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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
La FollE11E'S MISTAKE,

Perhaps the best explanation Of Sem
ator LaFollette's %untactful assertions
against the newspaper press is to be
found in over strain and the nervous
ness consequent upon over work. That
4 wSs without tact ana is likely to
ALLEVIATE some Of his former newspaper
friends is undoubtedly true and that it
will be worked to the limit by his
enemies and unfriends Of the press is
certain. Blu LaFollette was never a
handed politician. His methods are to
attack in force on the center. In this
case he seems to have charged solne-
what blindly without considering fully
no~nconbatants II friends.
But his charges were not all I'M
truthful. 1t is true that certain news
papers and q great many of them have
lost the confidence of the public. There
comes to mind n which was III most
prominent spokesman of the republi-
can party some years ago and enjoyed
a wide circulation in a half dozen of
the middle western states where it was
accepted by thousands of country
people and in the smaller towns with
the most complete confidence. 1t was
purchased and controlled by the head of
a huge municipal utility. a man whose
methods have been universally con-
demned and who had once peer a con-
Wet. 1t fought his fight. That is what
he bought it to do. And in time as the
facts became known as to it's owner
ship and !ts course aiicIaw1 It's
lose existence. There are others like
it in the United States. Interests of all
kinds fight with the weapon Of pub
licity. 1t is not SO a thing
for news to be garbled by certain news
papers that the entire press need take
the assertion that such is the case as
a universal Insult.
Senator LaFollette has grounds for
his accusation. The trouble with it Is
that he made 1t too broad and took in
the entire press. There are many news
papers which take orders. There are
hundreds which are unpurchasable by
office or currency and which defy
threats. The fact is that
are no better than the men and inter-
ests which own and direct them and
the men who make them.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
IN THE

washington County Press.l
The situation has already developed
enough in Iowa to see plainly that
there will be no fight on Cummins, out
side of the First and Sixth districts.
The Second has been fighting ground
but Il is now unanimous for Cummins.
The Fifth has nbeen stardpat, but It
will send Cum minis delegates without
a contest. The Eighth and Ninth will
do the same, and all he other districts
are overwhelmingly progressive. From
the Eleventh there comes a loud and
plaintive wall. 1t. is Uncle George d.
Perkins. The vitriol in his soul or the
gall in his liver is running over in a
hot and pungent stream, but the old
Eleventh will bury him like an
avalanche. However, hts analogs are
gobbled up eagerly by what is left OF
the corporation press in this district.
Down here in the reservation where
the C. B. & o. railroad still thinks 1t
both parties We will have to fight
but we are ready for the fray. Let
all the Roosevelt men, all the La Fol-
lette men anG all the Cummins men
get together and Taft will lose every
county in the district. These are the
brightest days the progresslves nave
ever had in the reservation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
CHOOSING Careers,

An English father consulted q friend
az to what career ne ought to select for
his son, a boy Of 10. say the London
Globe. The friend thought the matter
over a bit and then advised the father
as follows:
Lock your boy ii va room where
there is a Bible On the table, an apple
and some pieces Of one After q
quarter of an hour open the door noise
lessly and see what the boy Is doing,
II he il reading the Bible make him a
clergyman; il his attention Is concen-
trated on the apple make him a farmer.
AID II he Is amusing himself by count
ing the mUhey it's plain that he Is
meant to be q financier."
The experiment was tried and when
the friend inquired what the result was
the father replied:
Il found him sitting on the Bible,
he had pocketed the money and wa
the apple"
Make him q member OF parliament.
them was the advice OF the friend.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05

INUUN fNdpIHs f1"e1
The ~audacious claim Is made for
Holden that he is opposed by polite
ians and newspapers which are office
holders or are looking for office. For
rebuttai just look over the list OF the
Holden committee. long noted. every
one of them, for office holding. and
then make a list of the newspapers
that are supporting him, all of which
have peer up to their ears for years in
politics and most of the editors OF
which held office about as far back as
memor runs. It's another case of
stop thief or the pot calling the kst-
tie black. It would be difficult to trot
out a candidate that wouldn't have
support, if any at all. Of politicians
and newspaper men who have held Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
OUT OF THE CAR WINDOW.

