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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03
Fighting tn. sssf Famine,

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The need in America for more food
Is imminent: more food and new pro.
cesses for preparing foods Any house.
holder does not need to read the news
papers or magazines to learn that 1000
prices are advancing rapidly. There
are many causes. Undoubtedly part OF
the high prices is due to the middle
man and to the stupid and greedy
methods Of preparing and handling.
But, Just as surely, q very important
cause OF high price Of some OF the
necessary foods is their scarcity. OF
no food Is this truer than OF beef and
of mutton.
Since the beginning Of 1907, the
number of beef cattle In the United
States has decreased from over fifty
one millions to thirt, millions and the
number Of sheep from fifty-three to
fifty-one millions. In this same period
the population has increased by ten
millions.
The great ranches Of the west are
giving up cattle raising !. Their great
ranges are being cut up into farms for
the crowding populace. Housekeepers
have grown a little panic-stricken.
What shall we eat" they exclaim,
"when beef becomes out Of the ques-
tion?
Most Of the effort of people who have
seen the menace has been toward In
ducing the farmer to raise more beef
cattle. This is fundamentally good
policy. But DR.. Alsburg has viewed
the problem from another angle.
1.-THE exploitation Of our waters az
a source Of food" replies the chief
"belongs to the bureau Of fisheries un-
til sea food or fresh water food passes
into interstate commerce. Then we
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03

port Of the leading producer for the
September quarter did not equal OK
pectations, with one exception the net
earnings exceeded all previous records
for the period and a substantial gain
was shown over last year.
Labor troubles still exert an adverse
effect on some industries but cotton
goods manufacturers are we'll engaged
and values reflect increased firmness
as result Of the high cost Of the raw
material There is no disposition to
speculate on forward requirements in
the primary markets. yet current trade
is steady and retail distribution IS
benefited by moro favorable weather
conditions. Paucity of supplies contin-
ues a prominent feature and scarcity
Of mill hands further cimplicates the
situation in respect to deliveries. Some
irregularity is manifest in wholesale
branches. but a fair business Is pass
ing and sentiment among merchants is
confident.
The international monetary situation
has been featured by important devel-
opments, comprising engagements OF
gold in Londan for export to New York
and reduction in the German bank
rtae tor the first time in over year.
Improvement in financial affairs abroad
is indicated by the latter occurrence,
80 ut, 40
favored at the present juncture. Re-
turns of gross railroad earnings for the
first three weeks of October show a
loss Of o.9 per cent as compared with
a year ago but a gain Of 40 per cent
over 1911, while bank clearings this
week were 81 per cent smaller than
last year, and 49, per cent less than in
1911.
Conservative operations are the rule
in the primary dry goods markets, pre-
waiting high prices tending to make
buyers cautious. aLbor conditions are
a cause for some complaint and the
consequent restriction of production
results in slow deliveries on old orders.
AS whole, the cotton goods mills have
sufficient business On hand to last for
the next three months and many are
sold ahead well into next year. Staple
domestics are very steady and both
jobbers and retailers experience diff
Guilty in obtaining some lines as
promptly as desired
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03

until the last returns are made Of rec
ord. That Is all there is down in the
books for March. Anything further
will be special, incident 20 any month
in the year.
Statew de interest is expected to fol-
low the choice of a United States sem
ator. member Of congress from each
of the eleven districts. a governor and
q full state ticket, an occupant for
each court house berth and for each
township office. All the leaders are
Interested in the primary, and the pri-
mary at the next turn will fall on
Monday. June 1. The general election.
and what may prove to be general
mixup, will be held in 1914 on the Sd
! of November.
Even the careless reader will SEQ
that we are approaching busy year
for the politicians Of all classes 1t Is
not improbable that the candidates
for the higher offices will have to go
it as nearly alone as the candidates
for mayor under the commission plan.
| This is more likely to be true with
| republicans, petitioning for favor as
such, than with the democrats. The
democrats have been making a good
deal Of harmony and the republicans
have devoted their time to throat cut
| ting as an amusement. Some repub-
| Leans have not much cared whether
they were republican or bull moose,
and their wabbling has led other re-
| publicans to feeling Of indifference
whether they were republicans or
democrats. The confusion detracts
from The cohesive power OF the pri-
mary. It is calculated to push the ex-
citement, or what there may be OF it.,
over to the November election.
| The hope is that the voting from
March to November may pass of
quietly. There is a good deal Of ten
dency toward placing business before
pleasure.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03
TERMS:
.sR. BARNES OF mARsHALL1owN."

