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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
PREVENTING FIRES.

The year has started off with fire
losses at the rate of a million dollars
q day. While much Of this was due to
the prolonged and excessive cold
weather, yas & does not promise well
for the reduction in the fire waste
which il was hoped TO secure in 1872
as q result of the educational work
done last year. The 1911 fire losses
were $234,337,250, but the loss for
January Of this year was so per cent
ahead of the same mont last year.
AS usual, most Of these fires were due
to the national fault Of carelessness.
While zero weather. may account for
the unusua number. most of them
were easily preventable. Overheated
stoves and furnaces, defective flues,
and the thawing of frozen water pipes
with burning paper wer the chief
causes of the old-weather fires. But
it is carelessness approaching crini-
nality to run stovepipes near wood, to
build chimneys improperly and leave
them u~ninspected. to start a bonfire by
a lath partition in a home to thaw out
frozen pipes, and to do all the other
foolish and reckless things that make
the fire waste of the country a quarter
of billion dollars a year.
The people have this reduction Of the
fire waste and its terrible toll of life
and property in their own hands. So
lone as they are indifferent 10 the
ruinous drain upon the national re-
sources involved in the needless waste,
80 long as they lack the sense OF IN
dividual responsibility for the proper
protection and condition OF their own
homes and communities, SO long viii
the fires continue and multiply.
Abroad. the man who would throw a
match into a heap Of rubbish. OF who
would fail to protect an overheated
stove or flue, would go TO jail. And the
nre losses abroad are one-tenth what
they are in this country, while the loss
of life is nominal in comparison. With
the majority of the fires due 10 care
lessness. individual and municipal. the
urgent need is the development OF a
sense of personal responsibility tor
greater precautions, especially in such
a time as this, and January losses Of
a million dollars a day should help e
force the lesson.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
Professionalism in France.
Westminster Gazeztte.]


According to an article in the Revue
the number of Protestants In France
is decreasing. They now number 7oo,-
900. The Lutherans. who numbered
more than a quarter Of a million IN
1870, can now boost Of a membership
of only $4,000 in France. The CALVIN
lists are the most numerous sect lett.
numbering over half a million. But
they are losing ground. At the same
time the political influence OF the
French protestants is out Of all pro-
portion to their numbers. This the
writer attributes TO their sturdy char
acters, to their superior system OF edu-
cation, and above all to their great
wealth. Their wealth has. however,
tended to sap their exclusiveness. They
now pay less attention TO their religion,
and the result is, says the writer in the
Revue, that Professionalism in rance
will in the near future be a thing of the
part. This is a rather bold conclusion.
and it would be interesting to know II
this alleged decrease in the Huguenots
is correct.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
RELIEVING THE HUSTLER.

Some Iowa newspapers are saying
things ABOUT the removal OF the
cessive tax on moneys and credits
which it is asserted will raise
OF other forms Of property. However,
the movement to relieve CUB taxa
tion of the man who borrows money
tn put into permanent and progressive
Improvement is general eveTyWhere.
The fact that widows and orphans
trust funds and strictly honest holders
of moneys and mortgages and the i'm
provement maker n hustler are bur
dened While the tax dodger gets away
is being generally recognized.
The Ohio constitutional convention is
to consider changing the organic Ia"
of the state so that the tax on mort
cages shall be abolished. Under the
requirements OF the existing constltu-
ton and the present laws mortgages
in Ohio are taxed as real estate ana
personal property, and there can be no
legal avoidance OF the obligation. Inc
real property against which the mort
gage stands is not relieved of the our
den of taxation. or n part of II, by
reason of the fact that a tax Is beng
levied on the mortgage. The owner
rust nav a tax on the property, and
then. IL he borrow money on it, ne
must pay another tax on the mortgage.
This is none of TIE less true because
he pays it indirectly. 1t does not mat
prove his property. or if the improve
,nent enhances the value of surrounding
property and raises the taxable valUe
of all the property in the community,
he must pay taxes on the loan. II
other words, he is penalized-in fact.
doubly penalized-for being g progress
siye and useful citizen. He first pays
an additional tax on the money he has
raised to pay for an improvement and
then because the improvement he
makes increases the value of his land
he must pay a tax on this also.
In western Canada and in the Amer
lean Pacific northwest an effort is max
ing now to overturn the entire system
Of taxation so that in its place there
may be introduced a simpliied method,
one Of the principal virtues Of which
will be the encouragement it win give
10 those who desire to do things and
the encouragement 1t holds in store for
those who are content to profit by
the labor and enterprise of their neigh
bors.
The man with the money may es-
cape part OF the burden he should bear.
He does 1t anyway. The ma who is
creating opportunity for himself and
Others ought not to make UP the de-
felt OF the tax dodger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
Iona Newspapers
ARE LONG on cENrENAR1ANs.
[Sidney Herald. ]


