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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22

system 81 practical sducationf The
society's circular en1eAvoFD 70 AnSWOe
this question. In : Few short NON :.
technical paragraphs Il sums up GER
tain OF the fundamental policies u w.
cational education as this society sees
1t. 1t urges state aid to the local com.
munities. It recognizes four fields OF
vocational training a. the kind the
state ought to furnish III boys and
girls: Industrial educasion for workers
in the trades and industries and in the
households; agricultural education for
the farmers; commercial education for
clerks. statesmen. etc.: and "household
arts education" for non-wage earning
occupations connected with the home.
In other words, the state ought to
make it possible for children to receive
in the public schools instruction that
will At them directly for productive
employment in any OF these useful oc-
cupations, instead OF sending them out
with little or no training for the real
work they are going to do.
Experience has already been suffi-
cient to indicate in what kind of
schools this vocational training can be
given. The circular cites q number Of
types of schools, some based on Euro
pean models, others on American prac-
tice, among them the following: The
all day vocational schools, where the
pupils can spend at least one year in
all-day attendance; the part time
schools, where boys and girls regularly
employed may come for few hours
each week; the evening schools in in
dustry or agriculture, for persons over
16 years Of age who work during the
day; and similar evening schools or
classes in household arts.
1t is significant that the six states
that have already set UP systefns OF
vocational education Massachusetts,,
New York, Connecticut, New Jersey.
Wisconsin, and Indiana--have long had
excellent schools. The newer educa.
ton which they are introducing is not
intended to replace the old. but to sup
plement it: to give training for
specific employment in addition to the
regular schooling, SO that the boys and
girls may be more efficient and willing
workers, as we'll as better educated
individuals.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22

have Just now. Had such been the case
there would have been q real r0ad law
enacted long before this. for mile or
two over the frozen mud Of Saturday
and Sunday would hav Jared all the
opposition out Of some Of the members
now blocking progress down In Des
Moines." -
The Fairfield Ledger offers the fol-.
lowing: Here's to q federal building
in every county seat in Iowa, with the
stars and stripes floating over 1t all the
time"
THE man who gives Ave dollar
bill without any sentiment attached
does more material good than the per-
son who gives sympathy. in great gobs
and stops at that" asserts the Tama
News.
1.-The Crist public utilities bill should
be killed or amended SO radically that
its author would not know It," says
the Knoxville Journal The Journal Is
of the opinion that no public utilities
bill can pass the present legislature
that would be an improvement over
present conditions. Certain it is that
no bill should pass which gives to pub
lie utilities companies exclusive fran
chises without providing for an easy
and practicable method of ending the
monopoly thus created"
Some Of his critics have unearthed
the awful fact that Railroad Com
missioner Clifford Thorne has ridden
in parlor cars while on long Journeys
for the state and has charged them
up to the state. Isn't this terible!' eX-
claims the Mt. Vernon Record. Mr..
Thorne, while travelling for the state.
should travel by side door sleeper.
That would save. not only his Pullman
and parlor car BILL but his railroad
fare as WELL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
xoo.tional Education.

The movement for vocational educa-
ton in this country is now IN full
swing. Six states already have more
or less complete systems OF vocational
training. and q number Of others are
considering legislation to introduce IN :
to the public schools work that VIII
ut boys and girls more directly Tor
earning a living. In order to aid in the
movement the National Society for the
Promotion Of Industrial Education has
issued a brief explicit statement OF
what it considers the main principles
that should underlie the proposed leg
slation, and the United States bureau
Of education, while not giving official
endorsement to the program as
whole, is sending copies OF the
pamphlets to those who apply for 1t.
What are the essentials of state
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
,ue MEASURE OF oEcENcY.

