Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-11-17
Press Comment


I Press Comment |
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Secretary
Bryan is optimistic, regardless of the
defeat of SO many democratic con-
gressional candidates. But why should
he worry? Twelve thousand year
should continue to produce self-satis-
fiction in the face of many Universities.
And then there's always that oft
mentioned chautauqua.
Clinton Herald: There is no reason
why Iowa should not catch up with
the Belgian colonization scheme on
which Texas, California and Minnesota
have been working for the past few
weeks. Iowa is a good field for the
immigrant who specializes in small
farming. and the suggestion by MIR.
Clum of this city that Iowa get busy
ought to be taken up and acted upon
before the other states get too far
ahead.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: Fourteen
states are now under the prohibition
banner and all have come in under the
political administration of either re-
publican or democratic parties. The
country is going prohibition but not
through a political organization bear
ing this title. The political prohibit
tionists have never been able to induce
their supporters to leave the older
organizations. The political progress
sives are up against this same ad-
amantine wall
Davenport Times: The suggestion
has been made that the powers agree
to neutralize the sea. 1t is said that
if this were done then all the causes
OF war due to naval rivalry would be
ended 1t is put forward as one OF the
many cure-alls for present national
rivalries. But would it serve any good
purpose? Suppose some hostile coun-
try should decide to invade the United
States. Would we have to wait until
its transports, unmolested, discharged
their armies upon our shores? Would
England have to sit idly by while
troops crossed the channel and set
foot upon English soil? The sugges-
ton, If it means that there should be
an agreement that on more fighting
shall take place on the sea. is an idle
dream.
Burlington: To save multitude OF
people from starvation the Rockefeller
foundation bought s275,000 worth of
food to send to Belgium, and as soon
as the New York dealers in wheat, rice
and bacon found that John DIS so
ciety was buying the goods they mark
ed up their prices an aggregate of $780,
900. It has been supposed that the
man who would steal the pennies from
the eyes of corpse was the meanest
of mankind but the Quincy Herald
thinks he is not to be mentioned in
connection with the men who seek en-
nanced profits out of the supply OF
food for the starving.
Clinton Herald: The optimism of
the official war bulletin writer's is an
other evidence that the pen is mightier
than the sword
Waterloo Courier: When Tammany
hall fails to beat republican reformers
with a bull moose candidate also tug
ging at the G.. O. P. majority, some
thing must be the matter either with
the tiger or the moose.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Mr.. Farmer
gets something over five and one-half
billions of dollars for his crops this
fall. And only short time ago they
" ere calling him "a rube." Here's wish
ing that "rubes" predominated in every
community.
Burlington Gazette: That French
soldier who boasted Of Staying seven
German soldiers with a blacksmith S
knife puts himself under the suspicion
that his victims we're wounded and un-
able to help themselves.
Galesburg Mail: Recent activity of
the Burlington railroad against cigar
cite smoking among it's employees has
called further attention to his practice
in Galesburg. Most cigarettes here
are sold to young boys-boys of high
school age-boys who some day hope
to take place in business or profes-
sion.
That many large business institu-
tions refuse to employ cigarette smok-
ers should influence school boys
against the tobacco habit, while the
very evident fact that professional
men of good habits are better able to
attract practice to themselves :han
their rivals of less careful personal
conduct should also stand as impor-
tant. The shiftless tendencies of con-
firmed cigarette smokers subtract from
their efficiency either in business or
professions.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: If the election
returns in Iowa are "the voice of the
people," then the new system of nom
partisan election of judges is not in
popular favor The poll for judges of
the supreme court is unreasonably
lights 1t indicates either Indifference
to judicial elections, or else disapprov-
al of the plan. Probably both.
If we are to select judges by popu-
lar vote then it should be done under
standingly and with a real interest to
conserve the high character of the ju-