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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
MR.. STREETS UnYIsE PROTEST.

j. II. Strict. president of the Iowa
federation OF Labor, conferred this
morning with the state board Of con-
troll with reference to the employment
of convict labor. He expected to lodg e
a protest with the board against the
employment Ct convicts to assist in the
construction Of the state epileptic COL
ony az Woodward. The establishment
OF chair factory at the Fort Madison
penttentiary is also said to be opposed
by the union labor interests.-Des
NJ ONES dispatch.
Mr.. Strict of course. has a perfect
right to lodge the proposed protest if
he finds It fitting but it is a protest
that should receive small notice and
no agreement from the board. The con-
victs should be used on the buildings
and other Lublic works just the same
The employment of convicts in chair
factory is very different proposition.
IN the chair factory the product of
the convicts, contracted at a very low
figure, comes into direct competition
with the products of free labor in the
markets. The injustice Of selling con-
Wet labor to contractors at 50 cents
day to be used in competition with
free la Dor which is striving to stay out
Of the poor houses and penitentiaries
is evident enough to be passed with out
comment For the state to establish a
factory supplied with prison labor to
enter the general markets in competi-
ton with free labor at underselling
prices would be unjust tho the state
profted by it; but for the public to
employ conyfcts upon public works
such as the erection of the epileptic
buildings and highways is simply ordi-
nary commonsense, and just and prop
er economy. To insist that the state
may not properly employ state labor
upon state building is like insisting
that the house owner shall not saw off
board, WELD brush or dig a ditch
on his own property.
Some employment must be found for
the convicts. 1t is in the interests of
free labor that the insistence against
contract prison labor has finally
brought about a just conclusion in
Iowa. 1t is still in vogue in certain
other states. Under sufficient pressure
it might return to this state and one
method Of creating sentiment in favor
of it would be for any interested or
ganization of any kind to assume a
dictatorial attitude upon the right OF
the state to employ its own at its own
work, or in other words to take money
out Of one pocket to put into another
For that is all there is to the en-
ploynent of convicts on state build
ings. The cost Of maintaining the con-
victs and the cost OF the building are
paid by the state. Then why In the
name OF ordinary business sense and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
SOME IDEAS FROM THE PRISON.

At the recent meeting OF the board
of control and officers of state insti-
tutions under that board two men
touched on an interesting point.
Warden McCloughry suggested the
necessity of discipline outside the peni-
Tertiary. He would bring the United
States army into the educational and
disciplinary training system. secure
land and build armories and schools
where training would be given in both
military and civil education. 1t would
be school officered by disabled or re-
tired army officers where the student
would serve as al enlisted man of the
regular army drawing rations and pay
and clothing, gaining scientific educa-
ton and discipline and learning the
art of war. His idea is that at the
end Of fourteen years $4,000 Students
would have passed thru this training
school 70 enter civil life with a good
equipment and to stand as a ready
made volunteer army of over halt
million on subtracting deaths and dis
abilities.
Superintendent Cromer, of the re-
formatory, also had an idea. He would
establish trade schools at the re-
formatory and send out skilled work
ers. He calls attention TO the Difficult
ties in the way OF the youth who de-
sires to learn d good trade and quotes
the experiences of prisoners who had
sought to learn trades before the re-
formatory received them from the
hands of the law The trade unions,
he says. dictate the number of helpers
in each closed machine shop and the
story Of helper who was refused
membership in the helpers union but
permitted TO work on payment Of 81
weekly from his wage to the union is
related. The need for trade schools he
finds imperative and says:
These statements present some of the
difficulties in the way of the ordinary
boy trying TO learn a trade and go to
show that it is only the most intelli-
gent ambitious and aggressive boy
who ever succeeds in getting a chance
to learn, let alone the mastery of
trade. How about the unambitious,
the Indifferent or the backward boy?
His opportunity to learn a trade is too
often found in prison. What a pity
that In the state of Iowa any boy,
bright or dull, should be sent to prison
learn a fraGe'
Why not trade schools and training
that means good wages outside the
penitentiaries and reformatories?
Superintendent Cromer's inquiry is
most pertinent one. Why do it? Why
demand that the youth shall do some
thing for himself and refuse TO clear
the way.
Superintendent Cromers suggestion
comes close home 1t is one OF the
propositions that are directly up to
US, what ABOUT II?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
Observation-Disclosures.

