge.
The trouble with running the deadly
parallel on insurgent senator's in the
reciprocity debate 10 that they are not
now opposing what they formerly ia
cored. They merely demand some adj
ditional reciprocity which will benefit
the west.
when drouth afflicts the land should
Christian men and women unite in
prayer?" INJURIES the Register and
prayer!' inquiries the Register and
La Toilette may have difficulty with
the sentiment among some of his
friends that it would be preferable to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-11
A BOSTON VIEW OF cuMMhs SPEECH.

The Christian Science Monitor,
politically Independent newspaper and
one Of the most thoughtfully edited
Cummins and his speech on the reci-
procity pact in a sincere and open
which will be read by Iowans
with interest as an expression of east
ern opinion and estimate of the Iowa
senator The Monitor recalls that as
governor of his state, 1902 to 1904,
United States Senator Cummins Of
Iowa was first to voice the thought
that the republican party had reached
could safely abandon some of the is
sues with which it had been identified
for over a quarter of a century. More
especially, as he put it. should it grad
ually recede from the position of de-
fender Of the high tariff system, not
only as a matter of policy but also as
new republican doctrine" says the
Boston paper. came to be known by
reason of its exponent and it's birth
place, as the Iowa idea" From it has
evolved the progressive republicanism
of today The antitheas Of the latter
in republican regularity
OF the senator's speech on the pact
it says:
Senator Cummins on Wednesday
concluded a long speech in opposition
to the Canadian reciprocity agreement,
which, as many very earnest tariff re-
formers are Convinced, is the most i'm
portant step ever taken by a repub-
lican administration toward the final
overthrow Of the protective tariff sys-
tenn. While this is consistent with his
attitude turnout, attempts are being
made by some too zea1ous friends of
the proposed international contract To
establish the contrary. Senator Gum
minis. it should be said in all fairness.
has taken q very high stand In this
controversy. Like some others who
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-11
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The domestic affairs OF the Shonts
family are again interesting the news
papers. For a purely private institu-
ton the Shonts family furnishes a
bumper crop Of good copy-or what
passes for good copy. says the Sioux
City Journal
Replyin gto the T-R suggestion
that there are doubtless some who will
see a political significance in the fact
that William ]. Bryan has purchased
another farm in Texas. the Webster
City Freeman Tribune says there
must be some political Significance in
this purchase. as 1t Is inconceivable
that a man of the good sense OF Mr..
Bryan would buy land in Texas ex-
cept for some hidden reason"
'.The state OF Iowa seems TO be
swatting the saloons with quite q fair
measure OF success" remarks the Buri-
ington Gazette.
what does Dave Brant want now
inquiries the Maquoketa Excelsior. He
has apparently picked a quarrel with
Governor Carroll and the whole stand
pat crowd over what he charges AZ
gross negligence on the part OF the
board Of pardons. We think Dave may
have something ons'em' from the man
ner in which he keeps pounding.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-11
CONSUMPTION OF LIQUOR.

There was an increase Oh oG1 per
cent in the amount of beer consumed
in this country in the last fiscal year.
as compared with the previous twelve
months. The increase in the amount
Of whisky consumed during the same
period was $50 per cent. Is it possible
that those maps showing only an oc-
casional wet in many OF our states Is
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. City Journal.
There is not as much deception in the
maps showing the increase Of dry"
territory as there is in the figures
quoted above. The Journal is not
quoting these figures to deceive, but
they are undoubtedly set afioat by those
seeking to discourage temperance
workers.
The government reports give the per
capita consumption of matted liquors
in the United States in 1909 as 1907
gallons and IN 1910 at 1919 gallons, an
increase Of - galolns. But in 1907 and
1908 the consumption was 205e and
POPS respectively. The two year per-
iod therefore shows balance the other
y.
the consumption per capita in 1909 and
1910 was 1872 and 1.43 respectively.
showing a percentage Of gain for the
year 1910 over 1909 as stated in the
quoted paragraph above. But again
the figures are deceptive. The figures
for 1907 and 1908 are 1.5s and 1.39 gall
Ions per capita The total consumption
Of all wines and liquors in the United
States for the five year period begin
ming in 1906 and ending 1910 are as fol-
lows: 1906, 2155: 1907. 22.79; 1908,
2222: 1909, 210S; 1910, 21se.
Going back several years 1t is evil
dent that there has been material in
crease in the per capita consumption OF
matted liquors. But there has been a
consumption Of spirituous liquors In
1854 we consumed 2.55 gallons per
capita Of distilled spirits, in 1869 2.07
gallons. From that time forward the
consumption has varied. ranging around
the one and nne-haK 9allon record
The aggregate consumption Of all kinds
of liquors has just about doubled since
1880. In that year the figures were
1908 gallons per capita and in 1910
21.s6. But 1t Is evident from the fore
going that we reached the summit in
1908 and that now there 10 beginning
a gradual decrease.
It is only fair to note In this connec-
ton that there has bsen . very large
increase in the per capita consumption
Of practically every kind OF article con-
sumed by tho peopls. In 1870 We con-
sumed 32.73 pounds Of sugar per capita
Last year we consumed 1887 pounds
Increased transportation facilities. In
creased wages and the geuse.i dit.
fusion q prospefity have made NJ verJ
much larger consumers Of al kinds o.
produce. n fair INTERPRETATIONS q thu
J statistics, thseefors, eontains no mote
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-11
A Roeker.on the Porch.


