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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
WHAT CAN THE BANKS DO NOW,

Just as was predicted in these col.
umns. the bankers are rapidly lining
up for the new reserve bank law and
now that it has been passed they saw
That 1t Is pretty good law after all
Republican congressman and senator's
who voted against it admit that most
OF 1t Is good. The opposition served
IT'S purpose Of modifying the bill in
many important respects and this ia
what was sought by its opponents.
While they were objecung they made
their noise loud enough to stand some
discounting. The American people are
now demonstrating their capacity for
self government in their readiness to
line up for law when 1t has been le-
gally enacted.
AS soon as the new system can be
put into operation all of the national
banks in half a dozen middle western
states and some Of the state banks
will be associated in regional reserve
association with reserve bank To-
Gated in Chicago. Each bank will own
stock in the reserve bank and will vote
for two-thirds of the directors who
manage the reserve bank. This reserve
bank will be a big one and will do
business with its constituent banks
only. 1t will stand behind each con-
stituent bank ever ready to loan cur
n fhA =
asiIierc.a! paper as coiiatera and
hereafter the national banks OF this
country need not stand in fear of loan
ing their money out faster than their
depositors bring It in. They will not
have to close their doors to legiti-
mate industry and commerce asking
temporary loans but as soon az their
margin between deposits and money
loaned gets too small they can take
son,e Of their best loans, pass them on
to the big reserve bank and put the
proceeds into their own reserves. Thus
each individual bank will have the big
reserve bank back Of it's own little
reserve
Whenever the demand for money is
sectional and purely local 1t will make
little or no impression upon the re-
gional reserve bank because Of it's size
and because while it is helping out a
few banks in one state there will be
mo demand upon it from other states.
II the demand for money should grow
abnormal all over the territory served
~ Q regional bank the reserved bank
can then pass on to some other re-
eft commercial paper and the Pacific
coast country can thus even up with
N@ En000A and, help to equalize in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
WATCH WOODROW AND TEDDY.

President Wilson was 81 years OLD
Yesterday, three years away from 60,
the three score years which are pop
ularly assumed to mark the limit OF
activity, the age which Osler proposed
as a proper time to use chloroform.
This president, however, celebrated his
birthday at the close OF period OF
effective use of power among the most
marked in the history of presidential
rule in this country. He liao had prac-
tically his own way with his own par
ty and had drawn help and support for
his legislative policies from the party
ouposed. At 81 he had within few
months esta blished himself thoroughly
in the minds of the people he gov
erns by their own consent. He has had
congress eating out Of his hand. His
term thus far has been one of remark
able accomplishment. Within three
years of this DOGGY mans jumping off
and activity and power and influence
which makes the idea Of senility in his
case merely ridiculous. =
Theodore Roosevelt, fairly well along
on his way towards 60, is having a
perfectly corking time" as the great
est American citizen to visit South
America, starting trouble from the
jump with those who deny the virility
Of the Monroe doctrine, drawing the
big crowds in which he delights, active
every instant, full blooded, fierce,
strong as a grizzly physically and at
the top Of his mental powers. He is
looking forward with eagerness to
hunting trips that would alright most
men OF So. And Teddy ought to have
been a grandfather years and years
ago.
Fifty-seven and even SO doesn't
mean so much. There's many a man
of 60 out on the farms who can do
days work better and more of it than
most men of %. Their muscles match
their judgment and both are tensely
strug and CO. ordinate perfect
ly. Fifty-seven seems 20 be a pretty
good age for the man who has shown
as much good sense in caring for him.
self as he would in taking care of his
driving team or his work horses or his
automobile.
Take heart then ,all beyond 50. Don't
lie down and wait for the undertaken.
Make him catch you. Take notice of
the man whose ffty-seven years seem
to have ripened him and of the multi
tude of other men who haven't taken
time to count the years behind or esti-
mate those ahead. Keep busy. Don't
dig your own grave and have it ready
for your 6oth birthday. Try the Will
son plan, the Roosevelt system. Don't
die as long as you can see somebody
living. Keep on doing things. Watch
Woodrow and Teddy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29

