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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
THE lAsoR,xe MAN IS SICK OF II.

The house passed the daylight saloon
bill Yesterday by a very impressive
majority. Sixty-nine TO so is certainly
a definite vote and conclusive Of the
sentiment of the state. Assemblymen.
particularly on the question OF restric-
tive liquor laws. voted in line with
the sentiment of their constituencies.
1t is fair to assume that Iowa would
have voted by ballot on about the
same percentage for the daylight bill.
1t is common sense restriction. The
senate should concur in it. Leaving
out of the argument the desirability Of
considering to be urged in favor Of
running saloons from in the morn
ing thru half the night. About the
only argument offered in opposition
was that ancient and ridiculous as
sertion that the saloon should stay
open until 10 or later in order that the
"laboring man should not be deprived
of his just right"
This etfor: to make the laDoring man
the scape goat of all the sins OF the
saloon should, It would seem in time,
arouse the indignation of that class of
worthy citizens. Be it known that the
1aboring men are neither fools nor
drunkards as class The fact is
that the majority Of working men run
ahead of the men who do not work
in citizenship. And they do not IS a
class insist as a special right Of their
own on seventeen hours Of open sa :
looms. II the workingmen, the labor
ing men Of Marshalltown, those who
are actually laboring men, who support
families and pay their debts and live
the lives Of good citizens were TO De
canvassed today they would approve
the closing Of the saloons in this city
as good thing for all men. The plain
truth of the matter is that the ia Dor
ing man. Is not the one who is de-
manding saloons and seventeen hours
Of their operation. The noise is be-
ing made by those who profit directly
or indirectly by the traffic. the easy
money" makers, not the men who carr
theirs in their own sweat.
Let the senate follow the house. I
will find such action approved by the
people Of Iowa. Twelve hours oper.
alton of business which all men con.
cede is against the better interests O
its best patrons certainly ought 10 b'
/ enough when nine hours is a fair day!
work for a fair days wages.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06

while thus engaged or whose health
would be impaired by such labor shall
not be so employed and no prisoner can
be Obliged to perform the labor speci-
fed.
1t is provided that the state highway
commission shall supervise the work
performed under the provisions of this
act upon the highways of the state. but
may CO. cooperate with the board of sup
ervisors and local officials in the per-
Torrance of said work. The counties
where the work IS performed are re-
CURED 10 furnish the material used and
10 aid in construction of the woek
under the supervision and approval of
the state highway commission The
board Of control is authorized to pay
prisoners who perform this work as
compensation an amount not exceeding
customary or standard wages for free
labor less the cost of maintenance and
of the costs incurred by the prisoner
in his capture, commitment and con-
viction for the offeuse of which he has
been found guilty.
This is a very good bill. an excellent
start toward very sensible and re-
formarory method as the records and
statements by warjens Of other prisons
and states show. Labor in ordinary
overalls outdoors is made a privilege
he -.lf nv .faH nj n ut nd
apparent desire 10 do better. The high
way prisoner is in fact on parole. He
can work with a greater measure of
freedom. can receive wages which will
keep his family together while he
serves his sentence, get away from the
shadow OF the prison walls by day and
fail TO make better men of those who
desire TO reform. And that is the true
test Of punishment. Ii must reform if
it IS 10 be effective.
The state is entering upon an era
OF road building. 1t needs the labor Of
these men. II can use il more profit
ably TO them and the state than to
contract it TO the prison contractor. II
IS to be confidently assumed that the
applications for outside work would be
rnany and the effort to secure an out
side job would make itself fel. i;llmeii-
ately upon the behavior Of the convicts
Six months Of prison Ia Dor on the high
ways would eliminate the false srFu-
nen- that outside labor fumiliates the
men. No doubt a gang OF prison work
ers would draw the curious for time
but within fex months they would at
tract no more attention than an auto
mobile.
Cosson'S bill IS good start That
is me thing needed Without doubt we
shall fnd changes desira BILE as the work
goes on. 1t is new thing even in the
states which We're leaders in it, The
main thing is To get the system start
ed We can adjust bearings and tighten
| bolts and change the carburetter when
We get the engine turning over
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
cossoN's CONVICT LABOR BILL.

