Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-05-03

i eral ASSEMBLY mas pFoVtoeW AoA ~ Sot'a
pulsory school attendance g portion g
each year until the age Of fourteen haa
i been attained. 3
The general assembly has enacted
law which foCbids any child to en-.
gage in lalbor--as an ordinary employee
\ before attaining the age Of sixteen
thus the general assembly has proyid.
4 ed a two-year course In compulsory
1 loafing for all Iowa boys and girls who
| can not be employed at home at the
age when loaflng is the most detri-
| mental to health, education and morals
Ia postgraduate course in deteriora-
| ton after compulsory attendance at
| school.
1t is evident that the Iowa boy and
girl will he compelled to organize a
| revolution against the right OF mental
| incompetents to legislate for their dis
! advantage
Members OF farm families may find
| employment at home, and right here Is
one of the most urgent reasons for adj
wishing parents who have the welfare
OF their children at heart, II. they are
on the farm to stay there. II for, no
other reason than that town children
have been made footballs Of politics.
A few boys from the towns might be
able to find work on the farms, but
only few, They know nothing OF the
care OF horses and other live stock.
are ignorant on the score of farm ma
chinery. and would be OF comparatively
little value for the first summer. They
are not allowed to work In town, where
they might be at home 5
Since the Monticello Express Is edit
ed by an attorney of ability, who Is
also politician of some note, that pa
per is invited to examine the evil po-
litical environments OF the Iowa child.
LANSTNG'S SUBMARINE RULES
[Sioux City Journal
Secretary Lansing has issued set
of elaborate regulations under which
German submarines are supposed to
operate against British merchantmen
in the vicinity Of the British Isles,
some $500 miles east Of the state, war
and navy department buildings.
Under the Lansing code merchant
men are permitted to carry arms Tor
defense purposes, tho II Is barely three
months since Secretary Lansing said
should not carry arms
for any purpose. A submarine may
not fire without warning on a mer-
chant ship merely because it Is armed. /!
II may fire without warning only when |
the submarine commander has abb
solute knowledge that the merchant |
man Is under mandatory orders from !
her government to act extensively. IL |
a merchantmen has gun and 1t is lett |
TO the captains discretion to use 1t
Extensively or not, the submarine must
warn before striking. even tho the
is she will be sunk II the
decides to use her gun
at any stage in the visit and search
procedure.
There are other fine points in Sec
rotary Iansing's regulations. but they
are hardly worth going into. About all
hat lie pertinent is to point out the ao
surdity of the American secretary OF
states course in assuming 10 dictate
he regulations under which naval
warfare must be conducted by EURO
,ean belligerents in the North sea. the
Rr,tisb channel and the Irish sea. The
,bsurdIty OF the proceeding Is height
med by the obvious fact that the
United States has no means at hand
WITH which to enforce its regulations,
,bo,,3d they be defied. Nor does 1t be-
,one more serious when 1t is under
.tood that the right to dictate naval
r,,les is claimed on account OF pos
able danger to stray sAmericans VINO
NAV he taking chance in one capacity
~ another aboard a belligerent ship.
Our legitimate. vital interest In the
r,uropean submarine campaign against
confined to the treatment
wb,ch we shall accord armed mer-
chantmen when they visit our ports.
1,h. nuestion is whether we shall treat
hem as peaceful merchant ships or
u.a rships. AS to this, one gathers from
Lansing's statement tnat
neutral government may treat
rived mercha ntman either as WAY
.h,n or a merchantmen, depending on
...,-s.har ar NOT she Is under orders to
rec her guns extensively. The en-
forcement of this regulation should not
he at all difficult to port officer VINO
happens to be gifted with second s'sn-
MORE DEMOCRATIC INSURGENc1'
rSioux City Journal
II there are those who imagine INA.
tho democratic party OF Iowa Is TO DO
allowed to mount the waser"aso"
without one move or Word Oh plo.
Il appears they are entitled TO anotne.
guess. ...... ,,,,s,ed
60 far as was indicated by puohsneu
of the recent conference az 80
Moines, at which Ed T. Mereoitn
,ereed to be a candidate for governor
and senator John r. Clarkson con-
Sented to run for attorney general ana
n was decided to insert prohioitloii
nlank into the party platform. an "ene
merry as a marriage bell, bat evidences
is accommodating that not all the oio
time democrats will be satisneo 10
stand on such a platform.
Mr.. Meredith has been chosen "
preside over democratic state conven-
t;on No. /. to be held at Clinton May
Q and 10 under the presidential pref
erence primary law. This convention
will be made up OF delegates chosen
In the primary Of April 10. and Is q
separate and distinct proposition from
state convention No. ?. to be held attsr
the primary of June 5. Convention NO.
viii transact only business connecteu
with the national organization and the
national campaign. such as. for IN
stance, filling vacancies In the deies
tion TO the convention at st. Louis
convention No. will transact business
connected with the state ORGANIZATION
and the state campaign. *
IL However, It II announced that Mr.
Meredith will take advantage Of ms
opportunity as presiding officer OF the
convention at Clinton to give his views
on questions which will enter into the
leubernatorial campaign At the con-
ference in Des Moines he made It clear
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