That's fine row that Louis Murphy
and Anthony Van wagenen have start
ed in the papers. isn't lit" demands the
Manson Democrat. "All their charges
and counter charges look we'll in print
when the administration 10 not yet ~
months old and speak volumes for the
brand Of harmony that kind Of deaao'
Gratis have always dished up In Iowa.
The little coterie Of original Wilson
men-self- styled-whon attempted to
play . shut -out game OF the Clark dem.
ocrats from the start will have tneiE
hands full before they finish"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
Topics of the Times

The Polk county suit for $4,000 900
commenced against the Rock Island
last spring has been settled for S75, 900
by the county. Perhaps had the county
sued for a billion il might have landed
a whole 100000. Many a good thing
has been lost thru not asking.
Captain Hull says he isn't coming
back to Iowa With Frank Prouty and
Cash Dowell and Billy Payne in the
way there's very little in sight for the
redoubtable captain
Thousands went to view Mona Lisa"
who might never have known Of its ex-
istence II 1t had not been stolen. A
little escapade" on the part of a pic
ture ar an actress seems to draw Just
as well at is used to do.
Mayor Valentine Of Webster CITY is
entitled to the thanks of that commun-
ity and OF the state at large for refus-
ing 70 permit a hypnotized subject to
De displayed IN store window. Mayors
generally allow too much OF this kind.
Perhaps the Webster City mayor has
started something.
The Des Mo1nes Register and Leader
informs "estimable Iowa exchanges
who are worrying over the political
status" OF the r. and L that It consid-
ers 1t entirely 100 early to determine
the lines Of tho progressive movement
OF tn futur." And it puts the matter
on as far as 1924
The republicans seem to better salts
fed with the Wilson administration
than the referee board" and Judge
Van Wagenen.
Some Marshall county farmers have
named their farms. but a large number
of beautiful country homes remain
nameless. 1t is a good thing to give a
home name. 1t adds just as much to
the idea of permanency and "homi-
ness"
Perhaps the time will come when
William Barnes will attract no more
attention than Pat Grove.
Among the articles rescued by Anna
Gold from the loan shark who was
squeezing her latest husband was an
ivory back scratcher." Think of the
'tnhumanity which would withhold an
article like this right in the buckwheat
pancake season.
The December number Of the iowa
Agricuiturist, magazine issued from
the state agricultural school at Ames,
is a model of good printing and filled
with timely articles on agricultural
matters. IT is fully up to the high
mark OF the school and Of its capable
journalistic expert, F. w. Beckman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
JoBBERs' SERVICE.


Could the grocer send ship for a
cargo of bananas? Would 1t be posi-
BILE for him to bring over the sea a
load Of tea? Would 1t be economical
to buy few sacks Of flour from a dis
tant mill? Would olives in the barrel
all sizes and conditions-be as accepta-
Bile to his customers as selected, grad
ed and bottled olives?
These and many other questions
must be answered before the so called
middle man can be cut out
The tobber performs as distinct q
service for retail business AZ docs the
banker Tho one provides q reser-
vfor for cash on which a business man
may draw in the course Of his regular
transaction. and the other provides
for a reserve OF supplies, always
ready. at the command Of the retailer.
The selecting. grading and packing
are distinctive services which must lie
considered in addition to the nero
function Of providing a sufficient guam
tity to meet trade conditions
II the jobber were eliminated. CO.
operative organizations vouia have
to take his place. There would be little
gained in the long run.
And It all comes back to the fastid-
ious tastes and demands Of the present
day customer. The patron Of the mod
ern store has come to expect servi q
provided by the jobber. as we'll a. tho
service provided by the retailer. that
our forefathers never dreamed Of de-
manding. Service costs money. and IN
most instances tho service Is actually
worth all that II costs.
TEACHERS SERVICE PENs1ONS
tStoux City Tribune.l
The progressive spirit Of the west
finding expression In the constitution
and laws Of some Of the newer states
has produced excellent systems which
It would profit the older states TO study
In Afisona the rural school system Il
especially meritorious. Wages to teach.
ers even IN remote country districts
are such az to attract those well QuAN.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
THE PARCEL POST.
rSioux City Journal

