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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
COOP CROPS. GOOD BUSINESS.

From now on the crop prospects will
have much more TO do with business
conditions than the tariff, the cues
ton of stable or increased freight rates
or any other question affecting bust
ness For primarily business depends
on crops And in Iowa it IS hard TO re-
call any previous April Is THAT offered
a better prospect of weather conditions
and crops that the bright spring
weather of this present morning. II we
have prosperous business and the
prospect as it stands this spring Is
most encouraging. The enc crop
wheraon percentage may be given
thus early-spring wheat IS reported
from the agricultural department OF
the United States as e5.5 per cent and
the acreage as nearly 1000 600 larger
than last year. Cotton, the report says,
has been planted in Increased acreage
and under promising conditions as TO
soil AMI weather.
The money market IS reported as
continuing favora Die and that money
IS fully available for al legitimate en-
rerprises. Buying of high class securi-
ties is reported good. Soil and weather
conditions are excellent. So the real
foundations OF good business seem to
be ready to maintain the prosperous
business that the past ten or twelve
wears have made a normal condition in
this country.
The agricultural west IS in good con-
dition. New England is not so well
off. Its textile manufacturing indus
tries are financially embarrassed and
some other industries there have suf-
fered severely but that is in New Eng
land and Largely local 10 New England
Other industries elsewhere have felt
alarm which is supsiding with the
easing up of the money market and
the absence of serious labor difficult
ties. Altogether things are in good
shape.
Things are IN good shape for iegiti-
mate business enterprise. That does
not incltde schemes and business long
shots and properly so. But legitimate
business seems able TO get such funds
as it needs and even speculative buy
ing finds money. And this condition OF
caution and conservatism is one of the
surest pledges to continued prosper
| :ty Of legitimate business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
MIR. WHITES CANDIDACY.
Nevada Representative.l


We have expected all along that
someone would be found to take the re-
sponsibility that Is thus being accept
ed by Mr.. White: but We are sorry thst
he has accepted it. There Is in our
view no possibility Of The gosernorship
being brought to story comfy in this
particul way. and We should much
prefer that movement su foreign ID
our Judgment sheoid be headed by
someone from some county far away.
OF course Mr.. Whites personal quail
ties are above reproach or question.
for that reason il will be easy to avoid
any personal issue with him in the
campaign: but his candidacy must
have the inevitable effect OF making
Story county 10 appear more or less
of bull moose center, which as mat
ter of fact we do not believe it 20 be
excepting in a very limited 6zgree, end
the attempt to make the county acfu-
ally line up for a decadert movement
al the very moment when the general
indications point ~ a sure and prob
ably early restoration OF the repuoli-
can party to power is an attempt IN
our esticn alton, destined to produce
more disappointment than anythins
ole
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
1--WE HAD TO BUILD THE CANAL"

The treaty Mr.. Bryan has brought up
to the senate for ratification giving
Colombia s25.0o9,000 as 2 dressing for
the smart left by the independence of
Panama and the building Of the canal
thru zone bought. paid for and
owned by the United States, is likely
70 meet hard shedding. Among other
expressions in the treaty Il is reported
that the United States makes apology
By. a friendly expression cf regret"
and that the treaty implies that the
taking of the canal zone was unjusti-
fable internationally" So far as
known the United States gets nothing
in exchange for the millions carried
by the treaty, not even the good will
of the Colornoians WHO have considered
themselves as stignatized and out
ragged and have taken the position
that the United States robbed them.
If Mr.. Bryan has negotiated such a
present control over congress that
seems to be exercised by the president
to put any such confession over.
Those who remember the time and
the circumstances will remember that
/, Colombia acted like q real estate agent
with a cinch. There was no apparent
| desire for the canal unless Colombia
might control it after some one ellie
had built it. The policy Of the dictator
who happened 10 be in the saddle Of
| that saddle colored outfit was to en-
arrass as much as possible a world
| waterway to the advantage Of himself
| and his party. And after fooling
along with that gang until his patience
ceased Roosevelt went about it and did
something. And Americans OF all
classes and parties are likely to back
! him up in it. At any rate there will
! be general opposition to any humiIiat-
/ ing apology to Colombia for pushing
her out of the way of world i'm
proyement even tho some rudeness was
! exhibited.
| Rcosevelt's autobiography says:
| We did our best to get Colombia to
| let us treat her with a more than gem
| erous justice: we exercised patience
I 10 beyond the verge of proper forbear-
/ ance, When we did act and recog-
nize Panama, Colombia at once ac-
/ knowiedged her Own guilt by promptly
Il offering 10 do what we had demanded,
and what she had protested il was not
in her power to do. But the offer
H came too late. What we would gladly
H have done 5ssofs, II had by that time
u h.ee..A iunpnssihie for us hOnorably to
do; for it would have necessitated oul
abandoning the people Of Panama, sour
II friends. and turning them over to theiI
and our foes. who would have wreaked
Vengeance on them precisely becaus>
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
CATCHING WILD s,aoy SONGS.
Thomas A. Edison -Aseords Notes OF
Florida SonostnrS,