From the car window yesterday the
train seemed t. be running thru a de-
serted land. I. was cold and the win
blew from the northwest. The cattle
had left the fields and sought shelter
in the barns n sheds. Here
and there a bunch of horses
dared the weather and stood hunched
on the leeward sides Of ~strawpiles,
launches to the wind. The cornstalks
stood stripped and desolate. In swampy
spots the sedge grass fringed the
deeper snow. Clear cut in black and
white the outlying farmsteads painted
the horizon. Little spirals of smoke
rose from the chimneys of the houses.
About some Of them the larches and
and the pines gave a green reminis-
cence of summer and a suggestion Of
warmth and shelter. No wonder the
early settlers planted them about their
homes to fend away the winds and
lend a patch of color to the winter.
Crows flap idly across the shrouded
meadows. At the top of the rising
ground where the wind is rudest. the
snow whirls into a misty spindrift. The
plowed field is ridged black and white
as it's burrows run. There is the little
white school house at the cross roads
with its two stunted evergreen trees.
it's attendant weatherbeaten and dii-
%lapidated coal house and general air of
neglect and rough usage. Two ancient
apple trees and a hole in the ground
mark the spot where a house stool
some day. A willow tree is growing
from The cellar where somebody stored
his harvest of potatoes and apples and
laid down his winter pork. PERHAPS
children rummaged in the bins. Any
way a home existed there and is gone.
The flock Of snow buntings which flew
from the track Of the approaching
train know where and who they were
who went as well as we and perhaps
care as much.
And now a llttie Town, the SInOhe VI
many fires from as many chimneys.
There is the bus at the depot and on
the platform a little group Of travellers.
There also, the band Of loafers who
wait md watch to see the train come
IN, standing at ease in semi-expectant
o&titudes or leaning against the side
Of the station building: people always
there when FOL arrive and who remain
as you start on. who you might sup
pose are there always looking for some
one to come who has never started.
Male Mariannes, they whose moated
oranges are the railway depots Of small
towns. The travelling contingent come
In with stampings and shiyerings and
look for double seats, bringing gusts of
cold air with them. That basket
Aeenshf in and placed so carefully by
~ elderly woman who stood~near the
lafgo man in h Galloway ceat as the
train pulled In. suggests fresh eggs
and Q daughter in the city. There il
anothsf paskags which IL reminiscent
ths rolls Of butter mother used to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
THE FIVE MILL TAX.

~
\ five mill tax practically places
moneys and credits on the free list and
1t ooks possible that every Money
holder will give in the full amount OF
n and credits he may AVE on
hand.-Vinton Eagle.
We fail to see how the learned edit
tor OF the Eagle figures that the new
law practically puts moneys on the free
list. This law Y moneys IS per
81, 900. The tax OF a good quarter Sec
ton OF land in Tama or Benton coun-
ties is around $50, figuring it worth
$3.50 per acre. The value of such a
farm is about $3.50 per acre or a total
of $4,000. If the owner sells the land
and the proceeds, $4,000, are taxed. his
taxes are s12o, or so per cent more than
he paid on the land. Do you call that
practically free?" We admit that the
new law is far more reasonable and
fair than the old measure, which taxed
money, if the assessor could find it..
three or four times as much as II 1t
were invested in and or town property.
but it is very far from a Tree statute.
1t will. however, bring hundreds Of
thousands OF dollars out of hiding.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
THE cUs1M1Ns MEETING.

Lies SloIiiSS AiioAAAS.I
The organization meeting OF the
acknowledgements movement was
in the right spirit.
There was no prescription pro-
nounced against anybody; the demand
was to pu the best foot rwa to
bring the nomination west Of the Mis-
sissippi If the opportunity should open,
and the feeling was hat h oppor-
tunity might open.
There is a chance that In a split in
the east between the Taft and Roose-
Welt men the choice may be thrown
outside Of either: in that event enc
tor Cummins stands clearly the best
show.
Senator Cummins is by far more
likely as a possibility than any mar
west of the Mississippi has ever been,
and there is every reason why Iowa
should take what chance there Is, es-
pecially as nothing Iowa an do Will
in any way affect the quarrel between
the Taft and Roosevelt men.
The demand is now for Iowa to get
together.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05