Page and Fremont counties nave
three centenarians. all living within a
few miles of each other. and it Is
doubtful if another section in the
whole stat can say as much. Thomas
Seller. of Northmoro, passed the cen
fury mark last week; J. NJ. Phipps, Of
Farragut, will be 100 years old In
February, and Jonathan Wax, of Shen-
andoah, 100 in March. All are in pos
session of all their faculties, fairly ac-
tive and healthy. We agree with the
Sentinel-Post that It would be worth
a trip of miles to see these men and
hear them talk of old times when they
were boys, born before the battle OF
Lake Erie. before the battle with Te-
cumseh and his Indian braves in In
diana. More changes nave taken place
during the lives Of these men than
during the whole christian era before.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
Some Nebraska Opinion.
(Walthill Timee.1

The entrance Of Senator Cummins
into the presidential race has thrown
the standpat press into fresh conster-
nation and it is amusing to note the
attempt in M column to read into II
a deliberate purpose to inJure Adr.
Taft by depriving him Of q doubtful
chance of securing the Iowa delega-
ton. In another may be found q la
|fb0EsA@>soEssso co1v1c9 this D1ngsur-sl
an unholy plot to supplant his friend
La Toilette; who IL -StatdIn9-for the
same ideals. The progressive move
ment Is greater than the political am.
bition of one man and a. yet IL not
committed to n candidate. It 10 an
evidence Of strength to produce three
such eminent presidential possibilities
as La Toilette, Roosevelt. and Cunu-,
minis, any n Of whom can be trusted
to stand without hitthfHs. and Tot play
into the hand OF the predatory inter-
ests. Mr.. Taft MAJ command the
nomination. but will not be able to
carry his party to victory.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
Topics of the Times

Why not proven: the use of artificial
color in both butter and cleo? And put
a special tax on retailers of both? Or
why not regulate the sale of both by
the pure food law and give
an opportunity to buy and eat health
full foods without penalty? Why spe-
cial protective class legislation"
That ~12-year-old Iowa girl who won
won first prize for the best loaf of
bread is attracting attention in Wash
makes good bread deserves the notice
of the great. She ever deserves a post
Office.
1t is the past Of wisdom 10 look up
the late of the fire insurance policy
previous to hanging the wiping towel
over the gasoline toy
We must come soon 10 a highway
system of maintenance which will re-
port as we'll as make roads. which will
keep a small force busy conserving
and preserving the primary labor Of
road building. a mile of road is no bet
ter thar it's worst place if that is i'm
passable.
Lor;mer also ran against Detective
Burns and his force. Is the next move
a confession?
February is doing her best to spoi!
Iowa's reputation as a winter resort,
Nobody has reported late strawberries
fror, the vines during the month.
go
The man who buys butter. eggs and
norterhouse steak on the same day
goes fair toward establishing a good
credit as a man of wealth or losing it
as a spendthrift.
PENNSYLVANIA IS practically cut Of
debt. having paid off ali her interest
hearing Indebtedness. About time to
start another ~statehouse. isn't 1t?
$50
An army post is what some con-
gressren nail barb wire on TO keep
other fellows off the grass.
The Burlington Gazette has made a
| discovery. "Kenyon's goal is the SEN
atorial scratch and his purpose Is to
beat Young to it in the primary Inc
Gazette was always prompt to see a
bit of news.
When Diaz reads of those Mexican
n,utinies. does he smile or weep?
can Iowa man for PRESIDENT 1t
sounds good to all Iowa with a few
~6isgruntled exceptions.
The Cedar Rapids Republican is IN
MYSTERIES over the possibility OF a
"third term What makes it funny Is
that il there was yer an appointive
office to be "copped" and the Republi-
can couldn't cop" it from the postof-
flee to hat elevated "Chair OF journal
ism in the s.. Z. I. 1t wasn't because
of genufexions that would have made
l., oon+ortionist rich.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
MR.. IS RIGHT.
TSioux City Tribune.l

