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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13

cial judgments varied with commoni-
ties This Was Scotch community
wherein the stern faith Of the old COW
enanicrs thai their prosecutions were
to be repaid with penalties common
surate had rot faded or changed. IL
retained much of the old Puritan In us
faults as in its virtues
But lew people speak of judgments
We have kept the idea OF
special favor while we have grown
away from the belief in special ouos-
ments" for special derelictions. 50
when a man playing the fooi on
bridge falls of and hurts himself we
let il go at that. And even amons
those Of Puritan and Covenanter de-
scent doubts will arise over the penai
character of that incident of the chill
dren and the she bears.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
Sugar Schedule Change.

While Secretary McAdoo assured US
few months ago that he was mot
worrying about the condition Of the
treasury and. by a change in method
of bookkeeping. he has made the report
look better than it really was, he now
admits that he will favor the extension
of the so-caned war tax and advocate
the repeal of the clause Of the Under
wood tariff under which sugar would
20 on the free list March /. We do not
consider it \ very remarkable vaticinal
achievement. that we predicted this
la st November. A blind man could see
the continuing need Of additional rev.
enue. He could also see. when the
Third congressional district Of Louisi-
ana defeated the democratic candidate
for congress by 400 votes. that Incl
dental protection" to use one OF the
catch words the democrats were forced
to employ in one campaign. would be
taken into consideration. The present
sugar schedule was never satisfactory
to the democrats of congress. Mem
bers Of the house way and means COM
mittee rankIy admitted that they
waived their own views of proper
sugar and wool schedules in Difference
TO executive intuition. The r,,nnr that
so many hanos got sticky while shap-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13

Ing the sugar schedule Of the Wilson.
German tariff may have had soms<
thing to do with the presidents posi-
ton. But 1t was . bad position. People
who are concerned about the Develop
ment OF the sugar industry in the
United States will rejoice in the
change. regardless of the pretenses un-
der which 1t Is made.
Congress may not stop with this
change. The fact that the imports of
articles free of duty for the fiscal year
ending June 80, 1915, exceeded those OF
1918 by $4,000, 900, comprising 61.7o
per cent OF total imports. as against
SAT per cent in 1913, may move some
members to argue the possibility Of de-
irving additional revenue from that
source. 1t is known. that many con-
gressmen do not have implicit conf
dence in Secretary Redfield's patent
device for preventing the dumping OF
cheap goods here at the end Of the war
Even the gag rules will not prevent
the tariff coming in for much discus
sion in the Sixty-fourth congress-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
r1MEsREpuB1ICAN MARsHAILTowN, 49, 1915

Of the rural mail service" by this adj
minis:ration. The proposition of econ
omizing BY cheese pairing the mail SER
vice does no. match with the most
expensive congress administration Of
affairs the country has suffered from
in years.
The government crop report because
of lower prices for all grains places
the value OF 1owa's agricultural pro-
duction this year at sS6.0O0,000 less
than last Year in spite of much
larger production in all grains except
ing corn. Last year the value of farm
crops in Iowa was greater than in any
other state. The loss from last years
record crop would gravel two-thirds
OF the county road system OF the state
at $1,000 per mile and pave the rest
of the county roads atlsie,000 per mile.
II we live thru this years crop losses
we ought not to be afraid of road inn
provement with thirty years in which
to pay for the chances are that we
will have at least one more good year
in Iowa before We die.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13

may seem a little high to Linn county
farmers but possibly the crop produc-
ton totals may throw little light on
the subject. It is a little hard to
imagine even Cedar Rapids business
man predicting that the state OF Iowa
can lose money by investing in the l4o-
acre tract OF Calhoun county land.
The members Of the board OF control
have many friends in Rockwell CITY
and Calhoun county. These friends
firmly insist that there is no possibility
of change now that the decision mas
once been reached for they have much
faith in the state officials. Their view
is undoubtedly correct. But unwar-
ranted criticism of land values in this
section Of the state by parties inter-
ested in taking the reformatory away
from Rockwell City is keenly resented.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
A NOTABLE DISCOVERY.

