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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
UNCLE SANS MILK
AT EDUCATION
Department Of Agriculture Has
Sci Up No Bacterial
Standards. S.ys
Statement.
UHE numerous misrepresentation
under which the public In gen
erai and dairyme0 everywhere

~HE numerous Interpretations
under which the public In gen
erai and dairymen everywhere
in particular have been laboring
in regard to the work the government
Is carrying on, with q view to estab-
lish q higher standard Of purity In the
nations milk supply. has led the de-
partment Of agriculture to issue state
ment outlining its policy in dealing
with the milk situation In the United
States. Contrary to the general i'm
preston, the statement points out, the
government has set up NO bacterial
standards with which all milk coming
under its jurisdiction in Interstate
commerce must comply. but instead 10
conducting a campaign Of education to
instruct dairymen and others handling
the milk supply OF cities and towns to
produce and ship good milk.
The statement follows:
ut is enormously supposed that the
department OF agriculture has estab-
ished absolute standards and bacterial
counts to which all milk coming under
its Jurisdiction in interstate commerce
must comply. The department has es-
tablished no absolute standards. It
certainly has not and will not estab-
lish any rule declaring that milk con-
tanning less than q certain number OF
bacteria per cubic cendmeter IS good
milk Under such a standard, milk
containing less than certain number
~ <vphn3d or t,1l,orc1o hScilH vyould an
tomatically be passed as coming up to
standard.
"a simple count Of the bacteria Is
not In itself Sufficient to determine alb
soIutely its safety. The nature OF the
bacteria as well as their number also
must. il possible. be considered. The
pfe5ez.ce OF only few disease pro
ducing bacteria might make the milk
dangerous, while several thousand
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
"sANT'' AND THE DEsERrERs.

Representative Kirkpatrick has
found it When Representative Kirk
patrick was elected TO congress from
tthe Sixth Iowa district some persons
wondered what line Of statesnansh hip
he would follow. Representative Kirk
tpatrick has been a secret service man
Tor many years and was full Of bravery
tand bullets. Every one knew how
brave he was for he had confessed it
to a considerable number Of newspaper
,men-feporters drag from the most
modest and reluctant of us the history
OF our heroism you know-and in story
~ not in song had been told again and
again the number and location OF the
CHUNKS o. moonsnine lead %.Saa." car
.ried around inside him as souvenirs Of
tconferences held with mountain still
fsfA Such man 1t might be seen
would be out OF place among lawyers
and statesmen, mere arguers, appeal
erS and denouncers persons who swap
aptthets instead Of .45-cauber siugs
and shoot with their mouths instead Of
Winchesters. There was doubt as to
what SAINT would do in congress
whether he would pass a bill or SO a,
the point OF the pistol or fall into
tnnocuous desuetude like rusty revol-
yer.
But "Sant" has found a meter
During the war q considerable mum Der
Of soldiers found the front SO utterly
unified to their dispositions or became
% annoyed by the disagreeable activi-
&es Of our rebellious brethren from
below Mason's and Di1ons, that they
came away without notifying any one
Some others having come home with
0uthority changed their minds abou,
UO1n1 back again and neglected &
make arrangements with their officer.
And the u. S. A There seems to have
Aooo . decided difference Of opinion a:
IL eaarcise Of this privilege. the Q. s
~. Appearing to have kicked up con.
atAe1A0le fuss over 1t, going SO far a.
~ AAnt mp the missing ones whenever
stble and marking them on tn,
6s1bs9 rolls a. "deserters" thus ~ III,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
POLICY AIMS
OF WHOLE NATION
l. Working Only 10 Educate
Dairymen 10 produces
and Ship Clean
Milk. 49,.

him that these measures are for hIs
own good They do not and cannot
require the farmer to pasteurize his
milk. Where they and q herd that IL
not tested for tuberculosis or milk be-
ing produced In an unclean way. they
advise that the milk b pasteurized,
using any one Of number Of compel
ing machines or q homemade pasteur-
tier.
AS result Of this work Thousands
Of farmers have introduced new and
sanitary methods Of producing and
shipping milk-not because they were
forced to do so. but because they saw
the justice Of protecting their consum-
ers and found that they lost less milk
and made greater profits by following
the specialists advice
The dairy division advises the pas
teurixation Of milk unknown q Of
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
The Independent Farmer.