make, n an irregular bundle which
might easily be a chunk Of fresh beef
or even q ham.
And so 1t goes. The frost gathers
on the car window and defys the hand
kerchief. And so the train goes on thru
the white silence of a winter Sunday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
LET US ALONE"

rOskaloosa Saturday Globe.1
The Times, discussing an editorial
in the Herald, in reference to h in-
combine. says: .
at isn't another new law we want,
but an enforcement Of the n we
have. This may sound very disre-
.spectful Of our worthy attorney gem
eral, but we believe 1t to be h truth.
Mr.. Cosson is too busy enforcing the
liquor laws 70 pay any attention to
anything else. The fact 10 that Just 1t
present this is Iowa's greatest fault.
While the attorney general mas been
handing down opinions on h liquor
laws. and the courts have been wrest-
ling with this all important matter,
the enforcement Of other Laws hea
been ignored. There = absolutely M
reason why insurance rates Ia Osks-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05

gsst that our neighbors Of the "Bis
Woode. should now plan for an or
chard. however small 1t may be. Those
little ten. twenty and forty acre arms
southeast Of Waverly q be made very
valuable with labor directed by brains
and good judgment. Select a few apple
trees that you know will do well in this
county. II possible, prepare a north
slope on the farm for your orchards
Commence this spring and then plant
a few trees every year. The Biz
Woods can be developed if every TAR
in that section makes himself Q
development company. We feel that
u advice is good. Plant a few apple
trees this spring. You can raise ap-
pies IN those clay n limestone hills.
do not advise you to start with a
great orchard. but plant a few fruit
trees. And the bluffs of the Big Woods
will grow grapes, too.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
Topics of the Times
The price of eggs and butter initiate
much against general leap year op-
portunity.

The price of eggs and butter initiate
much against general leap year OPP
p%ortunity.
Story City get the old peoples home
Of the Lutherans. 1t is to be at once
a home and a s~anatorium. Samaritan
ism among the Norwegian and German
Lutherans seems to include among its
objects illness and old ago. The home
at story City is a very splendid ex-
ample of the true charity typified by
the Good Samaritan.
A long congress makes a short chau-
tauqua.
The three Ms-Mescal, Mutny and
Mexico.
Mr.. Kepford whose work for pre-
vention of tuberculosis has been es-
pecially valuable to Iowa, has decided
that the work needs him more than he
desires to be lieutenant governor. 1t is
a useful mans conclusion.
Mr.. G. w. Perkins Is anxious that in
fractions of the antitrust law be pun
ished by imprisonment But wouldn't
that have been as an astonishing q
proposition ten years ago as the Wright
BOYS announcement that they had COM
pleted a successful flying machine?
Wonder if Candidate Young saw
anything Feb 2?
watterson and Harvey seem to have
been trying to play a Wilson game
with the Alton Parker signals.
Colonel Roosevelt Is always sensible
He is ready for suffrage wher
the majority Of the women want 1t. AZ.
ter all craftsmanship is mainly com
mon sense.
Messrs. Roosevelt and Bryan Will.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
THE VALUE OF COLD.
waterloo Times-Tribune.]

Waterloo TineS-Ir1bune.J
It has been a cruel winter in WI
the mercury has reached the degree
of minus So, in these parts-and IN
places like Spirit Lake and Charles
City, it must have been much lower.
But the people Of Iowa were wen
proteoted; and all Of them enjoyed
comfort-or practically all Of them
while the storms ragged without. $
These storms, always panieq
with snow, are fertilizers. They 50
change the relative positions Of the
particles Of the soil that ordinary ma
nuring counts for comparatively little.
It will be but a month, or such a
matter, until nature will awake n
will liberate all of her fecund poTerN
The corn will grow apace, the Whea4
will form miniature oceans to the pass
ing breezes; in short the whole. earth
will smile in response to the husband
mans pillow.
Meantime, the cold has awakened the
virility, the energies Of all; n what
may have been lacking in climate has
beer more than compensated for in the
increased fertility Of the earth.
Such is Iowa; and, In view OF the
facts as stated above, there is small
wonder why Iowa land sells at so high
a price.
Frost, snow, the freezing of the earth
and consequent d~islocation and reas-
similating of the particles OF the SOIL,
have made Iowa.
Tuberculosis INT kindred diseases
have fewer victims here than In sun
kissed California;; there are more
'lungers' graves at Ell Paso than At
Waterloo Then why sesk elsewhere
for the ideal spot where maj may grow
and thrive?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
ON II
TNount Vernon Record

