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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-08
Dr.. PuRMoRT RESIGNS.
Head of Presbyterian Mission Quits
After Fifteen Years Service.

Des Moines. April THE Rev.
Charles H. Por4nort. of Des Moines,
superintendent of the Iowa Presbyter-
ian nome here, resigned at the annual
session OF the board held at the T. II.
C. A. DIT. Pormort. in summarizing
his work OF the past fifteen years. re-
ported he had raised and spent $4,000.
organized thfrty-seven churches. dedi-
Gated fifty-seven- churches and had
travelled s9o, bUo miles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-08

This department has found no OPP
position to this plan. In many cases
where the merchants failed 10 come
to an agreement themselves the sys-
tenn has been placed on a working basis
by the inspector. However, the sign
ing of this agreement will not exempt
the merchant for any sale Of bad eggs
TO the jobber.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-08

A few doses OF Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy brings surprising results when
. child sissWs sJnpt0mssof crouD. For
sale by all dealers.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24

viii Ultimately all the Initiative anu
referendum in Missouri.
The limiting of the peoples power
along certain lines, II successfully &C.
complished. will lead to the further
curtailment OF that power along other
lines. until II finally disappears for
ever, The arguments advanced In
support OF this claim are based upon
common sense and a general knowl-'
edge Of. the character OF the nemie
who are seeking to waylay the init
alive and referendum.
There are three fairly good reasons
to believe that Amendment No. l Is
the work Of enemies OF the initiative,
Frst-The amendment did not
originate at the suggestion OF or with
the knowledge OF the avowed friends
Of the principle Of initiative and ref
erendum. The measure passed
through the legislature against their
protest. Not one OF the band of pa
triotic men who worked for Is years
TO get the initiative in this state was
invited TO give his views or offer his
assistance. The movement was the
work OF enemies.
Secopd-The amendment is so
worded as 10 appear to be a friendly
effort to further the popular cause,
and the dangerous parts Of ii are
hidden from general observation.
These are the two jokers referring to
the filing of petitions and the throw.
Ing out Of petitions.
Third-The amendment specifically
forbids revision as to the clauses that
prevent popular control of taxation
matters. but DOES NOT FORBID
REVISIONS ON ANY OTHER
POINT. In other words. the path for
further restriction is left perfectly
clear. while the removal OF the re-
striction as to taxation is forever pre-
vented. Thus the method Of killing
the initiative and referendum law is
definitely laid out in this amendment.
The path is left open. with no restric.
lions. Is 1t moi highly probable that
the future murder of the whole law
IL as likely as the plan is clear?
There Is nothing more plainly EVIL
dent than that this amendment Is not
for the purpose of making the law
better. 1t is for the distinct and yet
insidious purpose of killing it.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24
j0KERS IN AMENDMENT NO. |
Seeks to Modify Fair and Efficient
Laws Until They Become un-
fair and inefficient.

An Argument for Popular Government.
Prepared by Missouri Popular Govern
nlent League.
A very powerful argument against
the proposed amendment to the Mis-.
souri, initiative and referendum law
Is that in 1t the new PROVISIONS
FOR FILING PETITIONS ARE
FAULTY, PERHAPS INTENTION.
ALLY so, while these provisions are
perfectly satisfactory In the law as 1t
now stands.
The Joker In this amendment IL In
Its provisions for filing and verifying
petitions.
Consider for q moment whether
this could possibly be the result of
accident.
In the first framing Of a bill many
deficiencies are likely to creep In.
against the wishes OF the authors. and
no sensible person will hold the au.
thors guilty of anything. save care.
lessness. unless the contrary be clear.
ly shown.
Dul Wu0u u law IL ldtt dhu Sitt
cient on a certain point, and 1t is
thereafter plainly modified to be-
come unfair and to afford an easy en-.
trance for error. Is 1t not reasonable
to suppose that the alteration was
made with a crafty and wicked de-
sign?
And when these alterations are
made SO as to present an easy oppor.
tunity for obstruction, not only to the
county clerk Of each county, but also
to the judges. is not the guilt plain
enough?
And when, after this, the same mod.
ifications Of the original are made In
two parts OF the amendment, does not
the crime against good faith and com
mon honesty become conclusive?
This does not necessarily imply
that the members Of the state legisla-
ture who voted in favor OF the amend.
ment are dishonest. 1t applies to the
interests behind the amendment who
are responsible for Its appearance.
The members Of the legislature who
voted to submit this amendment I'M
Willingly fell Into the trap set by the
enemies of the initiative and refer.
endum. One state senator declared
on the floor OF the senate that he saw
the injury the would work
upon the initiative and referendum,
but was obliged to vote for It on &C.
count of a pledge before election. A
large number Of other state legisla-
tors made the same statement pri-
vately. The result is that the power
OF the people Is seriously threatened.
The trap has been successfully set
and the principle Of the initiative is
In danger AS a result.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24