FtOVtoo oOUV0UOTOs
Thomas A. Edison, inventor OF many
things. needs to invent
way in which he can enjoy . vacation.
for he Il not having any fun on his
present layoff at his winter home in
Fort Meyer. Fla. with Henry Ford, tho
Detroit automobile manufacturer.
Soon after the inventor reached
Florida he lost interest In idleness and
sent for a batch Of records to be placed
in the underbrush Of the Everglades so
that he might obtain the songs Of the
birds. A push button operated . mile
away set tho records In motion.
In addition to this trifiing eifort.
Mr.. Edison has invented a case for
carrying and shipping disc records
without injuring them in the slightest.
Necessity inspired the inventor to this.
He has insisted on passing on every
record turned out from his factory.
Several were made soon after he left
for Florida, and they had to be placed
before him. So they we're sent to him
for his approval He noticed that they
were subjected to rather rough treat
ment-tho they had not been damaged
so he just invented . case to protect
them in transit.-Dstroit Free Press.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13

sdop2es ~ basiass 1hats nscsssaxy
to fellow IN faahionss lid fads, md
have the Suoda On hand when theNqn.
mmsrs call for thsm. after al shs
a1use he recsivos - middleman 1rem
~ magazines and Tie daily press. It
stands out - fast In the CONNER
oial rsport2 that ninsty-nve out or
every hundred retail merchants
make . failure In business. This 10 .
horrible record. but there L IL. Ono
reason retail merchants fall Is that
they do not realize what all these in
cidents cost In doing business. They DO
not add these outside things to the
cost of their goods. They are not Ike
the drug store man referred to. They
think that all they are selling 10. hard
ware. They do not realize that they
are selling hardware p:us service, and
that one costs just az much p the
other.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
PICKETT SEEMS 10 UNDERSTAND.

Elk Congressman Pickett, who had
decided to run for senator at a recent
conference between himself and John
L. Adams, national committeeman, L..
A. Brewer OF the Cedar Rapids Repub-
lican, Frank Nimmocks of Otturnwa.
and A. c. Savage of Adair, has changed
his mind and refuses to enter the race.
Savage seems TO be handling the erup-
ton and is still looking for a standpat
candidate.
He expresses confidence that "a
standpat candidate could defeat Sena-
tor CuInmins and has figured out just
how il might be done. It is TO be in
ferred that the ota>> members Of the
Cedar Rapids conference" are as
badly disappointed as himself over
Picketts decision to act as a demo-
cratic catspaw and the agent of in
dividual reprisal.
Mr.. Pickett made wise decision. Il
is asserted that he called the confer
ence but the manner and personnel OF
1t suggests that he did It as some leg
islaors introduce bills. by request"
The probabilities are that Pickett had
been taken 10 an eninence and shown
the kingdoms OF the earth. When he
got down from the rarified atmosphere
and in cooler judgment saw the pu--
pose of the plan ne quit there. He was
sensible and shrewd TO do so. To per-
nit his name and energies 10 be used
for purposes purely of assassination
would not square with his general at
titude in politics or bring him any
thing except regret.
Messrs. Adams and Brewer and their
two satellites know that no republican
unless il be Cumnins can be sent to
the senate from Iowa this year. Cum
Minis IS candidate and being So will
be nominated. II might be possible to
bolt that would bring results ct the
polls but that result, Il successful,
would mean but one thing, q demo-
cratic senator. To be sure, Il a demo-
cratic governor and a democratic SEN
ator were 10 be elected Mr.. Adams and
Mr. Brewer might stand out pronlin-
emily as having told you So and offer
themselves as queen bees whereon a
disorganized swarm might gather
again. But the republicans are scarce
ly SO much interested in the political
future Of Adams and Brewer as that
of the republican party.
The conference is simply revival
OF the methods born Of individual rage
which have been discredited and re-
pudiated over and over, again by the
voters. recrudescence OF pounding
! Cummins into the ground" 1t does
not represent anything much except
Adams and Brewer and Nim.nocks anC
Savage And Pickett seems 70 have
come 10 that understanding.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
Topics of the Times
Mr.. Pickett was as foolish as fox

