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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
MORE ABOUT BELG1ANS.
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The following item appeared in the
Des Moines Capital OF Friday. Dec. 4:
1t isn't possible to decipher whether
the Capital intends this item to be TAX
en- seriously or as joke. The last SEN
tence indicates a certain amount of
mental reservation on the part OF the
Des Moines newspaper:
Iowa will get It's share of immi-
grants in spite of the campaign to pre-
vent the bringing of unemployed from
Belgium and other foreign countries
according to letter received by How
ard Whitney. of the state publicity
bureau today. 1t is from the Immi-
grants Protective League. Of Chicago,
of which A. A. Mccormick is president
and Miss Jane Adams. vice president.
The league wants the names and adj
dresses of county supervisors OF farms
in Iowa. Mr. Whitney Is uncertain as
to whether boards CT supervisors are
meant or county crop experts"
We would just like to know, how
ever. how Jane Adams can force
Belgian paupers on the state of Iowa.
We don't know the immigrants Pro-
tective League of Chicago. tut IL it
is a game Of the kind indicated in
the above article, Jare Adams had
better get back to her Hull house.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
IOWA AND BELGIANs.
IIowa City Citizen.l

One OF the features of the state
meeting of the Greater Iowa Associa-
ton at Ames was a lively debate
over the proposition to import 100000
Belgian farmers and settle them on five
and ten acre tracts of Iowa land, that
they might apply old country methods
Of intensive farming here and teach
them to Iowans.
The vigorous objections raised in
the discussion were massed around
the proposition that importation of
Belgians would bring to Iowa more
laborers to compete with the labor
ers now idle in Des Moines. Daven
port and other industrial centers.
1t may be said that one thing about
the proposition that commends itself
to q believer in a greater Iowa, is the
possibility that it would be possible to
secure selected farmers who have been
successful in their country. but have
been deprived by the war Of the abil-
ity to build up again there. limited
number of these. brought here by some
association with sufficient capital to
settle them on ten-acre tracts and
start them in the business Of intensive
farming. would do Iowa much good.
But 1t is doubtful if that number should
be 100000 or 10000 to start with An
association would have a good sized
job to provide ways and means for
| 1000 or less in the beginning.
That Iowa soil is not producing its
maximum Is a statement undisputed.
That good Belgian farmers would
furnish q valuable object lesson Is
probably true, and much might be
learned from them. But such methods
and such farms as they are accustomed
to are not produced in a day and with
out the expenditure OF considerable
time and money.
The Belgian farmer idea is a good
one. IL taken in moderation. But
100000 would be a big dose for the
first. and the fears of the Iowa labor
ing men would doubtless be realized
if that number were encouraged to
come here at once.
Iowa does not need the men so much
as it does demonstration of the
methods.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
MILLIONS FOR ILLINOIS ROADS.

BY vote OF nearly two to one the
people OF Cook county. Illinois. have
decided to issue 100000 in bonds TO
pave with concrete their main Travelled
rural roads leading into the city Of
Chicago One fifth OF the total amount
will be issued and the work done each
year for five years.
And the people of vermilion county
Illinois, in the vicinity of panviile'
thru which rms the Lincoln Highway
have voted to issue 81 100000 of coun-
~ bonds With which 10 pave with
concrete their main travelled roads
connecting all of the towns and VII
lagos in the county, one with another.
The system will comprise rs miles OF
paved roads which would correspond
to the entire county road system in
Marshall county.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11

