Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-20
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Steamboat Rock, March 2o.-Of par
ticular interest to agricultural Iowa Is
the fact that Postmaster General Dur
! lesson has amended the postal resuia-
! lions so that farmers and truckers
will be able to ship their products ny
! parcel post at lower rate than WAS
/ required by the former rules.
! Butter. eggs, fruits, berries, Vese.a-
bles. dire ssed poultry and other articAes
! in parcels weighing ten, twenty anu
fifty pounds for shipment within the
! first and second zones-approximate-
w $50 miles-can now be packed III
! boxes and crates, similar to those gen.
orally used by express, as these lerse
parcels will In the future be hanoleo
outside of mail bags.
| Packages Of these articles weighing
| twenty pounds or less are required 70
! be packed securely so that they can
! be carried in the mail bags as former
| ly.
Now all that is necessary is, LOT the
! farmer to get acquainted with re-
sponsible dealers in the mentioned
| zones and install a mutual paying
! business. 1t is noticeable even with
| previous parcel post facilities. SO Few
! consumers Of butter, eggs. and poul-
! try have not arranged for such family
! supplies with the farmer direct. IN
| these DAYS OF al almost universal tele-
| phone no reason exists why the mousse
| keeper in town should not deal directly
! with the producer on the Iowa farm.
| In this case all that is necessary, 70
get acquainted. The farmers vile 10
know her customers are good pay,
and the town mans wife to know she
will get a first class article. Uncle
sam viii! do the rest.
The Chicago Record Heralds Wash
/ inston correspondent speaking Of po-
| litical matters, says:
| "Meanwhile there Is much gossip
here regarding the activities OF Mr..
| Perkins in the matter Of wrecking
vengeance on progressive repubii-
cans who have elected to. stay regu-
lar" A story brought here from the
two distinct sources Is to the effect
that M Perkins has prepared himself
to finance a tremendously powerful
movement to defeat Senator Cummins
for re- election in Iowa this year. and.
If the game is sustained. later to en-
compass the downfall Of men like
Borah and La Toilette"
It will take more than Perkins
money and the action Of the extreme
progressive's to defeat Mr.. Cummins
this time. In the part of the state
covered by the writer, M. Cumnins'
! hold on the voters is stronger than
ever. He has some very active politi-
eel enemies, but their votes only count
one each this time. There is pos
siblity of a democratic legislature,
owing to the universal hard feeling
over our increased taxation, but the
legislature does not settle the senator
ship this time. Me. Cummins vote on
the tariff bill will in return bring him
many votes from the farmers and
their business friends, whether such
votes have been or now are democrats,
progressives. socialists, prohibition
ists.A gain the progressives could have
Travelled the state over and not have
found a weaker candidate than Bashor.
! That is as a vote catcher. His public
record as democrat, populist and per-
petual candidate for office. rakes his
self appointment as candidate for the
United States senate bitter pill for
even the most pronounced progressive
to swallow II the writer gave in this
! column the names and words Of some
; very prominent progressive leaders
Mr. Bashor would wish for once. he
had let a possible chance to run fol
office go by.
And in the line Of political talk very
few are aware that there is now
travelling in the state Of Iowa very
smooth democratic politician. presum
ably in the pay Of state or nationa
democratic committee, fer he stons a
the best hotels and stays as long a.
he sees it, whose business is not onl!
:. to repair the democratic lenses, but t.
stir up dissension in republican rank
, wherever possible. For instance, W
have a city in Iowa strongly repuhli
can, but most decidedly mixed on tn
: whiskev question This Democrat
travelling agent had business in tina
city for several days. He helped selec
for future action men whose candidac
y sfor public office. would be strong TO
0 Temperance or religious discussion.
{ the republican candidate was job
a Jones', the prohibition feeling OF eve
G the menace" would be factor a
4 vote catchers. And it seem incredibl
v but we'll posted men in that city ga
e he "hobnobbed' with some OF tn
q yeading progressives. This Is no fair
4 tale. Others besides this scribe coul
e give names, towns and dates. Polite
= is a great game. but many in the 81
audience Witnessing it. go to sleep.
o 49,
,. Just about half Of our railroa
II agents are living up to the law In re
gard to marking on bulletins the tin
= Of arrival and departure OF train
!. Negligent agents in this respect az
|. tually would save talk-which seen
u SO precious and scarce to SOME
:, posting on the bulletin board the tin
Of the trains, for nearly all ticket blu!
ers. many school children, and dep
loafers make a practice of askir
:. ''how's the passenger" After an age,
-. has told this crowd twenty times u
~ hasn't heard" it would seem less trol
70 BILE to chalk up No. 1o1-"ten minut
Ia late" 3=t
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