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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
ALL IN ALL 4 RIGHTEOUS FORCE

General Crowder acknowledges
thankfully the great value of the as
sIstance which has been so earnestly
and efficiently rendered by the press
in the registration and drawing of the
great draft. He says it would have
been impossible to have prepared the
country for the registration without
the press
General Crowders ackn owledgment
is appreciated by the press. He is
merely stating facts as they are and
are known to all thinking people.
What Is true Of the registration is as
true Of the liberty bond sale and of the
Red Cross campaign. The newspapers
have given freely and as a patriotic
duty the best in them.
All are not SO free to acknowledge
the service as the general, however
In some circles an impression seems to
exist that the newspaper is a thing
to criticdse and to use, to depend upon
and exploit, to appeal to in emergency
and abuse when opportunity affords.
Not that the general public takes that
view of the newspapers, but that GER
tain interests and elements hold that
attitude.
General Crowder is making the
acknowledgment that may be and
should be made TO the press whenever
any great public good is to be ad-
vanced or any great public emergency
to be aided and assisted. 1t Is as true
Of local as of national emergencies and
movements. All that is necessary to
secure the services of the press Is that
the movement shall be for the general
good, general defense, general human
welfare. That service is never refused
when 1t should be given. 1t is some
times given where it should not be,
but the press as whole Is both ready
and willing to put its shoulder, a
mighty shoulder with giants strength
behind it, to the forwarding Of justice
and human welfare. And doing so it
seeks small praise and expects little
reward. Over and over again news
papers risk public criticism in good
| causes where ~ the average interest
seeks to evade standing up to be count
| ed. Over and over again it finally
finds it's justification in the result and
| finding justification balances the ac-
count and begins over.
The newspaper knows its power
Doubt not that it seldom uses it ex-
cept for righteous purpose. The men
who make newspapers take their posi-
ticn as publicists seriously. No COM
mercial proposition in the world con-
siders itself less and human welfare
more However, the true newspaper is
1 not a strictly commercial proposition
lit is something more. 1t strives te
bring the truth Of things to it's readers
in news and comment. The true news.
paper is not purchased by outside in
terests nor entirely commanded by lts
own.
The press is wonderful force. Tht
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
STAR CHAMBER METHODS.
rRonne News-RepublicAn

we are heartily in sympathy Win
Senator Penrose in his proposal 70 IN q
yestigate the committee on puoilc IN
formation. We do not care one cent
that Senator James Of Kentucky IN nus
extreme partisanship should make q
charge of "copperheadiem" against
those who demand to know what Is
going on in the war department
II nothing else would bring US "
such a decision the Creel fourtn oi
July story, that piece Of offlclai yeiio"
journalism which has been utterly uis
credited, would be enough. The Greer
bureau sent out a story OF DraFaoo Oh
the sinking of a couple Of submarines
Nv our transport ships which nae ~
foundation in truth. OF course II Haoe
tba country feel good for a time, Dut
later every decent American was SIGN
at heart that such piece OF nuncoinoe
should emanate from our onlclai CEN
eorship bureau.
Let the people have the truth al an
.tipes II will not hurt them. 1t IS not
conperheadism to demand that our OIL
c.a1 implicitly bureau refrain from SEND
inc out sea-serpent tales. We oeheVe
in unfolding the president, oot we w
not believe in the parttsanslp tna'
swallows Baron Munchhausen storiee
from any incompetent subordinate .hs
president may have appointed. Inc
president owes 1t to the country "
clear up the situation by admitting the
mistake and taking steps to let peopie
know the truth on subjects on Wh1ch
tnev have the right to ask questions
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