cost to the taxpayers ought to be no
more than what the roads are worth 20
those who use them; and, second, that
the only way to get roads OF this klno
built il to issue bonds. He estimates
that the life Of hard road would be
about thirty years. II properly laid, ana
suggests that the bonds to pay for
these roads ought. therefore, to be
thirty year bonds. This puts the bur-
den Of paying for the roads on the peo-
pie who use them from year to year.
1t will be agreed. of course. that II
would not be fair for the people OF to-
day to pay for the highways that the
farmers of several years from now
will enjoy free of cost; and yet that
is precisely what Is done in cities.
The paving bonds extend over only
comparatively few years, and the plan
never was exactly just The longer
term, for the country at least, Is much
to be preferred.
1t would seem to be possible for the
legislature to enact law making II
optional for themselves whether they
wish TO go into the more expensive
road building operations. If the vote
Is favorable, then the cost could be
apportioned. portion of 1t being
made a general tax and another por-
ton a special tax on benefited prop
erty. Such an arrangement would. in
measure, overcome the criticism that
the cities would be inclined to vote for
roads the country might not want.
There is a growing opinion that even
with the state engineer and county
engineer system, now In vogue in Iowa,
while much has been accomplished
along some lines such as economy in
bridge construction, there is still much
to be desired And the good roads
problem will not be solved until it is
solved in the right way. 1t certainly
is much more than matter for
academic discussion. 1t is a dollars
and cents problem, marketing prob
lem, rural happiness problem.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
col. FRENCH AND THE QUARANTINE.

Col. G.. w. French has given an in
terview in which he appears to direct
ly deny the wisdom of the authorities
in killing a large number of cattle af-
fected with foot and mouth disease. He
says:
81 expect to bring back and place
on my farms every one of the cattie
had in Chicago. I think it has been
demonstrated that the foot and mouth
disease is not necessarily fatal and that
IL can be completely cured. our cattie
were segregated and treated and they
are getting well I am going to bring
them back into Iowa with clean
health bill and will show that the
slaughter of animals has been useless
waste
It is to be hoped that Colonel
F-enct,s fine herd shall entirely recov-
er from the disease and that it may be
safely returned to the state. AS to the
useless" slaughter of the cattle which
were killed, his assertion and criticism
of the government do not seem to be
we'll founded There has been no as
sertion by experts that the disease can
NOT ne cured or that a large number
OF cattle afflicted may not recover un-
der treatment and with time. But there
Is a great difference between fancy
herd of cattle upon which the owner
NAV spend large sums for care and vet
ter,narians. of vancy value which
would Justify long period of treat
ment and a bunch Of fat cattle or feed
ers in the farmers yard or pastures.
II 1. were to cost as much OF more than
a. ordinary steer is worth to save him
the animal had best be killed and put
out of the way Moreover the menace
Of diseased cattle to every farm and
feed yard in the country is something
/ Colonel French seems to have !efs
largely out OF consideration.
A calamity came upon the cattle In
t.rests OF this country and has been
handled boldly and apparently effec-
! lively. That IL the fact as 1t stands
OF the cattle interests the general In
terests have been most in public mind
and governmental purpose, the COM
mon cattle in the common feed yard
and dairy, market cattle not the arbi.
trariiy valued herds OF fanciers or thu
show cattle OF the fairs. The danger
lis not entirely over but 1t seems e
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
Topics of the Times

The man who has silo, who uses
81! his rough feed TO the best advant-
agt is a benefactor to himself and The
country. Any man who finds cheap
way to make beef and uses ii is by
way of being a benefactor And the
feeder who doesn't make the most OF
it is-well what would you say. Care
less?
The consolidated school like the mai!
route and the telephone has had TO
make is way but it has got to going at
last in Iowa And when things get
going in Iowa We all know how they
move
Henry Siegel gets chance to pay
out before going to the penitentlarS.
If he pays he stays out. But the man
who stole horse has been in SIN
months already and has six years TO
stay He can't pay off his crime. he
didn't hide the horse well enough
There's just as much reason for
cheap turkeys on the 18th of December
as in the later days Of November.
It's better 10 be poor and think OF
others than to be rich and selfish NO.
body ever had fun with his money who
didn't make somebody else happy win
it
How would ii do to set aside Few
ten acre tracts in the roughter sections
of the state and induce some of our
own hard working and decent men who
are shy of opportunity to go into the
apple raising business? Iowa uses the
output of a good many ten acre
orchards.
Dig up that last years overcoat
Hunt up the coat the little girl out
grew. Brush up Jimmy's suit that
! wasn't worn much because he grew out
of it, Buy a few socks and shirt oil
, two to go with them. Then find the
rest of the answer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
Iona Newspapers
THE STATE FLAG.
CWayerly Independent. ]

