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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
A HANDICAP FOR CANDIDATES.

One OF the lessons TO be gained from:
the contest in the Second district is
that candidate whose attitude is op-
posed TO temperance reform or who IS
plainly pro saloon IS weak candidate.
Democratic conclusion seems to be that
Vollmer's weakness as displayed in the
shortage OF the democratic vote as ev-
idenced by the returns is attributable 20
the record and attitude of Mr.. vol,rner
on the liquor question and his long SER
vice as attorney for those interests.
And this IN the Second district. where
several river cities and large foreign
born and foreign des cended population
afford the best opportunity in Iowa for
pro saloon candidate 10 poll a large
vote. 1t means, II it means anything
that conditions are in a ferment OF
change even in the districts which
have been counted upon by the liquor
interests as entirely dependable and
that the time arrives when candidates
must avoid the faint Of saloon favor
and saloon influences if they are 70 en-
ter political contests with hope Of
success.
Vollmer scraped the rocks closely in
a democratic district and escaped defeat
mainly because republicans had given
up in advance. Enough democrats re-
fused to vote for him Il have defeated
him had the republican vote been fairly
polled. ]. is the conclusion Of demo
Gratis that this vote stayed al home in
large part because It couldn't stomach
Noimer,s altitude on saloons Other
candidates for Office in Iowa, whether
democratic Or republican may well take
note Of that conclusion.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
For Sunday Reading
Ill Sorts of Opinions
Religion Need Ct Man.
[Bishop Samuel Fallows. ]

Man has a religious nature. The
deepest thing in him Is religion. Her.
bert Spencer has clearly shown that a!
art, science, customs. manners, titles.
dignities and other things are religious
in their origin. Thus religious nature
must be cultivated. Neglected. man be-
comes dwar.ed.
Reverence for God. recognition OF
him in worship. private and pno!ic,
are a necessity. The church means the
coming tos ether Of men and women 81
kindred religious beliefs. II meets the
profound social needs that demand ade-
quate tu!allment.
WORSHIP witl the consregatioa
mans both Inspiration and aspiration.
Going to church is restful. II means
break in the hustle and grind and
wca-y!ng monotony OF every day bus
mess and Industrial life. II thus helps
the physical man. 1t recuperates body
ana mind and soul together.
Il Is not an arbitrary e. mmand an
apostle Of the christian church gives:
Neglect not the assembling Of your
selves together as the manner Of some
IS" II is divine injunction written
in the very heart OF our being. Go 20
church is is meaning.
Be not too fastidious about the
preaching Remember the work Of the
world IS d1ne by average men Tae
ordinary preacher is only an average
man. 4 Demosthenes in the pulpit Is
rara occurrence. Don't ask too much
of the choir PrIna donnas are not very
numerous.
Go 10 church to worship God: TO en-
Joy the communion e saints ike your
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
WHEN EVERYBODY SPOKE

1t was an excellent custom, thai OF
speaking When we were boys on
the farm more years ago than some II
US are willing 10 talk about. everybody
spoke. If someone came along the
road, stranger or nsighhor or friends,
as We passed. When one wagon met
another its occupants spoke" He was
a churlish and ll-uaannered person who
drove past without salutatiou. A wo-
man driving alone returned the passing
nod of perfect stranger. Not to
speak" was the Distinguishing feature
of ignorance or big head And while
ignorance was then as now more or
less excusable, TO be "bigheadei' was
a crime.
1t was a comfortable custom. II
should have endured. There was a
neighborliless about II that Should have
kept Il alive. There isn't any reason
why two humans passing each other
shouldn't recognize the presence and
the best OF reasons why they should. Il
was a kindly and neighborly custom
and we are fallen too much away from
the old time ne:ghborIiness and cd
fashioned kindness, which If i,
CHANGED TO be the perfunctory greeting
of q passing salulation between strang-
ers, was none the less kindly and
neighbor.y and good 70 give and re-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
hard to lose the motor car in any &C.
sivity Of these later days.