Il may be true. as Col. w. l. Diff
fenderfer, says, that. the independent
American farmer would no. join CO.
operative banking associaiien. such as
the commission Of which he, Is a mem
Der has just been studying in Europe
but that does not alter the fact that
the farmer in this country needs
cheaper money and long time loans,
and viii in some way try to get them.
Being banker. ii is natural that Colo
mel Difenderfer should consider our
present banking facilities sufficient for
farmers. but tina, they are not suffi-
cienr Is proved by the great agitation
now going on about making them So
In addition to the loans secured by
European farmers at to per cent
on long time installment payments, he
says that commercial banks in Europe
loan to farmers at I per cent, which
he says 10 an average Of American
rates. The doctrine Of averages is an
elusive one, and serves TO confuse near
ly all questions to which 1t Is applied.
II American loans average per
cent. and immense sums are loaned at
about per cent, il follows that a large
body of small borrowers must be pay
ing much more than per cent to bring
The average down to that figure. And
it Is a fact that they are. Some farm
ers are getting money on short loans
as law as per cent but many others
are paying 8, 10. IL and IL per cent,
and not on either long time or amorti-
zation payments. Not all the banks
making longtime farm loans at low
rates are nf fhe strictly cooperative
character, even when managed chiefly
by the borrowers. Money is secured by
bonds and loaned to farmers. The
! bonds Of government supervised
bank based upon mortgage loans 20
farmers ought TO be a safe and inviting
| investment.
Whether or not we shall be able to
adopt any system Of the several found
TO work admirably in Europe over a
/ long series of years, the need for some
! system to accomplish the same purpose
Is urgent. Hundreds of millions Of dol
/ lars are needed to make farm i'm
provements and prepare for that better
| farming which is absolutely necessary
| to save the agriculture of the country
from falling hopelessiy below the coun-
try's needs. Dairy barns are needed,
! silos are needed. stock shelters are
needed. fencing is needed, machinery Is
needed, water systsms are needed, soil
building is needed, drainage Is needed,
and a multitude of other things are
needed to equip the farms of the
United States for modern agriculture.
This money should be available to the
farmers at interest rates at least az
low as commercial rates OF equal Sc
curity. and on long time, TO enable the
farmer to take both interest and prin
cipal out of the soil. Show the Amer
lean farmers practicable way to ac-
complish this and they will not be too
Independent to take advantage Of It.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06

children'S adeno;as Chicago
Record Herald.
Parke-"Do you leave your servants
in charge Of your house during the
ummer?"
Lane-"Not any more so than the
rest Of the year."-Life.
customer--But II he a good bird? I
mean. I hope he doesn't use dreadful
language"
Dealer-"'Es a saint. lady: sings
'ymns beautiful. I 'ad some parrots
wot used to swear something awful.
but, il you'u believe me, this ERE bird
converted the lot."-London ByUtander.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
THE COUNTRY WANTS ACTION
[Sioux City Journal

THE COUNTRY WANTS ACTION.
ISioux City Journal
Senator LaFollette appears nom
piussed because OF only sixty-six
replies were received TO $500 letters
sent manufacturers who had protest.
ed against certain proposed tariff
rates This merely confirms recent
news stories from manufacturing Cen
tiers to the effect that manufa cture!s
are adjusting their affairs to meet the
coming situation and were actually far
from being pessimistic over the out
look.
II is not true as stated in some
quarters, that the people are not inter
ested m the tariff They are merely
tired OF discussions and await action
They show that the verdict has been
rendered against high protection and
they expect 10 see it executed.
They expect TO see the present ad-
ministration carry out its pledges. and
are not unwilling that it should dc
SO. II 1t fails to do this. or IT, doing
SO. its policy proves failure, the dem
ocratic party viii be retired again for
an indefinite period
The country is calling question"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
Iona Newspapers
A BOOST THAT KNOCKS.
(AIuscatina Jo,,rnaI

