Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-01-28

Senator Smith has introduced
bill into the Iowa senate providing
that a part of the earnings Of state
prisoners be set aside for the sup
port of those depending upon prison
ers. It. ought to become law.
There should also be provision In
serted requiring that a fair price be
paid for prison contract labor when
sold to contractors.
We all like to take shot at Des
Moines, but just the same Des
Moines is the best town of 100000
people in the United States. 1t
ought to be, as it is located in the
center of the garden spot of the
world. There are no people on earth
more prosperous than those resid-
ing within a radius of 200 miles
from the capital Of Iowa.
The Nevada legislature commence
ed business by looping off lot OF
useless employees whose appoint
ments could be justified only as po-
litical rewards. Does the example
of wild and woolly Nevada cause
any embarrassment at Lincoln, Des
Moines or Pierre?-Sio City Jour-
nal.
Not in the least. Nor at Washing
ton, either.
New York has just enacted law
fine of $500 or one
years Imprisonment or both, for
person found guilty of driving an
while intoxicated. A
good law and it ought to be enforc-
ed to the letter. The Iowa legisla-
ture ought to follow the course OF
the New York legislature in this
matter.
A good blue sky law in Iowa will
result in more of Iowa's money be-
ing invested in legitimate enter
prises at home. In no state in the
union has the opportunities for
making money the past ten years
been better than right here in Iowa,
yet hundreds of millions Of Iowa
money has gone west and south and
much of it will never return or new
er be seen again by the investors.
am no third termer and | don't
seem to be even second termer, but
there comes a time when a second
term is necessary to the carrying out
Of the work that had been started
by an administration that is about
to be ended President Taft.
And there sometimes comes a time
when third term is desirable, es-
pecially when the successor of a sec
ond termer violates the pledges to
carry out the policies Of his prede-
cessor,
The average reader can see no
good reason for exempting private
banks from public examination. This
matter will be before the general as
sembly. The private bankers OF the
state have had sufficient influence in
the past to defeat any legislation au-
bank examiners to examine
private banks. 1t need not be dis
puted that there have been and are
some excellent private banks In
Iowa. Such banks would have moth
ing to fear from public examina-
tions.-Des Moines Capital.
The Capital is right about this.
Private banks ought to be subject to
state investigation. Such investiga-
ton would be of value to reliable
private banks, while it would be of
value to the public in the cases OF
private banks that are not reliable.
AS soon as private banker opposes
into the affairs of his
bank his depositors ought to leave
him.
Some of the papers are saying
that the order of President Taft
placing fourth class postmasters in
the civil service, is detriment to
the democratic party and that demo-
cratic congressman do not like it.
On the contrary, the Freeman-Trib-
une believes democratic congressman