Representative E. H. Hubbard, Of
this district, has unhesitatingly de-
clared that he will vote for the bill re-
! ducing the tariff on iron and steel
products. regardless of the attitude Of
a majority of his party in congress or
of the views Of the president. All the
logic of the situation. all the known
facts. justify him in his position
which is in accord with the ~independ-
emf and courageous attitude he has as
sumed on all public questions.
Andrew Carnegie. who knows more
about the steel business than n
other man in the country, has sworn
under oath that no tariff is necessary
for it's projections; that the United
States can produce it cheaper than n
other nation in the world, and that
there is nothing to fear If all protective
duties on such products are removed.
notwithstanding this plain st0temen.
from the highest expert authority, the
standpat leadership Of the house in
tends to oppose the bill reducing dut-
les. It is given out and not denied
that President TAFT sympathises with
this opposition. This means that one
more effort. aided by the president, is
to be made to comInit the republican
party to a standpat attitude on the
tariff question.
Once the country is Convinced that a
republican victory mean no reduction
of duties acknowledged to be an un-
necessary burden, democratic chances
in the presidential election are In
creased. The standpat leaders. In
creating such an impression. are push
ing the party dangerously close to the
precipice Of defeat.
Mr.. Hubbard is a republican and a
loyal one. His attitude, IL emulated by
a majority of his republican colleagues,
would do more to bring about q repub-
lican victory next fall. than the action
Of the purblind men who have deter
mined to fight all tariff revision to the
last ditch. Mr.. Hubbard truthfully
observes that the pending bill does not
go far enough in It's reduction Of duties
on iron and steel products; but, as he
says. 1t is the best that Q Be re-
cured at this time. and he purposes t
vote for 1t. His vote will meet with
: the commentator OF his constituents.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03

SP'oS"s0 SSrvO'Oopuu0 WJooo0 0eSlos
The appearance Of e~ersbrospinal
meningitis in serious epidsnas form IN
Texas ana sp~oradically In aunasrous
interest in this dangerous disease. In
ports Is a timely paper by DF. ". II.
as our present knowledge Of this dis
ease. Thru the studies OF recent years
four vital points, concerning this dis
case have been practically settled.
namely. the Identification OF the causa-
tive organism, the diagnosis by exam-
ination Of the spinal fluid. its effective
treatment by the antimeningitis serum
and the location OF the ~infective agent
In the nose and throat OF those af1icted
as we'll as On that Of many healthy
carriers. Fuegge says that healthy
carriers are ten times more numerous
than recognized cases Of meningitis.
and are more than ten times az proli-
nc as a source Of injection for others.
Il Will thus be seen that q determina-
tion Of all carriers by examination
would be a most difficult matter while
the rigid quarantine OF either houses
or communities on account Of .cere-,
b%fospinal meningitis seems ordinarily
un1ustified. Ba~cterlolosic examination
for the purpose Of discovering all r.
riers would be impracticable, ana ff
this could be carried out they would be
difficult Of control. There are, however.
some general that WIN UNI
doubleday aid In preventing the spread
Of this disease. says the journal Of the
American Medical Association. Among
them are the early diagnosis and iso-
lation Of suspected cases IND prompt
serum treatment, perhaps in special
hospitals during eptdemics. Tho fol-
lowing of proper hygienic regulations
by individuals no doubt will aid. ThA
!nfective agent is found only in human
beings and is believed not to SURVIVES
long after separation from The host
Notwithstanding this fact, however, ita
somewhat cratic spread during cpl
denies is still much OF . mystery.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
Cheap cynieism.
80 u,,,;,- n M,r,vee I

[Rev. William T. M'Elveen.]
One of the sins Of our times is a
cheap cypicism. Men who ought to
know better see no good in the poor
and treat them as If they were incap-
able of ever being or doing good. There
was something Of this cynicism in Car
lyle when he declared that Ensland's
population was so. 900, 900. mostly fools.
There was something Of it. too. in
Mel edith and Thackeray and Matthew
Arnold. This same attitude Of cynt-
cism exists in some modern capitalists
who regard the men who work FOR
them as incapable of attaining success
in life. And this attitude OF cynicism
exists in the minds of some politicians
who do not believe the people to be
capable Of elf-government.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
For SundayR Reading
al Sorts Of Obinisnf
eeast aihl;eal Find.

