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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27
why Il SPELLS Doom.

why " 0pOUO SVO''s
For this the liquor business 10 70
blame; it seems incapable OF learning
any lesson Of Advancement or any
motive but profit.
TO perpetuate itself it has formed al
lance with the slums that repel all
conscientious and patriotic citizens.
It deliberately aids the most corrupt
political powers, and backs with all OF
Its resources the most unworthy men;
the most corrupt and recreant ofhciais.
It does not aid the publication OF mu-
nicipal. state or national adminastra-
ton.
Why?
Because it has to ask immunity Tor
its own lawlessness.
That this condition Is inherently and
inevitably necessary we do not believe
but it has come to be q fact and the
public, which is to pass on the matter
in its final analysis, believes anything
bad that anybody can tell 1t OF the
liquor business.
Why? Let the leaders OF the trade
answer.
Other lines of business may be as
bad or even worse, but it IL not 30
plainly in evidence.
Why Do They Fear the TriaI7
The case of the liquor traffic Is called
for adjudication by the American peo-
pie and must be ready for trial
Other cases may be called later. but
the one before the court can not be
postponed. But. as in the past the men
most concerned are playing for post
ponement, not for acquittal. Is it be-
cause they fear the weakness of their
defense that they fear to go to trial?
There are billions of property in
volved, and an industry of great en-
ploying and taxpaying ability: but
when the people decide that the truth
is being told about the alcoholic liquor
trade. the money value will not count,
Of man above all other things.
The writer believes that prohibition
is theoretically wrong, but he knows
ated. may be overthrow by conditions.
history.
There 10 . Spirit Abroad.
In this country we have recently
swept aside one Of the fundamental
theories Of the trainers Of our constitu-
ton IN going from representative to
direct government; we are on the verge
Of universal instead Of male suffrage,
and there is a spirit abroad whcih recks
little Of tradition. Of precedent, or Of
vested rights: and on liberty used
and destructively 1t will
work short shrift.
Prepare the defense, friends: make
your case ready for court, the trial can
not be nosfpnnad,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27
days. Want water in their vein. In

days. Want water In their veins In.
std OF blood.
So the Oldest inhabitant isn't satis-
fed with tho weather. 1t doesn't seem
natural TO him. Still, let 1t be re-
membered that the same o. 1. had ar
ranged for q trip to Florida this winter
and spent last winter on the west coast.
The chances are that twenty below
would start him south like wild
duck But "in those days before the
climate changed and winter was
winter"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27
A NUISANCE.

[Cedar Rapids Gazette.1
A visitor at a recent entertainment
in this city tells The Gazette that the
pleasure Of the play was marred, for
practically the whole evening. by per-
sons near by who persisted in chatting
or whispering. The offenders kept up
an almost incessant conversation, to
the evident discomfort of everyone
within radius Of three or four seats.
The otfense is such q breach Of good
manners that it is wonder that any
body in any civilized community would
be ugilty Of it. Surely there is not a
person Of Observation-Disclosures
age who is not aware that such actions
are a breach Of etiquette and such an
offense against good taste as to con-
stitute a nuisance-and nuisance
that ought to be suppressed in an eff
fective manner.
But the offense occurs so often that
che is led to suppose that some people
are either woefully ignorant or are so
obsessed with an idea Of their own inn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27
THE OLDEST IhnABjrANI.