According to the DeS Molnes Register
and Leader, MIR. Barnes, Of Marshall
town" reused the natives Of the
capital from their lethargy the
other day. Even the city coun-
Gil or commission or whatever 1t
Is, stopped quarreling long enough to
take notice of MIR. Barnes Of Mar
Shalltown." For MI. Barnes introduced
something as new and as old as the
Des Moines plan. He scattered bad
checks with lavish hand in exchange
for costly raiment and the like and
instances are coming to light where MIR.
Barnes came near selling the biggest
building in Des Moines. How many
Dec Moines residents bought the Flem-
ing building of him is still unknown.
When the Des Moines police force
time between now and the millennium
perhaps we shall know.
In Marshalltown Mr. Barnes of Mar
shalltown." has not been located pre-
cisely. It may be that he is not a
Marshalltown man at all but simply
used the name of this city because as
is we'll known from London to Los
Angeles, Marshalltown man always
had money in the bank. and some OF
them incline to spend il out of town.
Perhaps he merely made use OF the
high reputation of Marshalltown people
and the general understanding that if
he is from Marshalltown he is good
financially. morally and a hard man
to handle
politan publicity. should welcome the
visit of ''Mr. Barnes. of Marshalltown. -
When he sold the Fleming building at
private sale and at auction on the
one Of the most metropolitan perform
ances. In time some one from Mar
shalltown or elsewhere will arrive and
take the population Of the city on the
Raccoon down to see where the dyna-
mite exploded
"Mr. Barnes, Of Marshalltown," ought
to do we'll in Des Moines when he
gets out of Jail. The field seems to be
especially adapted to his talent in
the second hand bunk business. If
as alleged, "Mr. Barnes is from Mar
shalltown is it easy to understand why
he went to Des Moines for the exercise
OF his peculiar activities These old
gags over which Grandfather Methus-
eleh laughed in his beard and which
Jacob had to go into the backwoods to
work on ever since Henry Arson dug a
well on wild land.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03
: The Greater Mystery,
Judge Deemer at the grave of sena1

Joseph NJ. Junkin.]
As We grow older and become more
familiar with that mysterious phe-
nomena called death, that great climax
in the drama of human life, I think
we become more philosophic and come
into its sacred presence with less
dread, altho with no less Of sympathy
and sorrow. But our sympathy is for
the living and our sorrows are light
ened by that ever present hope and
reasonable assurance of blessed i'm
mortality.
From every standpoint we are more
and more con, inced that.
It's not the whole Of life to live.
Nor all Of death to die.
Often have I said and doubtless be-
fore in his presence that death is not
nearly so mysterious To mo as birth
and life. The narrow highway from
the cr,dl, to the grave wG'ca we are
all prIsu;nG, beginning with the my
infant i'll ITS mothers ar MS on lhrl
childhood, youth and middle age, is to
me the greatest riddle Of creation; and
as I watch the development Of the
human intellect with all its affection
ate, loving, sympathetic, social mental
and moral qualities I know that hui
manly mas received from somewhere,
from some unknown source, something
Of infinite goodness, of infinite wisdom.
something not vouchsafed to any other
form of life. This divine something
call it spirit, or soul or what you will,
is to my mind a very part Of God Him
self.
1t is q universal law Of matter that
nothing is absolutely destroyed. There
Is change in the body to be sure, even
moro miraculous than the change in
man himself, but no destruction. Shall
we say, then, that the frame in which
we live and move and have our being
| Is to live on and on, but that man him
self shall be no more?
The answer to this by all modern
philosophy, by all the modern science
by all the religions Of the world, IL
that this spiritual man survives, and I,
b now generally believed that the vel
which separates US from eternity w
shall some day discover to be a ver1
thin one indeed. All must pass thru
that transition called death, for II al
had lived since the centuries begaI
there would scarce be standing room
upon the globe. II all born during thu
past thousand years had lived till NOV
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03
FARMERS PLAY LEAP FROG.
CWalla Farmer