a favorable wheat year, there Will be
an immense surplus, which the govern
ment must take al 81. What will the
government do with it? Probably store
and hold it, and this Surplus will
therefore become pile-driver with
which prices will be beaten down after
the guarantee has expired. The corn
belt farmer can adjust himself to this
situation, but what about the farmer
in the northwest and southwest, where
wheat is the one big crop?
Government price-fixing, whether
dealing with minimum or maximum
prices, is vicious, and justified only
under the most extreme emergency.
The higher the minimum price or the
lower the maximum price, the more
terrific the back Kick. A minimum of
$50 on wheat would have been much
wiser than minimum OF So. With
a short crop the wheat would sell for
more than the minimum. With a large
crop, $3.50 would be ample to give the
grower a good profit. The lower min
inum would not stimulate a largely
increased acreage in the non-wheat
sections, and therefore would not tend
to throw our agriculture so far out Of
balance. II the minimum is to be fixed
By lazy. 1t would be far wiser to hold
1t down to $3.50. 1t would be still wiser
10 let the .aoa central hoard fix the
minimum, after studying. carefully all
OF the factors which should be con-
sidered.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
the BUSINESS FIELD.

The slowing down Of business, GUS
1omarv with the approach Of mid
summer, is accentuated by the uncer-
tainties engendered by international
conditions, and less strength appears
in prices.
Reaction from the extreme levels has
occurred, not only in seasonable food
stuffs, but also in other commodities
in which there had seemed no emo
to the advances, such as in pis iron
and belief that the crest Of some OF
the leading markets has at last been
passed is spread. With expectations
that the yielding tendencies may be-
come more pronounced and general
there is no longer the same rush to
cover far distant wants at almost any
figure, and current commitments are
in many instances confined within the
closest possible limits. Yet in not
few cases needs are still SO press
ing that demands reflect comparatively
little abatement, if any, and in certain
branches which have experienced a
more or less protracted lull in indica-
tons or reviving activity are more
clearly apparent.
The requirements Of the government
are both extensive and varied, involv-
ing great expenditures than had been
thought likely, and most producing in
terests are more concerned with the
problem Of maintaining outputs than
with the question Of securing addition
al contracts from regular buyers. Some
improvement in transportation has
been effected thru the close co-opera-
ton of the railroads and shippers, and
materials and products move with less
delay to points OF destination; but the
growing labor shortage and scattered
strikes act as a brake on manufacture
ing. and operations are made increas
ingly difficult by high temperatures
and humidity in many directions. #.
With a recovery of nearly $1os,000.-
600 in the bank surplus reversal Of the
position of call loans logically became
more pronounced and Tuesdays *
per cent rate approximately little alter
ed in cost appeared On the market in
freer supply. Yet renewed tightening
of the money situation would be any
thing but surprising, for war financ-
ing by this government seems likely
to involve greater sums than was at
first calculated and other demands OF
magnitude must be satisfied.
Hesitancy characterizes operations
IN primary dry goods channels. yet it is
significant that there is much less cas-
ing OF prices than is usual during a
quiet period. Mills have so many con-
tracts booked that they are not press
ing for more, tho the changing attitude
Of consumers, with an evident desire to
economic wherever possible, is no.
disregarded either in manufacturing or
distributing circles.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

raiser living in Wheaton, H., until
1913, when he was appointed to the
federal trade commission. He became
first vice chairman and then chairman
of the commission.
With his other duties Mr.. Hurley ac-
cepted appointment by the secretary OF
commerce in 1913 as trade commission
err to the Latin American republics. Mr..
Hurley has been energetic in promoting
the foreign trade OF the United States,
and it was rumored recently, that Sec
rotary ,Redheld would resign the port
folio OF commerce and that Mr.. Hur-
ley would be appointed to succeed him.
Mr.. Hurley resigned from the FEDERAL
trade commission in January of this
year on the plea that his private bus
mess needed attention, and it was pre-
dicted in Washington at the time that
the president would summon him to
service again before very long.
He was born in Galesburg. H., on
July 81, 1854
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

