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Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
W0MEN'S SHORT HOURS
PROVE Benefit TO ALL
industries Affected Not harnsd, Sayo
Bureau Of Labor Statistics.

Investigations into the hours Of en-.
ployment for women have shown that
reduction Of tho working day has
not been burdensome to the industries,
according to bulletin just issued BY
the bureau of labor statistics in Wash
ington. On the other hand, the report
shows that the general health Of the
women whose hours have been reduc-
ed has been much better. The bulle-
tin is comprehensive review Of work
world and cites various authorities 70
bear out the statements contained in It
The reduction in the working day
has not made 1t more dincult for the
women to compete with the men, the
bulletin continues. In those countries
where the hours Of labor Of women
have been reduced there IL nothing to
show that the greater legal protection
given to women has made 1t more dif
lcult for them to obtain employuant.
However. this reduction has IN q way
benefited the men. The protection giv-
en- to women has led indirectly 20 the
reduction of the hours Of work Of the
men employed In that industry, and As
result wages have risen in many
cases.
Industrial occupations, domestic du-
ties and motherhood impose a very
great burden on most women" says
the bulletin. IF, then, 1t Is impossible
for a woman with large family to do
her washing and cleaning except on
Saturday nights aud II her vitality is
often prematurely exhausted even
when she is employed for only ten
hours day, the excessive strain to
which the women in Industrial en-
ployment are put in countries where
long hours are worked Is bound to re-
suit in self neglect on the part Of the
mothers and in the neglect Of their
children.
THE majority Of women" the report
continues, make use Of the addition
al spare time secured to them by the
reduction Of the hours Of labor to take
greater care Of their homes. Young
women are also enabled to cultivate
their minds and to obtain domestic In
struction. Only when they are en-
ployed for short hours Is It possible
for young women to train themselves
for more skilled trades and for the
mothers OF the next generation of
workers to prepare themselves to bring
up their children"
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
the CLIMBING IS GOOD.

One small boy, known as Billy
Brown a good many years ago when
he was running barefoot about one
Of the prairie villages in northern Iowa,
10 coming back to his native state amid
acclamation and the warm welcome.
This Brown person was known as
sBill" later when he helped wood"
railroad engines the year he was Is.
Later people knew him as Bill Brown.
the telegraph operator. When he took
his trick as train dispatcher those out
side the office began to know him as
Mr.. Brown. In time he came to be
referred to as General Manager Brown
and now the newspapers Of the state
are welcoming back to Iowa Ex-Presi-
dent William c. Brown Of the New
York Central railway.
Now that could be done fifty years
years ago but what chance has a fellow
nowadays? A poor fellow has no
chance in these times. That could be
done when Brown was doing it but
that time Il past. Nobody has a chance
now unless he has pull, rich father
of Influential relatives back of him.
The barefoot boy and the 1s-year-old
younkh Of the present hasn't q chance.
Whaks the use? Why work hard and
veits Come on, let's go down to the
pocl hall spot you five for two bits a
! aass,S
i II Ill In the viewpoint and the
boys. The honest fact is that the
/ - lhls very year has q better
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
A, TO The COUNTRY "Epl1oR. :,

A Seattle newspaper speaks OF the
"country editor in a somewhat pitt
full strain. The Seattle writer still re-
tains the old impression that coun-
try newspaper consists CT cheese
press and box OF shingle nails and
that the proprietor Is still seeking
cordwood on subscriptions and lodging
the chattel mortgage on the Washing
ton hand press. Strange how misin-
formed and narrow some otherwise
metropolitan newspapers are.
Whatever may be the case on the
coast the Country editor" in Iowa is
some pumpkins. There probably isn't a
half dozen good working newspaper
men on the good dailies OF the state
who hasn't snv1sd the country editor"
and dreamed Of . good county seat
newspaper" OF his own. The country
editor" in this state is a man to be
envied. He has all the best Of It.
His equipment Is up to date. He runs
linotypes. He owns a corking good
When he gets the notion that he wants
to break into the ranks Of the daily
newspaper workers he speaks Of taking
10000 to $4,000 in stock" Usually
however he is conrented where he is
as a man who has a good thing and
knows it ought to be. His plant If for
sale IL held somewhere between 81,
500 and $4,000. He makes country
newspapering' q real business. He
pays his bills and collects with per-
tinacity. The country editor in Iowa is
a business man. good newspaper man
in his field and leading citizen in
his community.
It Is amusing to those who have seen
and marked the revolution in country
newspapers" to listen to the ignoramus
jokes which some Of the greater news
papers affect over .the country editor"
In all the newspaper field there is moth
ing quite so ancient and fshlike OF
small as this allegation OF humor.
When country newspapers are employ
ing efficiency experts to rearrange the
shop. when they are paying good divi-
dends and good salaries and giving
their communities a prehensive and
satisfactory service, when the editorial
pages Of some of them are Of higher
class In diction and purpose than those
Of some of the Journals" that carry
on this outworn funny business the
senile witticism directed at the country
weekly should no longer "be seen in
our midst"
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25