I-NUSCdlINe JOU!NaI.J
The Hon. David Brant. editor o:
the Iowa City Republican. declares
that Hon. l. S. Pepper. as candidate
Cor the United States senate aSains,
Senator Cunmins. will carry the Sec
ond district by from ten thousand ro
fifteen thousand plurality Aside from
the occasional evidence of his lack o.
standing with the Wilson administra-
ton. this Is the first severe check tina,
the ever-growtng senatorial candidacy
OF our brilliant young congressman has
received.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06

TERMNE STANDARD.
harmless bacteria could be present
without necessarily indicating that the
milk was unsafe. The presence OF
even a few colon bacilli, for instance,
is presumptive evidence that COW ma
nure has been. allowed to get into the
milk between the COW and the con-
sumner. Similarly. high count Of the
kinds Of bacteria that normally are
present in milk indicates either that
the milk Is dirty. or that it has not
been held at low temperature or that
it is old.
Campaign Of Education.
The department in its milk acttvi.
ties IS carrying on an extensive cam
paign OF education to help dairymen
produce and market good clean milk.
This work Is carried on principally by
the dairy division OF the bureau Of
animal industry. This division exer-
cises no policing function. 1t has no
power under the law to seize milk or
TO prosecute milk dealers. Its work
is purely educational. This division
issues many educational bulletins.
based upon its experiments in the eco
nomical production Of clean milk. 1t
supplies farmers with these Bulletins
aud also sends men into the ieid to
show milk producers how to make
changes within their means. which
will raise the quality Of their milk
and also increase their profits.
These demonstrators have helped
milk producers who supply over 200
cities. In each city these demonstra-
tors co-operated with the local health
authorities, not to help them secure
evidence or bring prosecutions, but to
improve the local system of inspec-
ton. whereby the inspectors can aid
the milk producers of the territory to
bring their milk up to the city's own
standard without being called upon to
make excessive expenditures
with the inspectors. the demonstra-
tors visit the dairy farms as friends
OF the farmer. They may show him
that certain cows in his hero 90 moi
yield enough milk to pay for their
feed, or the demonstrators may point
out certain changes in feeding which,
will greatly increase the yield They
help the farmer build an inexpensive
milk house. and show him how a win.
dow or two or waterproof floor for
his barn, or little whitewash or more
frequent cleaning will actually In
crease his profits. Where desired. they
explain methods Of pasteurization and
shipping and handling Of milk.
Tuberculin Supplied Farmers.
Through this bureau the depart
nene supplies tuberculin for testing
|heeda. Thego demonstrators have no
power 70 eompM the farmer 10 follow
t. eaxleA IAA 1EeH ~ g eAeZ
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
A Safeguard TO Marriage.

In a discourse recently delivered In
the Westminster Presbyterian church
Of Minneapolis by DR.. Norman Bridge
Of Los Angeles On the subject. Am I
Really My Brothers Keeper the ply
sician-lecturer made an unusually able
plea for the safeguarding OF the altar
and the consequent benefit and happi-
ness OF the human race.
DR.. Bridge particularly referred to
the necessity for practical eugenics
governing the selection Of marriage
mates. After telling Of the horrors
that result from the marriage of men
tainted by loathxonie diseases. he ad-
vocated the insistence by the parents
] OF brides-to-be upon medical exAmina-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
TO THE JUNK PILE.


Watch dentist a: his work. There
Is a man who mas learned the use
Of his hands. if ne is really skilled in
his profession. II that dentist had real
manual training when he was attend
ing school. It will have proved OF very
great help to him in his life work. So
with hundreds OF other callings. But
what shall II profit children to learn
to run all sorts Of machinery, that il
to feed machines. which is work that
is supposed to stunt and deaden the
mind. and where there is always dan
ger of serious injury and perhaps dan
ger TO health from dust. etc.
The longer this subject is looked a.
the clearer does I. become that the
schools are not TO train factory hands.
but THAI they would be doing a grand
work. fostering the return to hand
work and art crafts, in teaching
the youth how to use the hand and
the eye.
To the junk pile with the machines.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
Her ,a.. Of Amerieans.

A little highland Scotch girl had
looked forward eagerly to the coming
Of an American cousin. She had never
seen an American. but she had her
own ideas about than. Her mother
had to remonstrate with her for look
ing 20 hard 1t their guest after the
American girl had arrived. -,
1T 10 very rude" she said. Why
do you look at her like that"
But. mother. her hair 10 lighter
than mine"
"Yes."
"And her skin 10 white"
Yes. but what Of it,"
RI always thought that Americana
were black"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
HAS FAITH IN IOWA.