George Cosson, attorney general and
member of the commission appointed
to Investigate and report upon prisons
and prison reform in Iowa. has sub
United a bill providing for the employ
ment OF prisoners sentenced TO any
penal institutions in the state upon
roads Highways and public works
Briefly AlRted the bill authorizes the
board OF parole, with the advice OF the
wardens of penal institutions, TO per-
nit any able bodied prisoners to work
as above specified, providing the pris
oner's character justifies such permis-
sion. Those who would be likely to
make attempts to escape, who are of
ungovernaDie and UNI ai. 81: disposition or
likely to violate the laws Of the state
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
THE COLOR LINE.
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Representative Miller has measure
before the Iowa house forbidding the
intermarriage Of whites and negroes
and of whites and all who are OF negro
Mood to the eighth degree. The bill
was reported by the judiciary commit
tee for indefinite postponement, but
Miller succeeded in reversing the &C
ton OF the committee. The measure
will come up for final action some day
this week.
This bill ought not to become law.
1t is unjust in its inception and is
evidently fathefed by one who hates
the negro race. There is no demand in
Iowa for such a measure and Its enact
ment will only tend TO increase the de-
hatchery of negro women by white
men. the purpose Of nt1r civilization
ought to be to elevate the race and not
to degrade it. The Crow bill II much
better than the bill by Miller, but even
this one ought not to pass. The Miller
measure il immoral, unfair and step
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
PENSIONS FOR TEACHERS.
T(.ouncil BUNS <onpareil.1

The bill now pending in the legisla-
ture, providing pensions for teachers
under certain conditions. should be
passed. The effect OF the law would
be an essential hetterment OF our
schools. Iowa pays to its teachers the
lowest average salary of any state in
the union except Louisiana. In con-
sequence many teachers go to other
states where they receive greater re-
ward for their lsbors. Some Of the bet
ter teachers remain here because Of
home ties and devotion to their work.
but they grow old in the service and
tne salary is TOO meager 10 provide for
their declining years.
There is no incentive in Iowa to take
up the profession Of teaching as life
work and make serious preparation for
ii. A teacher can go from Iowa TO any
state bordering it. or beyond, and re-
ceive greater reward for his labors. al
tho Iowa is richer and better able
TO pay than any state which touches it..
This fact constantly drains US of our
better teachers. and our schools are
simply training schools for other
states. AS rule the teacher goes into
the work as make-shift until some
thing else turns up and our schools are
constantly filled with great body OF
,ransirory, inexperienced and and
trained tea chers.
The board of educational examiners
was created for the purpose OF taking
away favoritism from county superin-
| tendents and raising the educational
standard of teachers; but, on account
of the constant drain to other states,
they have been obliged to hold the
standard as low as formerly. and there
is hardly county in the state that is
not obliged to ask for provisional GER
tificates for teachers who can not OBJ
tain the lowest grade in order that the
schools may be supplied. This condi-
ton is deplorable and is a reproach
| TO the state.
1t is necessary that something should
! be done to better these conditions. The
proposed pension law would materially
aid to do this. 1t Is not an untried
experiment. Eighteen states have al
ready made provisions Of some kind,
either statewide or local, and bills
are now pending in Maine. Michigan
and California. The assurance of an
ultimate reward is an inducement to
take up the profession Of teaching as
a life work, and it will keep the better
teachers in Iowa to the great good OF
our schools. When this comes about
the board Of educational examiners car
raise their standard SO that only those
really qualified to teach will be IL
\ censed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
THE SANE ARRANGEMENT.

lIefTy SIlei1
No one conversant With the iacts
expressed much surprise when the an
nouncement was made that the Lane
Construction Company OF ,ouhen
Bluffs was the lowest bidder Tor the
bridge work in Dallas county during
the ensuing year. 1t is quite eVioeht
that the combination which mas heeh
in existence for number of years past
still lives and that Dallas county ie
mains in the territory which is aioteu
to the Council Bluffs firm.
The bridge men OF Iowa nave srsa'
organization which controls the eApeh :
tliiure of the bridge funds OF the entlrs
state. They meet. allot the terrl.or!'
and then the competition ceases. lhes
appear the first of the year IN eash
county and apparently are Keen COM
petitors. They hang GREATNESS on the
opening of the bids by the board OF su :
pervisurs yet each one OF them mas III
his inside pocket a complete list OF sae
bids as will be introduced. WhicncFe'
company has the work allotted ~
them is. of course. the lowest hiouef
and walks away with the prize az
figure some 20 TO As per cent hisner
than would be the case II competition
actually existed.
1t is at such combination that the
work of securing good roads and be-
ter bridges is to be aimed. The super
visors are not TO be blamed In TINS
county and in many others for they
are by law compelled to accept the
lowest bid and the combine always sees
to it that the lowest bio is that OF the
company. which has been given the
work Of that particular county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
ROAD WORK BY CONNECTS.