The old fashioned rocker at home suits
me best.
With it's wide arms of confort-a place
where you rest
So plain and SO cozy. just YOU and the
pup,
With no one to care if you ever 1ress
And maybe a paper to read thru the
day.
And cigar to smoke when the tWi-
ligh. steals gray.
Or q friend drops around for little
old chat
Out here on the porch where the rock
ers are at!
I see by the papers that many have
gone
To Europe and Asia. With sightseeing
That some seek the Catskills and
some are away
Moreover the lakes the cool breezes
oft play;
Some have gone down in the country.
and some
Are off to the cities mid roar and mid
hum:
But none for your uncle. I'll sit here
and Scorch
In dreams of the rocker out on the old
porch.
It's the best kind OF travel know of
on earth.
With more OF real resting and comfort
and nlirth
Than all the strange tours in the world
seem TO be
For such an old homehody creature
like me!
The old fashioned rocker. moved round
where the shade
In the long afternoons by the green
vines is made,
And the trees where the birds sing
and all the wide zone
I reach on my rocker. my loved and my
own.
baltimore Sun.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-05
The Popular Ten SPOT.

Perhaps the average reader would
Hind 1t difficult if not impossible to
state offhand the denomination OF the
notes which represent larger proper
ton Of our currency circulation than
any other. The outstanding circula-
1ion amounts to something more than
8, 546, 100000 and consists Of notes of
eleven denominations, ranging from 81
Ito $4,000. There are outstanding 154.-
411,S35 one dollar notes. But neither
the one dollar notes nor those of S1O.-
900 represent the larger item in
the currency circulation. There are
= %, 16O notes of $4,000 each outstand-
) ing-a total of $221. 100000. But the
: most important is the ten dollar note.
of which 6699.464 are in circulation.
representing a total Of 5000, GA GAO. So
ethe ten spot is your Uncle Samuel's IA
wsnrite issue.-New York Mail.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-05
An AGED iceberd.

when l was in the arctic" once
said General A. W. Greedy, 81 found
an aged foe berg in which the yearly
qualifications of growth could be
traced with great accuracy. l meas
ured them and by careful calculation
was able to discover that the oldest
layers of that ice probably dated back
to the years when Solomon was build
ing his temple. That temple, massive
as it was. has utterly persisted, and
men differ as to its exact site. But
that ice was still in existence when
was in the polar seas. and it may be
there yet. You see, a bit of fresh water
ice. once immersed in a salt sea that
has constant temperature of about
twenty-eight degrees, cannot very well
perish. 1t is in sort of perpetual
cold storage plant, colder than it's own
melting point. And that accounts fol
the long endurance of what in oul
climate would have lasted perhaps but
a few brief seconds"
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-05

The late Senator Frye attributed bis
robust health TO corTeet habits and
fondness for sport and tie world Out
doors Two months each yezr be en-
joyed ct his camp by the Rangsaey
lakes the keen delights Of the rod and
gun If there vas one achievement
Of bis life Of which be was inclined to
boast IL vas shat Of having caught the
largest square tailed trout ever taken
with . fiy. But some time ago nj q
dinner this boast vas challenged bS
no less an authority than Professor
Agassiz- That great naturalist assert
ed that the Maine senator was In eT-
rOr. for IL was a ss|sntlflc fact that no
true trout ever attained the weight
mentioned-seven pounds. The follow
Ing season the senator was fortunate
enough TO catch an eight pound spell
men Of the same species. which be
packed in Ice and sent TO Professor
Agassiz The professor acknowledged
his defeat In the following laconie line
The theory Of lifetime kicked L.
death by a fact" That" commented
Senator Frye. lis the only case / have
ever heard OF in which a theorist ever
paid the slightest attention TO a stub
born fact"-Boston Transcript.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-05