The oldest 1nhabitant is disguised
with this winter. It's different from the
winters, the Iowa winters when he was
a boy and young and used to live out
on the farm. He doesn't believe it's
healthy. faint natural. Also It's bad
for crops. Crops need a big fall Of
snow. He never knew 1t to fail bu, what
a. big crop Of everything followed a
heavy snowy winter When he re-
members the winter of leach old in
habitant will supply such date as
recurs to him.)
mat winter the snow came last of
october and never went off the ground
till the middle Of April. He remembers
mat everybody husked corn in bob
sieds and had to leave the down ears
under three feet Of snow. He husked
his all alone and finished New Years
DAY. Crust on the snow that would
hold up team and good load Of corn.
That was the winter that the man
1roze to death up in the creek in the
blizzard. The prairie chickens used to
come into the barnyard and eat with
the hens. The roads We're full and you
couldn't see a fence nowhere Used to
drive right over the fences straight to
town. There by the big hill in that
cut he and his neighbors had to tunnel
thru the drifts and drove under that
archway Of snow clear up to the last
OF March. And there was a whaling
crop. Seems like the big snow was as
good as spreadin Of manure. Every
thing was a big crop. But they didn't
get much out of it. Prices was low.
Huh! Only one zero day so far this
winter. You can't remember the Cold
New Years, can you? Well that was
what the Oldest inhabitant calls cold
weather. Cattle froze still standing
about the straw stacks Hogs froze to
death in heaps where they had piled
up for warmth. Father went out to
do; big chores and came back in
min1fe or two with his eyes frozen
shut and had to thaw them loose be-
fore No. could open his eyelide. Folks
got as far as the barn and managed
to feed stock Someway but nobody
could stay -o1E.side and live. The red
hot stove seemed to have no effect and
they crowded close to it, stayed up all
night and managed to stay alive There
wasn't any hot air furnaces then. A
cookstove with wood to burn was the
main heating apparatus. Nobody had
fur coats those days. Overshoes were
unknown. Say, the young fellows Of
today would freeze to death right on
such weather as that was.
The oldest inhabitant wonders what
o boy would think nowadays II he
started out to haul hogs to town II
q thermometer that only registered
that low. Laws knows how cold 1t
actually was. The oldest inhabitant
doesn't. He hauled hogs that day. He
wore cowhide boots with two pairs Of
wooden socks, had a common overcoat
and ttppet round his neck and COW
cred his hands with a pair Of those
streaked wooden mittens that grand
mother used to make. Didn't get very
cold. Had to stomp his feet but he
wa0 ready for the oyster stew a. the
Testaurant and drove home comftable
.onough They had punk in 'em in them
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27
1owA's CLIMATE.

Ihe Iowa climate has been 80 genial
and the conditions Of outdoor life SO
perfect during the winter so far that
We shall soon be praying for enough
cold to provide US with ice, at least.
With perfect roads and perfect days
and well nigh perfect men and women,
the state of Iowa comes mighty sight
nearer to realizing a paradise on earth
than any other portion Of the globe
known to civilized men and women.
You need a little frost to kill of the
germs and to permit ve9etation a little
rest-and we do have frost. You re-
quire at times some amount Of snow
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27
Iona Newspapers
40 M~1-A~

POSSIBILITIES OF THE CARBAREr
Davenport Democrat
The Salvation Army has seen the
possibilities Of the ca baret. Major Win
cheil OF the Army has opened scent
cabaret in New Jersey, where re
formed dancers will entertain those
who yield up nickel for a ticket
which entities them also to coffee and
sandwich. For those who have not
the nickel there is "a big supply of
cordwood in the cellar, and the oppor-
tuHity Of earning one.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