chance than ever any boy had before.
He can begin at the bottom and work
to the top quicker than 1t was ever
done since the world began. And It ~
another fact that the youth with the
influential friends and the rich father
Is handicapped in the race. that the
other fellow has the best OF him. Mark
how few Of the fellows with the m oney
and the pull ever land in the hiJh
places. It's in the youth and his neces-
sity. The fellow who doesn't have to
dig in rarely does dig in. And to win
you've got to crook your toes and grip
the ground. The call Is for the fellow
who can deliver the goods. 1t doesn't
make lick Of difference whether his
father is a millionaire or street
sweeper. The paying and promoting
end is demanding service and paying
and promoting on that basis.
For instance: Years ago the son OF
the great James G. Blaine thru the in
fluence Of his father, had a good job on
a new line Of the Northwestern right
here in Iowa. He held it some time and
had good time with it AT the same
time three or four men whose names
today mean the Northwestern were
to hold them because they We're the
best they could get. Nobody ever
heard much of Enmons Blaine except
as the husband of very rich wife. But
if the names of the others were printed
today there isn't a man in the west
who wouldn't recognize them as SYM
bolical Of capacity, and big things an
power and service. The fact IS that
the young men We're fairly matched.
That one carried handicap of pull and
influence and that the others ran free
from it under the spur of necessity and
a lashins desire to make good.
Take this. It's the secret OF it all.
There's little worth while won by IA
vor. The old rule stand just as it
always did and always will stand. Op-
portunity is for those who are fit for it.
There is only one way to master the
multiplication table. Nobody plays
football we'll who doesn't desire to play
and who refuses to work the fat out of
his muscles and from under his skin.
Nobody goes high who doesn't climb.
And in this very year of 1913 the climb
ing is good. Better than ever, nos easier
but quicker.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
SENDS ORE BY PARCEL POST.
Washington Prespecter Finds Way e
Avoid High Frsisht Charges.

Washington Prospeeter Finds Way e
Avoid High Frsisht charess.
A new use has been found for the
parcel post that is liable to make It
necessary for Uncle Sam to put on
large drayage wagons with which to
make deliveries IL 1t ts taken up By
many persons. John b. Donahue. q
prospector, who is working . gold
claim in the Olympics. in Washington,
Is the discoverer Donahue Is working
claim about thirteen miles north
west Of Lake Cushman. Reports on
his ore had shown that 1t runs from -
to S. ton, but he was not satisfied
and wanted to send out enough for a
mill test run. He took 1t up with the
University Of Washington and was
told that he would have to send out
400 pounds.
After getting his ore to Lake Cush-
man he found that to freight 1t from
there to Hoodsport would cost $3.50.
At Hoodsport there would be q wharf
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
Topics of the Times