If. as a dispatch from Clinton as
serts. the Northwestern railway has
discovered process whereby one ton
of coal may be made to do the work 0.
two. the inventor of the process has
done a grea. public private service.
1t is stated that on an experimental!
run between Chicago and Clinton the
engine pulling che car made re -&n on
two tons OF coal where four tons would
ordinarily have been required. the
process includes pulyerizing the coai
and keeping IL free from damp. Ac-
cording 10 tbs story it burns like OIL
giving, off Little smoke and eliminates
all hard labor on the part of the fire
man,
If the process can be applied to loco
motive engines let US look forward 10
its application TO the house furnace.
The first advantage that appeals to the
thrifty householder is that it squeezes
the coal bin 20 half its present size
and thus divides the financial demands
OF the coal man. II will utilize nne
coal thus eliminating disputes between
the dealer ana the consumer over what
constitutes lump
But one big and attractive item deals
with the fireman. The report says ne
simply turns valve and the Job is
done Tha. viii strike the average
man who attends TO his own furnace
r!gh, where the striking pleases most.
Imagine rising in the early morn. step
ming 10 a button the wall and turning
on the coal as We switch on the cleo
tricity now. Think Of coming home
late clad in purple and fine linen, when
instead of changing Uniform TO fix the
FIRE ne steps blithely across the room.
twists co.traprion in the wall ans
having fixed the fire. pulls up the
check draft and proceeds as before.
WHY he can leave the whole business
10 the wife Of his bosom and look o"e.
the evening papers. OF mornings ne
may if he can arrange with the lady
OF the HCaSt, get q -ikh4c iiSSeSe 49,
before breakfast While she turns on
the coal More power TO invention.
Art is all well enough in its way but
inventions like these deliver actual
goods When an inventor makes dis
coveries and creates coutraptions that
make things easy for the women and
give the tired business man more time
to- sleep grateful male population
begins to think of monuments and
things.
Let's nope that the new invention is
all that is claimed There viii never
De any more cheap coal The only
way to &c, more out of ton of coal
or a dollar biil is to make them 90
twice the work they have been doing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
COUNT THAT DAY LOST.


We extend congratulations to Mayor
Smith, of Sioux City. and Chief KEEL
logg. of the Sioux City fire department
for a meriterious display Of common
sense apropos of the late occasion set
apart as fire prevention day."
Mayor Smith refused to issue
proclamation auxiliary to that of Gov
ernor Clarke announcing the day and
its purposes, and the fire chief in an
interview declared that in Sioux City
every day is fire prevention day and
that he is not wasting time with fads.
Now when 1t comes to the matter OF
that there is as much sense in fire
prevention day as there is In any other
of the dozen and one nuisances for
which q special day Is set apart Per-
haps there is more, especially where
the imminence of fires is encouraged
by private and public neglect. While
even IN these cases the potency of a
proclamation may be doubted. the OBJ
ject Is less foolish than. let US say.
dress up day" when the male portion
of the community is admonished to
titivate itself in sartorial splendor and
cut a dash in its best bib and tucker
for the delectation of gods-and the
ladies' God tiess EN-. Now. why should
men dress up on one day more than
another? They should dress every day
as well as their occupation and purse
afford, but there is something particu-
larly uniniviting in general purpose
one day in the year to outshine the
lilies Of the fields. Take bath day
would accomplish greater and more
promising results. altho an annual fes-
tival set aside for that purpose does
appear on second consideration to pc
somewhat skinny.
In ali seriousness, however. why con-
tinue to multiply these banal occa-
sions? To name one DAY for one puT-
pose sirnplp gives rise to the necessity
to name another day for another or
an allied purpose. Having mothers
day-perfectl- proper and right In IT
self-whyt not fathers day and a
mother in laws day and so on thru the
family; and having a carnation day.
why not a rose day and daisy. violet
and sunflower day? And so on until
all Of the days of the year are filled
and time has to be cut into halves to
accommodate these fuxations OF gush
and sentlmeHtalism?
Mayor Smith and his fire chief do
we'll IN declaring that every day is fire
prevention cay in Sioux City. We hope
it is true. But whether 1t Is or not
II is the vigilance OF every day that
counts against fire losses and all other
losses which arise from carelessness
and neglect.
Count that day lost whose low. de-
scendins sun etc. etc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
JUDGMENTS ON EN-"

