Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-20
MERCHANTS AND FOOD LAWS.
1Dayenport Times.[

This Is not to be q discussion Of
whether the pure food laws of Iowa
are the best laws of the kind or not.
1t is intended to be a reminder to
business men in Davenport and other
Iowa towns that the pure food law
so long as 1t remains on the statute
books, evidently Is going to be en-
forced.
Every business man has been
warned by the state authorities to put
his house in order Any information
needed to enable business man to
comply with the law will be gladly
provided by the state authorities.
There is no excuse Tor not living up
to the law 50 long az it u the law Of
the state.
Having been warned, business men
who happen to be caught by the In
spectors have no one to blame but
themselves. It Is no time after in
formation has been filed to try to
keep the news out Of the paper"
The newspapers didn't make the law.
nor are they enforcing it, nor are they
responsible for the failure of any bust
ness man to live up to the law. The
newspapers are merely reporting what
has happened in the community. and
if butcher or grocer happens to be
hailed before court, that is just as
much legitimate news as anything
else.
There is one way for business men
to avoid such undesirable publicity.
There is one way to keep the story
out OF the paper" Here is the tip ~.
regard to how to do it. Comply with
the law before the inspector has a
-l.o - Co. To- to
lation. II this is done there will be
no need of running to the newspaper
office with the explanation, you know
always keep a clean place and this
is just a matter Of technicality or
spite work." etc.
Beat the inspector to it and be safe.
If you do not like the law it is your
privilege to work for its repeal. but
while 1t is law and the inspectors are
determined to enforce it, as they are
at present, there is only one thing to
do and that is to comply with the law
in all its details.
THAT DIES MONIES PRIMARY.
TDes Moines CapitaLl
{ The result of the city primary cleo
ton yesterday is an impressive illus
tration Of what the voters OF COM
munity can accomplish whenever they
determine to make use of the power
which has been placed in their hands.
1t sounded the death-knell OF the
| heretical doctrine that the professional
| politician is a permanently supreme
| factor in civic government and that a
city hall machine Is an institution too
! formidable to either demolish or over
throw.
1t vindicated the claims Of the be-
| levers in the Des Moines plan Of com
mission government that the voters
have more power in dealing with can
/ didates selected at large than when
! circumscribed by ward lines Yester-
| day all of the voters had an opportun-
! ity to deal at full arms length with all
| Of the candidates In the field. Every
J one knows that the result, could not
have been the same under the ancient
and discarded wardline system.
| Reduced to it's last analysis yester-
! days verdict was nothing more mol
less than an overwhelming and thun-
derous demand for more business and
less politics at the city hall.
This was the winning slogan. Moth
ing else can explain the astonishing
run made by LMessrs. Mitchell and Gal
braith, who made that precept the
cardinal blank in their platform. NC
amount os pettifogging or specia
pleading can show that the verdict Is
anything else than one Of emphatic