I
! The farmers of the nited States
other for over a hundred years, in fact,
ever since the revolution First it was
from Pennsylvania to Ohio, or as it
was then called "the Ohio" giving the
| impression of great, underlined coun-
try. Then it was TO Indiana, to ILL
nois. to Iowa. to Nebraska and Kansas,
to Michigan. Wisconsin and Minnesota,
to Wyoming, Colorado and Montana,
and Of late years to Canada or to the
Pacific coast or the inter mountain
states or perhaps Texas
One time a farmer told us about a
certain COW that he had If he put
her in a new pasture, after she had
satisfied her appetite, she proceeded to
take the range of the field, and then
Of the farm, going around and around
near the fence. Then she had the
strange 6elusion that any grass on the
other side Of the fence was little bet
ter than that inside. and proceeded to
break her way thru the fence, leading
the herd with her That cow" said
the farmer, lis a nuisance"
Farmers have been acting on about
the same principle One of the main
objects OF their moving was to secure
greater value Tor the same or less
money. We have come now to about
the end Of our tether. There may be
some advantages. there may be some
cheaper lands in the south, or lands
of even greater value; but there are
conditions alta ched-change of cli-
mate, change Of crops. change Of So
ciety. This holds true whether we
go north, south, east or west from the
particular state In which we may be
living
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03

there would not be food enough for all
and 50 one and all must pass on to
what some one has called. That well
known extraordinarily. And SO
in the long run 1t matters little when
the summons comes If we but do our
duty well. In each Of us Is something
Of Divinity, something given US IN
sacred trust. something I know not
what, that likes and loves. something
that causes Us to sympathize. to sor-
row, something which calls out all the
nobler emotions, the finer feelings and
the divine attributes Of our nature;
and it Is ours to preserve these from
corruption. from hate, from envy, from
malice, from vice. from all those baser
attributes-"those earthly humors that
Cypress mankind"
Life is real, life is earnest. and the
grave is not its goal.
Dust thou art, to dust returneth, was
not spoken Of the Soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way.
But to act, that each tomorrow
Finds US farther than today"
I can not better close than to quote the
following from a letter Of very old
and dear friend Of the family:
Yet l find abiding comfort-and
, commend 1t to you, my friend. now
when you are in the sorest need OF
comfort-that the saddest and mos
perplexing mysteries Of this life VII
become the gladdest and clearest reve'
lations Of our Fathers love; love In tn
larger and better life which lies such
little way before US all-"What de
We know not now, but We shall know
hereafter" These are the Master
words. They seem to me to be q
special message to you. think III
radiance paints the brightest rainbow
, upon the clouds that now environ u.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03
INDEcENcY AND THE CLUBBING LIST

One Of the most prominent publishers
of one of the most prominent and inf1u-
entail publications of the middle west,
writes to the Times Republican thus:
l have just read with the deepest
interest your editorial. bringing In
decency Home 1 have in the last
week or two been going thru various
magazines. to see what particular ones
are entitled to go on the clubbing lists
OF - -. I am surprised at the
result
have put the question up to the
proprietor of one of these ma gaines:
Would your mother have allowed you,
when boy, to read pages X X il
the current issue Of your ma gazine?
Would you yourself want your grand
daughter or grandson from Is to 90,
to read this rot? I have also asked
the postmaster general whether the
law against indecent literature should
be enforced in the letter or the spirit
The name of the influential editor
who writes thus and that Of the publ
cation are withheld simply because of
the statement that this is not in
tended for publication" The T.-R.
would be very much pleased, however,
to print both on account Of the great
attention and influence they would at
tract and exert ard is especially
gratif1ed by the assurance that this
man and his journal are to enter active
protest against the circulation Of the
semi obscene stuff which some maya
zines are permitted to spread broad
cast while the pander Of other litera :
ture only less vile lies under danger Of
a penitentiary sentence; you will Sec
continues the letter. that you are not
the only one who is calling attention
to this spurne Of filth that is pouring
out thru filthy stories into the homes
OF Iowa. I will take the matter I'D
editorially in an early issue. In the
meantime we are revising our clubbing
lists"
The closing sentence Is worth the
consideration Of the newspaper pub
fishers Of Iowa, especially Of the county
newspapers who do a great deal OF
magazine subscription business thru
clubbing lists. Why not revise the
lists to exclude indecency?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03
hep LOOKING YOUNG
lts Easy-If You Knew Or. Edwards'
Olive Tablets.