The Greater Iowa boosters suggested
importing 100000 Belgians to show US
how to farm. The people are not az
all enthusiastic over that suggestion.
another thing they suggested was the
adoption OF an Iowa hag to be dis
played upon all public occasions. And
that's another idea over which ne re-
fuse to enthuse. Iowa has q flag that
ing suits US. 1t is the good old flag
o. the union-the Stars and Stripes,
Old Glory. That's Iowa's flag. You
cou,dn't make flag that Iowa could
love more. The favored and good peo-
pie Of Iowa believe in the idea Oh tie
stars and Stripes, and they are soins
- sSa!t that flag by helping to make
Iowa better and greater.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11

have been met effectively to the gooo
OF the greatest number.
The Davenport fancier has saved his
cattle from slaughter. We shall all
be glad II his herd fully RECEIVERS. But
he and his herd and the herds OF the
other fancy stockmen are incidental as
compared with the farmers and feeders
and commercial dairy herds. II IS TO
be hoped that he can bring back the
herd to Iowa as he states. And II is
to be urged upon the authorities IN
charge of the battle against foot and
mouth disease that they take nooody's
assertion of recovery except that OF
government, experts and permit no herd
whoever owns 1t, to be moved until the
possibility of carrying infection is
past
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
MORE ABOUT GOOD ROADS.
fDoropnnys1 Tin,eS

The good roads question is one that
will not down. Mr.. Norris. OF the Mar
shalltown Times Republican. says that
Iowa. Georgia and South Carolina are
the only states where 10 beginning
has been made in constructing perma-
nent, hard surfaced roads. He ought to
know, for he has given the subject
much study in the last few years. Ana
if this is true. Iowa is not placed IN
the most interesting company.
Mr.. Norris maintains, Erst, that the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11

system. 1t may be trus also that the
voters do not know Eli about the
candidates they vote for. But they
know ten times as much about them
as when few bosses dictated who the
candidates should be and the people
who attended the caucuses had to vote
for them. The legislature should let
the law alone: 1t needs perniiinency'
not change.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
New roii.. Novelties.

The latest articles devised for the
benefit Of the modern woman are must
cal clothes brushes. scent bottles,
sprays and powder pun boxes for her
dressing table. The musical clothes
brush is now being sold in the west
of London. Two tunes can be played
on the brush while 1t is being used.
The little button which starts the
mechanism Is placed just where the
hand is certain to press 1t.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
BEATS THE CAUCUS.
ICarroll HerAld.1

So far no objection raised against
the primary law Is worthy OF con-
sideration, and should not receive
serious attention. II may be that the
vote Ia light at times. But It II true
ct the same time that ten times as
many people take part in nominating
candidates az under tine Old o:5s:-s s-:::::!c.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
AN IMMENSE GAIN.

lDeS MONIES IrlpuHe.J
The state highway commission re-
ports that on an expenditure OF Sll,-
100000 on roads and bridges IN Iowa
during the past year the taxpayers got
100000 more value than they were
in the habit of getting hitherto on
equal investments.
If the new law saves the taxpayers
20 per cent-that is. IL their money
goes 90 per cent farther, as reported
in the first year, what will be achieved
If the state clings to and gradually i'm
proves the law so that the whole of the
road making and bridge building bus
mess of the state is put on business
basis?
The recommendations of the commits
sion contain several important sug-
sestions TO strengthen the law. among
them one especially communicable look
ing to the elimination of dangerous
railroad crossings
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
Masonic Meetings.