'In Missouri. in 1911, an amend.
ment providing for the single tax was
submitted to the people through the
initiative. 1t was very unpopular IN
the rural districts and was over
whelmlngly defeated. Two years be-
fore an amendment providing for
statewide prohibition was submitted
under the initiative. This was un-
popular in the cities and was defeat
ed by q large vote. Now those who
would destroy the effectiveness OF
the initiative and referendum, In an
effort to combine the anti-prohibition
sentiment OF the cities with the anti
single tax sentiment Of the country,
have proposed an amendment 20 the
initiative. They hope through the un.
popularity OF the single a to induce
those who opposed it to prevent this
question or any other question OF
taxation ever being voted on again
by the people. They are asking the
people to declare themselves incapa-
Bile of self.government, ALTHOUGH,
ACCORDING TO THE VIEW OF
THOSE WHO OPPOSED THE SIN
GLE TAX, THE SAME PEOPLE
HAVE ALREADY DEMONSTRATED
IN A MOST STRIKING MANNER
THEIR CAPACITY FOR SELF-G0N.
ERNMENT. II they succeed in hob
bling the initiative and referendum in
this respect the next step. Of course,
will be to hobble 1t in some other re-
spect and take away from the people
the power TO vote on some other ques-
tons. This, as 1t is easy to see, will
naturally lead to the practical repeal
or abolition Of the initiative or refer
endum. ! hope the people in Mis-
souri, will not be misled In giving up
this power that they now have In
their homes and the obtaining Of
which has taken years OF political
struggle. IF THEY TIE THEIR
HANDS FROM VOTING ON SOME
THING THAT THEY DO NOT
WANT THEY WILL FIND THEM
SELVES POWERLESS TO SECURE
SOMETHING THAT THEY DO
WANT"
Is eI-Gov. Folk right or wrong? The
facts will show, not only In Missouri.
but ais, to the people Of every state
where the initiative and referendum
is now being threatened. that he is
right. The power Of the people is a
sacred thing. and a law to compel
them to tie their own hands should
be mel with Indignation by all cit!.
Gems. Amendment No. 1 endeavors to
do this and should be overwhelming
~ defeated.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24
Big INTERESTS STRUGGLING
Amendment to Initiative Law Forbids
its being Applied TO Any
Taxation Subject.

An Argument for Popular Government.
Prepared by Missouri Popular Govern
ment League.
The proposed amendment to our
initiative law forbids 1t to be applied
to any taxation subject. THIS OPENS
AN EASY PATH TO ANNUL THE
PEOPLES. POWER ON ALL 9TH.
Err SUBJECTS.
Joseph W. Folk is right when he
says that II the enemies Of popular
government succeed in hobbling the
initiative and referendum In regard
to the subject of taxation the next
step will be to hobble 1, in another
a question of time until all our I'M.
portant and vital rights will be taken
away. Today 1t Is taxation. Tomor-
row 1t will be something else. prohi-
bition or oma suffrage. or control
OF corporations, until the people, in
stead OF deciding everything, can de-
eide nothing.
The initiative should be applied to
ALL subjects.
The big interests" are struggling
for the throne In Missouri. The com.
mon people have become too impu-
dent; they must be punished. They
favor the initiative principle. and, as
the entire law cannot be taken away
from them all at once, 1t - to be am
putated on the installment plan.
Is 1t reasonable to suppose that the
authors of a bill that has been care.
lessly, or perhaps Intentionally. made
defective have any honest designs
whatever in regard to the peoples
rights? This Is the situation as re-.
CARDS Amendment No. l today. 1t Is
the duty Of all good citizens to Join
in the fight against Amendment No.
1 until the iniquity that is being at
tempted is thoroughly exposed to
every voter In the state.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24
FACTORS IN DAIRY FARMING
Among Other Things Cooperate With
N~elohbors In Establishment Of
Cooperative Creamery.