Mr.. Pickett was as foolish as fox
Even the gunman concluded at the
that q dollor d day earned honestly
beats $1,000 a week gained crookedly.
But he failed TO realize the difference
until the chair doomed up with its
potential argument against crooked
ness and murder for pay.
There will be considerable sympathy
and approval of the fellows who
knocked down the photographer VINO
insisted on getting a picture Of the
weeping wives Of the men who were
70 be electrocuted the next day.
Speaking Of the value Of little gar
den see what Mary took in al Des
MONIES.
The highway commission may not De
absolutely right in every instance but
il certainly has some advantages over
the pathmaster system.
Hull is coming strong in the Second
district. Some Of the other fellows
now wish they had sacrificed them
selves the same way.
Judge Lee still maintains sort OK
a Maurice Connolly silence.
That Colombian treaty will not help
along the bill to repeal free tolls. II
BRYAN has ever dreamed of another
slant at the presidency ne spoiled mis-
cream when he cuddled Colombia
Yes, take down the storm WINDOWS
and pillow the garden but you'd better
keep the winter ones on a few days
longer.
z. H. Crane Is to be the bull moose
candidate for congress in the Eleventh
Some menagerie.
Ard ne still have Row1ey and John
Lind and Jim Trewin to worry over.
When Theodore gets home and skins
| his teeth at that Colombian treaty we
shall. see some dental development.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13

II have thee on the hip" as Texas
Sam said to the six-shootsf.
Il feel for you deeply" observed tho
diner. probing about in his stew for
stray oyster.
This parting gives me pain" as tho
man said when he was having
troublesome tooth extracted.
"why win you keep prying into other
peoples business." demanded the cop
as he collared the jimmy using burg
lar. .,
Il can only offer You light repast
said the Eskimo hostess as she handed
a candle to each of her guests.
you are setting us bad example,
as the algebra class said when tne
teacher wrote a hard equation on the
board.
I'VE will pursue this subject no
further" declared the head warden as
the escaped lunatic they we're chasing
leaped off the roof.-Boston Tran
script.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13

you that you can grow 5uee - Gooa
applee hero-bsttr f1AvOred-as thsy
can grow in any state. All you nseo
to do. he says. 10 give them the oarA
including spraying, that they give IL
apple trees In regions whore they
make business Of Il. Plant winter
apples, he says, then study spray1ng
them and packing them, 30 that yos
may be able to grow q crop and know
how to take care OF 1t after 1t groWA
This leaves the average Iowan at
loss to know what varieties Of apples
to plant. for the nursery catalogs show
him there are hundreds of kinds.
Right here the Scott County Farm Inn
provement League comes to his help.
On the recommendation OF G. r. Bliss,
the county agriculturist. the league
Is not only recommending two col
lections Of apple trees which 1t consid-
ers ideal for planting in this loca-
ton and climate, but has induced a
couple Of nurseries to make special
offers. OF fifty and twenty-five tree lots
Of these varieties.
AZ the planting of the right varieties
of apples lies at the very foun-
dalton OF apple growing. tho lists COM
pert should be of interest all over the
state. Here they are:
Fifty Tress V.5o.
Ten Jonathan, eight Stayman. hve
Crimes Golden, two York Imperial,
three Gano, six Delicious. three Rails
Genet, one Roman Stem, two Wealthy.
one Sweet Bough, one Snow. one
Bailey Sweet, one Benoni. one Live
land, one Duchess, one Yellow Trans"
parent. one Whitney, one Kreiter Crab.
one Tallmon Sweet.
Twenty five Trees -.
Five Jonathan, four Stayman. two
Grimes Golden, one York Imperial. two
Gano, three Delicious, one Rails Genet.
one Roman Stem, one Wealthy, one
Sweet Bough, one Snow, one Benoni,
one yellow Transparent, ono Whitney
Either of these twenty-five or hftS
tree orchards ought to be great
source Of satisfaction and of profit to
the man who plants them. If ne follows
planting with the care and spraying
which is essential to a crop of 5000
fruit An orchard will not take care
of itself any more than a cornfield, but
it will repay good care as well as will
the field.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
Iona Newspapers
JACK O'NEAL'S CRIME.
TkeDra Eagle.1