The introduction OF bill IN lae
Iowa Legislature asking for an appfo-
priaticn of $4,000 TO be used IN pur
chasing roadmak ing machinery for the
use OF the convicts OF the Fort Madl :
son penitentiary marks the advocacy
of a radical change in our methods OF
handling prisoners and preparing Wo3h
for their hands to do. The bill IS the
result of a conference between Cover
nor Clarke, Warden Sanders and mem :
bers of the state board of control. The
man has never been tried in Iowa. but
il has worked successfully in other
states.
The other day twenty-ti Ave conyicts
from the Ohio state penitsntiary we're
put to work building model brick
highway on the outskirts Of Columbus.
The men were un.hackled and under
control OF single unarmed guard. yet
not one of them made an enort 10 es-
cape.
over3oyed to breathe age open air
and proud of the trust reposeu IN
them. the men worked without mint "i
mutiny. Each day an auto bus driven
by convicts. backed up to the prison
entrance for. its losd Of LAUGHING. en-
ergetic -hTkhwaymen.A EACH night
carried them back. tired but uncom-
planning, to. tine shadeas of the gray
ways. From beginning to end. not one
VAS reported for discipline. altho sew
eral of them were life term men anc
two convicted murderers.
Altho none OF them had ever worked
upon paving. the convlcts quickly de-
veloped skill under the direction Of the
engineers from the state highway de.
psrtment not merely In the roughel
work o, grading. bu. in laying the solid
foundation. spreading the sand cush-
ion laying the brick and applying the
grout filler. By which the pavement
WAS converted INFO perfect monolith
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
The .Strawpile
tn. a.beeek Test.

The Babcock test Is used to deter
mine the amount of butter"fat IN mix
and cream, Its use in connection win
a milk scales furnishes the farmer q
quick and simple means OF finding OUT
exactly how much butter-fat each COW
in his herd is giving. Knowing ANS, ne
can then retain the hlsn-pro-
ducing cows in the herd and use their
offspring to secure still further I'M
provement in the herd yield.
The test was perfected by DR.. q. M.
Babcock of the Wisconsin experiment
station about twenty two years ago. \
complete testing outfit costs from Is 70
500 depending upon the capacity.
Now 70 Make thS Test.
n, Thoroughly mix the milk by
pouring or stirring, and take out
small dipperful
q, Suck milk up into the measur :
;rr-ninette until it comes above the
17.s c c. mark. Close the upper eno
of the pipette with the finger. ms WIN
hold the milk In the pipette. BY sigh'-
~ releasing the pressure OF the nhsei'
allow the milk to drop out OF the 10" e.
end until it comes exactly TO the tna'N
on the pipette, when 1t Is stopped "
pressing down firmly with the nhsei'
Carefully transfer milk from pipette ~
testing bottle. holding the oottie IN
slightly slanting position. Be care
fnl no, to lose a particle OF mix !"
making the transfer. Milk adhering 70
the inside of the pipette is blown lh'o
tba test-bottle as thoroughly as pos
sible. la
"a, Measure out acid into acio-
easure. which is marked to ihoica.e
H. nroner quantity. Pour acid INTO
zoe, .hott)e with milk. Thoroughly MIX
acid and milk by shaking gently WIN
. circu,ar motion. If more than one
..rn,e i. to be tested. prepare In IKE
manner.
a. Place test-bottles contalnins
mixture of milk and acid in Whlf'''s
machine. making certain that the ~"
chime is balanced. Turn the machihe {
for Ave minutes at the speed inoica'eu
IN the crank. Stop the machine anu
add hot water (which should be per
factIy clean and nearly at the oo'''"s
mimi until mixture reaches oase %
,es, hottie neck. Whirl again Tor t"o
rr,n,,,es. stop machine, and ADD ho'
uo.er with pipette TO about the PEI
oa,. mark on neck. Whirl again one
minute.
This completes the test. and the OUT
terra, ts shown az clear or lish'
straw-colored liquid in the upper par,
NJ the bottle neck The sulphuric acio
has acted on the constituents OF .he
milk. setting free the butterfat Inc
hot water added brings the liquid MIX.
ture up into the neck 6: the hottie ane
the whirlins causes the bottles 10 ny
out into q horizontal position. he
acid mixture being heavier hies .o~al.
the outside. the -butter-fat being hsAte'
i. forced toward the center ana inls
the neck OF the bottle. This Is divided
into equal spaces. each representa-
per cents. and fractions of per cents.
Apparatus Used in the Test.
The test consists OF Cd whirhne
ma chine or centrifuge: (2) graduated
test bottles; go a glass measuring
pipette holding l7.s cubic centimeters'
"a 17.s c. C. glass acid measure; No'
a bottle Of strong commercial sulphur
! ic acid.
"Rsadins" the Test.
Suppose the upper end OF the ID
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
To Bar Stock Gambling.