Important factors In dairy farming:
l. To grow milk-producing feed on
the farm and put 1t up in such eondi-
ton as to preserve the greatest
amount Of food value possible.
2. To have cows capable Of produc-
ing ESQ pounds or more OF butter fat
annually.
8. To have buildings that provide
comfort and convenience.
4. To have q systematic method Of
work that will do justice to the dairy
work without extending the hours. of
labor beyond reasonable time.
s. To have records showing the
amount Of milk and butter fat produc.
ton Of the individual cows Of the herd,
the kind, amount and cost Of feed and
the profit or loss Of the business.
6. To have every COW In the herd
freshen every year II possible.
7. TO feed neither too little nor too
much. but In proportion to the require
ments Of milk production.
8. To be acquainted with the symp-
toms Of contagious diseases 80 a. to
be able to apply effective treatment
should they appear In the herd.
0. To provide a clean product at all
times for the market.
10. To cooperate with neighbor
dairymen In the establishment Of q
permanent market In the form Of .
cooperative creamery or cheese tao
tory or shipping station.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24
JOKERS IN AMENDMENT NO.
Read the Various Misleading state
ments, Reflect and Then Vote
Against No. 1.

An Argument for Popular Government.
Prepared by Missouri Popular Govern
ment League.
First Joker: Lines 20 and 70 oil
the amendment say: Initiative peti.
lions shall be filed with the county
clerks of the respective counties not
less than four months before the cleo
ton"
Lines "a to 2S are as follows:
within 80 days after said petitions
are filed with the respective county
clerks of the respective counties said
initiative petitions shall be. by said
respective county clerks, laid before
the county courts"
Lines 80 to "a: "At least three
months before the election at which
they are to be voted upon. they shall
be certified by the respective county
courts"
Suppose a few county clerks decide
to kill an initiative petition. Or sup
pose only n county clerk decides 70
do 80. All he has to do Ii to hold the
petitions till the end Of his 30 days
and the Judge has no opportunity to
examine them!
Second Joker: Lines 30-31: 1T
the signatures thereto are found to
be genuine signatures of voters they
shall be certified"
All that will be necessary to kill
any good petition under this law will
be for the enemies Of good govern
ment to slip in a few false signatures
on the petition, when the people are
not watching. Fair play, isn't 1t?
Third Joker: Lines so and SO to
1903: The powers reserved or con-
tanned In this section As aforesaid
shall not be used to authorize
or confer local option or other local
powers in matters Of taxation In or
upon any Of the counties, municipali-
ties or political subdivisions Of the
state or to repeal, amend or modify
these provisions"
Never! World without end! For
ever! Eternally! II we want to
make any change in five years or In
10 years, or II our great-grandchildren
want a change rs years hence, the
door is closed. No change a be
made. The edict Is perpetual.
This one provision alone ought to
defeat Amendment No. /. 1t is the
work of shrewd and calculating men
who want to put something over"
while the people are asleep and tie
u hands for the next century.
Vote against Amendment No. l. 1t
is fatty against the interests of pop
ular government.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24
NO AMENDMENT NECESSARY
Initiative Amendment Contains Clause
Which VIII Defeat lts Sup
posed Purpose.

An Argument for Popular Government.
Prepared by Missouri Popular GOVERN
ment League.
Amendment No. l should be defeat.
ed because 1T CONTAINS A VICIOUS
JOKER TO DEFEAT ITS SUP.
POSED PURPOSE.
Certainly none but q rascal or mad.
nan will knowingly vote In favor of
any law that contains q. clause to de.
feat itself. Such an action Is abhor.
rent to every true citizen. Yet that Is
precisely what this amendment con.
tains in the three places.
Under the existing law initiative
petitions are required to be filed with
the secretary Of state four months be.
fore the election. Under the proposed
amendment the petitions signed In
each county are required to be filed
with the clerk OF the county court
four months before election. and the
clerk must present them to the court
within 30 days thereafter, and the
court, shall file the petitions with the
secretary Of state at least three
months before election.
The practical working Of this plan,
with a hostile clerk and court, 10 easy
to see. II for any reason the petit
lions should not be filed with the
clerk until four months before the
election he could. Of course. hold
them until the last day Of the 80 days
given him, and then It would be
physically impossible for the court to
check up the signatures and get the
petitions to the secretary Of state
three months before election. But II
the p%etitlons could be filed earlier
with the clerk the finding Of a false
signature might release the court
from all obligation to send the pe.i-
ton to the secretary OF state. AS the
enemies Of any measure could easily
procure one or more illegal sigma.
lures in each county and advise the
court thereof, or the court might by
failure to sit or otherwise neglect to
take timely action, II IL clear enough
that this amendment, II adopted,
would make the initiative a dead let
ter as to all measures not approved
by even a few county courts and their
clerks.
II smells TO heaven. It is q libel
upon the credullty Of mankind, a
studied insult to the people OF Mis-
souri, who have dared assert their
sovereignty. 1t Is a bad, bold attempt
to seduce the real rulers Of the state
into binding their own hands and
locking themselves In their own pris.
ons. Eysry citizen should vote against
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24
AMENDMENT MOL DISHONEST
Contains TWO Jokers Aimed to De.
feat its Supposed Purpose-Real
Attack 10 on Initiative.

