Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-05-06
YouSG-AS APPRECIATION
tWapello Tribun

tWapeliO TFlSune.j
From personal letters written by
LATE Young 10 numerous people over
the state and from his announcement
We note that Mr.. Youngs chief claim
to suffrage Is the fact that he has
eliminated all liquor loan shark and
questionable ads from his paper. This
he claims was done about two years
ago and has been at sacrifice OF s13.-
600 per annum. Young SAYS. Il have
made the Des Moines Capital clean
family newspa per" His announcement
also advises his friends that he has
beer thirty years building up the paper
that he is now prosperous. that he has
son who can run the paper for him,
and Young adds. II have the leisure
and the desire to serve my fellow
men"
Two years Of virtue and a strong
inclination TO serve the people is GER
tainly some qualification for the office
Of United States senator Ed Hunter.
who is giving Young his unqualified
endorsement says. Il do not like these
holier than thou people" In this case
tho he seems to be assured that 3
year-old halo on so-year old man
thou class
We certainly must look with admir-
ing eyes on this brand new virtue OF
YounRs' and az it appears to be the
only one he has. We hope he will beat
the tom tom and stand on the street
corner and loudly call attention to II.
It is splendid thing TO cut out liquor.
loan shark and phonv ads 1t takes grit
and resolution to do this. especially
when the loss is $4,000 per ano,Iri.
The sacrifice is more than many men
could bear. Young cut them out. OF
course. because he conEidered II wrong
70 run them. He wanted clean. moral
paIer like the rest Of US run one nj
to go into christian homes. He prides
himself that now his paper II purged
and purified. but at the fearful sacfi-
flee of $4,000 per annum. Do not FORGET
this loss OF revenue. And now reader.
get your pencil and paper and figure
little. The Capital has been conducted
for about thirty years. 1t cut out the
QUESTION: ble ads Jess than two years
ago. according to YounIs own state
meht. SO that II must have run them
and derived revenue from them for the
twenty-eieht years preceding. The hrst
fifteen years Of the Capitals existence
may have been lean years: the last
have been fat The phony ads were
yielding $4,000 when Lafe cut them
out. The probably Yielded AZ much IN
the ten years preceding or $500
They probably yielded half az much IN
the ten years prior to that. or $4,000
and they probably Welded quarter az
much in the eight wears prior. or $2S.-
900. or a grand total revenue in twenty
eight years for liauor loan shark and
! questionable advertisement Of S221.oee
Now add to this the extra amount that
! va:::. .ecesveA vhiie state binder Tor
skiver binding and we can readily un-
derstand why Young now claims to be
prospeYous and has the leisure TO serve
! his fellow man.
! But liant II strange that Young should
run his paper twenty-eight years Of
| thereabouts before the thought oc.
Cured to him to cut out this question
able advertising. 30 az to render his
PAPER At to enter christian homes!
Stranger still that the resolution e
clean I'D the IA ney should catMclde with
Young's ambition to 70 TO the senate
OF cns.ss according 70 stan6pAt feas.
oni~g, II Young has lost S13.oee TO TIN