In charge OF the question box at
Chautauqua, Rev. J. NJ. Buckley, D. d..
was asked. do you think the great
pyramid q prophecy Of the coming OF
Chris? 2"
His reply. which was followed by
prolonged applause, was, II answer
with the speculation Of a man who
found a boot on the shores of The Med
iterranean marked ~ and concluded
that it belonged to Jonah, and was
cast of by him in his struggles hen
he got on the shore."-Christian Reg
lister.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
A.. Children Worth saving?

Are the children Of the United States
worth one-eighth as much as the bugs?
Hon. Andrew ]. Peters, q emb OF
from Massachusetts,, asked
this rather startling question at Louis
vile last Sunday at a mass meeting on
child labor. Mr.. Peters showed that
the bureau of animal industry costs
the country 31.S54,f50 a year. and thai
the bureau Of plant industry costs 81
o51. $50. The proposed children's bu-
reau would cost $29.440 and would in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
vv,En pWAMs THINK OF "MovMe.a

A former Gearing man. writing to the
TmO-Rspublican, complains bitterly
o. conditions in southern California
and advises Iowa to stay in Iowa. His
letter. - . statement Of dire lack OF
oISsrtunity except for the professional
e~6eculatoe. Labor, he says, il cheap
- n evsrsupply, hat thousands are
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
i pest SUGAR Faetoris. and Farmers.

(From the committee Of wholesale
erocess formed to assist in obtaining
cheaper sugar for consumer thru re-
duction OF duties IN raw and refined
suGarD).
J Our beet sugar factories pay. the far
mef Abou the same for sugar beets ass
the farmer In Europe receives. Ths
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
[O'Niell Frontier.J

Presidential policies in the republic
can ranks have developed rapidly tho:
past week. There seems to be now =
concerted movement among the repub-i
lican forces to force the nomination Of
Roosevelt. Senator Cummins, OF Iowa,
who has long been recognized as .,
stalwart progressive and M OF La.
Follette's most ardent admirers, has
announced himself as . candidate for
the republican nomination and will un-i
doubtedly have the vote Of the Iowa
delegation in the national convention.l
altho he will get 1t only after Q scrap
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
r1Mrs-RrruBI1oAN. NARsHA1lnUwF. IOWA. FEBRUARY 1872

as a lame duck. What political crimes
omy!"
why do we find Doc Kepford, the
state lecturer on tuberculosis. nursing
the political germ" adds the Water
loo Times-Tribune.
IF Colonel Watterson had been hired
by the Wilson management to execute
q coup for the advancement Of the can
didacy Of Wilson he could not have
done BETTER" says the Waterloo Cour-
Ter.
What do you think of a newspaper
clarinS that Iowa car not have the
Republican.
Noting that some of the opponents OF
Senator Cummins are asking him to
resign the senatorship, as he is a cam
didate for president, the Webster City
Freeman-Tribune says Allison didn't
resign. Neither did Harrison. In fact
no United States senator ever resigned
Jig IoSllloil W Wi q Az
president, and many senators have
been candidates. But then. more is
expected of Cummins than was ever
expected Of any other public man."
The Brooklyn Chronicle lis for the
nomination OF Cummins for president
as against any n including Roose-
Welt"
The Carroll Herald says I'VE believe
in the greater Iowa idea; we believe in
the ability of the man Who stands for
it,
Taft will be renominated for presi-
dent. You can't beat him out of it,"
says the Radcliffe Signal. But he
can't be reelected. The editor has
rambled around some the past year
having visited fourteen different states
and spent some time in talking politics
and every place, ven in the presidents
own state, the sentiment is strong
against him. both with the farmers and
labo,ing people"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
TWO MEN AND A MOUSE.