haps some companies w0Fo ve9y 49,
iouo 70 make thSie policies popular -
were trying. to Snset the sel1sh ~
foolish demand that tie insured ougae
70 got some benent out Of the insur.
ance upon his own life. And again =
may be In part the result OF the fool.
ish preachment that debt In general y
. great thing. that national debts are
proof positive OF civilization. and that
It 70 but the Just and proper thing to
place all sorts Of Indebtedness upon
tho coming generation. to make them
bear the burden. And the man who
borrows against his own life insurance
IL following that advice and IL placing
tho burden upon the coming genera
ton. What he 10 really doing = to rob
the coming generation and that 10 all
that the argument amounts to In any
case
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Governor Clarke is putting up
vigorous defense of the capitol GROUNDS
extention act by the legislature Peo'
pie who don't like it are blaming MN
for the whole thing. Wonder "nen
| they forgot that is was the members
of the legislature from the COW couh :
ties who did the job? inquiries the At
lantic News. I'VE would be willing 10
wager a stick of candy that the repre-
sentative from John w. Rowley's coun-
ty voted for the proposition. The News
| is in agreement with the desision OF
| the legislature. 1t is best to extend the
grounds now, when the price Is lower
! than it ever will be again. The state
ought to have good capitol and
grounds 1t can afford them, and also
build good roads and cd the thousands
of other things needed, without raising
taxation materially"
Lets see," muses. the Sioux City
Journal How long have those Iowa
federal nominations been lying on the
presidents tablet"
To the Dubuque Times-Journal The
early entrance Of candidates into the
out the district that Congressman Con-
molly will be succeeded by a hepubli-
can in the next congress. The Third
district is normally strong republic
can district and even should the pro-
gressives place a candidate in the field
it is not believed that a democrat can
be elected next year. One Of the rea-
sons for this is the effect the new
democratic tariff bill is having on the
agricultural interests Of the district,
the destruction of the beet sugar i'm
dustry being an example"
The things that are really worth
while are rarely very cheap, and the
things that come high are usually the
ones that prove profitable in the long
run" says the Burlington Hawkeye.
The only good thing about worry"
says the Sioux City Journal lis that
1t gives some folks an occupation that
keeps them from meddling with other
folks business
Some times" the Perry Chief AL
most forgets that the unregenerated
Second district is inside of Iowa"
Before kicking too hard about i'm
portations Of meat" says the Sibley
Tribune. 'let us reflect that everybody
isn'a farmer and that all are entitled
to life, liberty and the pursuit Of hap
piness, with a bite to eat on the side"
Perhaps by and. by we shall be
carrying the work out into the country
and our minor offenders as we'll as the
honor squads from the prisons may
be employed improving the country
roads in permanent manner" says
the Burlington Hawk-Eye There has
even been some objection to the en-
ployment Of this kind of labor on pub
lie works. Yet there are many reasons
why it might be tried. For instance,
/ 1t would not be is bad as bringing
number of free laborers here, " he
would find some work during the hot
season and who would be hitting the
road and joining the homeless squad
and the voorhees, brigade during the
long, hard winters
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

for the, sake Of variation and Iowa has
known storms in the past and may ex-
pect them in the future, very probably
sunshine is always a blessing. so there
you are with a nearly perfect climate.
one productive Of good crops as we'll
as good health.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27
"A BAD HABIT.
burlington Hawk Eye.


There is much complaint and much
unfavorable comment upon the fact
that many people borrow money
against their life insurance. And they
neglect to pay back such money. The
widow or other benehciar1es fnd that
they are left with much less than they
had reason to expect, and much less
than they need. It Is difficult to i'm
agine anything much worse. unless 1t
be that the widow has to sue for her
just due. II there is a bigger t1sap-
pointment for widow than to get a
lawsuit. when she expected reasonable
protection, 1t would be difficult to dis
cover such. Perhaps the insurance
companies and others who loan money
on policies are to blame even more
than the men who thus rob the loved
ones, who imagine themselves provided
for. II the companies refused to reoog-
nize any such membranes on poll
cies, Of course there would be an end
to such loans.
Where did 1t originate? Well, per-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

During the civil war. at camp in
Ohio. captain fresh from civil life and
grand in q brand new uniform. hap.
pened to observe two men shooting at
target.
Here. boys" said he. '1et me show
you how to shoot" Taking a gun in
hand. he fred and missed. "That,"
said he to one Of the soldiers, SIS the
way you shoot"
He fired again. and missed again.
"And that" said he, turning to the 9th.
er soldier Els tho way you shoot"
He fired q third shot. and hit the
builseye. And that" said he. els the
Wav shoot"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

portance that they have 10 regard Tor
the rights AZ othssS.
The Gazette has only one remedy TO
suggest, for presumably criticism OF
this kind Will not reach the source ~
the evil. The remedy needed seems to
be public and personal calling
down." That would be drastic. but It
is quite possible that II would - q.
fectiye.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

