The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-10
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Cedar Rapids Republican: The Chi.
cago papers are still hunting for the
present whereabouts of that prig
Orpet, whose trial they exploited sc
! extensively recently. What possible
difference can it make where the in
significant fellow is lettering. His
only achievement in the world was
the running of a few school girls and,
probably the murderer of one OF
them, or at least the cause of her
death which in morals amounts to the
same thing as murder. Why should
there be any anxiety about keeping
such vile thing before the public.
Sioux City Journal: Iowa has one
automobile for every thirteen inhabi-
tants, according to figures issued this
week at Des Moines. The fact that
site, $4,000 in Iowa money is tied up
in motor cars and that no other state
in the union has SO many cars per
capita as Iowa should be given atten-
ton by the boys who are in the game
of selling silk hosiery, monographs
and next years models in biplanes.
Waterloo Courier: It is said that
J. P. Morgan has more than doubled
which is interesting or not Just as
you look at it.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: The pro-
posed democratic inheritance tax
arouses little public inter est. Nearly
everybody would be willing to pay the
tax if congress would provide the in
heritance, but with characteristic
lack OF craftsmanship this congress
is neglecting this important link in
the chain.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil. All states
right disciples are strong for the CEN
trail government when appropriations
comes up.
Dubuque Times-Journal: One D. T.
Blodgett of Des Moines, who has
been trying to kick up fuss in Iowa
for some time, is sending out itera-
ture stating he wants to sit on the
supreme bench with Judge Salinger,
barring the other members. Judge
Salinger will be puzzled to decide
whether the suggestion is knock or
compliment.
Des Moines Register: He who hesi-
tates is not always lost. The COM
mander of the Deutschland hesitated
about starting for home. but nearly
everybody seems to think he will find
the way back.
Davenport Democrat: Someone at
Des Moines notices that there has
been an unusually large consumption
of water in Iowa this summer, and
blames it on the heat. We have
noticed the same thing out this way,
but hadn't thought Of the reason ad-
vanced from Des Moines.
Cedar Rapids Republican: Automo-
biles that are now selling for less
than $500 used to sell for twice that
amount. But labor is higher now and
the materials that go into them are
also higher. If they are still able to
make money, think Of what they must
have made in years gone by.
Sioux City Jouranl: One OF the dis
advantages Of being in is that you
have to do things whenever things
have to be done. One of the advan-
tages of being out is that you can
criticise what has been done by the
ms without telling what you would
have done had you been in.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: It is UNI
fortunate, however, that Iowa with
all its prosperity should be SO far
behind other states in the matter of
many public Improvements. The lack
of progressiveness in many respects
seems out Of place in SO great a state.
What we need in the state Is to see
the great possibilities Of Iowa and
to live up to those possibilities 1t
takes some courage to meet these
responsibilities but in time we shall
awake to the states great future and
then we shall all seek to have a
hand in shaping it into glorious one.