Bainbridge Colby. new member OF the
shipping board, Is well known New
York lawyer, who came prominently
before the public as one Of the counsel
OF interests which brought about re-
forms in the Equitable Life Assurance
Society following the Hughes !nvesti-
cation in 1866. He was a republican
in politics until the Roosevelt bolt in
1912. when he followed the colonel and
became one of the founders of the
progressive party. He was leader
of this party until Colonel Roosevelt
declined the nomination last year,
when he turned his support to the can
didacy Of President Wilson. Mr.. Colby
has been in many important investiga.
lions and court cases since beginning
his practice in New York in 1892. He
was born in st. Louis on Dec. %. 1853.
No. I, Edward N Hurley; No. 2, Rear
Admiral Washington T.. Caps; No. >
cambridge Colby.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

makes it many enemies, but more
friends. For in the aggregate the peo-
pie are fair. They may be deceived
and deceive themselves, but they are
quick to acknowledge and to rectns
their mistakes. The voice of an in
dividual Is often sordid and peculiarly
self-seeking but the voice Of q whole
people is the voice Of God in the f1nal
ANALYSIS. And so the newspaper that
boldly champions the right as II sees
it best finally finds its justification with
the people themselves. Taken as
whole the press is righteous power
in America. 1t deserves the commence
of rulers and public alike.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

Rear Admiral washington Lee Caps,
chosen by President Wilson to succeed
General Goethals as general manager
Of the emergency feet corporation. has
won distinction as chief constructor OF
the navy department and is credited
with being largely responsible for the
development of the American dread
naught. The skeleton. or basket, mast
was one Of his ideas for the improve
ment of fighting vessels. it is said
Rear Admiral Caps was born IN
Portsmouth, Va. in 1864, and was
graduated from the naval AGA denny IN
1884, He was appointed assistant navai
constructor in 1883 and was promoted
to naval constructor In 1895. he was
stationed at the Brooklyn navy yaro
from 1889 to 1892 and with the bureau
of construction and repair in Washlns-
ton from 1892 to 1895. He was on the
staff of Admiral Dewey in 1888, ana
from 1901 to 1908 he was head OF the
construction department OF the Brooh-
lyn navy yard In the latter year ne
became chief constructor Of the navy
and chief Of the bureau Of construction
and repair. with the rank OF rear ao-
miral. In 1910 he resigned from iha'
post and received a permanent com.
mission as chief constructor, In 1910
no was appointed by President "Ason
to represent the United States Al Inc
international maritime conference IN
London, and he was chairman OF the
conference committee on safety OF con-
struction.
Edward N. Hurley, who takes the
place OF William Denman as cnair
man Of the shipping board, is a mo
Of the Wilson administration he was
a prosperous manufacturer and stoch
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
Masonic Meetings
v,.t%or, Away, weieome

MARSHALL LODGE. No. 1903 A. F. q
A. M.-No work tonight. VIII no'1ty
later. John w. Wells, secretary; W.
H. Steiner. w. NJ.
sjeNEr CHAPTER. No. SO, r. A, MI
stated convocation Monday eVen!ns'
July Is, at s o'clock. Business sessiUil'
Carl shaffner, H. P: John w. Wells
secretary.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & S. M. NON
dav July 80. 1880. For work. Dinner
al $50. IT. Forbes, recorder; George
Gregory, I. NJ.
SPECIAL coNcLAVE, St Aldernar
commandery. No. 80. K. t. Iuesoas,
August IA, 1880. For work. oroer ol
the Temple. L T. Forbes, recoroer'
H. C. Mueller, commander.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. g. o: Z.
ESPECIAL meeting for initiation Weo-
nesday. Aug. s. at 8 p. m. Mrs. Heorse
Downing, secretary; Mrs. J. E. Fred
erick. W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
A GOOD THING AFTER ALL.
rDayenport Democrat

The Davenporters who arranged to
bring Anti Draft Agitator Wallace to
Davenport seem to have rendered the
country service that they were not
counting upon. While Wallace boasts
Of having been arrested forty-eight
times. and expecting It every week, ne
found city here that shows its pat
riotism In more methodical ways than
most places where they stop his
harangues. Davenport took the pre-
caution to get the evidence in advance.
and 1t is quite possible that wallace
dened the laws Of his country just
once too often.
So what looked simply Ike m uIi-
necessary and unwarranted attempt y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
IOWA OPINION AND NorIs.