Circumstances alter cases. Jack
C'Neal. white man, killed a Mexican
at Fairfield. There were no witnesses
and the authorities promptly turned
C'Neai loose because he said he did it
in self defense and they took his I'M
supported word for il. He had retained
couple Of lawyers TO whom he had
written a check for 500. After his
trial was over and he was given his
freedom O'Neal stopped payment on
The check and left for parts unknown.
Now there is a great hubub about him
being guilty OF murder after all. But
he is no more guilty now than before.
The failure of the lawyers to cash his
check simply alter the case
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
ECONOMY OF INDUSTRY.

JDes Moines Register and Leader.l
!. :s reported in an eastern paper
that SO ascinatingly enhancing was
a modern maid dressed in modern
garb. devised on modern lines, VINO
walked down Nassau stree: in New
York the otflar day that shs attract
ed a train in which al least $50 men
participated Until a policeman severed
the encur-. brance while the girl was
whirlel aw4v ~ a cab.
Nothing su,p, sing abo',. that per
laps ana 6ou;e' less the young woman
was pleased ill she was frightened
Tha, men us1a.ly are not so noid rs
openly to follow the modern mafo.
CARRIED in modem style, does no. arsne
that they do not ooserTe her as she
passes. -
This is the amazing thing about the
spectacIe. That sl5o men we're loi-2r-
ing in a block ready TO follow 'heir
tant or WoIrlln without reckoning
,ne loss Of time Where 10 the loafers
come from?
If all the energy expended in making
IN trains of charming ,vomen ana 4oI'-
ering off the JOB we're conserved m
stead Of wasted. possibly there *ouio
he less work fc- Those who are elected
3v nature and ~ ::,te tc stick on tne
inf,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
THE FIGHT ON CLARKE.
poo,,reu civ Advocated


There is a movement on 1901 q!
nresen. TO bring Judge Lee OF Ames
;nto the field as candidate against
e,rse Clarke for the republican nom
nation for governor, nomination
papers having been distributed 1or
that purpose. The Advocate is one
among the great many newspapers IN
Iara that believes the promoters OF
Judge Lees candidacy nave undeftaH-
Q, an impossible task. George W.
clarke has made governor OF when
every citizen Of Iowa has occasion 70
be proud. 1t is admitted by his frienas
that George makes no pretentions IN
the direction Of being political man
fpulator. hence he puts in none Of MS
lime in that direction and 10 thus en-
abled to give more time to the per
Torrance Of IN. duties OF the hlsh
Office TO which, the people have elected
him. A man Of strong convictions CT
right and wrong, whenever 2 matter
is presented to him his first concern is
not what effect, good or bad. 1t ~f!!
have upon the republican party or up
on his own Political standing. DIT
rather what is the right thing to DO.
When he has reached a conclusion AZ
| TO that phase Of the subject he un-
swervingiy follows the line OF what pc
finds to be his duty and no promise OF
reward or threat ps defeat can turn
him from that courss. In this matter
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
WINE AND RED TAPE.
TSioux City Tribune.t