VAdSUIllL s'S -
" SPECIAL coMMuNicAIioN
Marshall Lodge. No. los A :. & "A. NJ
Tnesday. Dec. Is, 1880 p. m. For "orh'
Third degree John w. Wells secre-
tsry: l. 7. Forbes, w. NJ
SPECIAL coNvocATloN, signet
rhapter No IS. r. A NJ, Mohoas'
nee IA. 1880 p. m. RoSal
aesree. John w. Wells, secretary "a
D. Meeker, E. H. P.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King solomon IN
Council No. 20, R. & S. NJ. Mohoas a,
the third sunday. l. T. Forbes rec0ro :
A. D. Meeker, T. l. NJ.
REGULAR coNcLAvE St. Aldema'
Commanders No. 80 X. T. Iuesaa \,
Dec. %, 1880. Regular business
wilbur, E. c., NJ. S. Mct'aTlaNu'
REGULAR MEETING Central CHAP nap
,er No. 81. o. E. s, Wednesday,
eamber is, 1880 p. m. Election OF u,,.
,.a-s Anna Downing. secretary; Nal
Black Collins. w. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
INSPECTION AND PREVENTION
rHn,innil Bluffs Non IA r.eil

lNSt E0 HON AND L M ' E--> Ao-N'
GCouncil Bluffs Nonpareil.1
The ahsurdity of permitting dairy
men 20 sell impure milk is now recog-
nized and we prescribe conditions under
which they must work. They must
submit 20 an inspection and are de-
MED the privilege of selling milk which
breeds disease. 1t is counted easier to
prevent disease in this manner than IL
it to cure patients after they become
ILL.,
Some time in the not distant future
the people in this great democratic
country are going to wake up to the
fact that it is as wise on the part OF
the state to close the mills which turn
out inebriateS at il is to condemn a
we'll or close a dairy which contains
typhoid germs. 1t is not a good BUSH
ness proposition to sell the privilege to
men 10 make iHebriates and then take
care of the product of their business at
state expense Prevention is always
better and less expensive than cure.
BY and by the state will go down to
the root of all these evils and use more
preventive medicine. 1t will adopt the
WAYS of the physicians and devote Its
energy more largely to the prevention
OF disease to the end that the expense
of curing all sorts Of maladies, includ-
ing inebriacy, after they have been es-
tablished, may be reduced.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11


Billy Sunday causes Des Moines to go
dry it will not he considered so good
a convention city as formerly by some
Of our societies"
Iowa the waverly Independent offers;
Try and raise an average of eighty
bushels of corn per acre instead of
in which every COW will average 300
pounds Of butter fat per year. We
must quit raising hell and weeds on
our s2Oo-an-acre fields Let us do
these little things which we can do,
and which we know will do little
towards making Iowa better and
greater.
"a more suggestive public document
than the one which the president read
today from the platform of the house
has not appeared in years. says the
Fort Dodge Chronicle.
"And again isn't it selfish to want
900 Belgians in Iowa when they
have so much work to do at home!
inquiries the Waterloo Times Tribune.
when prohibition walks into the
democratic party in Iowa go per cent
of the democrats will walk out" de-
clares the Manson Democrat.
THAT there could be decided I'M
provement in the handling of county
affairs, more businesslike admins
tration, is one Of the growing convic-
tions of the times" declares the Mount
Vernon Hawkeye.
can Iowa man who committed two
murders recently was given full liberty
because the jury said he was insane
when he did it. The Iowa rule-vicious
| because the alleged insanity was mere
| dru nkenness--would give Thaw liberty
| in New York If he were returned to
that state as fugitive says the Dei
| Moines Tribune.
The Sioux City Journal says: THE
Iowa good roads law has not only IN
duced the more economical expendi-
ture of money, but it has delivered
better bridges, grades and roads.
improving the road law Will improve
the roads, by all means let US improve
the roads law
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
Before and After.

