Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-10-12
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This years corn crop in Iowa of
SIS. 100000 bushels is worth more than
all the automobiles that have been
bought in this state in The last five
years but it is the only thing We know
of that is worth that much.
With Cummins accusing the demo-
Gratis of protecting New Jersey and
opening Iowa up to free trade and
with the Chicago Tribune accusing the
democrats of taxing the beer of the
north while going lightly on the whis-
ky of the south. the democrats them
selves may be excused If they should
find the country hard to please.
Another week has gone by with two
thirds of the people of this state ma
rooned upon their farms AID yet there
are those who think that the hard sur
faced roads of our eastern states are
impossible in Iowa.
Clay county has board of supervis-
ors with more than the average bust
ness ability. They have decided never
to rebuild a temporary wooden bridge
or culvert but TO replace j. with per-
manent masonry as fast as the wooden
bridge wears out. When their bridge
fund in any one year is overdra wn they
refund the warrants with a bond issue
Clay county is going to gee something
for its money worth while. in fact, the
average county in this state could save
one-third OF its present bridge moneys
repairs.
Unless man is a baseball fan he
had better shave himself fo. to walk
into a barber shop without being n
authority upon the players is but to
walk out again feeling like clam.
Ii is not particularly strange that
a Miss Beane should have proved the
winner of a bean guessing contest
conducted at the Marshall county fair
She evidently knew beans anyway.
1t is welcome news to learn that
money is getting easier in New York
Like the congestion of freight cars 1t
requires loosening at the end of the
line 10 move anything along in the
center.
The Cedar Rapids Republican chides
the Times Republican because a news
report of the Cummins- Kenyon tour
OF the county referred to the senators
IS big men in the nations affairs. The
Cedar Rapids paper insists that while
they are good men they are no great
er than thousands of other men. We
VIII not quarrel over terms, the fact
remains that these two senators are
great enough to leave the Cedar Rap
IDS Republican no other alternative
than 10 support them albeit is done
with reservations
Germany is shipping her products in
Dutch bottoms. out of Rotterdam and
other ports of Holland. The Dutch
vessels are great immigrant carriers
and have not carried heavy cargoes in
times OF peace. This space is now
available for German goods if the
German merchants place them in
Dutch territory for trans shipment to
the United States.
The governments estimate is that
the north has raised an exceptionally
| large crop Of grain this year while the
south has had a bumper cotton crop.
/ Now somebody Is going to get these
goods to use whether the bankers
make hard times out of it or not. The
country has the goods ON it's person.
The saddest regret Of this compaign
| is the absence of two such estimable
journals as the Sioux City Tribune and
the Webster City Freeman Tribune
from the support of the present state
administration. These newspapers have
been right SO many times that it seems
| Incredible to believe that they could
be enticed away by 80 small a diff
| ference OF opinion as that over capt.
| toll extension. Hermit Journalism ia to
| blame. Let each one OF these editors
go to Des Moines once. examine the
grounds and the legislative record and
| ne will apologize for his misunder-
|