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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
Tho Fruit Of the Poor.
IChicago Tribune.l

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Bananas essentially are the fruit OF
the poor. In the winter, when all other
fruits are outside the reach Of the
tenement mother, the banana alone re-
mains faithful. Its price, even then, is
reasonable, and it adds variety to the
frugal table. OF late it has come also
into favor as cooked vegetable. and
as such is proving a valuable food pro-
duct.
To put an impost duty on bananas
is to take away considerably from the
joys of the tenement child. 1t means
making the lot OF the mothers OF the
masses harder. With the present soar
ing living cost there are few de!icacies
left to the slum and tenemen. fam
lily. A tax on bananas viii! remove an
other and extremely important article
which is both a dellcacy and food.
A wide protest is arising against the
recommendation of the finance COM
mittee of the senate to put a duty Of
"one-tenth of l per cent per pound on
bananas. 1t is to be hoped that this
protest will be strong enough to bring
about change of heart on the part Of
the senators. and that the banana will
remain as accessible to the poor mass
eS of this land in the future as II has
been in the past.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
BRYAN ON TO HIS JOB.
tSioux City Tribune.l

tSlOuX City Irlbune.l
Announcement from Washington
that Secretary Bryan has Endorsed the
currency measure as it stands. and
that it, therefore, is sure of passing
in practically its present form or not
at all, Is somewhat of an eye-opener
to those who have lent willing ear 10
rancorous distortions cf Mr.. 8ryan's
status with the present administrator
at Washington.
Close friends of public man usually
are blind to his faults and magnify his
virtues. Political opponents almost in
variably- minimize his virtues and
magnify his faults. No better example
of this tendency has been presented
than in the attitude OF Mr.. Bryan's
friends and enemies in the field of
politics.
c. w. Thompson recently has syn
Dictated an article on organs Real
Place in the Wilson Administration
that. while evidently friendly to the
secretary OF state. may yet he re-
garded as fair estimate OF the man
and his relationship at Washington.
From this We learn that the presi-
dent and the secretary are working
hand in hand. each with wholesome
, u
and ability: that the department OF
state is not practically headless. as
has been frequently implied. The at
tempt to single Bryan out and make
it appear that he has been overridden
and made a fisurehead by his chief has
been conducted" says MI Thompson
with maleyolence and with clevernesa
and il false" s.n ~,
He says the personal relations BE-
tween the two men are extraordinary
and perha ps unprecedented IN politics
adding: ITO begin with 1t is neces-
ssry to dismiss another ingenfou,
falsehood, which has obtained wide
currency, 70 the effect that Wilson APP
pointed Bryan because he was afraid
of him, or because he felt it obligatory
10 discharge political debt. He MADE
the nomination to the senate because
he believed that Bryan sized up TO the
lob and was the biggest figure IN the
party. and that opinion he has nos
changed"
The same writer Eliminates fea-
ture of the Bryan diplomacy that Is
Informative Like Colonel Roosevelt
he does not hesitate to smash conVen-
tionalities TO smithereens in order 10
get results In his travels he has be-
come personally acquainted with many
OF the leading statesmen OF the world
We read:
| Whenever situation arises with re-
gard to their countries where II looks
| like an impasse. this unconveationa
secretary Of state, instead of senalns
formal note. writes personal letter
| to Lord This or Baron That and asks
him frankly il he can't suggest some
way out. 1t may surprise the
/ foreign statesman, but there are more
! human traits among statesmen than
! is generally admitted, And they write
to Bryan and tell him what they think
can be done. And somehow things be-
gin to advance. 1t sounds incredible
but it is actually happening before our
/ eyes.
| Roosevelt demonstrated that frank
sincerity is more effective than red
| tape conventionalities
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
Government Land Lotteries.
(St. Louis Globe Democrat.