An Argument for Popular Government.
Prepared by Missouri Popular Govern
ment League.
Amendment No. /, to be voted on
Nov. 8, 1914. Is an attack upon the
initiative and referendum law now In
force In Missouri.
This attack comes thinly disguised
as an amendment. Whether honestly
or dishonesty intended. its real ef.
feet Is that Of an assault upon de.
mocracy. 1t would make our init.
alive and referendum ineffective.
This amendment contains danger.
Gus proposals. II adopted 1t will rob
the people OF Missouri OF their most
efficient instrument Of self-govern.
ment, an instrument which In five
short years has driven bribery from
our state legislature and has prac.
tically ridden 1t Of lobbyists.
1t Is called Proposition to Repeal
Section 81. Article I. Constitution
State Of Missouri, In reference to ini.
tiative and referendum"
Why should 1t be amended? The
initiative law we now have Is perfect
ly satisfactory. It gives the people
power which they have never abused.
Why, then. should It DO amended?
The answers to this question are:
First-This Is not an honest at.
tempt to amend. 1t contains two
vicious jokers to defeat Its supposed
purpose. One of them Is q clause
that gives the county clerk the right
TO hold petitions up to 80 days before
election. and requires the county
Judge to certify them 80 days before
election. This ought to be regarded
by the people OF Missouri al a Joke
and a very bad and dangerous one.
The other Joker Is that petitions may
be thrown out II they contain any
false signatures. Under this plan we
could never hope to rid the state Of
any svil, because u 10 glgsys possible
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24
lNlTlATV: Law IN DANGER
Amendment No. ! Seeks to Have VI
lose the Benefit Depend
ent on Possession.

An Argument for Popular Government
Prepared py Missouri Fvpular Govern
ment League.
l.. As il stands, our Initiative Law
10 a check against all special inter
ests.
The fact that the people have the
right to initiate laws makes 1t unnec.
essury for them TO do SO. No laws
have as yet been enacted in Missouri
directly by the people, but dozens OF
good laws have been enacted by the
legislature that would otherwise have
been defeated. This is true Of ail OF
the II states where the initiative and
referendum are now In force.
A new item In the st. Louis Re-
public recently gave the name OF u
policeman who had carried u pistol
for 80 years and had never been
called upon to use 1t. The very exist.
ence Of the pistol prevented the ne.
c~essity for its use; it promoted law
and order. The very existence of the
peoples power through the initiative
has the same effect.
2. II is favored by all parties and
by an overwhelming majority Of the
people.
1t has been voted for by the people
Of ~ states, but prevented from ope-
ration by the legislature in two OF
them and defeated by means OF
jokers in three others, which is what
Amendment No. l is trying to do in
Missouri.
In Utah and Michigan the details
of its operation were left to the leg.
islature. They have never supplied
the details.
In Wyoming, where 1t carried six
to one; in Mississippi. where 1t car.
ried three to one, and In New Mex
leo, where it carried two and a half
to one, it was killed by different
kinds of jokers, all different from the
one proposed for Missouri.
In Is of the 10 states where 1t has
carried the vote stood l,57G,3l2 for to
712.505 against"-oyer two to nj In
one state, Nebraska, the vote stood
lS9.2OO Tor to 1879 agalnst-nearly
IL to one. The percentages were uni
formly larger In the western agrt-
cultural states.
Attacks are being made upon 1t by
enemies on all sides. 1t is being com.
PEELED to fight for every inch Of the
way. but its friends have never de-
serted it. and its enemies are being
driven to the most desperate ex.
tremes Of trickery and fraud to in.
duce the people TO abandon It.
No real believer in the rule of the
people a take any other view than
that embodied In the fundamental
principle of the initiative and refer.
endum. AS William Jennings Bryan
has so happily phrased it:
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24

