Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-18

III :. t. = XVI n ~ vs.
people ike the PhArIDees. coHaplacent.
" worshipfuL Of the shadow ahe
neglectful OF the substance Of sthinge
The time has long sone BY when the
man or woman OF open mind may %
friendly to this traffic In any, OF its
manifestations, but there are many
who realize that Its control In the
hands }of men at least financially re-
sponsibie and held to rigorous resu-
lation Is a much wiser form OF treat
ment than to pass the traffic over to
the wholly vicious and criminal whose
hands 1t will surely reach unless with
the first of next January comes also Dy
means provided by the present legisla-
ture a rigorous and universal system
of alien enforcement. The term alien
is used in the sense that it, agents
must have no identity In q social or
business way with the area In which
they operate; but, clothed with extra
ordinary powers Of search and inquisi-
ton, perform their mission in secret
and prosecute without favor and with
the utmost severity. This will give
prohibition in an actual sense to those
communities in which the sentiment 10
not favorable to the law a. well as IN
those where 1t IL.
Getting back to the subject, however,
it must be taken from the signs tndl-
Gated that the democratic party does
not recognize the liquor interests as IN
any sense its ward and will not be
charged with standing In the way OF
progress as it advances toward that
point where the evil resulting from the
traffic is reduced to its farthest mini
mum, But the mocratfc party Is no
more friendly to hypocrisy ana barren
promises than it is Of booze, and 1t 10
certainly not committed to any form
Of control that is likely to turn our
mulct towns over to the dominance OF
outcasts and criminals. And we shall
| surely return to the state OF affairs ex-
listing under the former prohibition
period, with its bloody atrocities and
Joint ridden violence, unless this legis-
lature can be either forced or shamed
into doing it's duty.
Senator Clarkson. a democrat. mas
given his name to the bill which re-
peals the mulct law. He is behind
measures which will strengthen the
constabulary powers of the state, the
fate Of which is dubious. E. T. Mere
dith, late democratic candidate for
| the senatorship. Is the most recent
contributor to the literature OF the
temperance propaganda. Both OF these
gentlemen, however. have little faith
in the proposed method Of reaching
boozeless paradise. and see little hope
in prohibition 50 long as its weight Is
that Of a scrap Of paper and no more.
WHERE THE OBLIGATION RESTS.
LClinton Herald
It Is a peculiar circumstance that
the teachers pension bill, just before
it was beaten in the house OF rep
resentatives. should have been put
into the only form in which 1t could
hope to win general approval.
II the amendments incorporated
into the bill had been In the original
| measure, and the discussion had
been on the bill as amended, 1t prob
ably would have carried.
Everyone recognizese that certain
portion Of the public school teachers
are underpaid. They get no more
than enough to live on. and can not
lay up cent for their old age. The
reason for this Is the fact that many
young women. living at home. are
willing to teach at small salary
just to keep busy. As result, the
scale is 30 low that the woman who
has to live on her earnings faces
penury when she gets too old to
| teach.
There is another class Of teachers
| who are well paid. and can provide fof
their own future. They receive from
| $1,000 to $1,000 year, and many have
other sources of revenue in the sum
mer. 1t had been proposed that these
| should share in the pension fund.
An amendment to the Grason BILL
| adopted just before 1t was put to
J a vote, excludes from pension bene-
| fits all teachers who draw salary IN
excess Of $1,000.
This would not only cut on grea'
| majority Of those eligible to pensions
but the ones left would be just those
who deserve pensions-the group OF
Instructors in the grades and rural
schools who work till they are worn
out at barely living wage
| II the proposed pensions were de:
rived solely from teachers retire
ment fund, contributed to by ths
teachers themselves. there would 81
no reason for salary limitation a.
L
money is to be paid from the publt
treasury, the public has a right t
be assured that 1t assumes no obi
cations which it does not owe.
The public does owe something t
teachers who devote their whole &C
tive life to the schools. and are de-
pendent upon what they earn.
owes them either a salary sufficien
TO care for them after they retire, o
some other sort OF stipend.
The state can not pay low salarie
to those who expect to teach few
years and then drop out, and highe
salaries to those who make teachin
a life profession. The former elias
depresses wages, and has no CLAIM
upon the state for support in afte
years The latter class suffers thr'
this depression of wages, for old ag
support can not come from any sourc
other than what is received from tn
state.
1t is far cheaper to provide retirin
fund for the few who remain thr
many years, than 1t would be to rails
wages to a higher level than the eco
nomic condition Of the whole teachin
body demands.
Also, 1t is totally unnecessary. j
providing for those who serve man
years at low wages. to make pro
vision for those who serve many year
. at high wages. The cases are abso
. lutely different To one class, the stat
has not discharged Its obligation; t