a fellow go: up on the bridge across
me Missouri al Omaha 20 mimic Bi.lE
Sunday. In the exercise OF his powers
Of minicry ne fell off the bridge,
landed twenty or thirty teI below and
may die from his injuries.
Thl-,y-ave or forty years ago some
body would have suggested that 1T
was Judgment on oin" for mock!ns
at the revivaIist. Along in those days
the sto1y ;. me eh:ldren who cried
.baldhead" al the prophet and met
immediate and condIgn punishmen:
under the bears claws was in gooc
working order. The good little Sun
day school boy of the seventies rather
shied around mimicry Of that sort. He
recalled the 'judgment" that fell upon
those impucent children that took ad-
vantage Of the hirsute misfortunes Of
that good man.
Folks used TO take considerable note
Of Judgments" Old folks were full
Of incidents where sacri,ege and near
sacriIege had brought instant and
awful Judgment Thus the farmer
whose big tree had been shattered in
his door yard by lightning and who,
when narrowing with his oxen in his
field later shook MS hst al the SKY ami
replied 10 the mutter Of thunder, Boo
doggone you, you want another shade
tree don't YOU is case in point. The
lightning stroke that answered MIN
destroyed him and his cattle, tore the
drag TO bits and melted the iron teeth
but spared mis- 3-year- old child who
had been riding on the drag. Mind
told that story az having come under
mis- personal observation took any
chances in argument or invec:ive when
a thunder storm was on.
a good many people we're firmly
convinced that special attention was
paid and judgments" levied upon per-
sons singly and especially. Thus some
of US saw a special penalty assessed
when hog cholera took the drove of the
man who mad "lawed" his neighbor out
| of ten acre field or mistake in the
/ deed. 1t was pointed out that the hog
! loss just about balanced the value OF
/ the field. AnG when the renters wife
on the mex. farm grabbed a whole
flock Of young turkeys from Aun,
Hannah claiming and holding them as
| her own, Aunt Hannah was convinced
| tina: aa OYER ruling power was respon-
sible for the death thru some turkey
disease OF the entire bunch just before
the Thanksgiving market Judgments
were common from death by diph-
liberia to felon in the palm OF the
J hand. OF course the certainty OF spe-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
Mr.. pIxon's PROTEST

The board Of control thru its chair
man. Mr.. Dixon writes TO the Des
Moines Register in protest against the
assertion OF the Des Mo.nes paper tina,
lit is strange that it must almost in
variably fall 10 the lot OF somebody
from The outside 10 call TO Official at
tention those derelietions in hospital
and prison management (referring to
the recent developments a; Mt Pleas
ant) that in some way governing
boards do not md ont for themselves
that everything * not az i, should
be"
Mr.. Dixon explains at iength that
board member visits al Institutions 70
receive Complaints. is supposed TO see
every inmate and notice and investi-
gate marks and indications Of abuse
or rough handling: that The late lesls-
lature provided for woman Inspector
etc.
There is no serious doubt in the
minds of lowans tina, the board OF
control desires 10 nave all these IN
stisutions properly MANAGED and the
helpless kindly cared for But the re-
mark Of the Des Moines paper that
most investigations starr rom the out
SIDE Is common remark and appears
TO ~ JUSTIFIED by me facts The MI,
Pleassr, .nves5isation may De SAID 70
have started thus for Il came aoou'
thru a former ernploye and one not
eoaTeeted T"T...i rs institution or any
Iowa institution at the time she mace
the charges, And most OF the inves'i-
cations Of which ths public knows any
thing start the same way.
Mr.. Dixon admits that il IS ineEltao DE
that some ignorant. incompetent ana
abusive persons exist among the nun
dreds OF nurses and attendants mat
is precisely what the Times Reploli-
can had in mind when i suggested
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
Topics of the Times