Hon. Hiram Johnson doesn't exactly
stand at Armageddon, but he circles
around and hollers.-Colunbus (Ohio)
State Journal
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

1t looks as if most of the trusts will
peat Congress to il ON this dissolving
nusiness.-Washing Herald.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

The lockstep is to be banished from
financial as well as penal institutions.
ST. Lious Giope-Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

Goethals for governor Of the Canal
zone ana Gorgas for surgeon general
Is good ticket,-St. Lious Republic.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

Why will Senator Vardaman insist
on putting mourning border to the
general rejoicing ?-Washington Post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

Let's see," muses. the Sioux City
Journal. How long have those Iowa
federal nominate been lying on the
presidents table?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

Nothing pleases the bull mooser so
much as republican hesitation. While
the republicans are making faces the
bull mooser is grazing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27
GENERAL EDITORIAL COMMENT

The Wolf of Wall Street no longer
hwols, but "hines.-New York Til
bune.
Official life in Washington preserves
the sedate musical, let the rest of the
World tango as it may.-Wa shington
Star.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

Some times" the Perry Chief AL
most forgets that the unregenerated
Second district is inside of Iowa"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

The only good thing about worry"
says the Sioux City Journal. rs that
1t gives some folks an occupation that
keeps them from meddling with other
folks business"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

Before kicking too hard about i'm
portations of meat" says the Sibley
Tribune. let us reflect that everybody
isn'a farmer and that all are entitled
to life, liberty and the pursuit Of hap
plness, with a bite to eat on the side"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-27

The things that are really worth
while are rarely very cheap, and the
things that come high are usually the
ones that prove profitable in the long
run" says the Burlington Hawkeye.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-21
She says there haY

OF the world. She says there nave
been a thousand
And why, you are asking, is a 49,
year-old girl, the same being Eleanor
Suffers age. unmarried after having
1000 lchanees?/ -
She asks the same question of her
self.
ct must be- she replies, that it
is because 1 have so many from
which to choose that I cannot choose
any one. Some of the letters have
been very dear. ! answered a few.
Many sent me their photographs. l
sent those back.
Men are modest. Only three out
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-21

of the / 900 assured me they are
handsome. Others mentioned that
they weren't much to look at, but
that they had big hearts"
A bartender wrote Miss Suffer:
81 am looking for some one to cheer
me in my old gaze. You look like the
one"
This came from a Cincinnati ply
stefan: 81 can see from the look in
your eyes that you are true wO-
man. am willing to risk it."
A clergyman entered the lists. He
wrote that he had always wanted to
marry an actress. Romance is not
dead in my heart, he said.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-21

Confession elk.
Copyright, 1914, by the Newspaper
Enterprise Association.)
You can take it from me, - said
Dick as he threw a letter in my lap,
that am very glad am not Harry
Symone.
'I had a letter from Eliene this
morning, also; you may read it while
I am reading HarTy's."
He wrote on the last day on ship
board and posted it at Liverpool
Dear Dick" the letter began, 81
am writing this to you and 1 declare
to God I don't know whether it is to
be a letter of farewell or not
whether tonight I'll drop quietly
off the stern of the ship and end it all
like a gentleman who says goodbye
when he knows those he loves would
be better off without him, or whether,
like a coward, III save my disreput-
able old carcass at the expense of my
self-respect.
''Dick, l didn't mean to be such a
rotter. It never entered my mind that
I was doing such a terrible thing "a
thing of such far-reaching import
ance-when l took that poor little
woman from my mothers house and
installed her in a pretty apartment.
Honestly, Dick, I thought was
being good to her I thought-God
forgive mel was making her lady.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-05-21
CONFESSIONS OF A WIFE
HARRY SYMONE'S LETTER