Some .nen-and neHspapers-hayent
discovered that the way to boost a
business is to boost it, and leave COM
petitors alone. They think the way to
boost Mr.. Clark's candidacy is to knock
Mr.. Holden. The Record expects TO
support Mr.. Clark, not because of n
sins Mr.. Holden has committed, but
because we believe Mr.. Clark to be an
exceptionally well qualified mar for
the governorship.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
THE TAIL TO THE KITE.
IMondanlin Enterprise.1

Every school boy knows that a kite
will not fly unless there is a string ty-
ing it down. II is just SO in life. The
mar who is tied down by a half dozen
blooming responsibilities and their
mother will make a higher. stronger
fight than the bachelor, who having
nothing to keep MIN steady, is always
houndering in h mud. If you want
to ascend in the world, tie yourself to
somebody.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
ONE A MINUTE.

Dubuque Tines-JouTnal.1
The una sucker supply was good
last year, and bit the bait eagerly,
thus contributing to the prosperity OF
many smooth operators who are
strangers to legitimate work. Accord
ing to the annual report of r. s.
Sharp, chief inspector Of the postonice
department. Americans contributed
s17, ooo, 900 to the support Of the gentry
who live by their wits. These figures
include only those schemers who were
put out of business by the department
Probably other millions were poured
into the Golfers of these takers and
schemers by persons who were
ashamed to expose their ignorance by
"~suuealing.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
APPLES IN BREMER.

Judging by ourselves and by our
neighborhood, the people OF Bremen
county have eaten more apples during
the six months ending this February
than they ever did before IN the same
length of time since the county was
named. And that moves US to sug-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
Iona Newspapers
YOUNG'S SINGER.
Humboldt Republican,

"Coloael' Young's singer is a man.
Colonel Young q be getting on in
years out he has not yet reached the
stage where he has a good looking wo-
man tagging after him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
Embarras.ina Msmsnts.

Embarrassing Moments.
When there is. company present n
the maid announces IN . stage whisper
that there isn't enough chicken to 80
around.
When you suddenly resaemDsf thai
you have left the notes OF your speecs
at home in your other clothes.
When two or three fienos OF yous
wife get on the car In which you are
riding and you have only 10 cents.
when you tell your wife Q hava
spent the evening with . sick friend.
and in the meantime the sick friend
has called upon you.
When they pass the collection plate
you find you have nothing but =
bill and q / cent piece in your clothes.
When somebody asks you What ypuf
alma mater IL and you don't know
what alma mater means.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05

not saying much and refraining from
cheering are on The side lines keeping
warm and timber under their blankets
waiting to be called into the game.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
"A Ton a. colAl

could buy nothing better for female
wsaknssees. lame back and kidney
'troubls than Electric Bitters. 'soc. Ac.
Bride e Viii Drug ca.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05