Cass county is TO appropriate s25,-
600 for a monument TO the soldiers Of
that county, 10 take the form Of
shaft situated probably in the GEM
etery Csss county couiu du I4ucii SSc:
ter by applying by applying that sum
and more If necessary-to the erection
Of a Soldiers Memorial County Hos
pital located at Atlantic to serve real
need as IN. men whom ii would COM
mernorata served their country in its
desperate need. The tablets on each
side the main entrance. which "oul1
hold the roster of the Cass county SOL
Giers, would be oftener read and with
greater sense and understanding o.
gratitude due those Of the elder gen
Grafton thar upon a marble shaft IN
a church ward And above all refuge
wherein desperate human need should
find protection and aid and samaritan
ism would be typically commemorate tive
of those whose gift was Service.
Well. when this baseball series is
over then what? Corn husking:
Mr.. Coates. head of the prohibition
associa ton, says that the liquor men
are raising 8 big fund to fight the re-
peal of tha nlulct law. Where is the
fund to De used. in the courts or in
election? Or both?
The Manso, Democrat is color blind.
1t can not see red nose except on
prohibitionist
Just the same when President VIII
son tries to smoke in the sitting room
a few months after the wedding he
will discover that domestic usage
changes a darned sight sooner than
| international! law.
! The idea seems to be not to use
two corking good pitchers like cosson
and Allen in one game.
| The Sioux City Journal has an able
article on Treating as an Evil Per-
haps 1t refers to the chilly treatment
the Sioux City candidate for governor
is receiving from the press OF the state
!
The fright OF the Iecar Ndpios Ise-
publican at bosses" is pit:epie since
the suggestion was made that George
and Joe get together and settle the
matter OF their rival candidates.. The
Republican is very nervous. Strange
too, for it used to be able to lie right
down by the bosses" and go to sleep
| II is time thar the farmers began &c
look into the alleged REORGANIZATION
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
A BANKRUPTCY CASE.
Dubuque Telegraph Herald

tNobuNuN 4CACei dPIl 1Acl dia.
II was somewhat remarka BILE
document that was fled the pas. week
with the referee in bankruptcy at the
meeting of creditors of the late firm
of Peter kiene & Son and Franc w.
Altman. bankrupts. 1t comprised 4
protest against acceptance of he re-
port of the trustee in the case. set
ting forth objections. among ,ther
things, TO charges OF attorneys said
TO be exorbitant, and alleging the pill
ing up of useless expenses and dis
posal Of property at alleged sacrifice
prices.
In the Kiene matter a dividend Of
claims Of unsecured creditors was de-
6end OF 1914 per cent on the $780,
600 Of allowed claims was declared
Whether there will be other dividends
is not known.
The protest recites that the cost Of
turnout In the Kiene estate it
Is shown the collection of $4,000 cost
$4,000
Cases are not withou. record in
which attorneys have been chief bene-
4is!ai'es VI estates, TdtHer imam Inc
parties mentioned in wills. Whether
this fac; has application IN the pres
ent instance will be determined later.
The hearing will be resumed on th.
18th OF the month, when the question
OF the validity OF the claims presented
will be gone into and the other charges
investigated.
Meanwhile several hundred credit
ors await developments with keene.t
interest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
PREPARING FOR BooTLEGGERs.
DUBUQUE Times-Journal.l

The press Of the state appears to IA
vor the plan for working prisoners in
making ROAD improvements. This view
is strengthened by the fact that after
the first Of the year 1t is expected that
many men will be arrested for boot
Logging. The penalty for the offense
will be jail sentence for a period
longer than is given the average Of
fender. II there are as many arrests
as some predict the cost OF keeping the
prisoners in Jail will be big item of
expense. There would be little objec-
ton to working on the roads prisoners
who were SEM to jail for bootlegging.
\ determined effort should be made to
stop bootlesging in Iowa after prohibi-
ton becomes effective. Mere Jail SEN
fences would not have the effect that
putting the prisoners at work would
have. There has been some objec-
tons to putting prisoners to work on
the grounds that they were as a rule
unfortunatcs. The old system of put
ting ball and chain on prisoners ana
putting them to work on the streets
was frowned on by advancing civlliza-
ton because in many cases the pris-
oner was only some unfortunate yag-
rant or inebriste. With the hootlegger
il VIII be different. He Is one of a
particular vicious class and he will
arouse l!:tle sympathy if he Is made
to labor as a penalty for breaking the
law.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
Iona Newspapers
PAINTING OK ROADS.


