Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-04-18
JUDGE LEES LETTER.
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candidacy for the governorship is
remarkable performance coming from
a Judge. If the letter had been writ
ten by man making no claim to IN
usual knowledge of the law, the error
of his letter might have been over
looked as being due to ignorance In
regard to the law of carelessness in
regard to the fact.
He speaks of the executive council
as if it were really the taxing power
of the state, when as everyone knows
the legislature both decides on what
the rate for state purposes shall be
and what the valuation shall be. The
legislature insists that the executive
council, in eaualizing taxes, shall take
into consideration, not percentage
of the real value of the property, but
the actual value of the property.
This demand for the enforcement
of the plain letter of the law made II
necessary for the executive council
to increase valuations here and there.
The fact that by these increases the
money raised by the fixed rates is IN
creased is not matter over which
the governor or other members of the
executive council have any power.
Judge Lee would throw out the in
ference that the governor and the ex-
ecutive council does have power over
the matter. Either he has failed to
study the question-which is not like
ly-or he is making bid for votes by
purposely befogging the issue.
FORTY CENTS PER DOZEN.
ICouncil Bluffs ,Nonpareil.l
Yes, those apples in the store win
dow of Council Bluffs grocery man
are very fine. They are clean, sound
good SIZE, good color and temptingE
packed and displayed in such way as
to excite the salivary glands. They
came from Colorado AMI the grocery
man tells you he must get 40 cents per
dozen to 'let him out" And he gets
the price He has customers who
want apples of that quality. They have
the price. ~
Now those apples are really fine
There is no question on that score. But
they ara not in the same class with an
Iowa Jonathan. The Colorado man has
beat the Iowa man out of his own mar
ket Rather the Iowa man has neg
lected his opportunity and the Colo
RADIO man has simply stepped In AND
: supplied the demand. These apples
cost the consumer close tc 50 per
bushal. The grove probably gets bet
ter than 81.
There is no opportunity in this
country so bright with promises as
that Of growing Jonathan apples in
southwest Iowa. The soil IS here and
can be bought for a very small portion
of the cost of western fruit lands. NO
| experimentation is necessary; that has
| been done by pioneers who have grown
| this variety of apples and won frs
| prizes in shows in the heart CT western
fruit districts. The need now is for
men who will work in harmony with
| Mother Nature along these lines. Sc
cure and plant good trees. Cultivate
! and care for them in such manner as
experience has demonstrated to be
! best Hand pick and pack the fruit
! and keep it in such manner as to be
mark etahle nine. ten and eleven
months after harvesting. The market
/ is sure. Good prices are inevitable.
This il: not difficult feat. Fruit
! growing is a pleasurable WORK. 1t re-
| quires high grade men to do it, how
! ever. They must be patient. They
must be good walters. But it is pro-
verbally true that all things come to
the man who waits. The apple market
| is like that for meats. The demand l.,
increasing more rapidly than the sup
ply If the apple crop were doubled
in this country the market would
easily absorb the supply. 1t is merely
question of carrying on the bust
ness in a businesslike way from the
selection of the fruit trees TO the plac-
ing Of the we'll kept apples on the
market when people are willing and
glad Of the opportunity to pay 40 cents
per dozen for them.