It il impossible to promise the par
eel post people that they will not have
to work SO hard next year. Unless the
express companies make important dis
coveries the parcel post people are
reasonably sure to have their burdens
increased, for the weight OF parcels is
to run higher and the price Of car
rage is to be shaved. 1t has been
shown this year that people with the
Christmas spirit burning within them
will stand in line long time to save
a few cents. The bargain has all sea :
sons for its own; and 1t gets Inc
Christmas shopper and the Christmas
shipper, where he IL the individual to
pay the freight. It would be rude to
ship collect. and It would be hazardous
to good relations. Who wants Christ
mas present with something to pay on
It? Postage due" on an ordinary let
ter, half suspected In some instances
to be the work Of calculation. is bad
enough, but in association with Christ
mas tokens 1t Is a sign OF inexcusaoie
venturesomeness, or. what Is quite as
bad, OF downright shiftlessness. The
parcel post people next year Will nave
need Of larger scales and more hands.
and Of roomier conveyances. There u
nothing to suggest that the parcel post
will ever become reactionary. unless IL
Is forced backward against the VIII OF
the management by re1uvenated and
determined men in private ownership
supported, possibly. ny common car
riers in allied combination. II the gov
eminent may take possession OF tho
express business then why may It not
with equal propriety take possession OF
the wire service and the double track
railroads? II 1t can be true that pil-
yate ownership can easily supply the
best service and conserve economy and
equality to the shipper then II 10 IN
order to provide demonstration ana
leave to demonstration the argument.
Something in the way Of hexibility was
supplied to the parcel post this year.
and more Of 1t will have to be pro-
yided az the public adds to demand
upon the postofhce department 10 un-
bend and show Its speed as discern
inator Of neighborly exchange and the
Christmas spirit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Observing that the rural road has
been graveled for a distance of two
miles south Of Hampton, and that
Franklin county folks believe In gravel
roads and there will be more of that
kind put down, the Burlington Hawk
exc says, "Of course. 1t depends. large
ly upon the manner of construction.
Where roads are built, like railroads
are built, there roads are apt to be
good, no matter what Is put on them
and 1t ought to be possible to build a
dirt road, that would be in excellent
condition at all times. But the gravel
road Is such an Improvement over no
road, that the people who are ciamor-
ing for gravel roads now, will be sure
to clamor for the very best roads chat
money can buy-and soon at that"
"Wthen you hear women declare
ever lived, YOU ma, be pretty sure that
subjection," asse-..s the Clinton Aver
tiser.
There is nobody to blame for Van
Wagenen's position but Van Wagenen
Tribune (dem). He should have re-
signed when requested. In the first
place he was not d. Cor the position -
When credit for enactment of the
new currency law Is being passed
around there is one statesman whose
claim may be neglected on account Of
the indirectness Of his contribution. II
is, nevertheless, no more than fair to
say that the administrations cur
rency plans could not have been put
thru congress without the cordial CO.
operation OF William Jennings Bryan,
declares the Sioux city Journal.
The winterset Madisonian does not
look for q very heated contest at the
June primary. except for congressman
The Grundy Republican observing
that "our democratic contemporary OBJ
jects to Fred White getting the demo-
cratic nomination for senator from
Iowa next year because he IL too old'
inquiries: ''Why worry about the are oi
the candidate? Whether he be - old
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
Iona Newspapers
IN A SALOON TOWN.

davenport Times.J
Davenport people expect, and they
will insist, that the police department
speedily rid the community Of unde-
sirables and bring to justice the GRIM
inals who have been tsrrorizing women
at their homes.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29

The light Of the moon 10 the 49,
fson new Moon 70 cuil nooA. - ~
dark Of the moon II from full moon -
new moon. q thro0ghea4 u waaine
pegtod. - y = ~ 80 ~: -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
THRIFT.

Waterloo Times -Tribune.1
Thrift does not mean stinginess. It
does not mean tightening the purse
strings, it means the disbursement Of
wastefulness. People may be thrifty and
spend the greater part Of their incomes.
but they are thrifty only when they
spend it to good purpose. Tightening
Of the pulse strings all along the line
would make US a dissatisfied people:
nobody would be the gamer: We would
have little pleasure to mix in with our
work and the world would take on
dull hue-unquestionably We would not
be 80 prosperous as now, and life would
not be quite so much worth living.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
THE TRADE SCHOOL.