INeCdE fIdpIOS G6Zslle.J
An Illinois capitalist has Just pur-
chased 5000 acres OF Iowa farm land
paying therefor s1e5 TO $50 per acre.
He says he secured the land at bot
tom prices and that ne stands to make
a substantial profit, because Iowa land
IS going much higher. Il Ia hardly
possible tina. he is mistaken. Iowa
lands are going a great deal higher.
The wise Iowan will govern himself
accordingly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06

11xO 0kAA - AkAD14 oAk0AAAe
this decrease h TIE dsaaA Of babies 10
work done By the federal gossEnDsat
and BY the city In eo-0Dsxat3oo.
AT the tiDs Of tha estahlhhmsnt Of
the branch laboratory IN Cincinnati IN
1907, no pasteuri1a ton was done and
little consideration was Givaa o The
bottling and delivery 0f milk n . clean
condition. OF The entire supply only
that milk delivered BY single orm
was pasteortsed. and In this case pas
teurization was apparently resorted to
more as q means for preserving the
milk than for any other reason.
AT the present time there are about
81, 900 gallons Of milk used each day
in Cincinnati. and Of these. 2SO0O gal.
Ions are pasteurized. the remainder b.
ing from tuberculin tested cows
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06

The Waterloo Courier observing that
their problems in dealing with the di-
vorce question, find lit refreshing to
note that not a day passes but that
Iowa newspapers, in different sections
Of the state. do not record golden
wedding celebration"
Before all these fellows over the
state condemn Senator Cummins as a
candidate for reelection" says the
Perry Chief, .'let US wait until We know
what are the issues and how the SEN
ator stands on them"
The Davenport Democrat complains
What with Mexico. the boil weevil. the
Kansas grasshopper and the drouth.
we have good deal on our hands just
at present"
When the democrats are in the
saddle, why shouldn't the republican
walk?" says the Castana Times.
Haven't we limped along the high
way for. 10. these many years? Haven,
We had dust kicked in our faces and
mud splattersd on our clothes? Has
shown u.s. No. sir, They just struck
their thumbs on their noses and ha-
ha-ed at our misery: Now walk, durn
re."
What the 1Musodtine Journal could
never understand. was how the fool
go, the money which left him so
promptly"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06

eswars Of Becoming Marrow.
Don't let yourself grow nAsToW.
Take alarm at once II you md you
IRE getting into Z habit Of criticising
unkindly nearly everything the people
around you do.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06

I'VE can not all be beautiful and
talented nor epochal, but we can bt
useful" says the Oskaloosa Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06

enforce the new sanitary laws in can
ming factories, The clean factory will
keep on keeping clean and the dirty
factory had best watch out
The old days when pioneers burned
corn aren't IN it with these modern
days when an Iowa farm takes f1re and
burns 800 an acre land.
It is not particularly uncommon for
peat beds 70 take Gre in dry seasons.
! There comes to mind an instance 10
Carroll county. Ill. many years ago when
peaty slough caught when the heavy
grass was fred. L, burned all winter
and until cloudburs. filed the valley
with food which quenched It. When
the ashes were washed away wide
gully twenty feet deep in spots revealed
the ravages Of fire. The sensible thing
for owners of peaty sloughs is to re-
| frain from firing the slough weeds and
grass At present prices Of Iowa land
the bonfire isn't worth the cost.
The man who changes jobs often bet
ter change his own estimate Of himself.
What he needs is a change Of heart
| rather than change OF employers.
80
A Chicago woman's club served a
dinner at a cost Of 10 cents head. II
was good dinner too. They probably
carried out the usual scheme OF assign
ing certain cakes and pies and pickles,
| etc. among members and figuring that
as these came from home they didn''
cost anything.
| About the only use . democratic
referee" has for the article known as
a pie server" is to wear It as a badge
OF a distinction which haan't made any
difference.
i understand that there are two
rival social sets in this town.
1 yes. One get IL composed Of people
who have undergone operations for ap-
pendtcitds and the others, have had thu
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06

