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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08

AS soon as Billy Bunny saw the
Scarecrow-who had thrown the head
OF lettuce at4the little rabbit in the last
story, but he shan't do it again in TINS
story. I'll promise you that right now
the little rabbit said:
Did you hit me Just now between
my left ear and my left hind leg with
this lettuce
II did" replied the Scarecrow, in
sort of scarecrowey voice.
AS soon as the little rabbit heard
that he picked up that head OF lettuce
and threw it right at the head OF that
Scarecrow and knocked off his Stove
pipe hat. And when Billy Bunny looked
at the hat he saw two gold letters
pasted inside the crown, and what 90
YOU think they were? ] don't know
why / asked you, for I've got to tell II
to YOU anyway. Well. they were the
letters u. l.
Uncle Lucky cried the little rabbit.
ats Uncle Lucky's wedding stovepipe
hat. oh. how glad he'll be to get II
back And Billy Bunny picked it up
and put the lettuce inside ana tneil
hoped away as fast as he could ior ms
kind old uncle's house. And after ne
had gone for maybe three miles or less.
he came to the old gentleman rapoit
house. And there was dear. KIM =
Uncle Lucky swinging In the hammocA
on the front porch. And when he saw
his little nephew he fell out-excuse
me. I mean he hoped out-of tne
hammock and opened the front gate
and said:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08

that would afford them opportunity w
.;ya this country the benefit OF their
experience.
It will not be long before the war de-
partment will have forced on IL Ing
knowledge that every opportunity ieau
ing 10 the perfection of the army. no
na,,er how insignificant that oppor-
tunitv may seem, will have to De snap
ped at We have much to learn OF mn
;ta-y matters We practically nave re
fused to learn from the experience Oh
our allies. In refusing to utilze suon
man as Toms the war department
shows its reticence TO profit from the
experience Of Americans themselves
ON the other hand, within recent
,nontbs commissions in the reserve
army have been thrown oroaocas'
over the country and permitted 70
fall haphazardly. Some OF them were
obtained by worthy men. some by IN
diyiduals about as much htted 10
handle them as third grace sehooi
boy. The government Is spending
vast amount of money to train me-
the Officers. reserve camps SO tnAt
commissions may be bestowed upon
them. They will learn the very Things
Toms and hundreds of others nave
learned at their own expense in France
aud they will be even less fitted Tor
commissions than the men who have
seen actual service at the hr1ng me.
There must be some bunglfng some
where.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
the EAST AND THE WEST.

Canada is getting ready for a selec-
tive draft. Falling off of .enlistments
and lack of enthusiasm in eastern Can
ada are offered as causes making g
draft necessary
Some similarity exists between the
east and west Canada and east and
west United States. Our east raved
for war long and loudly while the west
waited in elaboration. When war came
the enlistments of the east made pitt
full showing against those of the mid
die west which had quietly awaited the
event and came forward 10 meet it.
The middle west may therefore ac-
TO tslf. II will force the east to do its
part in furnishing men.
The Mississippi valley which must
furnish the backbone of the armies and
the money with which this war is to be
fought and won should assert itself.
The slackness of the east is not con-
fined to enlistments of men but the
war profit makers also are Stacking.
The west and the middle west should
insist that munition makers and those
who profit hugely by war shall pay
from their vast profits into the war
funds. The tail should not be per-
mitted to wag the dog Consumption
brings the bodies of slackers forward
to stand their share Of toll and danger.
Consumption should also seek out and
draft the profit slackers and see that
their excessive gains based upon the
emergency of the country are mulcted
we'll to assist the prosecution of this
war.
Western Canada and mid western
L. S. A. are the real democracy of
the American continent. They will have
to fight and to a very large extent
finance this war-and they should be-
gin at once 10 make themselves felt for
what they are and what they stand for.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
Ripping Rhymes
=. WALT MASON
az READY.

