Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-08-21

try. Other countries arc held togetA-
er by the bayonet. They say the kaas.
er brousht ON the war. The kaiser y
only An incident. The disease was In
the system and the kaiser was the one
| who lanced IL. For nifty years they
have been lying in Europe They
call 1t diplomacy" This war 10 .
cumulative answer of providence to
the inefnciency. selfishness and greed
Of the old world. Austria and Russia
are most to blame. All politics In these
countries il carried on In secret, oath
bound organizations. We arc the only
free people. II they change ruler in
the old country they have to kill him.
The man who came here to hnd free
dom and to escape the intolerable con-
ditions Of militarism and monarchy
now shows his gratitude by teaching
his boy to worship the Fatherland.
ask him to keep his hands on OF that
boy. and let the boy give his full and
undivided allegiance to the country OF
which he is a citizen. know q man
named Swartz who lives in the finest
house in beautiful town in Mime
sofa. He came from Germany poor
man. He was first farmer, then
county treasurer, next a bank presi-
dent. What should he be doing had
he remained in Germany Curryins
the kaisers horse This IL the only
country where man can say treason
able things against the government
without being shot Any man can
hire a hall and abuse congress and the
president and everything pertaining to
this country and laud the Fatherland,
AN -
enjoyed his speech. There are more
idiots in this country than In any other
country you can find. There is q Ger
man newspaper published in this coun-
try called the "Fatherland." II an
editor in Germany would get out .
paper as reasonable toward Germany
United States. the editor would be
lime before he had finished getting out
the arst edition.
PROOF OF HARD COAL TRUST.
CSioux City Tribune.]
The data officially made public in
the decision OF the interstate COM
nnerce commission reducing the hard
coal freight rates from the mines to
tidewater "a decision not affecting
western shipments OF coaD, leaves no
doubt Of the existence OF a hard coal
monopoly. composed of that group OF
eastern railroads known as the IAN
,hracite group"
The commission in addition to low
ering rates and ordering their equaliz-
ion hatween railroad-owned and In.
dependent mines, turned the data over
to the United States department OF
Justice for its use in prosecution OK
the roads
The commission report sets forth
tina. In most cases railroads have been
making as high as 200 per cent on the
hard coal traffic, which profit they
have concealed by turning It over to
subsidiary coal companies. organized
by the roads to defeat the commodi-
ties law
AS proof % this the commission
enum crates where the Delaware and
Hudson hal invested s21 100000 in a
coal comper--: the Erie fioated q $751;
600 600 bond Issue and put II into
coal company instead OF the railroad
properties and Improvement: the Le-
high Valley foated a bond issue OF
ST.. 1000 and invested II In coal
company and guaranteed another bono
issue Of s1l.5oo, 900 noated by another
coal company: the Central OF New
Jersey II guarantor OF q S6.o0o,ooo
bond issue Of a coal company.
All O. this Indebtedness is carried
as against the railroads. but the money
raised was put in coal companies.
There isn't the least doubt that the
coal companies and the railroads are
one and the same Proof OF this Is
| supplied IN the dissolution OF the Della
ware Lackawanna & Western Coal
cc,,nanv In Tune. Immediately follow
ing It's divorce by order OF the United
states courts from the railroad OF the
same name 1t had been In existence
six wears and had in that short time
paid 40 per cent dividends.
T., Loree president OF the Della
ware & Hudson. President Underwood
| Of the Erie. and other officials OF the
various railroads affected by this orHel
70 reduce rates have already predicted
the decision means disaster to the rail-
roaas-probsb receiverships. This u
unite a natural view for these officials
N take They could not possibly Jus
tify the monopoly they have beer
maintaining unless they predicted III
/ STORAGE means ruin.
\ Yet the country knows that the cae'
| cfsion stops no coal mine from beint
| operated. stops no coal operator from
shipping his coal by the railroad. ant
! prohIbits no road from carrying suci
coal at a reasonable figure. In fact
the decision, II enforced, will undount-
edIv increase the amount OF coal nfnet
and transported because 1t Will g1v'
the independent operators a chance e
do business. something which tne>
haven't been able to do for the pas
few years except upon terms dicta1e'
nv the hard coal trust, which terms
rendered the operation OF fndependen
mines 80 Improbable as to shut then
down.
There is no danger Of the anthracit
roads going into receivershps becaus
Of this decision. If they get hard VI
for ready cash they can dispose
their interests In coal companies
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