Another government land lottery is
in progress and the best publicity
service the press can render the peO-
pie liz to advise them to let 1t alone
Millions Of dollars have been wastel
by men who could not afford to lose
the money in taking long chances IN
these government lotteries. A few
years ago two Idaho reservations were
opened on this lottery plan. and less
than per cent OF those vino registered
drew land. The other aS per cent lost
every cent they expended, avera ging
not less than $50 each and in some
cases running far above that sum.
The old New Orleans and Kentucky
lotteries in their palmiest days never
eaualed this record of blanks for eager
plungers.
In the Fort Peck reservation to be
opened up there are 4Ss.ss7 acres, Of
what is classed AZ agricultural lands.
Divided into farms of 100 acres each.
this would make a.eae farms. Should
100000 registrations be made, which is
less than has been made in like draw
ings in the past, only per cent Of
those who go to the expensive prelin-
inaries Of registering for the drawine
could possibly be successful. One hun
dred thousand registrations at an av-
erage cost to those who register Of $50
would make 100000, Of which 81
$4,000 would be expanded for NOTHING
at all. besides the time lost in g0inG
to the place Of registration and watt
ing for the drawing. Those who ara
successful will have to pay from IS
to 81 an acre more In three years. fos
irrigation. This makes 80 IN acre
which would make pretty good hrs'
payment on better land elsewhere.
In this lottery style OF land 6rawinl
the government 10 not osIy eausina
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
The cots.r's Saturday Night.
Wait mason in co;;,ers.'


The labor OF the week Is DER, the
stress and toll titanic, and to his hum
BILE cottage door returns the tired me-
chanic. He hangs mis- weather beaten
tile and coat upon rafter: the
housewife greets him with smile. the
barns with joyous laughter. The sup
per is merry meal, and when they've
had their vittles, the mother plies her
spinning wheel. while father smokes
and whites. But now the kids, JOY
Gus crowd. must cease to romp and
caper, for father starts to read aloud
the helpful daily paper:
A cancer on the neck or knees once
meant complete disaster; but DR..
chowder guarantees to cure 1t with q
or blast 1t out with powder; don't
let your coming be delayed-reiy on
DR.. Chowder!
Outdoors there Is rising gale, a
fitful rain is falling; they hear the
east winds sadly wall like lonely
phantoms calling. But all Is peace and
joy within. and eyes with gladness
glisten, and father. with a happy grin,
reads on. and bids them listen:
III you have pimples on your nose or
bunions on your shoulder, II you have
rim abones on your toes-ere you're
minute older call up the druggist on
the phone and have him send basket
of Takers pills. for they alone WIZ
save YOU from casket.
The clock ticks on the cottage wall,
and marks the minutes speeding: the
freight dances in the hall. on oao'
where he sits reading. Oh, quiet,
3nA
pride and glory! And in million
homes like this, dad reads the precious
story:
on. countless are the grievous ills,
afflicting human critters. but we nave
always Bunkum's pills, and Skoo-
kum's Hogwash Bitters. Have you the
symptoms of the govt along your
muscles playing? And are your whisk-
era falling out. and are your teeth
decaying. Have you no appetite ioI
green's. and do you bslk at fritters!
Wen tell you, dear reader. what u
means-you need some Hogwash Bit
ters!
The children nod their drowsy heads
their TOYS around them lying. I'll
take them to their little beds, says
mother. softly sishing. Its time they
were away from here-the evening II
Advancing: but ere they 80, husband
dear, read one more tale enhancing.
! And father seeks that inside pass
whore Household Hints" are printed
where, for the good of youth and age
this Household Hint" 10 hinted:
II you have. ulaladies 80 rank they
arc too fierce to mention, Just call or
GOOD old Dr.. Crank; youth md It hi
Sntention to cure you up where otheri
fail, tho t'others number twenty; ou'
don't forget to bring the kaie. ana ses
that you have plenty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
Music.
1kansas civ Star


There Is the music Of the spheres
and the sweet sound that breathes
upon bank Of violets." Between the
music 20 overmastering that that finite
ear can not encompass 1t and the music
SO soft that only the attuned ear gets
Il, what other melody is the most de-
lightful?
Wouldn't YOU say it was the rain
pattering on the roof or tinkling on the
pavement, or running the full range
OF chords in the grass and leaves?
There is the still. sad music Of hui
mainly" There is Emusic that gentler
falls than petals from blown roses on
the sress"-than tired eyeiids upon
tired eyes" There are the unheard
melodies OF pastoral pipers upon Gre
clan urns. The voice of the mother
singing to the baby Is more beautiful
than these. And there are anthems,
sung by full choruses in resonant ca
thedrals.
Still YOU would give your choice to
the music Of the rain. 1t lulls the fret
full baby and the weary mother. TOO 1t
harmonizes the waking moment with
the moment Of sleep. 1t joins child and
mother and man, and birds and beasts
and the tiny irha bitants of the grass.
and the grass and the trees, and coun-
try and town, in one great TIE Deum
in one great cathedral.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
Testing tho "e..ndf.th.r" Clause.
[Ch1istian Science Monitor.I

