Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-06-14
DEMOCRATIC VIEWPOINT.

A DEMOCRATIC VIEWPOINT.
[Muscatine News-Tribune1
Fl w. l.. Harding, of Sioux City, was
not deserving Of the nomination for
governor on the republican ticket -
what miracle shall he suddenly become
deserving Of election to that exalted
position. is a question number OF
Iowa newspapers are trying to decide
just at present. The Des Moines Reg
ester. the Marshalltown Times -Repub-
lican and others fought the nomination
Of Harding With e.! the vim and vigor
they could summon, but Harding Is the
nominee and thus there lies on the edi-
tors desk a troublesome little prob
lem. Perhaps they will finally decide
just as our own little republican organ
fastened to decide by admitting their
preference for either Allen or Cosson
but accepting the republican primary
choice with a we'll seasoned gulp and
hoping for the best. 1t will be inter-
esting indeed to see the republican or
gan supporting a man admittedly wet.
and whose advertisements in some OF
the wet districts approached the flood
stage, but anything that adds interest
70 the campaign is not unwelcome.
Seriously speaking, however the il
sues in Iowa this year are to be clean
cut Harding has cast the die as far
as he Is concerned, while Meredith
made his position very clear before he
accepted the honor rendered him by
the democrats of the state. The people
of Iowa will weigh the candidates and
inspect their records thoroughly. Mere
dith did not seek the office of COVER
nor or the nomination. In fact he was
only induced to run by an overwhelm-
ing demand OF the people and has en-
tered the race thru a sense of duty and
not because of any personal ambition.
In contrast TO Meredith was an array
of ambitious and hopeful republicans
in a bitter fight to gain the G. o. P.
nomination, candidates who not only
entered the campaign without any
special invitation, but who could not
be driven out after hints. anything but
gentle had been tossed in their direc-
tion-
Meredith, a business man with broad
experience and one who has employed
labor, most successfully is pitted
against a politician with virtually no
business experience and a man with
NO Glt!Illdlc OIuel Va Aappi "a
of the needs Of the laboring people. 1t
is quite apparent that Meredith Is the
w!sest choice in the interest of all the
people of the state and the News-Trib-
une believes he will be elected in No-
vember with large enough majority
to carry with him the entire state
democratic ticket, and after all, it will,
do no harm TO give the capitol at Des
Moines political house cleaning. 1t is
just as essential to chase the politi-
clans sometimes as 1t to chase the dirt,
THE COST OF MERELY LIVING.
[Sioux City Tribune.l
Unless the approaching presidential
campaign is wholly different from any
other OF the past years there will be
much talk spilled by political speaners
over "a living wage" for workmen. This
question was once more or less aca
demic: it was thread upon which
campaign orators strung many pretty
figures of speech about Americas I'M
crowned sovereign" "the sublimity OF
honest TOLL and all that sort Of fol-
deroI
Today, the question Of living wage
is very vital one. A congressional
committee investigating the subject
has been shocked out Of its compla
cency during the past few months by a
steady stream of testimony from work.
ing classes that they are not getting a
living wage. even in these prosperous
times. In order to get down. to bare
facts. experts before the committee
have submitted a schedule covering
the cost Of merely living" for fam
lily of five-father, mother and three
children. This schedule is as follows,
(the schedule is based on a years ex-
penses):
Three meals day for five people,
at 10 cents per meal uer person,
IS cents day for one year. .s273.75
Rent, $50 month ............. $4,000
Clothing
Man. two suits year. SIS a suit
no oVercoat ........-...... 5000
Man, three suits undergarments,
81 a suit 800
Wife, one suit and one cloak. 80. $500
| Wife, undergarments, three suits,
81 SUIT 300
Three children, clothes 5000
Stockings and other essentials
tor tamlly 900
Shoes for husband and wife -. 1000
Shoes for children ........... 200
Repairs for shoes ............ 200
Fuel and light .................. 1900
Miscellaneous items, such as
soap, towels and similar
| household equipment, other
than furniture. dishes, etc. -. 5000
Furniture, dishes, etc. .......... 1000
Total expenses for one year. .s735.75
This allows nothing for street car
| fare, nothing for church, nothing for
! school books and other expenses, moth
ing Tor any kind OF insurance, lodges
movies newspapers, cigars, tobacco
entertainment or recreation 1t allows
nothing for doctors bills.
! 1t calls for wage of $40 a day for
every working day in the year II there
&c 'ss:tt down: OF rne factory or a
LAY off, due to bad weather or for airy
reasons; If there is a months sickness
or even two weeks of sckness-the
above expense account must be shaved
somewhere. If anyone believes the ex-
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