I
Aside from the undoubted reform
in the elimination OF intoxicating
liquors from the navy, the new order
is most gratifying as another tearing
off of the red tape which still binds
Official life to an amazing degree.
Considering the numerous assaults tnat
have been made on the hoary customs
and precedents of the army and navy.
It il strange how many out-of -nate
things remain. Each layer or req tape
removed but serves to reveal anotncr.
What an astonishingly large amount OF
fol -de-roi we retained from the mothe.
land when we took our portion ana
went into far country.
IT'S true, loophole Is being lete 70
permit of drinking wine at necessity
with the representative OF some io1-
etgn nation. It is conceivable 10 De
better for one of our admirals to take
a social glass with q doughty foreigner
who might misunderstood reiusal 10
do 30. But the foreigners VIII soon
learn our customs and we can nave
peace without wine. The state depart
ment has helped to establish that prin-
ciple.
or course the Officers will complain
a, Secretary Daniels new order. and'
as usual, it is their foreign guests tnes
are thinking Of, not themselves. ihes
want to be able to offer visitors from
foreign navies the wines they are ac-
customed to on their own vessels.
But 1t is not considered necessary
when dining German OFFICER TO oHer
him sauer kraut or pretzels. American
raya, officers would not offer
ch,nese admiral birds nests and wa
termelon seeds. In sucn cases .ne
guests are offered good. American ,ai
Why should they not nave p'
American drinks also! lhere -
coffee, lemonade and, on yes tne1
grape iuice-a fine list from whNn
choose Avaunt the wine hse' anu .ne
red tape which has made II neoe's'''
In the navy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13

the Advocate knows exactly what It 10
talking about. it, editor having known
George Clarke intimately for the part
thirty i've years. The movement for
his defeat 10 without excuse ana can
result NO other way except In failure
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13
Masonic Meetings.
REGULAR Communication.


Marshall Lodge, No. los a. F. & A. NJ
Friday, April Il, 500 p. m. Resu-
ar business. John w. Wells, sec7e-
.ary; ]. T. Forbes, w. NJ.
SPECIAL coNvOcATioN, signet
Chapter No. 80. r. A. NJ Monday;
April IS, 100 p. m For work Hogal
Arch degree John W. Wells, secre-
tary: a. D. Meeker. II. P.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solomon
Council No. 20, P. & S. N. Monday
after the third Sunday. Regular bust
ness. L T. Forbes, recorder; A. y.
Meeker, 7. I. NJ.
EASTER SERVICE Of St Aldemar
Commandry No. so, K. T. at Consre-
gational church April u. Meet al tle
Asylum at 10 a. IA, full uniform. r NJ.
Wilbur. E. c. NJ S. Mcfarland Rec.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81, Q. z. s., Wednesday, April
Is, 500 p. m, for business. Anna
Downing. secretary; Nary Black '-oi-
.iss. W. II.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13

Partisan modistes weary not in de.
vising new ways to adjust skirt draper.
les. The gown illustrated mere - OF
forest green broadcloth. with collar and
giRdle Of velvet. There - lneera.
vaistcoat, and the sleeves are fashioned
OF tulle. The draping Of the back Of
the skirt Il a modified form Of the
hustle. ~. L ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-13

congregational accident" says the Me-.
vada Representatives and We do not
regard the bright young accident -
more formidable - ;the present senator
than would have been the rather hack
neyed veteran who had been expected
to oppose him."
If Senator Cummins had done MOTH
Ing during his six years in the senate
save only to force into the railroad
bill the provision placing the burden
of proof upon the railroads to show
reason why they should be permitted
to increase rates, he would have earned
the right to reelection says the
Knoxville Journal. Without any
question it was the biggest single act
of constructive Craftsmanship ever
secured by an Iowa representative in
congress and Is SO recognized among
the thoughtful people Of the nation"
ANY boy who loafs about the streets
and parks and depots and cemeteries
at nights and at unearthly hours is on
the road to the devil" says the Hardin
County Citizen. 1.-THE travelling is good
and he will reach his destination on
schedule time"
The Shenandoah World Says that,
Most everybody would like to trade
jobs with preacher. and most preach
ers would be glad OF a chance to do
II. preacher has to be a pretty good
christian Or he couldn't exercise enough
patience to endure his job
IF Editor, Meredith wants to con-
tinue in the successful column he will
remain identified with Successful Far
ming" advises the Perry Chief.
The launching of the candidacy OF
Judge Lee for governor is denounced
by the Jefferson Bee as "a conspiracy
TO discredit one of the fairest and most
conscientious public servants in office
today
Renarking that the entire city coun-
ell of one Bavarian town has been sent
10 jail the Des Moines Tribune says,
We are beginning to believe that Ger
many really can give the rest Of the
world pointers on municipal manage
1nent'