Nany rosausou uoxr.~ taTe uare n.ss
a usea niug Kery daTes~ns from to-
enc Ne now gise them silly ooce
meant blessed -'Thoa silly naEse." TIE
poet wrsaes Fond meant foolish
4 fond father was q foolish fashe-,
Milton writes.
Doth God exact d.y labor. Ilxas tens~a ,
I for6iy zxk.
meaning Il fooiIshiy ask" 4 pas.
senger" was one who was passing
along the Highways foot traveaer.
Now IL means one carried by public
conveyance. A journey meant q day
trzvei.
You'd think twas 4 journey to
Twickenham town" Now q journey
may mean . trip across continents o,
around the world
Rather Is the comparative form Of
an old word. rattle" meaning early.
The rathe primrose"
Now we have made IL mean "some-
what" and we have lost the first mean
Ing entirely when we say. You are
rather late."-McCall's Magazine.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-05
Duelino,

1t is generally agreed that dueling
took it's rise from the judicial combats
Of the Celtic nations. The first formal
duel In England was that between VII
liam Count of Eu and Godfrey Bay
nard about the year 1896. Dueling
was at its height in France about
1900, though it was pretty popular as
late as 1923, In which year Francis
/. sent a challenge to Charles Y. In
England dueling was checked In the
army in 1892 and gradually disappear
ed from civil life with the coming of a
more enlightened public opinion. Duel
ing was never as popular in this coun'
try as it was in Europe, but never
theless many famous duels have been
fought here. The code may be said
to have received it's death sentence
when Burr killed Hamilton. The de-
cline after that was steady until 1t
practically died out.-New York Amer
fcan.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-05
New Works Famous Library

The New York Public library is the
most complete institution of the kind
in the world. Besides the usual circu-
lating library and children's library
there are: Lecture room and class
room Of the library school, exhibition
room, eighty feet square, for the dis
play of photographed treasures; read
ing rooms for current periodicals, hay
ing a capacity of 1000 periodicals;
technology rooms, in which $4,000 vol
umes are shelved; two rooms for the
science collection, In which are shelved
$4,000 volumes relating to mathemat-
zeal and natural sciences; library for
the use of the blind, six study rooms
for special students and investigators,
special reading rooms for the consul
tation of the Slavonic, Jewish and
similar collections, reading room for
economics and sociology, shelving
about 10000 volumes; public docu-
ment room. which contains about So
900 volumes. etc.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-05
Stammerinq.

Stammering is due to a peculiarly
nervous temperament, and only very
sympathetic treatment can effect a
cure. Stammering In a child should
receive immediate attention, and the
Arst thing to be done Is to improve
the little ones health by means Of
plenty of sleep, fresh air and good
food Every day he should take deep
breathing exercises in the open air.
These deep, steady inspirations
strengthen the muscles Of the throat
and counteract a spasmodic habit Of
breathing. Notice should be taken of
the sounds which the little stammerer
has most trouble with, and sentences
containing these sounds should be
composed for him to repeat each day
very slowly and clearly. He should
also be asked to read aloud every day.
This exercise should be omitted when
ever he seems overexcited or run
down in health, and it goes without
saying that he should never be scold-
led or laughed at.-New York Tribune.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-05
InAa and n Rind.

The story OF one woman's pride and
devotion comes out OF jewelers.
shop. A young man bought an engage
ment ring. Apparently he was an
zimpecunious young man. At any rate.
ne ordered an imperfect diamond. In
less than a week his 1ancee called at
the shop alone.
els this a fawless diamondT she
asked. IL want an honest answer"
She got It.
81 thought So" said she. Poor fel
Govt l don't blame him. He did the
best he could. / don't care for myself.
but / have friends who are good judges
of diamonds, and 1t would nearly kill
fxne for them to find out that he gave
me cheap ring. VIII you take this
stone out and replace 1t with first
class diamond? He will never know
the difference. / will pay the bill"
The substitution was effected, and
that young woman Is now proudly
showing an engagement ring that for
asplender cannot be outdone on the
whole west side.-New York Times.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1911-10-05
Capitals We Have Had.

1t is asserted sometimes that the
United States has had five capitals.
but the statement is not correct. The
United States has had but three cap
itals-New York. Philadelphia and
Washington. In the period preceding
the adoption of the constitution no
place was legally constituted capital.
In loose and unofficial sense it is pos.
sible to describe as capital any city
which was the seat of government
Taking the sessions of the Continental
congress as establishing a seat of gov
eminent in the Revolution and the
confederation, the following cities
may loosely rank as capitals: Phila
delphia, Baltimore. Lancaster, York
Princeton, Annapolis. Trenton and
New York. The articles Of confedera
ton were passed by congress in Phil
adelphia. and the federal convention
charged to prepare constitution con
vened at the same place