1,doe DeGraff contributed the Juds-
men, of his court TO confederation ci
the arguments of those who are urging
81 minimum wage for women "hen ne
set a limit to the sum wherein Wom-
an can exist. The judge, however
raises the ante from IS TO 50 "eeh'
That he concluded the other day IN de-
Gliding a divorce case is the least sum
a single woman can live on in Des
Moines and stay honest"
In complete sympathy with the Nv
ing wage agitation and honest equiva-
lent for honest work the fact remains
that women and men do exist on 50
a week and stay honest" A con-
siderable number Of families al heins
held together on wages apDroXimatins
Very nearly 50 a week How it is
managed is another thing, but they do
it. And q more astonishing thing is
that a very considerable number of
our useful men are bred out Of these
very families.
The point is this: i: would be well
no single woman can live on less than
a specified sum per week and remain
decent Complete acceptance Of that
theory would draw a line of demarca :
tor between responsibility and it's OPP
posite which does not exist. 1t is GER
tainly of a Vicious tendency to sug-
gest that certain standard Of living,
Z certain approximation to prevailing
fashions and the like are absolutely
the only barrier between womanhood
and theft or prostitution, that WON
an can't stay honest" in poverty
Were this rule generally established in
the minds of men and women it would
be of the strongest influences toward
immortality. 1t isn't true. Wage scales
are shifting affairs. What was 81 d
week ten years ago is So today and
may be SIS tomorrow. But decency
holds to it's standard.
Sometimes reform in it's beginning
seems to do as much harm as the con-
ditions it seeks to change. In the mat
ter Of the minimum wage for women
character is not to be subordinated tc
cash payments. Let us not measure
virtue at so much per week. 1t is false
measurement. Nevertheless it is wei
tn 10 IN insisting that women and mer
too get fair wages for fair York. Ant
the best place for man to begin il
on his own pay roll. The main thing
Il to be square.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
AS TO GIRLS.

lIrunOy hcpuDllCdH.J
Girls. in every town and commun-
ity. go out from homes that are good,
vet they go wrong. Boys start out
in life from every hamlet Of the land
and the promise they gave in their
youth is not fulfilled because OF vice,
and disease, and degradation. And
why? Mostly ignorance. Ignorance.
ignorance! Every town, even Grundy
Center. has its girls. some Of them
mere striplings in short dresses.
walking the streets for no good pur-
pose, and their names are playthings
for boys yet in knee pants. And let
us say right here that Grundy Cen
ter's condition is no worse than al
most every other town in the state
CT Iowa. The same conditions prevail
wherever men have eyes to see.
who is to blame? First. the pa
rents, from whom the child naturally
and rishtfully expects q clean hertz
age. and second, the community with
its attitude Of lightness towards the
deepest things of life and it's willing
ness to overlook wrong doing. With
easily more than half the men OF any
community repeatedly stepping from
the straight path the oncoming gen
Grafton OF boys and girls has none
too enviabIe moral outlook. Some
thing else is at fault besides the
minimum wages paid to our women
who toll.
It may be we'll and good to raise a
surore over a few jewellers In Iowa
fewer cities, but Iowa Is state OF
small communities where every man
knows his neighbors on both sides o.
him. and the vice we need to save
our girls from. and the vice we neeo
to keep our boys clean from, is tins
vice of our own communicative Vics
that feeds and fourishes on ignorance
and a false conception of LIES nigh
est purpose.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
EDIT YOUR OWN LETTERS.

Every now and then the letters OF
some prominent man are published
posthumously. If they have been care
fully edited by friendly hands they us
ualIy make for his credit: but under
dispassionate or unfriendly editorship
the letters which show the inside Of
public or private life rarely accentuate
the impression these men IS lives mad
left of greatness. The littlenesses OF
the great crop out, we find the clay
feet on our marbles. In short 1t runs
the window shades up to full height
and let's the neighbors into the family
secrets.
A great many persons have the Gus
tom of keeping all letters. 1t is not d
good one. There are sacred letters
which it would be proclamation TO de-
s,ro, and there are others which it is
sacrilege to keep. We ought TO edll
our own letter files carefully. Ana TINS
done there will be no record OF 1alnl!y
disturbances. of shameful episooes' per-
hans. of ouarrels which divided pfoth-
ers and sisters on sordid questions. All
that should remain to be seen nE lhe
ewes of those who desire to believe US
fine and noble should be fine and nobte'
Rurn the letters that record feuos
and mistakes and unavailins regrets
Edit your own letters for your own
sake and the sake of those who shai'
,e.d them when explanation is no
Io,aar nCssible
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
Tho Kenyon Law In Action.