lSHllSi1an science MONltOF.j
The decision of the courr Of appeals
Of Maryland, the whole court con-
curing, that tine grandfather clause as
applied to negro voters is unconstitu-
tional, is, we believe, the first instance
wherein any court has been required
squa-ely to meet and determine this
custom concerning the electorate. The
supreme court of the United States has
never had TO render a decision on this
subject. the cases going to the highest
Of American tribunals, wherein this
question was involved turning upon
other points, and the matter in the
decisions pertaining to the grandfather
clause thereby becoming, in the Ian
guage Of the leyman. collateral or in
cidental as the lawyers cay Obiter die
tam.
The grandfather clause upon which
subject much has been said and about
which considerable has been written
was clause inserted into the election
laws Of some Of the democratic states
notably Louisiana and Maryland. FOR
the purpose OF regulating the fran
ch:ses of negroes within these states
and limiting or practically eliminating
the negro electorate. This particular
clause was introduced into LOUISIANA
in 1898 to meet temporary conditions
with the understanding that its use wa
to be temporary and that the lesa
qualifications would straightway return
to restrictions applying to the non
ownership OF property or illiteracy. The
origin, however. Of the nature OF leSis'
lation may be said to have grown out
OF the belief In the necessity ca thu
part OF some OF the southern states o.
taking steps. after the passage OF thu
fourteenth and fifteenth amendments
to limit the negro electorate II the In
tegrity Of Caucasian government Wa
to be preserved. The "understandinl
clause" in Mississippi and the grand
father clause'' In Louisiana, borrowed
~ Judge 6smmes from an old constitu'
ton Of Massachusetts,, proved effective
means in producing the results desired
and wss copied By some other OF tn
southern states after 1sssissippt an
Louisiana had first tried them out.
There has bssn Q very. general Atspn
sition on the part OF the rest Of TN
union 70 permit the southern states q
solve the questions which - afisel
recently. without mojssAa This
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
soosE's NEW COURT HOUSE.

Boone county Is to build a new court
house, something Boone county needs
And has needed long time. The dis
cussion 10 not over the new court
house but over its location. When
Boone grew It grew away from old
00onesbofo. the early town. but
Doonesboro. mile or more from the
eentsr OF Boone business. has had the
court house. Now the argument 10
over the advissbility Of building the
new one in Boone or in Boonesboro.
OF course this isn't the Times-Re-
publican's court house and the good
asopls Of that county shall be; per-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29

Washington. Aus. s3.-Francis Bur-
ton Harrison. representative n con
gress from the Twentieth New York.
district. was selected to be governor
general OF the Philippines. Mr.. Hafri-1
son is q member Of the wayg ana.
means committee Of the house ana
has played a prominent paft q tho
two revisions of the tarih which heve
been prepared by that COMMITTEES IN
the last three years. .as
The service to which Mr.. HARRISON
has been called ID ali the more itppert-
ant because Of the pledge IN the SEM
ocratic platform Of Pnilippins inde-
pendence. Mr.. Harrison. was born De.
IS, 1873, in New York City, Wa srao 4
uated from Yale In 1880 ana Iaser -
ceiyed the decree Of LIZ = from the
New York law school. whore ne was
an instructor from 1897 TO s1SeS. ~
1888 he was admitted to the bar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
Topics of the Times