The secret Of keeping young-is to
feel young-to do this you must watch
your liver and bowe!s--there's no neeu
OF having q sallow complexion-dark
rings under your eyes-pimples-a oil
ious look In your face-dull eyes with
no sparkle.
Your doctor will tell you ninety per
cent of all sickness comes from In
active bowels and liver. Dr.. Edwards. .
we'll known physician In Ohio. perfect
ed q vegetable compound mixed with
olive oil to act on the liver and bowels.
which he gave to his patients for years.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets, the SUP.
stitute for calomeL are gentle in their
action. yet always effective. They bring
about that exuberance Of spirit. that
natural buoyancy which should be en-
joyed by everyone, by toning up the
liver and clearing the system OF i'm
purities. You will know DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets by their olive. color. 10c
and CSC per box. The Olive Tablet
Company. Columbus. Ohio.-Adv.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03


Where the minimum wage commits
sion sent out 100 queries to women
they got back twenty answers and IL
inquiring why SO many women appear
Indifferent. The commission desired
facts as to how and on what amounts
actually anxious to get real figures II
would seem that it is going the wrong
way about to get them. Few women
care to put their intimate lives on pa
per. And any way the way to IN.
vestigate anything is to go where it is.
New automobile tires are to be made
ways be some use to which the horse
may be put. But imagine shearine
flock of horses.
Perhaps Sulzer read too many of
the modern magazines and imbibed the
idea that modern business is only an
other lame for sharp practice and
bunco.
in Iowa and California. Iowa has more
to be thankful for than any other state
in the union and California ought to be
thankful for Iowa
And if Murphy is put out" in the
New York election there will be an
other cause of general thankfulness.
Judge Smith Mcpherson makes it
clear that his understanding Of the
white slave law will not be of large
assistance to those who indulge in "es.
capades." The judge figures that it in
cludes the frelicsome who "escapade"
across state lines.
Blobbs-A critic should have a good
memory.
slobbs-Yes. especially he should
never forget that he has faults of his
own.-Philadelphi Record.
While travelling thru the rura! dis
tricts of Missouri, book salesman
approached a farmer and stood for
several minutes importing him to buy
the book he was selling. Presently the
farmer blinked his eyes and said: mo,
it amt no use I can't read"
The salesman paused y moment and
then said: But you must have some
one in your home that can read. Your
wife, your children know they would
be interested"
Yes. my daughter can read" replied
the Missourian, but she's got book
-Lippincotts
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03
Thirteen is an unlucky number.
SOME PEARLS.

EMuSquakie BOOSter.J
This s the season for paerls. A num-
Der of Indians have scattered since
harvest and are camped along the
Cedar. Des Moines, Iowa, Skunk and
other Iowa streams hunting pearls. jim
Scott was in the office recently with
ahou, a dozen good lockers. He has
refused 500 for the best one. Pushe-
toncqLa. the chief, was in the other
cay with twenty-seven stones-four
OF them were fine-he said it would be
worth hundred dollars just to lock at
them. John Young Bear found one
last season which he sold for over
$500. Jim Onawat scld "ne last sum-
mer for $500. 1t Is a low estimate that
these people get over thousand dol
lars each summer out Of their pearl
business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03