[Liauor Dealers National Bulletin.1
The disposition Of the trade and OF
newspaper writer's and Of the general
public seems to be to dis.ort and per-
vert anything and everything connected
with or concerning the Kenyon law.
The National office is receiving num-
berless Inquiries indicating much un-
necessary agitation among the trade
about the operation OF this law.
The law simply prohibits the ship
ment in interstate commerce OF intoxi-
eating liquors where such liquors are
intended to be used by any one IN vio-
lation of any law OF any state or terri
tory into which such liquors are
shipped
The newspapers insist on misleading
their readers by asserting that the law
prevents the shipment of liquor from
wet" into dry" territory.
AS a matter Of fact. the Law also pro-
hibits the shipment Of intoxicating
LIQUOR from wet into wet territory.
where anyone CONNECTED with the
transaction intends to use such liquor
in violation Of the law.
The law provides no penalty. 1t can
not be enforced In q federal court nor
by any federal official.
1t simply delegates the regulation OF
interstate commerce in liquors to the
authorities Of the various states.
For this reason the ablost lawyers OF
the senate and house declared it to be
unconstitutional. And President Tafts
veto was based upon the same objec-
ton.
| We are asked many questions. such
as: Can we ship to party In dry
territory for personal use" Certainly.
| You can ship goods anywhere SO long
as the transportation companies VIII
carry them; and provided they are not
intended to be received. sold or used in
violation Of any law OF the state or
| territory into which you ship them. AS
there Is no penalty provided In the law.
! the shipper can not be penalized for
| shipping.
! The goods become subject to the laws
of a state into which they are shipped
prior to delivery to the consignee.
Before the Kenyon bill became law
they did not become subject to the laws
of state until after delivery to the
consignee.
| Once more We say the law prohibits
| interstate shipments of Intoxicating
liquors are intended to be used in vio-
| lation OF law.
| That is all there is to it. All other
| shipments are lawful
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
Topics of the Times

Some people assume that because
Jim Thewin is president the board OF
education must be wrong. The better
way is to lose sight of the personnel OF
the board and consider the action OF
the board apart from historical alluslon.
The weather is not especially favor
able for green peas but everything looks
bright for Lamb.
The prisoners in the Waterloo jail
went on strike and refused TO work
but there has been no talk Of sym
pathy strike in this case
1t might be well to direct the notice
of the high school boy to the fact that
a good up-to-date trade pays the man
who knows it thoroughly about twice
as much as the ordinary bank clerk
gets.
Ackley people who own good dogs arc
victims of that meanest of all sneaks.
the dog poisoner. Every now and then
some fellow starts out with batch of
poison and low down disposition to
destroy his neighbours pets. If the
Ackleyites catch this one the result
ought to be worth a good headline in
state news.
Do you know that the bare land in
this United States is worth an even
fifty billion dollars without the i'm
provements" When You get that fig
ured out you will understand how it can
support so many real estate agents.
Public sentiment is slow but it has
it's effect. Just now public sentiment is
women but just the same the same the
bargain sales are crowded.
Speculation over whether the assas-
sin of King George is a degenerate or
a fanatical anarchist is entirely idle. A
fanatical anarchist is always de-
generate.
1t is a serious mistake for any news
N.'--C'' N--'~S
elected governor and legislature. But
ic is always in order for any newspaper
to speak out boldly on the problems Of
the day.
The legislator who seeks shelter by
urging that he will not be driven by
the newspapers uncovers a weakness
He is thinking much more of his sell
love than of the interests he is deputed
to conserve or is hunting cat hole
whereby he may escape his responsible
ity to his constituents.
The fact is that this legislature is
as uncertain on roads as the ground
hog is on weather
Yesterday the farmers We're sowing
wheat up in northwestern 1owa-forty
years ago
! Another evidence Of he undy!ne
! quality of hope may be found in the
/ organization of an Iowa Democratic
Editorial Association.
I Perhaps when the amendment passe'
I the women will have their polling
places in the lady barber shops.
The man who always sees the frs
robin has quit looking for cherry bios
SONS and is waiting for the robin Il
come back.
Fine words butter no parsnips. l
takes money to butter parsnips.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
Iona Newspapers
AS TO A soRDID COMPLAINT