Senator Cumn1ins, Of Iowa, has in
troduced bill In the United States
senate. which, should II pass (and it
or some bill like it will pass sooner
or later will do much to advance the
cause of agriculture. The bill puts a
tax of 10 per cent on any sales that
are made on stock exchanges or on
boards of trade. when the man who
sells does not own the stock or the
property. It prescribes a penalty that
should put an end to stock gambling.
The penalty is on all options and 9TH
er forms OF contract lin which one
person agrees to sell conditionally or
Internationally any property such az
described, upon or thru the exchange.
wherein the person giving the option
is not the owner of the property COW
cred by the transactions"
Now is that not good common
sense" why should the man who
wants to depress the price OF wheat
SO as to get control OF the market. sell
on the board of trade anywhere hum
dreds of thousands of bushels Of wind
wheat with the idea OF buying it back
at a lower price. and thus control the
market? The supreme court has de-
Senator Cummins' bill aims to prevent
the crime. The courts can punish;
congress can prevent.
Millians Of dollars have gone from
the farms of the west in the shape Of
options on grain and pork products.
Many more millions have gone from
the farms and homes of the east to
the stock exchanges of New York and
- nt1.t,
time that christian country should
not merely punish but prevent gamb-
ling. the vice Of savAges? Any short
selling is in its last analysis simply
gambling; and when conducted by
large corporation or bank is none
the less gambling, however respect
able 1t may be.
Senator Cummins' bill makes two
exceptions. One is where the sale or
contract relates TO the product of the
SOIL and the seller is the owner OF
lessee OF the growing crop from which
delivery Is to be made And this is
right man who has a crop grow
ing. and no means of storing it, has a
right to sell or contract it. While he
does not own the thing itself. he ownt
and controls the means OF the crea-
ton Of this particular thing.
The second exception IL equally just
namely, where the sale or contrac,
relates to meat or provisions. and the
seller is engaged in the production 81
manufacture Of such. or provided with
capacity for the production or man
ufacture Of such meat or provisions
within the time in which deliveries are
to be made The same things tina,
justify the exception in the case of the
farmer justify 1t in the case of the
miller and the packer.
The punishments are severe: Ter
per cent on a sale or option; 25 pei
cen. II any attempt is made to con
ceal or evade the price. II the tax il
not paid within ten days from the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06

toward The desrsafiiSA Of .RsI
and IL devoid OF all 4tss of justice. =. =
law which win alloM y White spen to
debauch a negro WbblAt'and thet deny
her the remedy which is within reach
of every similar white woman IS con-
tfary to all rules Of society and TO al
moral law.
Iowa does not need such law. 1t Is
conceived In hate, and is not BASED
upon any considerable public de-
mand. nor upon any established need.
Before Iowa legislators vote to enact
this measure into law, they ought 10
consider well what the end must IN
evitably be,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06

