Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-04-13
Local Comment

| As an object lesson in boosting It
would be well for Marshalhown ctti-
Gems to note what the business men OF
small town like Perry do to get fac
| tory. Collectively they gave ten acres
OF ground, free taxes for seven years.
free water, power at half the Marshall
town rate, 500, 600 in bonds and $15, 600
in capital stock subscriptions. But I'M
dividually is the showing most i'm
portant On the bond issue one bank
took $12,500 and the other two took
5000 each. One individual took 1000,
! thirteen took $1,000 each. seventeen
took $500 each and only sixteen sub
scribed for amounts less than $500. On
the stock subscription 1t was the same
In spirit for after the two leading SUBJ
scriptons Of $50. 900 and $1,000 there
were sixteen subscriptions at $4,000
each, seven at 81 900 each and six at
$500. 1t seems that when it comes to
boosting nobody is counted at less
than $500 in a small town like Perry.
The Times Republican regrets that
Marshalltown has permitted this thing
to happen ard its editor has personally
urged that steps be taken to prevent
circumstances have been such that it
has seemed impossible to prevent the
removal and the next best thing is to
fill the void at the earliest possible mo-
menr If it shall require local aid and
stock subscription let our citizens re-
member the pace set by small town
or else be clans and acknowledge 1t.
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II,
Perry, where the man with factory
was made guest of honor at a BAN
Quet after receiving all the gifts in the
calendar may be cited the activity Of
small politicians IN the First ward DO
ing everything in their power to defeat
for delegate to a republican conven-
ton the president Of a local factory
which employs from 100 to 100 men in
this city. 1t was the first time he had
ever consented to seek a position of
public trust and, Of course. he is not
sore about II now because political
honor is not sought by him. but the
contrast in the spirit shown toward q
man with factory in a town that
needs factories and in a town that has
them is marked in this case. Other
manufacturers locally claim that they
have more real difficulty getting local
dealers to handle their goods than they
do in any other town they work. while
It has become somewhat notorious how
ward politicians without visible means
of support and others Of both high and
low degree corspire to villify and con-
denim those who's. whole life and con-
structive energy is being spent upon
efforts to build up the town
Marshalltown, under the present adj
ministration, has secured the lowest
price in Iowa upon concrete paving. At
S1.08 per yard the amount Of money
saved to property owners and tax pay
ers on 10000 yards over the cost Of a
patented pavement like granitoid would
be s63 ooG. When people are prone to
remark that II is time to quit fighting
in Marshalltown the present commits
sion can reply that there is money
in 1t.
However. concrete paving can be the
poores, stuff ins.tl1e world if the speci-
fications. ares .sIdnned' and the price
being so close there is the maximum
of necessity for ',skinning' on the part
Of the contractor: that is. he, must
possible in order to come out with a
profit hence it is up to the council to-
provide competent and irreproachablee
inspection. 1t Is then up to each prop
erty owner to inspect the work in front
of his property for himself. Concrete
properly mixed and seven inches thick
will last q lifetime II It rs good con-
crete.
We are soon to approach the season
Of weddings and that prompts the hope
that If any boy babies should in due
time arrive as the result Of marriages
yet to be contracted, some Of them
may be educated for lawyers so we
will have one ready to try the local gas
rate case when It comes up in court.
Cedar Rapids and Des Moines have
both won 80 cent gas and Clinton, Bur-