"The fact that Story and Hamilton
counties have sent their full quota OF
men to the army, and no one Is forced
to enlist in the big new national army
leaves the opportunity still open TOT
any young man to be went. other
counties can send their sents, but II
feels better to be went" boasts the
Story City Herald
1.-The lawyer who alleges duty 10
client as an excuse for conspiracy
against the PUBLIC interests. is trying 10
foil the public asserts the Sioux CITY
Tribune. .He always knows better.
The Webster City Freeman Tribune
says 1t is in order for the boards OF
supervisors Of the various counties III
Iowa to get busy and appoint roaa
patrolmen. as the law provides. NO"
is the time to do it."
"Ollie James shouldn't handle that
word copperhead too glibly." advises
the Mason City Globe-Gazette. Cop
perheads flourished once upon time
over close to the James bailiwick.
Can not the southern fellows VINO
are in the saddle let up in their greco
in time Of national necessities" IN
ouires the Cedar Rapids Republican.
"One Of the saddest chapters In hu-
man life is that which permits GOOD
mother to rear a son to MANHOOD, fuli-
orbed physically and mentally, ana
then have that son commit felony
and be forced to pay the penalty OF the
law by FORGETTING his liberty" observes
the Iowa Falls Sentinel.
Possibly it was a strategic error for
those Russian women to show Ivan
how much better they can do it, sus-
gests the Sioux City Journal.
"The suggestion that the Iowa attor-
ney general do things to the food spec
ulators does not seem to frighten
them" the Sibley Tribune remarks.
There Is no blue law against them
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
Topics of the Times

Anyhow, when those lady warriors,
Russ and German. meet they don't
kiss each other first and say How
do you do, dear" before they start
sharpshooting.
The Manson Democrat predicts $500
an acre land. But the Democrat evil
IDENTIFY is thinking Of the asking and
selling price and not Of the valuation
for taxation.
Member that story Of the Holland
boy and the dyke? Well, pretty soon
We'll be having the same kind Of
stories in the Second reader relating
the determined fealty Of the Iowa road
patrol holding back the waves Of Iowa
mud holes.
Considerable complaint is coming
from the countrysides that Watch and
Rover howl all night on the chain.
But what would that command Of
death do If the banners Of the foe were
emblazoned Was $3.50, marked down
to s9.39"?
Surely if Iowa is to provide for the
dependents of the guardsmen 1t will
never refuse similar aid to those Of the
drafted men. Iowa will not make fish
Of one and flesh Of another. And we
might as we'll come to the nub of the
matter at once and make ready to do
our duty to the dependents Of those
who are to fight our battles.
Tolstoy predicts that the Russian
peasants will rally to the flag and save
Russia That's the only way 1t can be
done. The saving of any country IL
always up to It's common people.
The physical examinations are like
ly to prove astonishing in the number
Of physically unfit revealed. And those
are to be left behind while the perfect
specimens are to dare the dangers.
| Speaking Of eugenics, war hasn't any
| thing in common with eugenics.
We will not need to wait much long
er Ior so.s-2-eec. fnnd control tn be-
come unnecessary. The spectators
will again have control because they
will have the food.
Mentioning that three year guess OF
Kitchener's. it's a pity that it didn't
include that the war wouldn't last
longer than three years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

divide opinion here in regard 10 tne
war may have removed a troublesome
agitator from the stump. 1t has sue.
ceeded also in Its original purpose OIL
stirring up considerable bitter ieehhs'
which should not be- courted IN any
community.
Locally, the incident wac most un
fortunate one, but the country as
whole is to be congratulated that wal
lace was put upon record and prooa osS
will be silenced thruout thesrest OF the
oeriod OF his country's need OF unoi-
vided loyalty.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

The electric companies in California
since they came under the control OF
the railroad commission, have spent
more than 500, 900. 900 in extensions and
betterments.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

we are living. denying to ourselvesythe
bisuess Of that thing which It u to be
a man, to be child Of God! phillips
Brooks Il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
Iona Newspapers
"COPPERHEADS."

