Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-02
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

| Burlington HaWk-Eye-lt is a con-
fusion OF ideas, that CLASHES the
business interests and ''the money
power as one. Their interests are
often wildly divergent. 1t Is not the
accumulated currency, but the great
productive forces Of business activi-
ties that is deserving of very special
recognition in the platforms and
nominations of the political parties
next year, Mere money essential as
it is to human progress, represents
mobile denominations; the farm, the
factory, trade and commerce are the
vital forces of the present and the
hope of the future. Without them,
money is of no utility. The great
productive forces of the country
should have a dominant voice in the
next election Of a president and Of a
new congress. III
Dubuque Times-Journal-Th Holy
Name society of Cedar Rapids is tax
ing up good work--a campaign
against profanity. The society's ac-
|tivities are to be launched against
both profanity and indecency. The
campaign very properly includes both.
One of the most inexcusable of
mans habits is the use of profane
or indecent language. Those who use
such language are often the most will.
| ing to declare their admiration Of the
man who abstains. A campaign such
as the Holy Name society has inau-
gurated is one Of great practical bene.
|flt. May the movement secure many
devotees, regardless Of creed or lack
of creed.
Davenport Times-Ottumwa is talk.
ing about erecting new hotel. When
| it is thoroughly understood by men
with large investments in Ottumwa
that strangers often judge city by the
kind of hotels it possesses the capital
stock ought easily to be secured even
though direct profits from the new
hotel as an investment may not be
alluring.
Keokuk Gate City-The dispatches
tell Of New York mans life being
saved on Christmas by his pocketbook
which diverted a bullet from his heart.
The idea of pocketbook with any
thing in it on that day involves a
lsevere strain upon the imagination.
| Cedar Rapids Republican--We want
to repeat that if Mr.. Cummins wants
| the Iowa delegation; he will have to
announce himself as a candidate He
should not ask for the control Of the
delegation, if he is not candidate in
his own name. The delegation does
not want to be controlled in the inter-
est of any trades or dickers. Let the
whole thing be in the open. No man
| is entitled to boast that he is carrying
a delegation in his vest pocket, dele
cation that he can vote at his own plea
sure. The days Of political ownership
ought to be past, at least in Iowa.
Waterloo Courier-There is an ordi-
nance requiring property owners to
clear the walks in front of their lots.
The officials complain of their inabili-
ty to enforce it, declaring that it costs
more to collect payment from the
property than to do the work free We
believe the extra expense might be
warranted if examples could be made
of few obstinate cases However.
|such simple duty should be willingly
performed without force. 1t is up to
every good citizen to clean his walk
for the benefit Of his city and his fell
low man. He who does not respect
this obligation must plead guilty to
unpleasant charges which, if never ex-
pressed, are formulated in the minds
of the victims who founder past his
home or flirt with pneumonia in the
;slush.
Hampton Chronicle-The last Gen.
isus showed that Iowa lost about 1000
in population during the past ten
years. The figures show that five
counties Winnebago Palo
Alto, Emmett and Hancock--lost just
about 1000 Of this 1000 loss, and
yet those counties are better and rich
er in every way than they were ten
years ago, and farm lands in all of the
counties named are selling at much
higher prices now. This loss of popu-
lation'' shows some queer conditions.
Card of Thanks.
We extend our heartfelt thanks to
all relatives and friends for their sym
pathy to us in the death Of our beloved
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