Keokuk's big day was when she ded-
icated the big dam. 1t was a fine ceie-
bration and properly observed. It had
been a long time since keokuk had
anything amounting to a dam to dedi-
cate.
To xiii d person with an automobile
is one thing. To do the trick with an
ex is another. But 1t all comes to the
same thing to the person worked upon.
Bill the kaiser, now takes nothing
but lemonade with a dash of orange
juice in it. Mr.. Bryan still sticks TO
straight grape juice whie Teddy prob
ably continues to take what the doctor
ordered.
The bankers in session at Kansas
City are urging federal aid for the
farmers. Perhaps the bankers figure
that the farmers would deposit any
in the banks. along with the rest OF
checking accounts.
Now Huerta claims that it was a
misdeaI and wants the cards run
again.
The major part of the Calcutta. In
dia. Statesman is devoted to a motor
ing supplement. The stencil of petrol
girdles the earth.
and other household arts is required in
all English schools for girls above the
infant grade.
In Minnesota the need for trained
teachers of agriculture and domestic
science is SO great that the school of
agricultural technology a, the state
the preparation of teachers for these
subjects.
According to Des Moines newspa
pers the joint information bureaus Of
the local commercial organizations
provide accommodations for more than
5000 visitors during fair week, ac-
cording to Gels Botsford, secretary OF
the Des Moines Commercial Club. This
is a conservative estimate of the num-
Der of people who applied for rooms
at the information bureaus in the
court house and at the Northwestern
stations and were given accommoda-
tons at reasonable prices. The T.-R. is
greatly pleased to know that its sug-
gestion that this would be an excel
lent way to make up the loss conse-
quent Of the failure of the 1 " cent
fare has worked so wei. Des Moines
does do things when the way is point
ed out
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
Iona Newspapers
PROBABLY.

GDes Moines Register and Leader.l =
In the future the American people
will have representatives here who will
revise and perfect it.-Democratic Sen
ator John Sharp Williams in debate on
the income tax law.
Senator Williams does not pose as
prophet, But this utterance in re-
spect to the income tax carries con-
viction. 1t is. not difficult to see
the result of campaign before the
people for the amendments offered
by Senator Cummins and others re-
Gently provided for a tax on m
comes, graduated according to their
size
The failacy that the man who owns
the property always pays the taxes
has served its day. Renters, not a
thousand miles from Des Moines, for
instance, whose rents have been in
creased within the last month upon
the frank admission that increased
taxes compel it, very quickly will be
convinced that graduated income
tax will equalize the burden which
they now must bear.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29

publican boundary lines for maling It
over and bringing 1t Ito adopt every
principle Of the rRoossvsltl progress
sives, including the judicial plank" Of
fice sedlsing expediences Will tend to
this course in not few localities.
Moreover. Just what constitutes the
principles Of the prosressives." in the
coloners mind, is left indefinite. and
is. in fact. irreducible to certainty. II
assuredly u not all those propositions
of the Roosevelt party's platform which
filled several solid newspaper columns.
A multitude Of them are not principles
at all. but mere details and schemes
for statutes. Beyond that most of the
coloners statements Of principles
have been Of vague general nature
which could be extended in almost any
direction to application or subject to
construction from time to time.
The coloneTs deliverance sheds no
light on the question whether he could
be brought to favor openly move-
ment within the republican party to
make 1t over to his liking or whether
he would covertly and by indirection
abet such tactics.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
a.idost,, .gvasixe Ans.ssr.s.'

bridget" said Mrs. Plenty Ceens
when that red headed, freckls- taced
hook-nosed woman Across the ssIees
calls. you can tell her that am not ~
home: DO you undefstond? 3 q q ~ ~
SIM" said Bridget. 'but Sc shou!a
know l don't like to ife. yEe ~
then, get rid Of her by making soMS
evasive answer" That aftern00n.kH ~
woman from across the street callea ~ !
was anticipated. ana dspartAa b 49,.
rapidly that she came. Tnas So. :.
Mrs. plenty cash quissed BfidGet WITH
reference to her method Of Ge4tins 4ld
Of the obnoxious caller: what a. ene
say Bridget, and how did yoU ansNs.
her?' "she said IL your missse w ana
looked squarely at her hookea 49,
ana bendy eyes and replied Hee0hs
Wild we, was your srandmothss = hoos
awl?s Egt SIS ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
400, 900 Different Kinds.

TChristian Science Monitor.I
Not to detract from the significance
of the uprising that had Out OF the
mud" for its slogan. an enjoyable out
ing of 500, 900 people is not to be mis-
taken for the real business of making
good roads. 1t probably produced 3O0,-
600 kinds Of road and there will be
work for an engineer in bringing them
together. The determination to make
the roads fit needs now to be directed
to the practical end OF getting them so
made by hands better skilled than even
those of the governors of Missouri and
Kansas.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
SUSPENDED IN SUSPENSE.