hard to lose the motor car in any &C.
sivity Of these later days.
Movable tables and chairs instead OF
the conventional fixed desks are used
in the Washington Irving high school,
New York City. according to informa-
ton received at the United states
Bureau Of Education. 1t has been
found that the plan makes for cleaner
school rooms and more efficient school
work. Another advantage is that with
this type Of school furniture the school
rooms can readily be adapted to social
and community purposes.
The president of the Kansas state
agricultural college speaking for the
grange says, 81 am authorized to say
that the grange favors federal and
state aid to good roads besause 1t be-
lieves that poor roads exact heavy
toxx from all who use them. that they
increase the cost Of getting the prod
ucts Of the farm TO the kitchen OF the
consumer. that they stand squarely in
the way Of the development of salts
factory system Of rural schools. that
they contribute materially TO the decay
of the rural church. that they have
facilitated the drift OF young people
from the country to the city and are
an obstacle TO the development of a
permanent rural civilization. The
grange has favored every movement
looking to the betterment of the farm
ing communities. 1t used its influence
To promote the establishment Of rural
free mail delivery, the parcel post, the
agricultural experiment stations, the
development Of the Department Of Ag-
riculture and considers q rational sys-
tenn for the improvement of public
roads Of equal Importance with these.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
THE SCHOOL RIFLE CLUB.
rcsdar Ranids Gazette

To those persistent critics who are
81 fearful iest the boys who are MEM
hers Of ;he high scfoo! rife club viii
become wanton desrcyers Of our alrd
life the Gazatte feds very much Ike
saving that they are wasting great
deal of very valuable time making q
fuss about nothing The Gszewe VIII
venture the assertion that the boys
u,ho are the members Of the rife club
will be least likely, among all the poo
pie Of Cedar Rapids. TO disturb the
birds which so many people prize so
highly. The especial protectors Of the
birds will not find the members OF the
riff. club rnassacring the songste1s.
The Gazette feels. for one, thar the
,mplfed condemnation Of these boys is
uncs-iled for.
We'd much rather have them shoot
ing at large, under intelligent instruc-
ton, than doing the things of which
some of the boys Of Cedar Rapids are
guilty. Let's commend boys who are
making men Of themselves. and let's
be more exercised about boys and men
whose actions need correction.
Brother Gundling, who is spokesma n
for the critics of rifle practice, Is also
much worried lest we create reign
Of n,iiitarism, such as afflicts so many
of the old world powers. Mr.. Gundiing
comes from a country which has been
oppressed by militarism. and can
therefore be pardoned for feeling keen
iy about such things. But We can as
sure him that here in America we are
not going to tolerate militar!sm, and it
is not a sign Of degen eracy when high
school boys here and there indulge in
rifle practice Mr. Gundling is exer-
cised without cause.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14

myself. shall probably marry. settle
DOWN have children and ct 20 much
interested in routine that III won't ever
break away. What ought I to dor
u 10 . problem. isn't It. with much
to be said on both sides? Travel broad
ems a man while money-grubbfng mar
rows him: yet every wholesome young
man should have a wife and babies,
for they humanize him.
Tho newspaper advised this par
ticular young man to travel, study. OBJ
serve, then return. hustle and marry.
While the Reporter Is not familiar
with all the facts. OF age. occupation
and future prospects OF the young man.
we are inclined to take Issue with the
advice given. Very probably the young
man is we'll along to 80 or he would
not have accomplished what he states
he has. To take year or 80 In travel
and sightseeing alone would be ex-
tremely selfish and to spend his nest
egg for such purpose would be ex-
ceedingly foolish Another one might
not come so easily. Then It would be
unfair to the woman whom he might
wish to marry when he got back and
settled down to ask her to share all the
drucgery and little Of the pleasure, as
he himself says that he wouldn't break
away after he got into the routine.
Our advice to that young man would
be for him to get married now. and
share with the best girl In the world
Gas his wife should be to him) the
piea sures of life as they go along-per-
haps shorter honeymoon trip to be-
gin with and other Journeys and vaca-
lions as time and circumstances will
permit We will stake our judgment
against all Corners that he would be a
oroa cer-minded man, a better citizen
and withal happier than If he spend
his money and his time circing the
glope alone or with some boon COM
panions
What would have been your advice?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
ROAD MONEY FROM UNCLE SAM