The man who gets stuck in a mud
| the man who runs a $4,000 auto into a
chuck hole and pays $50 for repairs
pays road tax which is equal to the
highest road tax that has ever been
proposed for quarter section of val
liable land for the best paved road
Imaginable
Members of the striking garment
workers in New York, put under oath
by the United Business Mems Associa-
ton. swore that wages were as low
some times as So a week for men with
families. Let US remember that when
We seek bargains in garments.
| Miss Wilson and her husband soon
to be have been placed beyond the
reach Of want. A little girl has pre-
sented the bride with hen
That congressional milIage, 10 cents
mile both ways seems to need legis-
lation on the line Of the cent fare
law.
We might as well cut out that poem
from the readers which slander Iowa
py relating how the horse knows the
way 10 carry the sleigh" on the
Thanksgiving trip to grandmas
| And while we are grouch!ng over the
time it takes to settle that Mexican
business let's not forget that Wilson
has always delivered the punch when
he was crowded into corner of the
ring.
| Russia is offering big money for the
ginest bred and speediest Of American
| trotting horses. Probably the govern
| ment will have monopoly of the
fairs.
The new field for ex-governors is
alluring for the salary of a baseball
president is not to be sneezed at Now
what scheme can be fixed up for coun-
| ty officers who can't hang on any
| longer?
| The department Of agriculture is
fussing over sand stuffed chickens. Is
1t getting so that a man will have to
carry an X-ray machine with him to
market?
| II we were a little closer we could
keep tab on Teddy's progress across
South America by the hollering.
| Chief Black Horse Of the Navajos
seems to be a pretty standard type of
| standpatter.
| A Montour man advertising a farm
| for sale last week set forth in his ad
that it was located half mile from the
Lincoln highway. Now what was there
in that fact to be worth advertising
unless an improved road is believed
to make nearby land more valuable
Evidently the advertiser was not afraid
OF the inevitable road tax for paved
road or else he would not have bought
newspaper space to tell people about
it when trying to sell his farm. In
the east where paved roads abound the
road Is the first thing mentioned in a
farm sale ad.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25

ficss 20 digest his food. He gorges him
self on the germ laden carcass OF
some dad hog. then dies over to .
neighbor. BY that time he II hungry
again and spreads the germs In this
herd while he searches for something
to eat As scavenger he 10 fine. but
1t will pay the farmer to use shotgun
on the crow and do his own cleaning.
Most birds are Of inestimable value TO
the farmer. but not 50 the crow-at
least not to the farmer with bad herd
Of hogs. Likewise, it is not a bad idea
to get rid of the pigeons, for they go
to the neighbors also.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
Boston tsrrisr. pssaasss ard a.tAraeias

Boston totrtse. pota4oso ard antAEae1es
coal. Y
Probably the nsst pseishabia e1 The
collection came Z very long disea1co.
It was q box OF peaches, aprioots ard
plums from Cape Colony. South Afti-
ca. It was remarked that speicots el
that excellence at that season would
cost here about 20 cents bite.
The Roston terrier came from Q
Pittsburxh friend Of Mr.. Longworth.
It was not exhibited with the othsi
gifts In the White House.
Chief Justice Fuller and other nom
bers OF the Omitted States supreme
court sent flowers. There was q silver
service from the Rough Riders asUe-
citation and working model Of .
Krag-Jorysnssn ride In sslid gold fgoun
officers OF the United atatss army.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
Iona Newspapers
CROWS.

CROWS.
[Charter Oak Times.1
The boys may have all colors OF fun
this winter killing crows, as the state
laws no longer protect the black fell
lows. The crow is frst rate scAvon-
ger and as such he hunts far and wide.
Whenever he finds anything that needs
burying he forthwith proceeds to bury
tin his stomach. It may be only q
few kernels of half digested corn or
1t may be the carcass of diseased hog.
It is all the same to the crow. Furthr-
more, q small amount OF exercise SUI
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
roo EARLY FOR PLATFORM.

Davenport Times.]
The suggestion has been made that
the proposed convention Of the repuo-
licans. in addition to changing the
rules. should also adopt a new plat
form. s.
Senator Cummins, altho he would be
glad TO see a new and progressive
platform adopted by the party. doesn't
believe that the convention called to
change the rules ought to adopt
platform.
In this the senator is right. Any
attempt to adopt a platform wouio
once cause groupings Of factions tnat
: would interfere with calm deliberataon
! in regard to the rules
The first requirement for the re-
Mobilization Of the republican party
is that its conventions shall be re-
sponsive to the will of the masses OK
the party voters. This can be done
only by changing the rules 80 as 10
avoid the things that happened at
Chicago.
Until these changes are accom-
plished, and a convention is assembled
that will be wholly governed both as
to its temporary roll and its final pro-
ceedings by the new rules. that rep
resentation of the masses OF the party
will no. have been obtained to create
full. convincing confidence In the
wisdom of resolutions that are adopted.
The first thing to do is to revise the
rules.
MIR. RoEs OPINION OF COURTS.
Interview in Des Moines Register anu
Leader.l
1ox q
perjury mills" said Ole o. Roe, state
fire marshal. There is not enough
reverence for the law and the serious :
ness of a trial. l take some pride IN
the government of Norway. which ID
nv native country. There the popu!a-
ton is made up of some two and nall
million people who lead the life OF hsn-
; ernaan and seamen largely-an occupa-
| ton not calculated to make them the
| most gentle of creatures. Yet the mum
| Der of homicides in that country Will
| not run over six or eight year anu
, other major crimes in the same
! small proportion. I ascribe that condi-
! ton to the greater reverence FOR Ia"
+, which exists in that country. From my
! earliest boyhood in that country was
! taught to have a perfect abhorrence OF
! a Jail and the utmost respect and obeo-
! ence for law. When prisoner is on
trial in Norway the judge will carefully
swear each witness and impress upon
him by little lecture the seriousness
of his legal and moral duty to tell the
| truth in the case. Here, the baiiiff or
perhaps the judge rattles thru the oath
! to witness and let's 1t go anyway.
There is no force OF ceremony to I'M
press the importance of truth telling
] on the stand. Then there are SO man.
| ways Of getting at the witnesses and
| persuading them to make their testi-
mony as easy as possible against the
/ criminal or even in his favor. 1t is no
wonder criminal can escape easily"
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
CALIFORNIA AND IOWA.

