The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-05-04
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

IOWA PRESS COMMENT.
Sioux City Journal The, slogan
Register or you can't VOTE" will now
be exchanged for a more efficient one
Register or go to jail
Marshalltown Times-R Republican
The kaiser evidently never read Don
Quixote or If he had forgot the advice
let no one stretch his feet beyond
the length of his sheet"
Cedar Rapids Republican: Those
who complain about the farmers being
hold-up men should Investigate before
they denounce. We have seen it cit
ed that some farmers were holding out
on potatoes waiting for higher prices
No doubt, there have been few such
instances, but nine out of ten farmers
sold their potatoes or most of them
last fall and they did not average
over 81 bushel. The men who have
been getting most of the 81 bills for
potatoes are not farmers, but specu-
lators. Nine cases out of ten the farm
ers did not get more, if as much, as
the potatoes were worth, considering
the shortage of the crop last year.
Burlington Hawk-Eye: Talking of
preparedness, Iowa got into that game
early and has been doing wonderful
work. The agricultural college at
Ames dates back about fifty years, and
it is doing work that is simply mar
velous.
Cedar Rapids Gazette: Another
way of looking at it, universal train
ing means that every male American
of proper age should be doing some
thing not harmful to himself and use
full to the country. 1t means that side
walk space should be much cheaper
and that the membership of loafers'
clubs should show material decrease.
II means that no more free meal tick
cts should be issued to the idle.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil: To take
'em off, or leave 'em on, is timely
question for debate now.
Burlington Gazette: Compulsory
service means compulsory democracy.
Snobs don't volunteer.
Cedar Falls Record: This is no time
for petty politics. There will be plen-
ty of time after the war to play that
game.
Keosauqua Republican: The circle
discommodes no voter who desires to
scratch his ticket, while, on the other
hand, 1t accommodates the man who
wishes to vote a straight ticket.
Dubuque Telegraph-Herald: Even
80 .h - ha
questions about the wisdom of the
government requiring universal train
ing and service. In time of peril,
that any one who has given the matter
consistent thought and study should
raise serious objection.
Davenport Times: 1t is interesting
to note the attitude of the Iowa news
papers toward the plan of raising an
army advocated by the president In
the first place it is evident that there
is not the least spark of politics in the
comment and the papers approve Of
the plan regardless Of politics The
thought of all is that the
plan is the best, is necessary and
ought to be adopted by congress.
Clinton Herald: The volunteer sys-
tenn is manifestly unfair. Why ask
the clean upright, industrious, thrifty,
selfsupporting boy to enlist. while the
ndolent, wicked, sneaky, Icy, slothful |
boy escapes service? The universal
service plan offers numerous benefits i
to those who are thus brought into
service. They learn to submit to dis. /
cipline, first of all, while the physical
and normal benefits are many. Under /
the volunteer system. there is no Sc
lection.