Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1913-07-22
Press Comment.

Council Bluffs Nonpareil: 1t is hot
without question. But do not forget
in this situation that you will next
winter be able to buy coal and comfort
with the money you are now sweating
to earn.
Keokuk Gate City: Horseradish 10
to come In free under the UnderMocd
tartffs law. Probably the Lawmakers
figure that it is strong enough toapr0
itect itself. 4 U.s. a5
Keosauqua Republican: -Four hum
dred new laws are said to have gone
into effect In Iowa July 4. And Il
can be said perhaps. with entire safety
OF being within the truth. that the
state would be better of today 1880
Iof these legislative acts had been
Indefinitely postponed. 8
Waterloo Courier: Besides the
privilege Of casting ballot, there - 4
Jury responsibility and $3.50 annual
loll tax in store for all those who b.
come voters In Waterloo. Are the
women ready for It?
Cedar Rapids Republican: Mr.. Bry-
an might have tried carrying his
luncheon with him. There are thou.
sands OF men just as good as he Is who
do carry their luncheons with them
and most OF them would really be glad
to try living on $4,000 a year. IA
|. Mason City Globe Gazette: Not only
is Col Roosevelt hopping to the Hopi
Indians, but he Is also leaving the
trouble OF mixing up with business
candidates in the New York City
mayorality fight 1t isn't like the
colonel to sidestep, but running every
thing all the time must sometimes set
tiresome. X I'd
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Ex-sec.
rotary Wilson Is receiving all kinds .of
attention in foreign lands and IS ~
taching college degrees galore. When
he returns to America II will be with
all kinds OF L. L. DIS suffixed to hts
name. But here In Iowa he will con.
tinue to be known simply as lama
Jim" All OF which in an early day
was necessary to distinguish him from
prairie jim"
Charlton Leader: After all agricul-
ture is the real foundation for perrnAr
nent prosperity. The town that Il
surrounded by good farming coun.
try is bound to move forward 70 long
as the fertility OF the soil ID maintain
ed and water flows. The development
of other resources and establishment
OF industries add to the sum total.
This is the position Of Charlton today.
We already have agriculture. Now
the mineral resources are TO be- de-
veloped with all that pertain thereto.
Centerville Citizen: Get a man to
the point that he feels he must do
wrong for the sake Of his party Or
business and he enters formal pro
test against the act and then goes and
does 1t. At leaDt that Is apparently
what a number Of our most prominent
men have been doing In Washington.
They break the commandments at
pleasure because the basin and wa&or
are always at hand to wash on the
blood te. !. 5yss
Kansas City Journal: Ever since,the
prospect of democratic success In the
1912 elections was indicated by the
election of democratic house OF rep
resentatives two years previously,
democratic efforts have been largely
directed toward getting something
on the previous administrations
Throughout the last session sof con.
gress the house devoted most OF IN
energies toward putting the president
In a hole and ever since the entire
administration has been in the hands
Of the democracy the effort to dis-
credit the republican administrators