IW2IeflOO lmeO.lElDuue.J
Is the state, Ames college and Wa
terloo to understand that the trades
unions Of the city are bent on making
q failure Of the extension work started
in this city?
The state has appropriated great
sum Of money for the purpose OF ex-
tending Ames college work. It seeks
to carry the work to the men in the
factories; to bring 1t to their homes.
that men who are not financially able
to take advantage Of college work may
benefit It sends out competent men
to carry on the work: these men hold
ing their classes in the evening so that
no time is lost by the students.
Are we to understand that the
tradesmen, or rather the unionists. Of
Waterloo do not appreciate what the
state IL trying to do? II they do not
understand the matter, It Is q great
movement for the education Of the
man engaged as mechanic. Would
the unionists deny the manual worker
any advantage that would lead to his
Improvement, or is It their purpose to
limit his ability to just Whist he may
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29

spend it to good purpose Tightening
Of the pulse strings all along the line
would make US a dissatisfied people;
nobody would be the gamer: We would
have little pleasure to mix in with our
work and the world would take on 4
dull hue-unquestionably We would not
be so prosperous as now, and life would
not be quite so much worth living.
FEWER SALOONS IN DUBUQUE
COUNTY.
dubuque telegraph
Monday, the 22d Of December, was the
date when the old petition Of consent
under which licenses in the county OF
Dubuque outside the city expired by
Limitation. AS to incorporated towns
in the county the Moone law now ap-
plies. so that under the new consent
petition Dyersville. Cascade. Worth
ington and Farley. which heretofore
had nineteen saloons henceforth
will have only one each. or total OF
four
Whether or not this reduction in
the number Of saloons will promote
temperance remains to be determined
by experience.
GOVOHNOH CLAIM ANU a SCI
OND TERM.
dubuque Times -Journal.1
We read considerable in the Iowa
press ahout a gubernatorial boom Tor
Clifford Thorne, now q member OF the
Iowa state railroad commission. In
questionably Mr.. Thorne Is an able
man and he would prove formidable
candidate, but why this opposition to
hn {S
giving the state a business administra-
ton without a brass band accompani-
ment? Governor Clarke does not enl-
ploy a press agent to exploit him.
neither does he step before the calcium
on every new fad that is launched, but
he appears to be bending his energies
many hours day to give the state
business administration. It Is no re-
ELECTION on Mr.. Thorne to say he should
remain where he Is until Governor
Clarke shall have served another term.
REMEMBERING THE DESTITUTE.
[Oelwsin Resister.l
Reports Of restitution, In the big CIT
les indicat that there are many men
out OF work in consequence Of cutting
down the list OF employees in various
industries incident to the changes in
the tariff and the banking laws. 1t
has been this way for many years when
ever a new tariff law has been enacted.
In the metropolitan cities organized
charity Is assisting the worthy poor.
The old statement, .tln the sweat OF
thy face shalt thou eat bread" is as
true now as when first written, but II
a man can not find work 1t Is impos-
sible to secure the wherewithal to pro-
cure food. II a man has work offered
him and declines to accept 1t he
should go hungry, but II he can not
find employment he should be helped
till such time as he can get a Job. That
is christian civilization as opposed to
the heather propaganda.
A man may be willing and anxious
to work and earn wages but II there
is no job at hand he is powerless to
obtain the coin to keep the pot boiling.
AT this season Of the year. especially,
when the natal day of the Son Of Man
Is about to be celebrated those who
have abundance should assist those
who are destitute thru no fault OF their
own. Churches. charity organizations
and society in general demonstrates
whether or not they possess the true
christian spirit by assisting the needy
or allowing them to suffer for the want
Of food, raiment and fuel.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29
AS TO TAINTED FICTION"
rCaaar Ranids Republican,