WEBSTER City Freeman- Tribune.1
California is a good place to go II
you want to quit work and live on
climate alone. but for the man looking
for job California offers no induce
ments. Reports from that state are to
the effect that thousands of men out
that way are out of employment and
that they would like to return east. but
can not get the money to pay car fare.
Take it up one side and down the
other. Iowa is the best place in the
world for the man of industry and
frugality. Here work is fairly plenti-
full and every Industrious man has a
chance to earn living for himself and
t1r
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
LET EN- STAY THERE.


We remember when a boy that not
overnight man disappeared from the
village and the comic man of the
village said he had followed a wagon
track off," the village made no effort to
bring the estray back; 1t simply
bucked up the stubbed along without
him.
We have notion that Iowa will
have to act in the same way with Its
Grants who have followed glimpse
of blue sky off into the wilderness that
is not Iowa. 1t is not necessary to
offer TO kill a fatted calf or give a
chrome for their return. They were
on our soil and didn't stay. Some OF
them have made good in their new
homes and wouldn't come back. Those
who have failed to make good away,
would not be particularly desirable to
have back: If they were not soured and
disa ppointed they would be looking for
some other mirage to chase OFF after.
We can not enthuse over the Back to
Iowa" movement.
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
STARTED AT CREsco.

IMaSOn CITY IIODe Idzette.J
If the various newspaper writer's
will send to Cresco they will find
more about the early life OF the re-
firing president. William c.. Brown,
that Is accurate than what they are
printing. It's hateful thing to rob
Sioux City of the glory of sending
Brown on his upward career from a
section hand to railroad president. but
Cresco has the first call. The same
writer's. too. may find on little in
vestigation that preachers boys make
as much success as the sons of the
laiety,
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
An Appeal

o lingo man
In this U. g.,
I would to you
This prayer express:
Do not in haste
Too forward 60:
Don't war declare
With Mexico.
o lingo man
In Mexico,
I prithee. pause.
Go very slow
And hold your wrath
Or make it less:
No war declare
With our U. q.
o lingo msa.
Be cautious. please,
Nor on this chance
Too rashly seize.
OF course. We know,
All rests with you.
It's a. you say
Be good, now-dol
osh Wink in Baltimore America
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Sheldon Sun says, Some men
in getting ready for church do more
than take a bath and change their
clothes. They put on a sanctimonious
face, wear it during services. lay 1t
aside and do not wear it again for q
whole week. They imagine they are
making their bluff work, but the mod
ern preacher is not deceived by them"
IF California has another frost like
last year about q year from this
Christmas there will not be enough
people in the state to celebrate Cali
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25

The Des Moines Capital says IF the
national administration undertakes to
force the issue Of Filipino independ-
ence it will dig it's own grave in quick
er time than it will ever take to tell
the story"
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25

There seem to be lots Of Iowans in
California at the present time who
wou,d he clad to get back home" says
the Cedar Rapids Republican. But
thev are not the Iowans who went
there with plenty Of money to spend
on climate. They are still standing the
lack of work and wages that seem to
prevail in that over-populated section"
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25

