Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-03-06
Looker-On In Iona


rack and were being loaded into
| freight car. The women and children
came in buggy and put up at the
country hotel taking possession Of the
hotel parlor. There were two nice
young women, two small children and
two awful nice be bies about year
old. Soon after the arrival one of the
mothers asked the landlord if they
could not have some heat in the par
lor as she kept her house very warm
and was afraid the babies would take
cold. The obliging landlord went down
cellar and stirred UP the furnace. Soon
after the nice young women and chill
dren came into the office, saying it
was warmer there. The obliging land
lord again "poked" the furnace and
started a fire in the big office stove
Outside it was thawing and water
was standing in the street. Inside
the thermometer was at 20 and still
going up. About that time the trav-
cling man took off his coat and occas-
ionally went out ard breathed. Then
commenced the afternoon perform
ance. Both babies began to cry as loud
as their lungs would permit and they
had good lungs, the 2-yearoid joining
of the mothers said perhaps the babies
were too warm But the two mothers
fed them all they could swallow and
still they yelled blue murder" And
no wonder. They had no other way Of
mentioning it was not pleasant TO be
bundled up in close room with the
thermometer registering So degrees.
One of the mothers was afraid her
J, nv fr.j n no --
to be sick, never cried SO before. And
if this scribe had mentioned that the
landladys baby, same age. was sound
~ sleeping on a couch in the kitchen
with the back door opened. well, he
would have got what was coming to
him Then if he had told these mothers
OF a Marshalltown baby-Same age
that sleeps every afternoon out on
the back porch in the baby carriage
all thru the winter, even in zero
TO the Ananias club.
Theory is one thing. and practice an
other. The policy Of free trade in farm
products, bringing TO this country OF
meat, vegetables, milk, butter and eggs
from other countries may not lessen
the bank account Of the Iowa farmer.
but you can not make him believe it.
Argentina corn and beef, butter ana
eggs from other countries, potatoes
from Germany, and now even China Is
TO compete with the Iowa hen. Under
the headline of Look for heavy sup
ply Of eggs from China, an Associated
Press dispatch says:
One Of The Chicago produce dealers
has received letter from one OF the
dealers on the Pacific coast. 1t reads:
Some Of these days I am going to
write you a long letter about eggs and
the effect that the Importation OF eggs
from China is going to have on the
market. Take il from me, this bust
ness is going TO develop. and where
we had only one importer this WIN
ter we will have ten next. 10 give
You an idea.
A wholesale liquor dealer here haV-
ing a representative in China thought
he would try few cases. The re-
suit on his seasons business. amount
ing TO less than 1000 cases, was
profit of about $4,000. He bought
eggs at SIS 1000 pounds, or. say, a.
cents a case; ocean freight, % cents;
cases, 80 cents each; all told, less than
~ cents a dozen here. Even II one
had to pay twice this price look at
what it means. There are lots OF eggs
over there, and China is Dig coun-
try with population that Will deVelop
2 business that shows a profit. There
is no use in ignoring this feature OF the
situation 1t has to be met, and the
only way to meet it is to store eggs at
around Is cents Chicago. At least we
think that is the only safe way. Inc
farmers in the United States are
spoiled. The shippers have been pay
ing them more for the goods at times
than they can get out of them. The
farmers mere have gotten rich; the
shippers poor.
Some Of the biggest produce houses
on the coast, we understand, are ar
ranging to pu: houses in China and be
ready for next fall and winter. Then
when this coast gets a surplus OF these
/ eggs they will go east. The eggs are
dark brown in color, a little smaller
than an eastern egg, but when put
under the candle will compare favor
ably here with an eastern egg in point
| of quality. The writer has candled
them and sees no reason why they
| can't be placed here in competition
with eastern fresh or mixed colors.
This and the eastern seaboard I'M
| portations ought to open the eyes OK
the Jim Wetz fellows. If they keep
them closed they will wake up as, a
| steady procession thru the bankruptcy
| courts.
/ Tn. letter also comments upon the
| importations of Australian butter ana
says the Pacific coast has surplus.
| In the course OF year Ok t!o II
may occur to the Iowa farmer that
! President Wilson and his party are not
very much interested in or dependent
| on the farmer vote Of Iowa.
A travelling man says my wife or
dered one Of your Heart Songs
books" A few nights ago We went out
to q bridge party and took the book
along. In the crowd was . church or
ganist as well as tenor singer. both
great entertainers and always IN de-
mand on such occasions. Before they
were called on, my wife asked the or
| ganist to play few old songs. Soon .
few gathered around the piano ana the