Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-08-21

Money makes the man who makes
the money,
| Press Comment.
Keokuk Gate City: The Almighty is
responsible for hot winds and dry
weather, but man Is responsible for
bad roads, which are often worse for
the farmer and city dweller.
Burlington Gazette: The views of
Cardinal Gibbons on suffrage will find
ready response In the minds of sensi-
BILE people. The cardinal says that good
mothers are more essential to the
state than good politicians and good
cooks than ward leaders.
J Cedar Rapids Republican: In refus-
| ing to let go Of the office Governor
Sulzer is adding to his own bad
repute It would be- better for him TO-
confess his political sins and ask for
forgiveness. Defying the verdict OF
mankind as we'll as of the committees
which have heard the testimony will
not help him In the least.
Sioux City Tribune: Henry Lane
Wilson, late ambassador to Mexico,
must be credited with having Huerta
nerve. Through syndicate" he Of
fers to vindicate himself by a series
OF letters on conditions in Mexico and
for this he proposes to charge the
newspapers SO much per.
Morshalltown Times Republican:
We shall have corn in Iowa. We al
ways do. We worry because that IS
about the only thing Iowans have to
worry about and the luxury Of worry
Is not to be completely denied us. But
we have corn because 1t always rains
in Iowa when the time comes.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Governor
Foss Of. Massachusetts Is something
OF a political barometer. And his ex-
preston that the democrats have gone
too far in tariff matters will later be
proven an accurate estimate Of the
temperature Of the people on this sub.
jet. A majority Of the democrats IN
the country doubtless approve the I'm
derwood bill. But majority Of the
democratic party will fall far short Of
being a majority OF the voters In the
country.
Sioux City Journal: 1t is easy enough
to see why men like Castro stay by the
revolutionary game. They run little
risk and grab all the winnings, If there
are winnings. But the underlings, who
take all the risk and contribute all
the casualties and never get In on the
spoils-why do they continue to fall
for 1t every time some professional
trouble maker like Castro waves new
| flag and appeals to the patriots to
come a-running?
Des Moines Capital: General COM
plants of the scarcity Of hog cholera
serum are coming from over Iowa. The
disease has appeared In many sections
of the state but efforts to get sufff
cient quantities OF the serum with
which to combat the epidemic have
awaited little The legislature acted
wisely in providing for the manu-
facture and distribution Of hog cholera
serum, but 1t did not go nearly far
enough. Arrangements on far more
elaborate scale are necessary II the
state Is to save It's nOG6.
! Des Moines Capital: For playful
| ly" pointing revolver at a girl friend
a jamestown, N. Y, young man has
Just paid fine Of 325 He should now
60 to hospital and plead for an oper.
alton for fairness Of the head.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: It is now
suggested that the followers Of Gov.
Foss Of Massachusetts be called fos-
sis. This may be pert suggestion,
but the fellows who keep up with Foss
will never have time to accumulate
. any moss on their backs, regardless Of
the names that may be given them.
Clinton Herald: President Wilson
can do his country no greater service
at the present time than by prevent.
ing war with Mexico. It is going to
be hard task, one that will test the
very best that is in him, for there is
reason to believe that he is right when
he expresses the belief that there Is
an organized effort on foot In this
country to bring about such war.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald: If there
was a reason in the parched pastures
for putting up the price Of milk, that
reason has passed.
Recent rains have restored the pas
lures so that there Is excellent graz
! ing now for the cows.
| II the milk trust would avoid troll-
BILE 1t will put back the price OF milk
and cream to the figures before the
last advance was made.
Kansas City Journal: why doesn't
the senate pass the tariff bill and have
| done with it?" asks the Philadelphia
1 Public Ledger. Passing the tariff bill
and having done with it are two very
different matters Neither the senate
/ nor the house will "have done with it,
Iuntn they answer to the country for
having enacted such an unwise and un-
patriotic measure.
/ Boone News: There is no objection
to pranks which do not disturb the