American League Of Associations.l
menta, but they do not swell The sals1.
On the other hand ne could Invest
the same number Of dollars Ia perhaps
six different items, i've Of which would
sell IN q par with tho, one which No
has purchased. He has then ~ items
yielding him . net profit rather than
one; and whom he sells the twelve dozen
he has turned his stock six times In
stead Of n
This - why thu 3obbse playspan es-
sential and important part in the field
OF distribution. II u the jobber's place
to carry h surplus stock, 70 take the
risk, to make possible Tor the retailer
the highest number " turns for his
stock. Ssss
It u the retailers business % buy his
goods in small quantlties ana often.
and TO look to the johhers stocked
warehouses for his frequent needs, and
he must do 30 II he IL enabled 70 sell
his goods to his customers At the right
price. for his profit depends not on .
single sale but on the frequent turning
Of stock, and 1t 10 In this way with the
aid of the jobber that he - enabled to
serve his customers to the best ad-
vantage and to make ~sufAcient net
profit to stay Ia business.
Adam Smith recognised the necessity
Of the jobber in these words: The
capital Of the jobber replaces. togeth-
er with their profits. the capitals of the
farmers and manufacturers of whom
he purchases the rude and nanufac-
tured produce which he dsais in, and
thereby enables them to continus thsir
respective trades. II IL by thie SER
vice that h contributes indicsctly to
support the productive labor o. SO
ciety, and to increase the value Of ita
annual produce" eteL
The retailer ana the Jpbber are es-
sential factors in ahe deld Of dtstribu-
ton and this old and recognised meth
cd Of distribution thru the. retailer and
the jobber II serving we'll the people Of
tho United States. It 10 supplying ther
wants on q very close and fair basis Of
profit. The present method Of diSt1abu-
ton IL In no wise q factor in the hlgh
cost Of living, but On the other hand
the Increased cost Of ,liyanG has bssn
brought about largely by tho tDcr0sesd
COS: c: production or fssasa. sn6 IN i1S-
tory. by a higher standard OF living
and more than all tho Other forces
combined by the increased ~production
of gold.
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"a =" rss. 49,. 80
s S AZ .ne
goo IN i.s re'a'ion 10 .nS
.s.s 80 Iii -. .-ohan.~ rn,-
much Is formerly. It means that We
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sV.u .s1"o.l ~ 80
ou'pul -. ~ .suso. -A..t 80.
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years aeo.
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05
IOWA OPINIONS AND NorEs.

while Theodore Roosevelt may be
ahead Of his times, we believe he has
better and clearer ideas OF solving the
great questions that confront us than
any other man in any other party"
says the Napoleon Press. What we all
want is good business conditions. We
do not wish to tear down, unless we
"a build better instead. Big business
should be handled with discretion and
justice, but it must be taught there
is a God In Israel. The big stick should
be over all, but not be used to demolish
without reason. Experience has taught
Colonel Roosevelt to use 1t Alright"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05

loosa should be boosted. Year by year
our homes and business houses are
being made more safe from loss by
fire. Even now the chief Of the Are
department and WI members of the
city council are visiting the eastern
cities with a view to purchasing an
automobile fire truck to add to the
efficiency of our ire-fighting appar-
'atus." !.
No. we don't need any more laws.
What we need is something to call
the attention Of Mr.. Cosson away
from the Moon law for q few days.
1t Is certainly refreshing to know
that we have an attorney general who
Is really enforcing the liquor laws.
The constant cry Of the saloon forces
has always been, Let Us Alone
That's wha made such cities as Sioux
city, Davenport, and Dubuque, at one
time a state within themselves. They
defed law and lesalized authority III
til eventually life was not safe. n
militia was finally called out at DaV-
enpor and wnen the iaw-defyiHs Gle
ment were brought up at their rope s
end. they got down on their marrows
and said If they were 'let alone they
would be good.
We recently saw a statement from
the Davenport Commercial Club, or
some business association OF that CITY,
in which they were priding them
selves on how good they were. DaV-
EXPORT was the home of the law-de-
flying element, made so by the OUT
lawed Joints" which run by city au-
thority. Then there is in vivid mem
DRY. "Smoky Row." in Ottumwa' win
the rest of her wide-open joints, wind
ing up with the horrible murder OF
Clara Rosen. by the fiend Junkin, a
Smoky Row product. Certainly 'he
Times isn't going to object because
these places have been cleaned up,
largely by the efforts OF Dyer ana
Cosson. in the attorney generals OF
fee.
A man who will impartlally ENFORCE
any law that is being constantly Vlo-
lated, is pretty liable to be a sooo en-
forcer of all laws, at least there IS
much more hope than if he made no
effort to enforce any law. Certainly
this much can be said, we o know
what the Moon law really means. .
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05

MT. Vernon has one mar sure of a
place in the hall off anne at least" says
the Mr.. Vernon Record. "Dr. Homer
Stuntz is mentioned by Ayers Almanac
as the noted man born on Jan. 20"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-05

There will be a few of the old
men who can't forget, who will
oppose Cummins,' says the Davenport
but the great mass of the re-
publicans of the state will boost Cum
Minis"