She was a decent little thing and,
Dick, she wOrshipped me-never a
word of censure no matter how 1
treated her
1T seemed to me, Dick, when I
thought It over that 1 had made a per-
feet arrangement Eliene intellectual
and elegant to preside at my table
and entertain my friends, and Ellen to
flatter and keep me good humored
when once in a while I'd get a glim-
mering of what a scOUndrel l was
You see, Dick, 1 never took into
consideration the two women In the
case. l was only thinking of my
damnable self, and either one of them
was worth more than a thousand
cads like me.
Perhaps you think it queer that l
class Eliene and Ellen together, but,
Dick, they were both big women ac-
cording to their stations in life.
You know that Eiene is, and you
know how she has risen to heights
seldom attained by any woman in her
adoption Of my children. 1 am abased
in the dust at her feet when l think Of
it, and, strange as it may seem to you,
l never ceased to love her devotedly,
even when with the other woman.
But, Dick-and / say it all in can.
dor and with all respect for Eliene--
there were times when I longed for
her to talk more to me instead of at
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-28
CLAIMS SMALL TELEPHONE USERS PAY THE
LOSSES ON BIG LINE EXCHANGES

"Out of little nickels dropped into
slots they have piled up million-dol-
lar profits
This statement by Morton L. John
son, president of the Penny Phone
League, before the Greater Chicago
Federation in the Great Northern no.
tel last night, was connected with an
other statement that the Chicago
Telephone. Co. buncoes, the small
phone users into paying the COM
pany's losses on big trunk line ex-
changes.
zine Daily News has an unlimited
trunk line SERVICE" said Johnson,
who is an electrical worker and tel
ephone engineer. "Iney pay the
chicago Telephone Co. $125 year
for this service. 1t actually costs the
telephone company $500. year to
run that service at the Daily News.
1.-THE difference of $675 year is
made up by the users of the nickel
first phone. There is not much pub
hcity for these facts because the Bell
phone companies in newspapers and
magazines are big advertisers.
IF the people of this city owned
the automatic system and placed it
in 100000 homes there could be a
pennyza-can service. The important
facts about the telephone business
are not known to the general public.
Ask the people you meet and you will
find there are not many who know
that leading government officials
are ready today to have the govern
ment take over all telephone lines
and operate them from the postof-
fees. Why shouldn't phone service,
just like postal service, be purchas-
able at cost prices?
The postaization of the telephone
is advocated by Congressman David
j. Lewis of Maryland, the man
known as the father of the parcel
post. Postmaster Burleson is on
record in Senate document No. 500
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-11-28

W all AhIU IAC udI1Oud1 PO0Id1
TEN is controlling wire communica- +
ton. Right here in Chicago, if the }
people are awake to their chance, is
a system of wires, tunnels and ex-
changes that belongs to the people.
What the Penny Phone League asks }
is that the people go ahead and take
what already belongs to them"
"'Of the $4,000 names listed in the |
Automatic Telephone companys di- I
rectory, it is probable less than half
are bona-fde subscribers, half of the }
names are of subscribers who are
dead, or are getting service without 7
paying for it. /
When the company got its fran
chise, it was accused of wanting a
tunnel system for railroads. instead
of a phone system. To guarantee
that it would run real and not fake
phone system, the solemn promise Z
was made by them, and stated in the
franchise, that if between 1900 and
1909, they didn't get 10000 subscrib-
ers, the city could step in and take I
the whole equipment, tunnels, wires
and all, without payment of cent of
money. 1
eff ever anything was clearly I'M s
derstood among business transac-
tons to which the City of Chicago ?
was party, it was this franchise
clause providing forfeiture. Now we
have the spectacle of nine aldermen j
on the gas, oil and electric light COM
mittee who vote against an auditing
committee which will supervise and
approve the report of the public serv-
ice department on how many real
and how many fake subscribers there
are. q
"By all rights, this property be- 2
longs to the people of Chicago. Yet
the managers of both the Chicago
Telephone Co. and the Automatic
company have had the nerve to come ]
before the city council and ask per-
ynicciop fo Toor0a tho AIIfOm tio with