Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-07-29
The king Of Norway, therefore, has
1.-THE most right to plead poverty
among this collection of paupers.

1.-THE most right to plead poverty
samong this collection Of paupers.
ISi38s 5i5s sits
EDITOR PERKINS OBSERVING.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: What class
OF people is the most observing?
Judging by the number OF comments
about prevailing feminine fashions,
we should say the editors are enti-
tied to that distinction. And the
Older the editor the more observant
he seems to be. George D. Perkins,
lin the Sioux City Journal. has a half,
. column comment on the slit gown.
MARSH AND THE TARIFF.
1 Waterloo Reporter: Our old
jfriend Wilbur Marsh of Waterloo,
who enjoys the distinction Of being
the largest manufacturer OF cream
Iseparators in the world, is back
from Washington, where he had
been for some time vainiy endeayor-
ling to keep the tariff farmers from
placing separators on the free list.
says the independence Bulletin. Mr..
Marsh makes an excellent argument
when he says that with duty on
much Of the raw material and the
finished products on the free list it
means ruin to the independent
manufacturer and wholly in the
Interest OF the International Har-
Ivester company. That is probably
true, but Mr.. Marsh should remem-
Der that no institution in this
country contributed more to the
success Of the Wilson ticket last
fall than the international Harvest
er company.
Mr. Marsh was. not so many
years ago, bright young travelling
man and theoretical free trade
democrat who, under republican
administration, built up q great
industry which is supposed to have
made him a millionaire. He isl
now confronted with condition
not theory, and we notice he takes
the same view of the situation as
those stockholders in the beet sugar
factory up at Waverly. who voted
SO enthusiastically for free trade
list fall and are now rending their
garments over the free sugar pro-
position !.
BRIGHTER BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Times-Republican: The talk Of
panic has subsided. 1t was in the
beginning merely the fright Of east
ern speculative interests, who found
themselves squeezed by the shrink
age OF watered stock. In the face
OF magnificent crop reports and the
appearant indifference OF the great
middle west to the outcry Of the
speculative east and with the agri-i
cultural exports of the United
States exceeding the billion dollar
mark for the first time in the
history Of the country, it is no
wonder that the talk Of possible
panic died a-bornin'. 1t arose
merely from the stock speculators
who have been eating each other
up thru stock depreciations caused
by the operation known in dropsy
as tapping" Few of these water
ed stocks were owned in the west
and middle west and the shrinkagel
has affected these sections but
slightly.
The trend of business is still in
the right direction, even though
progress is slow. This is ordinarily
dull season and various restrain
ing factors curtail activity, yet en-
couraging features are manifest and
cheerful views predominant. In thel
great crop-producing regions opti-
mism is general, owing to the pros
poets Of another prosperous year on
the farm. The financial markets Of
the east have recently been con-
fronted with an unusual array OIL
adverse influences, yet it is signi-
ficant that these have been largely
ignored and for time this week
securities advanced in an impress
siye manner. Sentiment responded
to the agreement to arbitrate thel
railway labor controversy and the
offering of foreign funds at this
center. both OF which tended to on
set the developments in the Mexican
situation.
Changes in strictly commercial
and industrial conditions are MAIN
| " favorable with Improvement in
some instances being quite pro-
nounced. Wholesale distribution
continues restricted--as usual at
this period but warm weather hasI
stimulated the retail demand for
seasonable clothing and footwear.
There have been more buyers In
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