When Phyllis wasn't sure that I
Loved her and her alone,
She called me up. dozen times
Each day. by telephone.
But now. II she ehould call me up.
Oh. my. 'twould make stir.
She calls me down. instead. because,
You see, I married her.
H. s. Haskin. in New York Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Algona Republican fears, IF
Billy Sunday causes Des Moines to go
dry 1t will not ,be considered so good
a convention city as formerly by some
Of our societies.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11

TERMS: "a
Evening edition by mail. ..~'SSss
BY the month by mail. .......S "a
Delivered by carrier by the Tonth wv
Later edition for morning circUia M
ton IVY
tWlce-a-Week edition per year.. . ~
Entered at the postofhcs at MarsnA
town as second class mail matter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11

"a more suggestive public document
than the one which the president read
today from the platform of the house
has not appeared in years. says the
Fort Dodge Chronicle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11

"And again isn't it selfish to want
100000 Belgians in Iowa when they
have so much work to do at home?
inquiries the waterloo Times Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11

It Is very doubtful II the average
Iowa farmer shares the belief of the
Greater Iowa Association that 1t would
be beneficial for Iowa farms TO be cut
down in size from 1852 acres to sixty or
seventy acres or less 1t Is our observa-
ton that in those countries where
farms are small. and the land il
farmed intensively. the returns per
man are very small. 1t is in those
countries where farms are at least 100
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-11

when prohibition walks into the
democratic party in Iowa so per cent
of the democrats will walk out de-
clares the Manson Democrat.
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-28
HOME HOSPITALS DO GOOD
Recent Move in Fight Against Tuber-
culosis Has Proved a Most
Gratifying Success.

Results of a years experiment in the
home treatment of tuberculosis in the
Vanderbilt tenements, conducted I'M
der the direction of the New York AS
ISOLATION for Improving the Condition
of the Poor, would indicate that con-
sumption can be cured in congested
districts of large city and that too at
an expense less than in the ordinary
sanatorium.
The experiment carried on during
the past years is the first of its kind.
1t has been called the Home hospital,
because it provides a home for all of
the members of the patients family
and in addition, all the advantages Of
hospital care for the consumptiye him
self The hospital is located in the
East River homes, built by Mrs. w. X.
Vanderbilt especially for tuberculous
families. Twenty-seven families con-
sisting OF 1875 individuals were treated
during the year. Six of the families
have been rehabilitated physically, So
cially and economically, and five have
been discharged as not suitable for the
experiment. Out of the 1876 individuals,
79 were patients, the average number
of patients being 2.92 to a family. The
report shows that the average resi-
dence at the hospital was 1888 days
and that the average gain in weight of
each adult patient was SO pounds. OF
this group 81 per cent. were apparently
-
arrested. and IL per cent. were much
improved OF the 65 children under
care, 16 were consumptives, IS were
suspicious cases and q were excellent
candidates for the disease. Without
exception every child gained in weight
and In resistance to tuberculosis. An
open air school and roof playground is
provided for the children.
The report would also indicate that
the cost of treatment per patient COM
pares favorably with that in the best
sanatoria Of the country. The expert
ment, however, has been one not only
. In the treatment of tuberculosis, but
In the treatment of poverty and de-
pendence. The results seem to show
that the actual cost to the community
in caring for families OF this character
Is less at the Home hospital than IL
certain members of the family who
have tuberculosis are sent to an In
stitution and the remaining members
of the family are cared for in homes.
asylums OF elsewhere. The total cost
of the experiment for year was $780,
217.0S which is $S,229 less than the es-
timated yearly cost under ordinary
present methods
Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1914-03-28
Turn About.

At the futurist ball OF the students
of the Philadelphia Academy Of Fine
Arts John Sloan, who tangoes no less
wonderfully than he paints, said:
The tango and maxixe have revolu-
tioniZed society. All the staid cd
dodgers who never danced 4 step be-
fore are learning at this late date,
despite their bald heads and big
stomachs. all the latest steps from
Brazil and the Argentine.
During the last make I heard a
scrap of conversation between a pretty
girl and her partner. an elderly etcher.
The girl said:
Don't you think you might intro
duce a little change in your style of
dancing
The etcher as he marked labori-
ously painted:
Why. yes, gladly
Then, said the girl with a cold
smile, suppose you dance on my left
foot for while. The right has had
snough.'"