be READY.
We can't conduct = modern war
the kind that we've been planning LOT
without abundance Of long green
therefore, go slow on gasolene ana
Inquiries OF every sort; quit drinking
grape juice by the quart quit eating
pie three times day. and IDLY throw
ing coin away. For soon you'l race
a heavy tax that will put stitches n
your backs, and freeze your say ana
winning smile, unless you've laid away
a pile. We cannot run modern SCRAP,
and push the kaiser of the map, that
butcher who too long hath sinneo-w g
cannot do him up with wind; tWill
take large and weighty bari 70 puI
the lid on Bill and Carl. The tax that
YOU will have to pay wont SCI YOU
back for half a, day, il you'll be pru-
dent, now, and wise; cut out mpo1eu
smokes and pies; blow in less staple
brands OF coin for porterhouse ana ten-
derloin; don't bet your money on the
nags, spend less for rich and saudy'
rags. Life's been for years one srshc'
sweet song, we've lived in luxury so
long. it may at flrst seem quite q
strain to save a share OF what we saan.
But il we pickle sundry dimes. Wen
bless ourselves in after times, Wncn
tax collectors come around, TO nail tno
shilling and the pound.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
THE STACKER AND BONDS.

I'VE are going to be taxed so heav-
lily that we can't afford to buy bonds,
says the Stacker but he will find it
vastly more comfortable to have Uncle
kaiser 10 do 1t.
Il can't loan money to the govern
ment where am in debt for my farm, -
says the Stacker but if he is in debt he
has credit and if ne has credit he can
get the money at the bank with which
to buy bond. His farm will pay off
his debts If Uncle Sam wins whereas
it will be a German farm if the Kaiser
wins
Let rich people buy the bonds says
the Stacker but there are not enough
rich people in the country TO buy two
thousand millions of bonds. That huge
sum brings the duty home TO every
citizen who owns anything at all. We
let patriotic men volunteer for the army
in smaller wars but in this war we
register everybody within military age
and draw our army upon the basis OF
universal service.
II don't understand these bonds very
we'll Let the banks buy the bonds
says the slackers He does not need
| to understand them for his bank will
attend to all Of the details free OF
charge and even loan the money to him
| with which to take bond. All the citi.
zen needs to do is to sign an applica.
| ton just as the young man signed who
registered for the defense Of his coun-
| TT
well how much should I take?' in.
quires the patriot. One thousand dol
lars If you own quarter section Of
land clear and $1,000 for every othei
quarter that you own. $500 il you owl
a quarter section with mortgage upor
it and 5000 if you are tenant; $1,000
| if you are a merchant or professions
man doing first class business, les
i il you nave a small sihorr;; f-o,. q nm
1 up il you are retired with money t
| loar. The per capita average Is $12
for every family in the land. Abou
three of four families are close to th
bread line and can't loan. That place
$500 as the amount which every fourtl
family should loan to the government
when it can loan.
1--WE farmers don't have any none.
to loan" says the Stacker but the far
mer is the one class outside Of tn
munition maker who is getting wa
profit. He can trade 1000 bushels Q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
FOR the COMING Harvest.


In the last few days there has been
a decided change for the better In al
reports about our coming crops me
harvest of most food products promises
to be one that will break all records.
This will not be true Of wheat, put we
shall have more of this grain than was
expected month ago. crop experts
predict that in its June report the GOV
ernment will increase Its estimate OF
only $50, 100000 bushels OF winter
wheat to 400, 100000, and possibly 70
400, 900, 600. Probably there Is small
increase Of spring wheat acreage, the
reductions In two or three states nav
ing been overcome by additions in 9TH
ers. Last years deficient wheat crop
was $40. 100000 bushels. There are In
dications now that this year we shall
have as much, and probably little
more. Some expect that 100000 bush
els will be harvested. About 620,OO0, oOV
bushels are usually required for home
consumption and seed, Our European
allies will look to us for 200 00o, 600
bushels. Exports from this country
and Canada have recently been aDou,
5, 900, 600 bushels week II our gov
eminent assumes control OF the ap-
portionment OF foodstuEs IT viii begin
with wheat. 1t is estimated that our
cornfelds exceed last years by.lo.ooo,-
600 acres, and this addition of IA. per
cent win give us the greatest crop ever
known. Much land where winter wheat
was killed has been replanted with
corn. and in the south the reduction q
cotton acreage by about ~ per cent is
accounted for in part by new corn
fields. Acreage Increase for oats is more
than 10 per cent, and there VII ps ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08