A girl from Greene had proposal
Of marriage Sunday night, and asked
a week to consider it before answer
ing. She then organized herself into
an investigating committee and began
taking testimony from married ladies
of her acquaintance. The first one she
visited used to be belle and the most
admired girl in town before she mar
ried six years before. The cross -ex-
animation brought out the fact that
she had six children, did all her own
work, including washing and ironing,
and hadn't been down town for four
weeks, and that her husband had given
her but 81 since she married him, that
he had borrowed and forgot to pay
back $40 which her brother once gave
her for a Christmas present. He
bought himself q new overcoat with
the money, while she wore the same,
plush coat which she wore when he
was counting her. Another woman
whom she visited quit teaching school
three years ago to marry the hand
soonest and best dressed man in the
town." and she was supporting him.
| A third didn't dare say her soul was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
Topics of the Times

One of the cheapest and worst
methods of economy" in evidence is
the disqualification of the rural mail
delivery service by the democrats who
refused to pass appropriations for the
service and have been ripping the sys-
TEN up the back by dismissals and
changes. The mail service is a poor
pairing.
AS an illustration of preparedness
the sea wall at Galveston will serve.
OF course it required a great calamity
to teach the lesson that resulted in the
big wall against the gulf. Probably
there were those who argued that an
other such storm would never occur.
But the wall saved the city the other
day. 1t is an illustration that the
United States may heed and note with
advantage to herself,
The starving are still watchfully
waiting for food in Mexico.
It has remained for Sioux City to
set the state an example by senddng
a bootlegger to the penitentiary under
the new Iowa law that raises repeated
bootlegging from a misdemeanor to
a felony. Not bad start for Lieu
tenant Governor Harding's town, 1t Is,
Des Moines and Marshalltown Sioux
City Journal.
1t is fine business Tor the
However, as showing that those mon
enforcible and foolish" laws which Mr..
Harding opposed SO glibly by word OF
mouth and influence are entirely en-
forcible and even matter Of civic pride
even in Sioux City it isn't 50 easy to
see where Mr.. Harding gets on. Rather
where he gets off.
Georgia should import Cole Blease
elect him governor and thus establish
a triple entente between the people
the kerosene can and the governznnt
TIL lynching southerner who grabs
rope or q rifle at the call Of "ouah
womanhood, sch" doesn't seem to gel
excited over twelve hous a day fo1
women in factories at starvation wages
or Mttle chfldren's lives worn to rags
in cotton mills. There's a lot Of bunk
about the clivalry Of the south.
Never mind worrying over Joe Al.
| lens resigning his seIatorship to ruI
! for governor. It isn't q matter OF 9
bird in the hand and another in thu
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
A GREAT SCENARIO.
Tcedar Rapids Republican,

One wit has suggested that per-
fectlv ripping scene for a sensational
movie would be the picture Of mod
ern American girl doing the housework
within while the mother sits on the
front porch maniclring her finger
nails. That would be startling, wouldn I
ito But would 1t not be equally
startling TO present some nowadays
mothers doing flcusework of any kind
.T,,,.t tih- mother. ant tn be in the
automobiles or at the picture shows
as the daughters? Isn't it like moth
ers like daughters? Who wants to stay
at home these days? Whats doing
tonight? ?" Where can we 90 to escape
the ennui of home staying?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
A JOB FOR CONNOLLY.

[
II one were TO judge by the repub-
lican dispatches from Washington,
about all the big guns Of the Iowa
democratic state central committee
from Wilbur Marsh down. have to do
is to find a job for Maurice Connolly.
1t may be possible that Maurice Con-
molly wants some kind of a govern
ment job. but if he does not get one
he can get on quite nicely without 1t
and spend his time playing golf. clip
ping coupons and tangoing. II that Is
not exercise enough for him, this shop
will give him paying job on the road,
selling calendars, in which occupation
a young, handsome, vigorous and In
tellisent man like Maurice should
make good from the start.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
IOWA LAND AT 1928 AN ACRE.

Z
One Of the interesting deeds tnat
showed up at the office of the county
recorder today for the purpose or cor
recting a description was dated March
Is. 1856, alr<,st a half century ago.
The property was seventy-two and
half acres Of land in Polk township,
and the consideration named is $3.50, or
1925 per acre. To Judge comparative
values of today with fifty years ago
out in the section of Wapello county
indicated this same land would mar
ket at more than 800 for one acre,
the 1856 sum just about enough to
buy four-acre potato patch.
The persons selling in 1856 were
George A. and Sarah Newton to John
Harlan.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
PICKING ON CEDAR RAPIDS"
TGrundy Republican,

