Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-01
Local Comment

Councilman Herman insists that the
| farmer who now kicks about the North
! Third avenue road does not know what
| he is talking about for considerable
work has been done there by the city
teams this week in filling holes with
cinders and in grading. AS fast as
the cinderS can be secured this street
will be thoroughly improved. The
same is true of East Main street with
| in the city limits.
Complaint is made by Mr. G. f.
| Kirby that the Quarry road lying in
the tXereme northern part of LeGrand
township has been neglected as to
dragging. LeGrand township has been
one of the best dragged townships in
the county ard this one piece of road
should not longer be permitted to spot
| an otherwise perfect record.
Visits to Eldora and to Mason City
this week by the city council have
shown the city officials some beautiful
street paving which is being laid at
$l.36 III Eldura and S1.3S in Mason
City and some of which was laid in
Mason City two years ago at $1.25.
This means a saving Of $50 to every
; lot as between brick, asphalt or patent
ed pavements at 50 per yard. Mar
shalltown is going to have some con-
crete paving. Those who want it must
petition for it.
The tax ferret has dug up $4,000 in
taxes for the county which would 9th
erwise have been lost by concealment.
Some people would legislate the tax
ferret out of business but he seems to
have a way OF making people dig up
the money.
There is to be a cooperative store
in Narshalltown conducted by the Ia
Dor unions and for the labor unions
If it is ably managed it will succeed
just as any private venture would sue
coed but if it is not managed by men
who have real business capacity the
fact that the labor unions are back of
ii will not insure its success. Whether
it succeeds or not it will cut no more
figure with other merchants than with
any new store which might start up
and there are always new merchants
coming 70 town To those who are
inclined TO kick it must be reminded
merchandising, Anybody can go into
the retail business who wants to.
Farmers can and DO organize co-opera-
tive stores. why not labor unions? Even
Methoaists, Catholics and the Chris
tian church are somewhat clannish in
their trading at the stores
The Lennox Machine Company plant
l;,l, IL.
chine building city has been almost
totally destroyed by fire. Whether it
will be rebuilt or not is as yet uncer-
tain. However, it would have been re-
built in steel and concrete covering an
entire square block of ground two
years ago had not the labor trouble
arisen. Plans had been prepared. lots
had been purchased, prices on ma
terial had been obtained and the con-
tract would have been let had the
strike been delayed twenty four hours
The company has operated in spite of
the strike for two years but, of course
the labor war has made its cost of
operation more expensive than it
should have been. IF the company
could be left to deal with its own
men, that is e the union men who
never had been employed in its fac
tory would now keep their hands off
the company would Undoubtedly re-
build. The pickets are On duty yet in
the vicinity Of the plant to intercept
workmen and men who work there have
their families subjected to insult even
now two years after the strike was
first called. When union men go to the
extreme of trying to drive factory out
of MarshalltoWn which refuses to sub
nit to their demands they raise a very
serious doubt in other mems minds
whether unionism IS a good thing for
town even tho 1t processes human
welfare as its purpose. Let 1t once
be esta blished that a factory will be
pursued year in and year out in Mar
shalltoWn unless 1t acceeds to every
union demand and no new factories
will come here even tho they might
not be disposed TO fight labor unions.
They would want to locate where they
could have something to say about
their labor contracts. 1t is true that
very few other industries here are
having labor troubles but this very
fact should show to the labor unions
that there is such thing as fighting
until the goose is killed which has
been laying the golden eggs. Jobs and
lots of them is what union labor wants.
The next step is to unioniZe all OF
them it can but to try to exterminate
when it can not rule will sooner or
later react upon the interests Of all
labor. 1t Is time that the strike were
called off from the Lennox Machine
Company and pickets removed. Let's
get some business to going again be-
fore we have any more trouble. Jobs
will become too scarce in MARSHALL
town for comfort If we don't watch
out.
1t is to the credit of the wise heads
among saloon men that there was no
organized demonstration last evening
among the booze crowd as was freely
talked about yesterday afternoon.
Everybody was so extremely busy get
ting last chance" drink or unload
ing a last bottle that there was really
no time for demonstrations. Re-
markable as 1t may seem the police
drew only one drunk from the even
ing's bargain sale in booze. The fact
that depot saloons and many up town