Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-03-03

way it should always have been. That
10 the way it would always have been
If we had used little more common
sense and had not permitted rival lead
ers to mislead the many. The men
who wanted to be the whole thing are
really the ones who ruined the party
in the past. and all the rest have to
suffer some OF the consequence.
Iowa City Republican,: Under our
laws man cannot compound medicine
without a four years course in a uni
versity, or other study that will enable
him to pass rigid examination. To
become physician a man must have
a college education and then take a
four years course in msdicina. To be-
come a lawyer there must be years Of
study in or out of college and Anal
examination. To become a minister in
most churches there Is required years
Of preparation. But when it comes to
law making any ignoramus. any excit-
able rattlehead, or any sort of a dem
ogogue seems to fill the requirements.
Fitness is no qualification in many
cases. The result is hocus pocus lot
of legislation with little reconsidera-
ton for the constitution, or the rights
of the people.
Rock Island Argus: A professor from
a Japanese university tells a Boston
audience that this talk Of war between
his country and our own Is explainable
only on the ground that both CO -.nt1ies
have several yellow journals that don't
care rap about getting within miles
of the facts.
Kansas City Journal: The Japanese
in California have been more thrifty
and successful than the natives with
equal opportunity, and California
wants them given the same drastic
treatment that the government is CIV
ing other enterprsing and successful
business men.
Des Moines Capital: Announcement
is made from Washington that Presi-
dent Wilson will remain neutral in
the United States senatorship fight in
Illinois. AS Mr.. Bryan is into the fight
red hot against the Hon. Roger Sulli-
van many q wise one will look upon the
Wilson neutrality" as very thin
veneer so far as hiding the real senti-
ment of the white house is concerned.
Burlington Gazette: Farm hands are
becoming so scarce in Iowa that the
good ones are being auctioned off. One
sturdy corn husker was put on the
block last Friday and knocked down to
the highest bidder for $35, board, room
and washing. A farm hand 80 valuable
as this should be owning farm of his
own. -
Carroll Herald: Going to church Is a
habit, and a good one. The recent
movement. to go to church, has been
the means of inducing many to go to
church on Sunday who otherwise would
be sitting around talking politics and
back-biting the neighbors. It's good
work and the ministers and church
boosters ought to keep it up till the
habit Is more generally acquired.
Sioux City Tribune: Before the
United States decides to take definite
action in Mexico as a result Of the kill
ing OF Mr.. Benton it might be we'll to
see how far Great Britain cares to CO.
operate. Mr. Benton had the same op-
portunity to leave the country that
Americans had when the United States
issued it's warning and this country
should not be expected to 60 to any
greater expense of life or money on
his account than on that of some
American.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Neighbor
Canada has not made financial sue
cess of it's government owned railroad,
the international, running from Mon
treal to the Atlantic seaboard. Rail-
way operation there is practically the
same as in the United States That
railway, with 1,462 miles of track in
operation, suffered net loss for the
year ending June 80 Of $412,00O. and
ended the fiscal period with deficit
from operations of $751; 900 against a
profit of 1881 900 the year before. In
the same time Canadas total railways
29, 3O4 miles, despite the heavy in
crease in expenses, saved $75,000,000O
net. a gain of $6,00O.000 over the year
before. These figures are from an
ANALYSIS of Canadian railway opera
tons for the last fiscal year made by
the bureau Of railway news and statis-
tics. Of which Slason Thompson, is
director.
The private companies paid some
$4,000, 900 in taxes, and ended the year
with a gross corporate income of al
most 800, 100000, a. gain of some $10,-
100000. The government line reported
gross corporate loss identical with
it's operating deficit, namely: $161, 900.
I . A Few Laughs