passed, setting the clocks ahead one
hour, so as to save daylight. The city
council declined to pass the ordinance,
but suggested that anyone has the
privilege of getting up with the sun
and going to work in the garden or at
some other useful avocation. until the
hour arrives for the regular days
work.-Cedar Rapids Republican.
we supposed this sort of an arsu-
ment against setting the clocks ahead
during the summer months had been
outgrown by all intelligent men.
Every country at war except the
United states. has proved the weak
ness of the argument, OF course, II
is a fact that men can rise earlier II
they wish. and can work in their gar
dens, Il they have them. But there
is no great object for one man TO start
to work at six in the morning with
the rest of the office or factory force
starting at seven. In fact, it is impos-
sible. BY setting the clock ahead all
men and women step ahead one hour
together. The result has been shown
to be a wonderful increase in effici-
ency during the spring and early faii
months, caused by being able to work
by day light instead of artificial light,
and the saving OF hundreds Of thou-
sands Of tons of coal that was other
wise needed for the generation of elecf
tricity. And in addition all the men
and women are given their extra day
light hours all in one body. from four
or five, depending on the length OF their
working day, until dark, as we no"
reckon time Instead Of two short ses-
sions. neither of them long enough TO
be Of much object they would have
one Of three to four hours. The bust
ness girls of the. Cedar Rapids Y. w.
c. A. might do well to take the mem
bers of the commission government or
Cedar Rapids out and teach them mod :
eru principles of business. the cardlnai
one of which is economy without mn
pairing efficiency.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
Iona Newspapers
BUT THE CHANCES ARE


There is no absolute certainty that
any of the 100000 men who regis
tered in the various states Tuesday
will see service in the old world
trenches, but there is strong prob
ability that several hundreds of thou
sands. perhaps several millions, OF
them viii. If the war continues thru
next year, as most OF the military
authorities now grimly predict. many
Of the eiigibles of thss potential army
raised Tuesday will get a chance to
do their bit Of fighting for the cause
OF liberty. 1t is the policy of this
government and of the governments
with which ii is now cooperating in
the great war to assume that every
available ounce of American strength
will DE put into the war at the earliest
possible moment and kept there as
long as may be needed to attain such
settlement as must be insisted on in
The interest Of world democracy. The
assumption, accordingly, must be that
the soldiers who may De selected from
the rolls signed Tuesday will do a part
CT the fighting in the world wracking
war which we have been discussing
from a detached standpoint for nearly
three years. Ed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
IS THIS gUNGLlNG?


Roh Toms of Marion is an Iowa boy
who has. seen considerable service In
Europe since the war began. His ex-
periences have been varied,and eniight-
ening. In Naples when the European
catastrophe broke loose, he came pacn
TO America on refugee freighter with
more than / coo frightened passengers
who slept on decks, in coal Dunkers,
life boats and wherever they could hnu
room TO lie down. Toms was one Oh
the men who kept his head ard heipeu
organize this badly demoralized crown
ON its long trying trip across the Al
lantic.
Then in 1915 Toms went to Eng
land enlisted in a volunteer ampu-
lance corps and saw service IN BEL
gium al the first lines, where he trans
rnrted wounded French marines from
the trenches to the hospitals Altei
spending most of the winter OF l?lo-io
st home he returned again TO Europe'
identifying himself with the American
ambulance field service in france
While at the front he earned a lieuten-
ancy and he soon demonstrated an
ability that prompted his superiofs ~
recalling him to Paris, where ne was
placed in charge Of the mechanical oe-
ma rtment of the entire service Las.
fall he returned home once more.
When the United States entereo
tbe war Toms offered his services
"a his country. believing that a. man
of his experience at the front "ouio
be of some value in the Anerican
army. After six weeks OF enort ne
was unable to secure acceptance Ciil
the war department of his oner. VI
the very day that he learned In Chl-
caso there was nothing for him 10 az
hut enlist as g. private with no oppor-
tunitv to thoroughly utilize his knowi-
edge of actual European warfare he
received a cablegram from Parls ass
ing him to return to France anu as
sumo command Of a motor unit ina
10 TO transport ammunition, supplies
and wounded at the front. He saiiee
from New York to accept that com
mission. offered him from abroad aitei
his own country had rejected MN.
Toms should have been placed
| command of a transportation UNI
in the American army, but the tnicf
veil of red tape with which the wa
department has surrounded itsei
| prevented. He would have been o
| immense value to any unit to wnlc'
| he may have been attached. There
| are comparatively few men In tnl'
country who have seen service aproa'
since the war began, In recen
article in the Saturday Evening Posi-
i Will Irwin. whose observations Of IN
war at first hand have taught MN
more than the majority Of the militar.
4 theorists in this country can hope =
know at this time, without experience
advised the immediate recall OF ever
American who has been in service u
France and the placing OF those me-
4 In positions with the American arm
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
THEY ARE FOOLS YET,