vote o. 9S2 70 40 in the house at
Washington for bill appropriating
s25,0oo,o0o annually for good roa IS
promises that soma kind Of bill
carrying federal aid for good roa Dis
will become a law a. this session. y
is estimated that in this bill approx
mately 100000 will De apporioned 70
Iowa but viii Iowa be able 70 NEE, the
conditions?
The state is the smallest Unit the
federal government is willing 70 deal
with in spending road money and two
alternatives are offered 10 the states in
this bill either Of which the governor
may elect to accept. By the first plan
all post roads are divided into three
classes according to the character Of
their construction and the federal aid
will be paid TO the state in bonuses
ranging from SIS 70 $50 per mile but
the state must pay an equal SUN. This
method would merely fritter the money
away without results and would Simply
bury little more coin in Iowa mud.
The other plan provides that the
governor and the secretary Of ayricul-
ture Jointly may designate certain
post roads upon which the federal
money is to be spent when an equal
amount Of state money is also in
vested.
Here ia the runia,-s sor
impetus 10 be given to permanent hard
surfaced construction in Iowa but the
state itself must needs have a state
aid fund equal in amount TO It's quota
Of the national fund And it go hap
pens in this state that the auto license
money now about equals $500, 900 and
will soon go way beyond million per
annum.
Minnesota is at work CONSTRUCTING
paved and graveled roads with a state
aid fund Of the same size from which
the state pays half, the county one
fourth and nearby lands one-four.h.
Tho county issues bonds to anticipate
state, county and special property
levies for ten years.
Wisconsin is enjoying marvellous ac-
tivity in building gravel. macadan and
paved roads from state aid offered to
its counties in proportion OF one OF
state money to two Of county money
The first year Wisconsin appropriated
$3.50, 900 and the counties asked fol
$450, zoo. Then the legislature appro-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14

priated 3s7s.o00, and the counties asked
for $SS0,000, and for this year the leg
islature has provided $l,2o00OO state
aid.
Illinois is at work voting township
road bonds and using state aid from
a legislative appropriation of 100000
per annum.
Let Iowa now elect TO accept the
federal aid Of $500, 900 per annum and
place an equal amount Of auto license
money beside it. Local taxes would
not be increased one cent thereby. Let
the governor upon the advice OF the
state highway com mission offer 10 the
counties to pay one third of the cost
OF permanent hard surfaced construc-
ton. Then let the legislature of Iowa
permit the counties to issue long time
bonds for long time roads and bridges
and to assess a special benefit of one
third the cost to nearby property with
in a zone of a mile and a half from a
main Travelled road.
Under such a plan Iowa could go
TO paving and crawling her main
travelled county roads without raising
any more road and bridge taxes than
she now levies; in fact the entire coun-
~ road systems of the state could be
paved and graveled and paid for by the
present generation OF business men
without increasing taxation.
Do we want Uncle SANS 100000 or
do we not?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
Topics of the Time;

Alabama tax PAYERS are kicking over
Congressman Hobson drawing oay
while out on lecture trips and the I:Ia
However Hobson needs the money. He
always needs il and knows what 70 do
with il. One year the captain drew
$500 from congress, 1880 from
chautauqua company and about $4,000
from magazine articles and incidental
activities. And at that it WASN'T cent
too much. The captain is good
spender.
One Of the most expensive luxuries
bank can have is a p-esiden; like
that one Of the Memphis bank who
costs his stock holders a cool million
70 make up mis- shortage After all it
Is mainly a fine for carelessness. No
president should De able to get away
with a million under the eyes of the
other officers Of bank
The Carroll Herald is not in favor
Of ". 0. Payne's candidacy simply be-
cause Payne refused to follow the old
guard 10 destruction. The Herald is
raising an objection that if enforced
would make democratic control of
Iowa a certainty.
The Lincoln Anniversary has come
and gone. But how about the Lincoln
highway?
! Judge Wade says the Vollner vote
vas low because the rural districts
failed 70 turn out. Judge Wade might
60 farther and analyze this peculiar
apathy in a time Of democratic OPP
portunity. There's reason.
! The Tammany Murphy isn't nearly
as well known as the man who fired
Evens.
! E. T. Meredith could take day of
and squelch certain other democrats
who are making issue of the capitol
extension.
| Edison eats but 10 ounces Of food a
day. But haven't re heard something
lately about Edison being rather under
the weather and unfit for hard work
| Another thing the automobile is GER
tain 10 affect is the attendance OF
those baseball games MarshaHtown
proposes to pull off this season. It is
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
NEWSPAPERS AND POLITICS.
Waterloo Reporter.l