Tor the enemy to put q few false Sig
natures on any petition and thereby
kill II. The proper proceeding is for
false signatures to be thrown out.
Just as illegal votes r thrown out,
and the offenders put in jail.
Second-The initiative and refer.
endum law in force is a good one.
That is why It Is being attacked by
enemies In disguise.
Thlrd-It annuls the peoples power
on four important subjects by forbid
ding the people to vote on them. The
most important Of these forbidden
subjects is county option In taxation.
Counties will be compelled perpetual
ly to submit to unjust tax laws i'm
posed by the rest of the state.
Fourth-lf the people consent to
limit their power on four lines the
interests behind Amendment No. /
know that 1t will be easy to limit
their power In everything else. Thus
this amendment will open the way for
the complete destruction Of popular
government.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24

Second. 1t Is satisfactory In prac-
tice. The very fact that no initiative
measures have carried thus far In
Missouri shows distinctly that the
people are conservative, and for the
sake OF safety are not inclined to vote
for measures they do not distinctly
understand and approve.
Some have urged that the require.
ments for initiating laws or amend.
ments to the constitution should be
more difficult" said former Gov. Her
bert 8. Hadley, In his message to the
Forty.seventh general assembly in
Missouri. II do not agree with this
suggestion, and l recommend that the
law stand unchanged"
The people Of Missouri should not
be deceived in this matter. Amend
ment No. l Ii against the principle OF
self.goyernment and not In favor Of
It. It is designed to kill the initiative
law and should be overwhelmingly de.
feated.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24
MAKING PROFIT IN TANKAGE
Article 10 Becoming More and More
Popular a. heterogeneous supple
ment TO Corn In Feeding.

Tankage 10 becoming more and
more popular as a heterogeneous sup
plement to corn In pork making, says
the National Stockman. This is espe-
cially true in the middle west. where
the packers have pushed It's sale. No
doubt exists as to its value. At the
Ohio experiment station Professor
Carmichael placed one l00-pound pig
with each two steers being fed corn.
The pigs found q full feed OF corn In
the droppings from the steers. One.
half Of the pigs were fed in addition
to the corr onerthird pound each OF
tankage per day. The increased gains
over the pigs fed no tankage amount.
ed to 162 pounds for each 100 pounds
OF tankage fed. At present prices Of
hogs this mean a big profit on tank.
age fed. Tankage contains about 80
per cent crude protein and should be
bought now for about $40 per ton.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-09-24
Notice of Trustees Sale

Whereas, William H .Skeen a widower,
on the Path day Of February, 1914, made
and executed 8 deed Of trust, recorded
in book 34,at page AL in the recorders
Office in Wright County, State Of Mis-
souri, and whereas, by the terms of said
deed Of trust, the sum of money therein
specified Is now become due and paya-
BILE, and payment refused, as specified
in said deed now therefore /, M.A.Free-
man, trustee at the request Of the legal
holder Of the note secured by said deed
Of trust, will, on Friday, the 10th day Of
October, 1914, at the front door of the
court house in the city Of Hartville, in
said County Of Wright and State OF Mis-.
sour, between the hours OF nine O'Clock
in the forenoon and Eve O'Clock in the
afternoon Of said day sell at public ven
due to the highest bidder, for cash, the
property described in said deed Of trust
- follows, to-wit: The northeast quarter
OF the southeast quarter Of section tbir-
fy.three 1887, the northwest quarter OF
the southwest quarter and the west half
Of the northwest quarter of section thir-
ty.four (34) also q strip Of land described
rs follows, to-wit: Commencing ut the
southwest corner OF the northeast quar-
Ter Of the southwest quarter Of section
fhirty.four, running thence north one
rod, thence east TO the enter Of the
Mansfield and Haryille road, thence
south n rod TO the south line OF said
forty, ih ,nee. west with said line to place
Of beginning, all in township twenty
nine t2s), range fifteen tl5). West.
N. A. FREEMAN, Trustee.
First insertion September "a, 1914,