Washington, Iowa, Democrat
There is perhaps nobody who knows
rs little about common. ordinary hu-
man understanding, as the brewers and
saloon keepers. They seem to think
that the people do not have any sense
at all. The government is trying to
get rid of the booze business and what
do these Internal fools do but try 10
ontangle the law making power, and
oppose every STEP. as they proceed to
make law to stop the whole booze
nuisance.
OF all times, when you would think
the big fat brewers would have a
modicum of sense, now is the time.
At this time, when our beloved coun-
try is in peril, and when it is conced-
ed that it will require all the best
thinking of our best men, when mems
minds ought to be absolutely clear,
these fool brewers butt in and try to
postpone the abolition of the nefarious
truck. If they had as much sense as
The Lord intended for geese they would
keep as much out of sight as possible,
and they would lay low, and say moth
ing They would do like "Br'er Rab-
bit. he lay low." But, no, they have
| to shoat off their mouths. they are
spending all kinds Of money and they
are making every argument they know
how to make to defeat those who
would remove the evil from our land,
especially IN this time of peril.
One would think that some of them
would have an ounce of brairs. bu,
evidently. none has. II must have been
| the brewers and whisky makers whom
Puck had in mind In "Midsumme,
| Nights Dream when he said What
| fools these mortals be-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
A WAY 10 BE TWICE Loyal.

Il
scent or German birth in this country
at this time who perhaps find their po-
sition hard. They love the land of their
paternity and have been taught to love
the land where their fathers and mo-
1 there were born.
Those need to make a complete an
1t is to be assumed that their affection
| is for Germany and her people, for the
| relatives that live there-not for the
kaiser and the royal family and the
machine of militarism built up on lives
and bodies and scanty earnings of the
common people. Many of those Ameri-
cans of German birth are here because
America offered escape from that auto
cratic militarism. The relatives they re-
memember and live are starving at
| home, dying in the trenches and being
flung aside a useless carrion having
fulfilled the will of their over-lords
falling in maangled and monstrous
heaps before the machine guns driven
on their destruction by the certainty of
death if they dsobey or falter. The
common people OF Germany, the real
Germany which these Americans term
| "fatherland" is praying for peace. ason-
izing under the iron heel of despot-
| ism, praying silently lest autocracy
overhear.
They want the war to end. The So
called German American wants the war
| to end. All the world wants it to end.
The universal prayer of the world is
for peace. Against that prayer stands
the kaiser and the milltarism of Ger
many.
II the German born and bred Ameri-
can desires the end of the war and the
happiness of his people here and there
he must assist to crush the power
which began and continues the war.
The best thing ne can do to hasten
peace (outside of enlistmenO is to use
the wealth he has gained in free
country to assist the overthrow of a
despotism that drove him to eXpatria-
ton and that today, if reports are to be
credited, is rendering fat for mu-
milton makers and making fertil-
izer from the bodies of the brave
men vino have been driven to die in its
defence What is there in kaiserism and
militarism which should claim the feal-
| " of any man Of German blood?
| Buy a bond, German American who
has prospered in this country where
every man is equal under the law,
where a German peasant may rise to
respect undreamed of in that unhappy
| fatherland Buy bonds. Help end the
war and bring to Germany somewhat
| of the freedom you found here. What
you do you do for the German people.
your forbears and your friends and for
the country which sheltered you in
need and afforded you the opportunity
you seized
If there is an American who should
| buy liberty bonds most literally it is
the Americanized German and his sons.
For these are indeed liberty bonds to
him and the democracy Of Germany.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
crop of rye, with large
gains in vegetables all over the coun-.