over here become interested. It 10
, then In the control Of the department
| Of agriculture to which our bureau be-
longs.
| The work Of the department does not
| rest with the increase Of our fish sup
ply. It plans to stop the wanton de-
struction Of fish in the spawning seas
on. The shad industry 10 now entirely
dependent on artificial perpetuation by
the bureau Of fisheries. Mackerel and
halibut are In danger OF being de-
stroyed.
The bureau Of chemistry will start q
| campaign regarding the packing.
and refrigeration Of fish food which up
to now has been very little Investigated.
| Facts like these viii be forced on
| fishermen and the public: fishs caught
| by gill nets and allowed 70 die slowly
| under water decompose easily, as also
| do Ash landed alive and allowed to die
slowly. Fish killed Immediately after
catching keep the best ana their flavor
Is better Fish should not be kept In
q temperature over 25 degrees Fahren-
heit, but oysters should not be frozen.
Oysters deteriorate very rapidly when
taken from the water. especially when
in spawn. tho they are considered to be
most palatable when In spawn.
Tho widespread ana growing lear
that the oyster is source OF disease
and Is not safe food Is undoubtedly
one Of the many factors that adds to
the high cost Of living. Oysters should
be plentiful, cheap and much eaten.
Public opinion to the contrary, the
great bulk Of oysters sold are whole
some. The number OF beds where poll
luton IL even possible is relatively
small.
The department Of agriculture wants
| to stimulate the production Of oysters
and is planning special oyster cam
paign. Thousands of acres Of shallow
waters are available all along our sea-
boards for oyster beds and the oyster
producing possibilities Of the gull
states have scarcely been touched.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03
THAT WALL LAKE LEASE.
Il.
LCedar Rapids Republican

For some time there has been an
agitation in northern Iowa about the
drainage OF Wall Lake, lake of some
500 acres. Bat the drainage Of the
lake is not the only question involved
in that transa elton. The Des Moines
Tribune the other day stated the col
lateral facts which are in our opin-
Ion. of a very serious nature. These
facts are as follows:
Briefly stated, the executive coun-
ell has leased wall lake containing
500 acres. to the min law of State
Treasurer Brown on the following
terms:
Six years for nothing, during which
time Mr.. Austin is to get the land in
condition for cultivation, spending the
sum Of 10000.
Twenty years thereafter an annual
rental OF 5000 year
The Tribune. by spreading the money
TO be invested in drainage and the
rentals to be paid by Mr. Austin over
the twenty-year period finds that It
amounts to about 500 a year and that
for the use Of 500 acres of land. pre-
sumably the best land to be found in
: Iowa, for 1t is the bottom of a lake
which has been rank with vegetation
and which has received the wash" OF
fertile acres for centuries. That land
in few years will produce from $50
| to $40 an acre, If properly cultivated.
| Why should the sovereign state rent
| 1t for 81 an acre to the son-in-law OF
state official who has vote in the
renting power?
| The whole transaction is so afro
ciously unjust that one marvels at it.
| If that lake is to be drained, which
] we doubt. let it be drained by the
state. or by the county, and then lie,
the lands be sold at public auction
giving every man a chance to bid on
them. Or if the state wants to hold
the land let 1t be leased to the high
est bidder. For the executive council
to make such one sided contract. tc
play one man for tavorite, is beyond
our comprehension. AS the Tribune
says, "the contract should be sur
rendered by Mr.. Austin, or recalled by
the executive council"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-03
PUBLIC FAVOR AN ASSET.


Among the most sensitive people IN
the world are the representatives OF
public service corporations. They are
quick to resent criticism, and usually
so so far as to say that the criticism
is undeserved. Sometimes 1t is un-
deserved, and sometimes the public
becomes over critical, or having set
out to be critical. does not know when
criticism ought to give place to silence
or to praise. But quite as often the
greater fault lies with the corporation.
Its failure to measure up to its re-
sponsibility and opportunities nat
urally genertaes public hospitality. A
great many public service corporations
realize that public favor is a mighty
valuable asset. They know it means
added receipts and added profits. There
would be general rejoicing If all public
service corporations We're managed on
that basis.