A newspaper in this day of CONNER
cial and moral progress must DE some
thing besides party organ. 1t must
have & punch and an appeal to all
classes in order TO be successful tinan-
cially. The day is past when journal
can continually harp upon one string
and constantly fiaunt its bias and par
tizanship into the eyes of its readers.
1, must give the news, covering all
sides of all questions, and its comment
editorially must be fair and just and
bear out the facts patent TO ali intellt-
gent readers.
Again, while politics ie a great game
the people at times become su-feited
with II and When a campaign is over
and an administration. whether ma
tioaal or state, is installed into power,
the people desire that il be given an OPP
pcr-unity 10 carry out its policy and
hat mere politics be for the time be
ing taken out OF the question. Hence
we find e-s-whtle strong republican
papers during me off years giving poll
tics and party creed comparatively lit
tie attention.
There IS nothing in the premises.
however. that indirates hat the re
ut 3,ican naa-sp apers OF Iowa have back
sid or are lacking in faith Of and for
the party Of Lincoln and Mchinie!.-
When the time comes for active work
IN behalf OF the principles for which
they have cont, nded in Inc pas these
papers vii! b. found OF the firing line
sending solid SHOTS Of facts into he
opposition as # old.
There is nothing wrong with the re-
publican newspapers Of lo"a.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
NJ arriage.

There are many grotesque notions
abroad as TO the scripture teaching on
marriage" declared Rev. ]. Gardner
yesterday in his sermon on Marriage"
Paul never said that wives were to
obey their husbands" he continued
He said that Christians We're to be
in subsection to each other studying
how they could please one another: and
he then illustrated his meaning by re-
ferring to husbands and wives. parents
and children. masters and servants.
..One-half the mischief of today
arises because women and men talk OF
their rights instead Of their duties.
IF marriage is to be happy 1t must
be founded upon mutual respect. Peo-
pie should not mistake physical inn
pulse for love. Love Is deep and
broad, but it never yet existed apart
from respect. II man respects his
wife he will never allow his friends to
discuss and criticise her. II woman
respects her husband she will never
allow anyone to gossip about him or
speak about him or speak of him fami-
liarly in society.
Married people should be constant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
, DRINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD COLD ;

Get small package Of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call 1t, Hamburger Brust Thee" at
any pharmacy. Take tablespoonful
Of the tea. put q cup Of boiling water
upon it, pour through q sieve and drink
a teacup full at any time. It is the most
effective way to break cold and cure
grip. as 1t opens the pores. relieving
congestion. Also loosens the bowels,
thus breaking cold at once.
1t is inexpensive and entirely vege-
table. therefore harmless.-Adv.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
Iowa Newspapers
"OLD HENRY"
GDes Mo!nes Capital


When it was announced that the
democrats had nominated Henry Eoll-
,ner for congress. we supposed il must
be Henry Vollmer. Jr We did not
Imagine tina, old Henry Nollmcr was
still alive. But. 10 and behold, it is
old Henry. and he has been making the
same speeches he made thirty years
ago. He was always noted for q. "
Of language. He had no rival except
Ben Saliinger. But some OF the Ian
suage r@ed by Vollmer dates back to
the time when political discussions
consisted Of calling each other hard
names Old Henry" has been at it.
Re will probably be elected today as a
reformer. although in reality ne is a
ucssback. a reactionary of the reac-
iionaries. He does not know that there
IS bridge across the Missssippi-un :
less he has learned the fact lately. Some
queer things happen in me political
game and sometimes there are some
strange restrictions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
WHAT Is YOUR ADVICE?
IWaterloo Reported