The optimistic Boone Democrat as
serts IF the democrats Of Iowa are
careful next year and nominate the
right man, we can easily defeat Sena-
tor Cummins."
Evening times-Republican., 1913-11-25
fornia day" says the Mason City Globe
Gazette.

people who insist on having spring
chickens so often should be willing to
pay the price for eggs" says the Wa
terloo Times Tribune.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-03
Recovered From
Severe Lung Trouble

Plenty OF fresh mir and good food are
necessary to persons suffering from lung
trouble but something more is needed to
bring about full hath. Eckman's Alternative
is medicine for throat and lung troubles.
and so many reports have been received
showing that II brought about good results
in a number OF cases which were declared
hopeless that all sufferers who not bene-
fitting therwise should at least investigate
what 1t has done for others. Investigate
this case:
Madison Lake. MINI.
Gentlemen: In December. 1905. March.
1909. and September. 1903. l was taken with
hemorrhages OF the lungs which confined mo
several weeks. each time TO my bed. My
doctor advised me to go West
I'm November ] started for Denver, Colo.
After my arrival / met Michael Brody. who.
upon learning OF my condition. urged me to
take Eckman's Alternative. In about TWO
months l began to feel better. l kept on
taking the medicine, and improved fast In
March. 1870 ] returned home. I think / am
entirely well. have good appetite and sleep
well. When l left Denver my weight
weight. 1 thank God and your Alternative
for my health"
(AffidaviD PAUL l.. FASNACHT.
(Above abbreviated: more requcst)
Eckman's Alternative has been proven by
many years test TO be most effcacious in
cases OF severe Throat and Lung Affections.
Bronchitis. Bronchial Asthma. Stubborn
Colds and in upbui!ding the system. Does
not contain narcotics. polsons or habit-form-
Ing drugs, For sale by Tragic Drug Co. and
other leading druggists. Write the Eckman
Laboratory Philadelphia Pa. for booklet
telling OF recoyeries and additional evidence
Advertisement.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-03
Times Dispatch Bureau.
3 Bollincbrook street.
Phonc 1850,


The Farmers Union, of Dinwiddie,
at meeting held Thursday after
noon at the courthouse. adopted reso-
luton indorsinE and recommending
Charles T. Smith for the Legislature
The meeting was behind closed doors.
and was held on the day of the picnic
given under the auspices of the union.
Members, however, who We're present,
declare that the resolution is not
binding. but allows each member TO
vote for whom he plcases. Mr.. smith
IS = farmer. and is president OF the
county union.
After adjournment OF the secret
meeting, an informal open meeting
was held. at which the three candi-
dates for the Legislative nomination
spoke. II was at this meeting that
the fact OF the passage by the union
OF the resolution favoring Mr.. Smith
was brought out, with the denial by
several members that il is of a bind
ing character. II such be the case, II
is not believed that the resolution will
have much effect. Both Judge Harris
and h. 7. Wilson. candidates for the
nomination. are widely known and re-
Spectcd IN the county, and both have
host of friends and supporters
During the discussion, excitement was
caused and a difficulty narrowly avert
ed because of personal passages be
tween Mr.. smith and Judge Harris
DinwiGdie has about LOO qualified
voters, Republicans and Democrats.
about 900 Of them Democrats. 1t is
estimated chat between ZOO and 500
votes Will be ROLLED at tho state prim-
airy The county has fifteen polling
precincts. and If the vote is close. the
legislative result may nos be known
until the following day.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-08-03
WIND, HAIL RAIN
Do HEAVY DAMAGE

Amherst va, August "a terrific
storm Of wind. mil rain. thunder and
lightning passed over this section yes
;erday afternoon. shade trees in the
courthouse yard wore completely de-
moiisheG, ana the telephone wires were
3 ferfoct wreck Corn ana tobacco
were also injured considerably. APP
pies were beaten from the trees. The
haiIstones were not unusually large,
but IN some places tho ground was
literally covered with them In the
New Glasgow nciGhborhood the crop of
tobacco is said 10 have been almost
completely destroyed by the wind, and
some farmers are to-day cutting such
Is Is left The storm came from the
Northeast ana covered n territory about
four miles i'm width. 1t is said 10 have
been the worst seen In this section for
:: nuinher Of years.
Very warm weather had prevailed all
the week and just before the rain the
ihermometer Mt the Amherst post-oftice
rnristered i0f