Possibly Railroad Commissioner
Thorne has spent more money in trav-
cling than some OF his predecessors.
but he has delivered the goods while
they did not. That is the important
thing to consider. Mr.. Thcne has made
the commission live thing. Thru his
efforts In handling cases before the in
terstate commerce commission and
preventing raises in freight rates the
state has been saved hundreds Of
thousands of dollars. A wise employees
does not figure on the cost of an en-
ploye. but his earning ability. Figured
on this basis Mr.. Thorne is far and
away the cheapest railroad commits
sioner the state has ever had.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
IN LIES SUNSET.
madrid Register-News.]

lMdOIlO IScSlSGCA 81
A small group Of men were seated
together the other evening. The talk
turned to the life Of man and his ulti-
mate DEATH One Of the group was
passing thru the evening OF LIE. TX
when I die" he said. "n1y neighbors
will say that I lived to the best Of my
capacity In harmony with Gods laws,
that cared for my family TO the best
of my ability, that ] was q helpful
friend and neighbor. then shall feel
that have done everything that wa
expected Of me-
The philosophy of life 10 wrapped up
in the above statement.
1t Ia said that the richest man in
America is at present in an European
city, i'll with worry. II he should die to-
morrow the press dispatches the fol-
lowing day would herald his death
turnout the civilized world. 1t would
be the news feature OF the day. but I'm
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22

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affected. It goes directly to the strained
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tendency to soreness or strain.
By ito daily use there will be no pain. NO
distress, no nausea, no danger Of liberation
or other accident, and the period viii be one
Of supreme comfort and Joyful anticipation. !.
To all young women Mothers Friend y
one OF the greatest Of all helpful Influences.
for It robs childbirth of all it, Aso:!es ana
dangers. dispels all the doubt and dread.
ali sense OF fear, and thus enables the mind
and body to await the greatest event e 2
Mothers Friend Il most chefished
remedy IN thousands Of homes, and y e
such peculiar merit ana value 40 70 make =
essentially ono to be rsconmeaded BY ~
women.
You will ind 1t on tale at all drug stores
at 800 . bottle, or the druggist will fiadiY
get It for you II you insist upon i. NTH
er's Friend 10 prepared only BY the Brad
neid Regulator Co., 1877 Lsnar Blds.. At
lsnts, Ga, who will send you BY mail.
sealed, q very Instructive koOk to expectant
mothsrS. Write for It te-6ay.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
STRAIGHT TALK.
Manson Democrat. ]


There is much maudlin sympathy
from the sob squad over the solitary
confinement of Haley in the Fort Mad
son pe:litentlary. Why is Haley in The
solitary? Because he refuses to work.
Because he persistently refuses 10
comply with the discipline of the pr!s-
on. II ali the prisoners were as stub
born as he they would destroy the
prison and every guard and officer in
it. Haley is a murderer. He deserved
not only a life sentence. but should
have been hung. He was convicted II
the cruel murder Of two police officers
in the discharge of their duty. He de-
prived two useful citizens OF their
lives and now the state must try to
preserve his miserablee. useless life %
punish" him. Haley should be per-
lnitted to have his own Way-to stay
in the solitary until he rots or goes
crazy-unjess he is willing to abide by
the prison rules.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
newspapers.
Ie SpdFVTS.
AN IOWA CORN CRIB.
KNOXVILLE Journal

hnOSVllle JOuIndiJ
The Daugherty brothers, ]. V. and
a. c.. are just finishing Up a gigantic
double barrelled" corn crib on their
farm in the Lincoln neighborhood-
evidently getting things in readiness
for a bumper crop this season. Each
section of this double crib is 1OX62
feet in size with an elevated. covered
driveway between, the elevation SO
constructed that the floors Of the crib
will be four feet lower than the wagon
way-this for the purpose Of doing
away with an immense amount OF hard
shoveling when the crib is almost full
The cribs are each built of two-inch
oak planks and the inside studdings arc
! fifteen feet in height and the caves ten
J feet. A. c. Daugherty is the architect
in charge: l. z. Vernon contractor and
/ builder. The entire structure will be
under one shingled roof.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
Knew wh.. On, Wanted.