webster City Freeman-Tribune.l
A day or two g something hap
pened to a couple of farmers residing
southeast of town that they forgot to
tell their wives when they arrived
1t will be remembered thar there has
been some good cold weather in this
region Of late and that a man who has
been riding thru the raw wind some
times imagines that he needs some
thing to drive the chills from the spinal
column. Well, the two tillers Of the
soil VINO had this unpleasant exper-
fence wanted something to take. They
finally succeeded in getting a pint of
bourbon-the genuine stuff that prints
landscapes OH the brain and leaves
that dark seal brown taste in the
mouth the morning after. The bottle
paper, and when the cold became I'M
endurable the possessors removed the
paper from the neck Of the bottle and
took several big swigs. 1t was mighty
good, too. and they repeated the pleas
ant operation of sampling it quite fire.
quently. Finally, when nearly all of
the contents of the bottle had been put
where it was supposed TO do the most
good, the paper was stripped from the
flask. and there in the bottom Of the
bottle. in sweet repose. lay a dead
mouse, tail and all. The balance of the
story need not be written. At last re-
ports the gentlemen We're still cling
ing tenaciously to the water wagon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
IMPROVEMENTS AT sCTILEswIG.
[Schleswig Leader.J

The work OF tearing out the pafti-
lions in the Krohnke saloon building
was started this week. The entirs
building il to be Used for the saloon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
IPonca :Journal.1

Senator Albert h. Cummins, Of Iowa,
has declared himself a candidate for
the presidency. He IL a progressive.
tho less radical than La Toilette. After
several years Of somewhat intimate .
ISOLATION and acquaintance with the
senator, thru a stormy and brilliantly
successful political career, the writer
has nothing but words of praise and
admiration TO offer regarding the char
acter and ability OF Senator Cummins.
He possesses a moEt engaging person.
ality. a mind of unusual acumen and
penetration and unquestioned courage
and integrity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
ISioux City Tribune.1

lOhONh O
Should the ourts OF justice be open
to the rich and poor alike, on equal
terms, regardless Of the ability Of the
one man and he inability Of the other
to pay for the processes by which JUS
tice is secured?
This old question Is raised In a new
form by a Kansas City lawyer, who
says the fee system should be abolished
so hat there would be no court fees
and 80 that the services of h best
lawyers should be free to the poorest
litigants.
II the court machine Il the public
instrument, it ought to be as certain
and as ready in its grinding out OF the
! legal grist, as certain andSas accessible
to the poor man as to the rich. The
poor man may walk the public streets
! he may enjoy his equal of freedom IN
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
FREE NEWSPAPER SERVICE.
IWaterlOo Courter.1

waterloo tOuTteT.J
The newspaper has to blow every
body's horn but its own and in fact
prefers to do so. However, in self-pro-
lection it is found necessary at times
TO call the attention of a forgetful pub
lie to certain obligations which 1t owes
the newspaper in return for certain
services. Newspapers hire labor, use
marketable space and sometimes cut
down on their news copy to print
church and club notices absolutely free
of charge. After %experding effort to
work up a large circulation it gives
this circulation away free Of charge by
for the community.
The Courier oes not begrudgc such
service, and is, in fact. glad to accom-
modate ito many readers in this way.
II would seem, however. that a public
thus served would be glad to recipro-
cate the favor when the opportunity
arrives. Such is not always the case.
A man whom the newspapers favor
with weekly notices has been known TO
ring up late in the day to secure the
insertion of a free special notice and on
that same day to withhold a piece ct
real news which was given to- a rival
publication. Perhaps thoughtlessness
is responsible for such exhibitions OF
ingratitude; if so it is a very culpable
thoughtlessness. What an Individual
would resent, a newspaper is supposed
to overlook and proceed in its good
work Of public service, merely turning
the other cheek when it gets stuns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03

The truth is out at last and Fort
Des Moines will be abandoned for
economy.s sake" observes he Grundy
Republican. "But the real truth is that
Captain Hul lis no longer IN need OF a
fort whereas he is in need Of support
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

There are some men, insists the
Tama News, who II they get a nome
in heaven and don't rave a woman 70
look after 1t for them, won't stay there
long. The home won't be hab1taole II
the way they live on earth is any CRIT
erion."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-03

as a lame duck. What political crimes
are committed in the name Of con
omy!"