unprecedented crop Of rye, with large
gains in vegetables all over the coun-.
try.
A shortage Of labor has not pre-.
vented this preparation for bountiful
harvest. Thruout the land, farmers
have been aided by state governments
railroad companiese, and local commit
tees. The planting of seed will soon De
finished. Canada has had the same "a
Dor problem and appears to have solved
it with the help Of high sch0ol boys.
university students. railroad workmen'
factory employees, and business men IN
the cities who gave their vacations g
labor in the fields. Commercial organ
izations bought tractors and loaned
them to the owners Of land. Canada,s
wheat acreage has been Increased.
There will be labor shortage here az
harvest time, but our national ana
state governments will find 2 way 70
save what has been produced. There =
time to prepare for that emergency. y
is comforting now to know that g
much has been done in the plantinS
season.-New York Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08
DOGS AND MUTTON.
TCraa+or T<,xr-a

But ali joshing aside, isn't it high
time the country was getting sensible
on this dog question? Everybody Is
preaching economy, at present, and a
lot OF people practicing it, which is
vastly more to the point. At the same
time we continue TO feed several mil
lion useless dogs with high priced NUT
ton. chicken and various other delec-
tables that would serve better pur-
pose if conserved for the human ami
NAL.
There seems TO have been gem
eral awakening of late in regard TO
the dog industry VS.. sheep growing.
Legislative bodies all over the land
have been importuned to do some
thing" to restrict the dog nuisance IN
the interest of sheep and mutton grow :
ing. A good many individuals-mostly
dog owners-hoot at the claim tnat
dogs are to any extent responsible TOT
the marked slump in sheep growing OF
later years. Just the same, ninety nve
out Of every 100 sheep owners declare
it is true and it is an indisputaoie
fact that thousands OF men have quit
the sheep business in disgust because
COnSluerdDle SHARE VI sAiSiA PAo-->'-
went into the stomachs OF maraudins
dogs.
We don't wish the attorney general
any more grief than his salary pays
for, but We sincerely hope that aftel
he succeeds in breaking up this per-
nicious practice Of dispensing 1ce
cream and cool drinks on Sunday ane
gets the chewing gum sellers aa.
justed to a six-d day schedule. he VII
turn his law enforcement batteries TO-
| ward the dog. We have dog laws ga
lore. city and state, and II they wer'
strictly enforced there would pc no
| ticeable slump in the stray dos popu
lation. 1t might mean political oD'
livion for the official, but that is q par
of the game. A lot of people are get
ting mighty hungry for mutton an
they are tired OF seeing 1t 60 TO TN
dogs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-08

when you are buying hundred DOL
lar bond don't think you are doing
such q "holuva lot for your country"
says the Jefferson Bee. when the
man in the trench offers his life for
your protection. he is giving his all,
When You are buying a few bonds
even II you have to borrow the money
to pay for them---don't swell up and
think you are butchering fat hog.
Nothing to 1t. You are only doing
your bit and 1t is a dern small bit
at that"
Take it from T. r.. no man can be
any more loyal to two flags than to
two wives says the Davenport Demo-
crat
wedding gardens is about as hard
work AIS firing a furnace, and when
you have both to do at the same time
it's no fun" complains the Algona Re-
publican.
The Sioux City Journal suggests that
'the man who has registered and who
doesn't just exactly like the idea Of
taking what may be handed to him can
still exercise a limited degree of dis
erection by visiting the recruiting office
and making a voluntary enlistment be
fore the final selective drawing
But the fellow that suggested mobii-
izins the tramps that come to town
and sending them out to help the
farmers, doesn't know anything about
r. t-yl1i pS ha
dent Give US anybody who, is will
ing TO help. but don't afflict the farm
er with the average tramp"
This law breaking business Is no
trifling matter and the Sunday dealers
are wise TO use more or less precau-
ton" says the Washington County
Press.