Little Ruth listened in silence while
ono after another Of her elders refused
all but the smallest possible helpings
Of mince pie. One wanted "just lit
tie piece" another only = very lit
tle," etc. When the child's turn came
sue PASSED her plate eagerly. Please
give me too much" her native SIN.
cerity desired.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
,lsoN AND the CHINA LOAN.

When Wilson announced that the
United States would not be partner in
an attempt to force loan upon China
and tha. interference with the affairs
OF the new republic would not extend
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
RES.

Every particle of progress that has
ever been made has been the product
of people who have love for their
work and who. By loving their work.
have climbed above the mass. and. BY
climbing themselves have developed
power to Stand.-Jamos Logan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
IOwA.s INDUSTRIAL sTANDPAT,
TIERS"
Knoxville Journal.1

Knoxville Journal
The industrial standpatter is even
more of detriment to progress than
his political brother The fellow who
says I'VE will always have muddy
roads in Iowa" is an industrial stand
patter. He opposed the building OF
in the cities: he sneered at the idea Of
rural mail delivery. parcel post and
automobiles; he was the last man in
town to use electric lights and other
mooern improvements. The indus
trial standpatter belongs in the days
Of tallow candles, homespun clothes
and OK teams. He is averse to pro-
gress, believes that the old days were
the best days and no Improvement
can be made upon the methods Of the
fathers. He would have helped tor
jeer at Columbus; he said that Fulton
was mailman, Morse a fool. and Mer-
genthaler fanatic: he possesses
neither vision nor discernment. For
tunately for mankind he has ever been
in the minority and has been only an
obstructionist. So he will prove in the
matter Of good roads. Eventually Iowa
is going to get out of the mud and the
time to make beginning is now. Ten
per cent Of the roads Of this county
bear 80 per cent Of the traffic. They
should be made pasable every day In
the year and they will be despite the
fellow who sheer AT permanent" roads
and jeer at rural "boulevards.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Iowa will hereafter pay q bounty
Of $40 each on dead wolves, but not q
cent for the pelts Of her more num-
erous and destructive vuipine political
srasters and heelers." complains the
Webster City Herald.
The Montezuma Republican says:
it never hooked up very strongly will,
the senator in his pre-convention CAM
paigns, but he has made good in the
United States senate and is one Of the
real able men of the nation. You old
stand stillers will have to hand it to
the senior senator Of Iowa. Congress
man Kennedy told the writer in Wash
ington last summer that Senator Cum
Minis was one OF the squarest men he
ever met and that when he promised
you anything, he fulfilled that promise
and never polly foxed for minute"
The Grundy Republican thinks it *
pity that the mem bers OF our state leg
ss,ature were not compelled to do theil
! campaigning over roads such as W.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-22

iess ne iAesfrdratsd in his charGctef
the elements spoken Of above the ssn-
sation caused by the death messASe
would meSely be. one OF curiosity, and
would be forgotten in . month.
The world adnires brillfancy, but
there are many brilliant men. 1t envics
riches, but It cares but little for the
possesosr
There are really only a few things
which count in life. II, when the years
have slipped by, memory runs back
over the path you have trod, 1t VIII be
found that these few things are OF the
common place. "If, when l die, my
neighbors will say that I have lived to
the best of my capacity in harmony
with Gods law, that cared for my
family to the best Of my ability, that
I was helpful friend and neighbor'
then I shall feel that l have done ev-
erything that was expected OF me-