One OF the magazines is now boast
ing that II does not print tainteo ic. !.
ton" II is not hard to describe "ha'
that means. Tainted fiction" deals
with nasty subjects. more or less veiieo
and It Is intended to appeal to nasty
tastes. and some have nasty tastes
who 20 to church regularly and are
highly educated. college bred even
There has always been more or less Oh
this running thru fiction. Nasty fiction
generally makes its appeal to the sex
ual senses, Just as bad literature lof
boys used to make its appeal 70 tne
sense of brigandage in the average ooy
Nine-tenths Of tho people. grown-ups
too. more or less like to dabble IN sex
ual subjects and II they can not &c
Il in ono way they will In another. II
nothing else can satisfy them they car
take up sexology and give 1t high
sounding names, but 1t IL the same
thing in the end.
Writers of fiction have always real
ICED this human weakness. They have
always written down. more or less tc
their readers. For instance. the Polish
writer who gave 70 the American
world "Ouo vadis," book Of barbarian
splendors and over-wrought pictures
once confessed that he was sorry thai
book had proved more popular thar
any others ne had written. and he con-
fessed also that he had written II
largely to make a appeal to the baTbar-
ious tastes Of his American admirers
! who were good buyers OF BOOKS no'
buyers Of good books
But at the present time the predom-
inant keynote of this nasty nct'oK
which Is now called tainted Notion, Il
sex. In one way or another they arr
all putting that into stories. or eve,
staging 1t, altho recently such plays
/; have been made to spell failure even
along Broadway. That IL one OF the
best signs OF the times.
II h also refreshing to read thai
! the magazines are now setting stand
ards along these lines. standards thai
can not but meet with the approval OF
all thoughtful and even all sensible
people. This sex business has gone
about as far as it ought to be permitted
to 70 II We arc to have any regard fo1
| the thoughts Of future generations.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29

- Aethuseiah, or - YOUNG that %
hagely nsets the Age reauirsneat o.
the Office. he 10 In 1Os licking"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-29

The winterset Madisonian does NOT
look for vefy heated contest at the
June primary, except for congressman.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-12


his tail, which would have told BIan-
co a story-once. But Blanco was
mad with drink and jealousy of his
young wife, Minetta.
Every trainer knows that the old
story of Daniel and the lions is true.
The lion fears good man more than
anything in the world. But let the
trainer drink or give way to any base
impulse and his power is gone.
AS for Majolica and Betty, they
were mere kittens of creatures, hard
ly larger than weILgrown Newfound-
lands And Parsifal, the tiger, was
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-12

old and toothless. Nero carried of
the honors in Blanco's menagerie,
and Nero was so magnificent a Nu-
bian specimen that he would have
made any show respectable.
Minetta had noticed it. So had
Giuseppe. The girl hald told Gu
seppe, and the apprentice had warned
BlancO. Blanco had laughed and
sneered and cut Nero across the face
with his heavy training whip. Nero
retreated, growing and licking his
paws; he lOnged to sink their needle
like points into Blanco's white flesh.
The truth was that Blanco had
been beating his wife Minetta was
only nineteen and they had been
married two years. Blanco was for
ty-five. He had found Minetta starv-
ing on her arrival from Italy to marry
Giuseppe, who came from her vii
lage, and to whom she had been
pledged ever since they were chill
dren.
Minetta had missed Giuseppe, for
Blanco, having seen her photograph,
mad cunnlngly cOntriVed to send Giu-
seppe astray. He trailed her for
three days until her money was ex-
hausted. Then he made himself
known to her at her boarding house,
just as she was in the act of being
turned into the street.
Giuseppe has another girl" he
told her. 81 am Signor- BIanco. No,
l do not know where Giuseppe is
now. Marry me and will hang dia-
mOnds round your neck"
Poor little Minetta, helpless and
hopeless, fell an easy victim to Blan-
co. 1t must be admitted, though,
that he was deeply infatuated with
her girlish beauty. So they were
and lived happily three
And Giuseppe came
back.
L.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-06-12
NERO, CHAMPION

BY Sigismund B. Taller.
Nero had not been quite the same
for several weeks. SignOr Blanco,
his trainer, had perceived nothing
amiss, because his eyes had lost their
fine keenness and his brain had
grown sodden and beWildered. Nero
obeyed as quickly as ever, but when
he sprang, at the word of command,
upon his pedestal, there was a Slight
quivering of his sides, a lashing of