Mr.. Harding thinks one farm is as
much entitled 10 good road as any
other farm. The purpose Of the gentle
man from Sioux City Is clear In this
statement when il is set alongside the
unGisputed fact that 80 per cent OF the
travel In the state of Iowa is over 10
per cent Of the roads. VIVA. Iowa peo-
pie want IS roads constructed TO carry
The travel to which they are subjected.
Suppose, fo+ example. a paved road
extended ten miles out of Sioux City
on the Correctionvilie road. This pave
ment would be worth considerable 10
the farms which it touched. Would 1t
NOT also be worth something to far
mer VINO by travelling over two miles OF
dirt road could then use at least eight
miles Of this paving in reaching Sioux
City with his produce or his family?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Iowa City Republican does not
like to appear as critic of any en-
terpriSe. especially one so meritorious
as the recent stock show at Waterloo,
but il is hard to understand just what
part these schemes TO separate man
from his money has to do with dairy
ing. They had more than one kind OF
separators in operation there.
"Iowa's good roads problem is not so
much one of more money as it is one
OF finding way TO efficiently use
Shat it already has for the purpose
says the Dubuque Telegraph Herald.
If ali of US made 50 much fuss
about being broke" as DR.. Hills did,
how much noisier this noisy world
would be" remarks the Burlington
Hawkeye.
IF the Women could vote ar the pri-
maries next spring, Senator Joe Allen
would surely be an easy winner,
thinks the Webster City Freeman
Tribune
1T must seem a little strange to
Senator Cummins u have so little
newspaper opposition in his own state
in his candidacy For the presidency.
remarks the Storm Lake Pilot Trib-
une.
The Des Moines Register confesses
that the story Of fatality on the
gsidiron is never given the prominence
accorded the details of a game.
The Humboldt Republican says
'.C'ummins for president is good enough
for US. We are for Cummins.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
Exam RfRNCA 10 ANnER 81
!. WIN ~ Ty1lRS7

LIES grim enough In the trenches,
but it's not all tragedy when the bull
lets and shells are not flying and
mans not called on to make or repel
bayonet charges. Some Of the regi-
ments have taken their pets to tho
battlefield, and Billy, the baboon, in the
picture, will follow the others soon.
He's the mascot OF the South African
heavy artillery, the first body OF South
African troops to reach Europe to help
out the mother country. Billy has ac-
quired fondness for British drinks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
Over Careful.

The Pennsylvania Dutch have the
reputation of being very economical,
and very careful in watching the de-
tails of domestic affairs. no matter how
small.
"Heiny.'' called the father.
"vat?" answered the son.
Run an count dem geeses again.
Heiny"
Heiny went: Heiny returned.
"Heiny.' said the father.
"Eat?" said the son.
Did you count dem geeses again.
Heiny?
Chess"
How many vas dey. Heiny?" -
Won
Oats right. Heiny" Everybody
MAGAZINE.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
THE REFoRMAToRY.

Cedar Rapids is one of the best cities
in Iowa but some Of its over en-
thusiastic citizens are making de-
cided mistake in trying to take away
the woman's reformatory from Rock
we'll City
While there is no likelihood Of the
state board of control resembling its
decision to locate the institution. here
the reports being circulated by the
enemies of Rockwell City are exceed
ingly unfair. One statement has been
made that Calhoun county land is be-
ing held at too high price. This is
manifestly unjust as fair minded i'm
partial comparison of the prices paid
for other Calhoun county land and the
irac: ":de. consideration for the re-
forma tory site will show. 1t may De
that the Calhoun county STANDARDS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-10-13
FAIR FIGHTING.

IRockWeII City ADVOCATED
Ugly rumors have begun to circu-
late concerning the republican guber-
national contest. 1t is said that the
friends Of at least one Of the candi-
dates have begun to stoop to the small.
mean tricks unworthy Of any candidate
for public office.
It is undoubtedly true that these re-
ports are exaggerated but where the
smoke is so thick that it creeDs Into
print there Is probably some fire.
Just before Carl Kuehnle, OF Dcnison.
announced his candidacy and it was
generally known that he would enter
the race. the writer was talking with
George Cosson, the, present attorney
general and another candidate Tor the