Mrs. S. 3. g.. Van Buren, ST.. King
ston. N. r.. (full name furnished on ap-
plication) had such decided benefit
from using Foiey's Honey 4 Tar Com
pound that she shares her good fortune
with others. she writes: Foley's
Honey 4 Tar Compound brought my
voice back to me during 2 severe case
of bronchitis and lafyngitis. Oh. how
many people have recommended Il
to-" Mcbride q Will Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
rn4rsnrruB1I0Ar. 4, 11ssUAnr

der. that Il. are practically what they
were on this side with regard to parcel
mail transmission. up to q few weeks
ago. In this respect the two Ensiish-
speaking countries of North America
were on . par with Spain up 20 tne
time Of the passage Of the Bourne OH
at Washington. Canada and Spain are
now the only countries of consequence
north Of the equator that are denied
this great convenience. and Canada Is
not going to be deprived OF II very
luf1H
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
Topics Of 18th the Times

The Massachusetts highway commits
sion finding the states magnificent
macadamized roads being rayeled out
by the modern automobile has made a
series OF exhaustive tests as to how
dense traffic a rock nlacadam road
Will withstand, and the commission ad-
Uses paving rural highways near large
cities and on trunk lines of travel.
Cosson's convict labor bill would give
$50 prisoners who are working for
prison contractors now at from % to 50
cents a day employment profitable to
the state and to themselves. Why
should a prison contractor hire an eff
fic.ent workingman for from 2ia cents
20 cents an hour when the man can
earn ten times that simply because the
man is in prison? AS matters stand
the state loses. the prisoner loses and
the prison contractor profits by one
mans crime and cuts into competition
with free labor.
A few laws well considered and
passed with pronptitude beats six
months Of rag chewing over bills which
belong in the waste paper basket II
is better to do few things we'll than
10 consider doing lot OF things and
ending by doing next TO nothing. One
Of the best methods is to get TO work
early and finish soon.
s.Y
on good roads he doesn't need a singer
The fact that Il is only three ween.
TO the first Gay OF the first spring
month helps US TO smile when the ner-
curry stands at zero. One feels like
Woodrow wilson does. perhaps, IS Ia
| watches the calendar creep toward
March 4.
| Some day some man is going 20 be
! elected assemblyman who will neither
| draft a dill himself nor introduce one
! ION request" And then a grateful peo-
pie will chip in to build him a n1onu-
n7ent mile high.
| C.rinnell women seem 10 pc not only
willing but anxious TO vote: and if the
women Of one of the most thoughtful
and best educated and cleanest com
munities in the state wan to vote, why
not let them?
! In Indiana townships are permitted
by vote of their people to issue Ter
year bonds for building hard surface
roads and a special assessment agains
| the lands lying within two miles of tn.
| improved road is made according to the
special benefit to the property The
special assessment district plan is {
great success wherever used.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
THE IOWA IDEA"
WEBSTER City Herald, ]

w SDSlST lily t1eIdiO.J
Do you RENE mber the Iowa Idea,
originated and urged several years ago
by Senator Cutnmins az solution OF
our tariff troubles? TIE love- iaes was
simply this: That where high tariff
duties led TO monopoly and unfair
treatment OF the consumer. foreign
competition should be admitted and
that where protection stimulated rea-
sonabie competition In the home mar
ket. reductions of excessive duties were
necessary Well. the democrats nave
now borrowed Senator Cummins' idea
and are advocating "a competitive tar
iff-whici is simply the old Iowa
idea" dressed in progressive demccra-
tic garments.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
Looking Forward.

The sun is far away and small.
The days are cold and brief
But. fearing not what may befall,
l wait to hear the robins call.
And see the spreading leaf.
1t may be that ere they arrive
shall be very dead
No more to hope. no more to strive
But, anyhow. I'm now alive,
Therefore I look ahead
Chicago Record Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
Iona Newspapers
WHERE HE CAME FROM.
IDes Mnines Tribune.

The Drunkards Return in three
reels, is being advertised by an eastern
movie" house. We hazard the guess
that ne didn't live very far from the
las; refreshment parlor visited.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-06
Parcel Post E Canada

In Canada no parcel Of over five
pounds viii be carried BY the mails.
and upon this charge Of 1 cent m
ounce or fraction thereof 10 made. no
matter what the distance. The con-
ditions on the other side Of the =bor-