[Grundy Republican,
We are glad to learn, indeed, that
Bro. Cole is dry personally, and that
his whole family was dry before him,
still we recall that the bar tenders In
our large cities are members OF total
abstinence organizations. Thus the
fact of being dry personally can not
fairly be considered a virtue per Sc"
The editor Of the Republican long
ago learned as has Bro. Cole that the
other fellow has as much right to his
opinion, and his drinks, as we have to
our opinions and nom drinks and we
are willing to let the matter rest right
there just so long as the drinks OF the
other fellow do not get across our
fence. Bro Cole further says we have
booze boot legged in Grundy Center,
even IL we don't sell 1t by the open
saloon route. Yes, we have boot
Logging here, Bro. Cole, and goodly
share Of it is bookkeeping from the
open saloons OF Cedar Rapids and
Waterloo. The average boot-legger
don't take chances with the law and
ship his booze in for boot-legging. but
he takes q suitcase and goes to the
nearest open saloon town. He re-
turns to his home town with suit
case full of the rot and then pro-
ceeds to peddle 1t around to the poor
unfortunates. many of whom can not
buy a drop of liquor in an open sa-
loon to save their souls. He peddles
il around by night and down the side
streets. usually at exorbitant prices,
and when his suitcase is empty he
makes another trip to the nearest
open saloon :on,:. fc- = fresh supply.
In the case OF Grundy Center, our
nearest saloon towns are Waterloo and
Cedar Rapids and we absolutely know
that Cedar Rapids saloons furnish
goodly share of our Bookkeeping rot
If every mothers son in Cedar Rapids,
including Bro. Cole. had his cellar
nicely stocked with booze for his own
use, it would be absolutely none OF our
business. and we would not mention
it. but when Cedar Rapids keeps her
open saloons and supplies boot-leggers
freely and above board with their
stock in trade, 1t becomes some OF
our business when that booze Is boot
legged in Grundy Center. and we have
to pay the court costs. and foot the
bills for all the other incidents sur
rounding the game of Bookkeeping.
We have men right here in Grundy
Center who will go out on Saturday
night and lose every cent Of their
weeks pay as soon as they get
drink or two of Cedar Rapids boot
legged booze. The worst OF it seems
to be that we can not stop this kind
of boot logging without exercising
pernicious right Of search OF the pri-
vate individual. and heaven knows
Bro. Cole would tear every hair out OF
his dry head if the people of dry
community asked the legislature to
grant the right to search the private
individual and confiscate booze which
was believed, and every one knew, was
to be used for boot-1egging.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
Iona Newspapers
MOTHS ABOUT THE CANDLE.
TCarroll Herald

Did you ever stop to study the psy-
choFogy of office seeking? Men quail
fled to do some thing in life will sacri-
fee opportunities to accomplish things
worth while in order to break into
office. It's a good deal like the moth
that fits about the candle to get it's
wings scorched or legs stuck in the
depths OF the grease.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
Feet.

Among the various races OF men,
three types Of feet occur Certain
pure races have one type Of toe which
n Characteristic Of each race. Thus,
the Zulus, the Basques and probably
most pure Celts have the even-toed
foot. while the Papuans, the Bosch
man and q number Of African tribes,
- ven g both ancient and modern
Exvutians, have the arch-toed foot
Many European nations. however.
have 4 mixture Of the three types.
But It II certain that among the Eng
fish. and probably among the Ger.
mans. French and Greeks, the even
tied foot u the commo0e0G
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
Ha. First conesrn.

Her First Concern.
The waitress was pretty, ano con
scious of the fact.
The diner was frivolous and forward.
Pretty tough to be penned up here
on nice day like this" the diner OBJ
served.
Yes, sir" the girl returned.
You are too good looking to be 40
ing this work"
The girl raised her brows.
Have you never thought Of better
ing your condition.?
ooh, yes"
IT'S awfully warm in here"
"Uh, huh"
Don't you suffer from the stuffy at
mosphere?
Half closing her bright eyes and as
Stunning a pensive air, the girl tartiS
replied: -, p,...-
mo, only from the hot air."-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle-Teieg
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
Masonic Meetings.
Z SPECIAL COMMUNICATION

Marshall Lodge, No. 1O3. A. f. & A NJ
work in second degree Friday. Sept. s.
: 80 o'clock. John W. Wells, secretary;
w. II. Steiner, w. NJ.
sleNET CHAPTER. No. IS, R. A. NJ.
Regular Convocation Monday evening
Aug Is. L. s. kilborn, II. T., John W.
Wells, Rec.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King solomon
Council No. 20, r. & S. NJ. Monday
after the third Sunday l. t. FORBES
recorder; George Gregory, T. /, M
REGULAR coNcLAVE. st. Alderman
Commandery No. 80, X. t.. Tuesday
Aug. II, o'clock. Regular business.
NJ. S. Mcfarland. Rec, George Gregory,
E. c.
REGULAR MEETING Central Chap
ter No. 81, Q. E. s., Wednesday, sept.
Is, p. m. Business. Anna Downing,
secretary; Mary Black Collins, W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
10. Al Low Lsxsl.

