The Marshall republican., 1914-03-06
MARSHALL REPUBLICAN

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An army OF unemployed" num-
herring 1000 left San Francisco Tues
day on a march for Washington.
With ten thousand men idle In 81.
Louis and eleven thousand in Kan
sas City our farmers will have no
trouble in getting cheap help this
summer.
MIR. walsh wants It understood that
In reporting his finding $4,000 men
out Of employment In New York he
did not mean TO convey the idea that
this was the result Of Democratic leg
islation. or course. not. The fact
reported convey its own idea without
any help from Mir. Walsh.-kausas
city Journal.
one important fact. which intonsi-
flies TO a crowded degree the demand
Of Democrats for public offices. u
that. when times are hard and money
scarce. which condition has always
come after a Democratic national vic
tory. Il Is most convenient TO have n
regular salary which will not Doc low
cred with the cost Of living. and at
the same time have Il paid from "a
treasury that o. r]oplenised by the In
crease OF taNos.-EX.
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The new German church In Mar
shall l. starting out with very favor
ably prospects. There are few Ger
mans In or around Marshall who do
not speak English. so that q German
church at first glance seems super
rlous. but when conditions as they
actually exist are considered II Is a
necessity. The Germans are not
"clamish" az they are generally re-
puted TO be. but like all nationalities
cling together IN sclf-defense. \
German IN Marshall has the double
handicap OF coming Into an old COM
muuity where he has no chance f1r
congcnial social or church liio and bee
ing a stranger has no credit or stand
ing In the community. 4 church such
as conducted by the German solve,
these problem. and there Is no doubt
that Il will be the means OF bringinp
TO our city many substantial citizens.
We wish II success.
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Electrified Chickens.-In a recent
address before the Royal Society OF
Arts, Mr.. T. Thorne Baker described
some experiments In the application
OF electricity TO Observation-Disclosures
chicks at the poultry farm OF Mi
Randolph Mech. Poole, England. A
house containing four hundred chic
kens was electrified by a large hell,
OF heavily insulated wire for ten min
utes every hour OF the day. Tn,
birds become so highly charged Will
electricity that sparks fly from theiI
beaks when they peck the hands o
the attendant, and give a distinc
shock. Only six chickens died; tn
rest were ready for market in fiy,
usaaLp ingtaaI og thraa mnuthg Mr.
Baker says that experiments shOy
that a chick raised under the influ
ence OF electricity will grow from
third to two times heavier than on.
that has the same amount Of food
but no stimulation. The electrical
treatment seems not only To haste
the growth and increase the weigh
of the chicks, but also To decrease IN
death rate in the first few days afte
Matching. In summer the mortalit
in young chicks is often fifty per cen
In the case OF electrically treate
chicks. It is less than two per cent
Youths Companion.
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A telegraph article in the Republ
can last week, which bore Il decide
yellowish tinge of Democratic free
trade theories and decidley the OPP
site OF a Republican view point.
was on 1.-THE cost of living" II star
ed out with the statement that bus
ness was entering upon a new era
prosperity" thereby admitting thi
business has been bad under DEM
cratic rule.
unprecedented trade balances"
our favor was a direct contradictiC
to a statement SEN out official
from Washington showing a big d
cline in trade balance in our favor.
The cost of food products has be-
slightly lowered in some cases at Il
expense OF our W producers. v
haven't learned OF a single import