The best indications today are that
the next United states marshal for the
northern district of Iowa will be H. L.
Pierce of Linn Grove, Iowa-Sioux
City News.
Jack Dalton OF the aMnson Dem
ocrat announces that he Is certain Of
for northern 1owa.-keokuk Gate City.
There seems to be difference in opin-
ion and conflict Of Information. The
''best Indications are that nobody
knows much about it-unless it be
President Wilson.
This is long and hungry time. For
years and years the lean kline have
come up out Of the sea Of democratic
endeavor. There has been hunger and
famine among the unterrifed who
waited long. And now when the kline
are fat as butter. when there should
be feasting and the clamor of rejoic-
ing there is small sound of the frying Of
fat and the voice Of disappointment
rises night and day in place Of the
sound OF pipe and tabor.
1t is hard luck. Worse it IS the
breaking Of precedent. An ancient and
comfortabl custom OF the democracy
seems to have fallen away. The heads
man Is idle. And outside, with haoun'
dogs wait the army Of the unsatisfed.
1t had not been thus had Champ driven
the mules of presidential success
across the line first at Baltimore.
But thus it stands. It is mindful Of
the ancient quatrain which relates
thus:
Bow WOW. the big dog,
Is waiting at the gate.
He hears the meat a fryin'
And swears he can not wait"
1t is enough to cause a democrat Of
the ancient regime to ask again where
are we att" It Is good and sufficient
cause upon which to divorce himself
from the party of his love, for is this
not cruel and inhuman treatment?
Why has he fit and bled? To what pur-
pose have they Sacrificed and what
reward has Spartan frmness gained
What let US ask are offices for If not
to be filed by those who have borne
the brunt and turmoil Of the day?"
Also it is the suspense that is kill
ing. When one has ones mouth fixed
when there has been regular and au-
thorized corps Of walters appointed and
credentialed to the pie counter. The
orders are in and the cook refuses tc
supply them. Who wouldn't be hungry
and getting hungrier What's a cook
and president for anyhow? Who
elected him?
But some sweet day by and by, per.
haps. but who knows?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES..

1T is UP to the United States to
apply a brand Of Imperialism which
will forever put an end to slavery in
any land over which it exercises do
mion," declares the Des Moines Regis
ter and Leader.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29

More than one democratic patrio.
with an office holding appetite is Won
dering why he voted for Woodrow Will
son." says the Des Moines Capital.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
COLD BACHs."

[Cedar Rapids Republican,
One writer deals with what he calls
"the alarming increase in bachelors"
To read after him - almost to become
convinced that the world Is turning
from matrimony. He blames recent
legislation. quite as much as the talk
about high living, the two being a
combination that is calculated to scare
the timid men. But If the men
are really so timid and so easily scared
away from the thoughts of matrimony,
perhaps it is better that they do not
get married. Matrimony is not an in
sti;ution for timid. or faint hearted
men. 1t always has taken both courage
and fortitude, unless one has been
either so young or SO foolish as to give
the matter no thought whatever. The
too timid ones are not "A, to ne made
over into husbands or fathers and if
they are scared out of such thoughts
and intentions. perhaps it is better for
the world at large
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29

"Seventy-cent corn is not likely t.
make the Iowa farm less prosperous
says the Iowa City Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29

The Iowa City Republican suggests
that all score one for former District
Attorney McNab.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29
ASKING TOO MUCH.
[Burlington Gazette,1

When man erects building in
whether it is a residence
or a business block he is adding to
the wealth Of this community. He is
doing his share toward a greater Bur
iington. He Is helping the city to
grow and he is showing his faith and
confidence in this commonwealth by
such investments. Then why should
the city ask hi INTO pay for the privi-
leSe of improving the city. We mean
why should he have to spend from
50 to $50 70 rthe RICH, 20 spend his
money here. That is exactly what it
means when our municipal government
makes him take out permit for build
ings. It should give him q bonus If
anything rather than to extract privi-
lege money. The office Of building in
spector has been tolerated here long
enough and the time is ripe to abolish
1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-29

Chambeslain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy not only cures
promptly but produces no unpleasant
amer effects. Il never fails-Adv.