A young man put this problem up
to an exchange the other day:
He is thru school, has made good
Start as a salesman, has saved a nice
nest egg of money and possesses the
go which tor:eIls success. But / have
a curiosity to travel" he explained Il
should like to see the different coun-
tries of the world. I can afford a
year and a halls leisurely trip around
the globe. but II would land me home
busted On the other hand, II give
up this desire and 80 into work for
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14

be neither home nor family, nor nor
NAL womanly nature left.
"If this Is the new woman. then God
spare US from any further develop
ments OF an abnormal creature. Ger
tainly this isn't the Catholic woman who
is true to her faith and Is not easily
fuenced by these modern fads Of new
paganism. She has her standards and
she stands by them unchanged
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
What Is A Farms Real Value?

I ing capacity Of our farms would bt
entirely absorbed. and present owners
compelled to vacate, and those who
have been theorizing upon how wealth!
the farmers are becoming, can have AZ
opportunity of applying their theories
According to our reports the average
farm consists Of about 137 acres, ant
according to the February government
report the average net annual income
Of our farmers today Is less than $500
After having read your comparisons OF
the taxes Of the city and farm and the
differences that the farm was capable OF
paving as much as the city 1t appears
as tho more was expected OF the
farmer than he actually had.
HENRY LEISE.
Liscomb.
What About the Unsarnsd increment
when valuing property for taxation
we are simply measuring every kind
of property with the same yard sticl
so that all men will be taxed equally
and alike. II we use selling values or
town property we must use selling
values on farm property. Mr.. Leise Is
arguing for an income tax instead Of
property tax, but even at that he
has omitted to credit his farm with the
so-called unearned increment in Its
inevitable rise in selling value which
the investor counts alongside Of 1T
rental value when buying and his esti-
mate of productive income at 2 PEI
cent is too low.
Investors know that Iowa farm lands
are good for about 4 per cent pes
annum net upon their cost at present
prices and ever since this state was
homesteaded they have enjoyed the
so-caIled unearned increment which
has caused men to hold them at low
rental returns because Of their annual
gain in selling value. So long as this
continues the real earning power OF
Iowa land will be its rentals plus Its
increment OF gain.
However. land being the basis Of all
values and being the source OF pro-
duction will always have an element OF
stability in it superior even to that OF
government bond and investors who
are content with 3 per cent and per
cent net returns from government bond
interest will find others just like them
being content with 4 Per cent returns
from land even without the speculative
rise because the investor "tii be sure
that the land will never be worth any
less.
Mr. Leise has failed to charge up the
inevitable depreciation against town
property and herein lies the difference
between town houses and farm land
One runs down in selling value while
the other goes up.
Farm lads. which have multiplied
almost six times in selling value in
twenty-i FIVE years. must inevitably SUI
fer an increase in taxable valuations
The thing that needs attention is TO
reduce the millage levies in proporti On
to increased values.
So far as hard surfaced roads are
concerned Mr. Leise need not worry
The taxes this year are high enough 70
improve all OF our county roads and
build every bridge of concrete II the
people OF this state would finance their
roads and their bridges as they do
their court houses and their school
houses and as the people of two-thirds
OF the states are now financing hard
surfaced roads.-Ed.]
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-02-14
THE New Woman"

Cardinal O'Connell, of Boston. has
followed the Cardinal Vicar in as com
prehensive views. seeing in the play
the magazine, the ballroom" evidence
Of IAN ever-increasins disregard OF
even the rudiments of common decency
Of dress. of department. of converse
ton, and of conduct" In recent SER
mon. rather fully reported by the New
York Sun, he says:
Little by little the bars have been
lowered, letting out the few influences
which held society in restraint and let
ting in very flood Of folly. of insatiate
greed for amusement Of any and every
kind, until what even few years ago
would make decent woman blush to
see in others has become Sd common
that even decent women now accept as
a matter Of fact for themselves and
heir daughters.
I'VE need be neither prude nor Puri-
tan to see and to realize that some
thing is passing in the heart and the
mind of the women today which is
leaving them hard and unwomanly, and
that year by year this transformation
goes on until. if it continues, there will