Each Of the five great lakes - low
er than the last tn years average.
However, as Superior is only Las l zee
below the high stage OF June, 1917,
there seems no immediate danger Oh
its utter disappearance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23

Mexico City.-General Obregon, who
is the commander Of the largest army
in Mexico, will joint with his foes In
opposing armed intervention by the
United States. according to reports
here. General Obregon is the man VINO
defeated General Villa and drove MS
troops into northern Mexico. He rose
to fame as head Of Carranzas army.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23

fairs of it's employees, and it is I'M
doubtedly part Of its business to see
that temptation is reduced to the min
imum. In the Cedar Rapids case the
guilty teller seems not only to have
been weak, but to have been easy
money for every man who had a
piece Of blue sky to sell. Given these
conditions and the further condition
that he was given unlimited trust in
the handling OF hundreds Of thousands
of dollars and the rest was sure to
come in time. But 1t is unfair to
place the blame for his weakness en-
tirely on his shoulders. His superiors
had a responsibility in the matter that
they shlrked, and they should be
obliged to stand their share Of the
result.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Eagle Grove Times Gazette Is
in favor of prohibiting auto races and
says there should be a law against it.
1t is race suicide
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23

her own when her husband was
around, though she used to write some
lovely essays when she was at school
on the emancipation of women" and
the fourth woman she visited was di-
vorced. After visiting them and sum-
ming up the evidence, she went home
and wrote the young man. She will
be married in October.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23

'In view OF what Is going to happen
in Iowa on Jan. l. Wilbur w Marsh
may be interested in the Baltimore
Sun item that in prohibition West Viz
glnia natives ere rising cream seperat-
ors to distill mopnshine whiskey, re-
marks the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23

tensify the suspense in other cities as
to her fate. But the fact that the
wind was blowing from the north and
the water, which had backed into the
streets, was from the bay side OF the
island. led to the hope that the gale
would not result in a disaster. The
storm which devastated Galveston and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23

The Rockwell City Advocate calls
auto racing the sport of fools" and
demands that 1t should be prohibited
in Iowa by legislative act"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23
BANK CLERKS INVESTMENTS.
rNfnnnt Nernnn Record.

v
What concern does the head OF
large banking institution owe its en-
ployes who are handling hundreds OF
thousands of money! This interest
ing question is opened by perusal
OF the published list Of Investments"
made by Leo Perrin, the defaulting
teller Of the Cedar Rapids National
Bank. Or rather this is what he did
with $4,000 Of the money he took:
Paid off q mortgage. ..... .$I,uVV
An aunt, on promissory note. .... 500
Interest, taxes, Minnesota land. sou
McEchron on note. DIV
Lot IN Idaho. $3.50. 700
cold u,;nin- stoek 600
Itasca county, Mimi, land $500. 400
st. Louis county. Mimi, land. -. LOCO
st. Louis county, Mimi. land. -. 500
Medford, Oregon, lot. ............ 800
F. D. Sherman, Deming, n. NJ. 400
Iowa colony stock, Houston, Tex. 400
Paving in Cedar Rapids. 400
Life Insurance premiums. 400
Total .................... .@o'ooo
Here is q man handling hundreds OF
thousands of dollars. yet no one OF his
superiors seemed to know that he was
buying mining stock, taking out large
life insurance policies. the premiums
Of which would take third Of his
salary. helping care for his mother,
paying for Cedar Rapids property,
specializing on land in Idaho. Oregon.
Texas, New Mexico and several places
in Minnesota. and all on 500 month.
or IL they knew Of his large outside
speculations they evidently considered
him immune from temptation. The
public, however, may have different
| idea Of the business Of the head OF
bank. It is undoubtedly q part OF the
heads business to keep tab on the a.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23

Perrin has had his duplicates IN
many Iowa banks and business houses
and his race is not extinct asserts
the Fairfield Ledger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23

Well suppose that the corn crop IN
this state is not up to the standard or
former years, there will be no distress
in the state" says the Carroll Herald
The small grain is unusually heavy.
the hay crop is large, pastures have
been good all season. There is an ex-
cess in other crops more than enough
to compensate for any possible stort-
age in corn"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23

The Parkersburg Eclipse considers
at is very doubtful If the president is
as strong today as he was one year
ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23

"Any man who says Bryan is not
criticizing President Wilson is a liar
BRYAN criticizes President Wilson ev-
cry time he makes speech" says the
Manson Democrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-23

The progress of George Cossons
campaign for attorney general is evil
IDENTIFY going to be marked by null
titude of attacks. big and little OBJ
serves the Grand Junction Globe. 'Of
all of which the sort that rakes up all
the failures of local officers to enforce
laws and charges the same UP against
Cosson is the most ludicrous. The Og-
den Reporter attempts to give Cosson
black eye because two years ago
horse thief got away from the sherin.
1t expressly states that it is not hlam-
ing the sheriff, who is a good fellow
"Any man who says Bryan Is not
The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-05-22

Pastor GeorgeiKendall who will lee:
ture at the Grand Opera House at
8 .! m. Sunday on istChrist's Second
Coming at Hand.SS Seats free. No
collection. AlEweIcome.