Watsrs ceelsd vsestablsA.
4 patent was recently 0ranteA a Q
scheme for preserving Vegetables ID
. receptacle. through which cool ~
~ 10 constantly passing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
CHURCH WORK IN SUMNER.

dubuque Times-Journal]
Father. and mother took ii seriously
Even with the Thermometer at leo TIT
customary pews were filled. Grandma
was there. too, with great palm Leaf
which she swung back and forth sleep
lily with sluggish but regular rhythm
Mother snapped a jerky black fan
japanese fans were considered unSod
iy, as the red and yellow pictures took
the eyes off the minister.
I, was not thought proper to suspen
or vary the sessions Of Sunday school
The momentum OF regular attendance
would be lost. Besides. the young folks
Nigh. go to walk, which would be
demoralizins.
1, is easy in these s:piaa: days &c
laugh at the intense older generation
There was iron in the blood then
Even if II did make ones backbone AZ
stiff as the old high pe"s, :he-e we:
a foundation on which institutions wert
bull: to last.
Today the majority Of people OF
Sunday are eating the dust of the mex,
automobile ahead. roasting the umpire
at the ball park, consuming peanuts
AND corn balls AT pleasure resorts. II
tina, is the best use they can make OF
it. let them do thus with clear con
science and may the Lord be with
them
Still, i, isn't always a day Of rest II
is much cooler In the shady church
than out on the sun baked road. The
well trained choir may sound Just as
wei las the sGueaky mery-go-round
The minister may-say quite as new
things as the barker for the palmist.
For those cooped in towns. no Sun
day is good that does not bring Gods
fresh air and sunshine. Happily trolleys
and parks provide this for millions.
To find listeners In the Babel OF a
summer day. the minister must speak
the language of those who hear. A
problem from metaphysics may inter.
est him. But Tom. Dick and Harr,
viii go to sleep. He may not talk tbs
language of the street. Bu, he must
talk about the problems of the street
the shop, the office and the kitchen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
Daily 1hou0ht.

1sszzsz15eT, no ~Gort NO make TO ~
tain something beautiful IL ever lott
semetime. somewhere, somehow ~
sh.il nnd that which We ssek-Hslsa
X41sD =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06

Enormous Damage By Fjeeas.
The food damage u The Untte4
States 10 estimated Ct about eloAooer
600 annually.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06

"A lot Of chaps who have never been
outside the city limits are doing a heap
Of worrying on the fate Of the corn
CROP" notes the Burlington Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
ION. Of candidates for their daushters'

| tions Of candidates for their daughters
hands.
Such EXAMINATION. says DIR. Bridge,
should be submitted to voluntarily by
every right thinking young man VINO
contemplates matrimony. The exam
lining physician, in every case where
obstacles In the way OF remnants OF
diseases are discovered. should. unless
the prospective groom does so himse4i
acouaint the family Of the girl with the
facts.
Incidentally, DR.. Bridge advocates
the teaching Of sex hygiene by proper
ly qualified Observation-Disclosures. at the
public expense. in order that the young
girls OF the nation may comprehend
why their happiness may seem to be SO
ruthlessly wrecked in cases in whicn
there 10 discovery OF communicable
disease which would make for wretch
edness in marriage.
DR.. Bridge has no patience with the
false modesty which would shield
young girls from knowledge OF every
thing unpleasant. He conceiNes
knowledge as an Indispensable foun-
dation of real purity, and, in phrase
which is worthy of place alongside the
most famous epigrans Of all time
thus denominates prudery:
Prudery is a social habit by
which we try to identify ignorance
as innocence.
Certainly. IN default of laws which
will teach a better custom than the
one now prevailing. the medical pro-
fession can do much to aid humanity.
If parents take the advice OF Dr..
Bridge and If physicians act as he
thinks they should. and as the Amer
lean Medical association. in its code
Of ethics. suggests. there should De
considerable betterment Of conditions
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
Topics of the Times

The state dairy commissioner has
issued orders to his inspector TO rigidly
enforce the new sanitary laws in can
ming factories. The clean factory will
keep on keeping clean and the dirty
factory had best watch out
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Burlington Hawkeye says De-
cency and prosperity go hand in hand"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-06

Abou. the only use . democratic
referee" has for the article known as
pie server" is to wear It as badge
OF distinction which haan't made any
difference