It Is both strange and amusing to
read Of eouthernsrs in congress brand
ing northern members as copperheads
and traitors. Such seems to be the
irony Of fate. This thing of branding
everyone who does not just agree with
you as traitor smacks So much OF
autocracy, kaiserism, and despotism
and is 80 out Of place in a free and
democratic country that it is most dis
gushing. The writer has realized from
the beginning that such hysteria should
be stopped, for 1t leads to the dungeon,
the bastile, and the guillotine. II starts
out by getting the other fellow and
ends up by getting you.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

The monthly output Of heavy guns.
during 1s15-1s in England "t:s + more
than six times what 1t was during
19l4-15
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
Work Once Deemed Curse.

Work Once Deemed Curse.
a few hundred years ago men
deemed labor to be curse laid upon
them for "disobedience" in old Adj
ans time. Now we know that labor
u our greatest blessing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
FAr.sp zoPEs IN THE DRAFT.

lSeOdI fIdplOS ftepupi!CdH.J
From cases that have been called to
our attention, we must conclude that
many young men are given bad advice
in connection with the draft. 1t is apt
to be that 20 and so has told them
that they can get out Of it." II they
will put up the proper statement.
Some Of these, hopes are based upon
considerations that will receive but
scant attention when presented and
the young men will be sorely disap-
pointed. The rules which have been laid
down by the national government are
quite explicit. and the boards that will
pass on the cases submitted to them
Will have to abide hy4sthem. strictly.
They are given ifttle oW'ns ieeHay. The
members Of the exemption boards must
be glad that their duties are 90 closely
defined by the government, for it is a
matter in which men naturally do not
want to follow their own inclinations.
There are certain drafted men who
will be entitled to plead exemptions, but
in the end 1t will be that SO many have
to go and the more who are exempted
at the top of the list. the farther down
the list the draft Will reach, but the
quotas will be fully filled.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

Oh, the l....ene.. 9of the lives that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
The Plaxaoer.

does your husband 80 out to smoke
between the acts7" "No, he comes in
- wstcA the play between drinks"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

This Is all very Interesting except
that 1t does not apply to Sioux City.
There is no hard coal for sale at $13
per ton in Sioux City. Neither is Hi
nois coal obtainable at 81 per ton. AS
for Iowa coal very little If any, Of 1t Is
handled on the local market.
If the Ames engineers will inform
the public how to obtain coal at the
prices quoted and how to burn it. there
will be big boom In the coal business
here Immediately.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
TILE GREEDY COAL OPERATORS.
Huntington Hsw%eve

The coal operators Of Illinois obsti-
nately refuse to cut the price Of their
product A special committee OF the
state council Of defense OF Illinois con-
ferred with the owners OF the mines
in an endeavor to induce them to have
heart" but the coal men ecorned all
propositions to be decent.
Such an exhibition Of unpatr,otic
hoggishness is calculated to arouse the
ire Of the mildeet hammered citizen.
The state OF Illinois and the federal
government must take cognizance Of
the coal monopoly. The federal food
control bill contains provisions for
handling this matter. but when this
weapon will be at the disposal Of the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30
IOWA AND IMPORTED COAL.
CSioux City Tribune.]

The engineering department of Iowa
State College has issued circular urg-
ing the use Of Iowa coal Experiments
In heating an eight-rooEn house shows
the following results:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

Lowden proposes special session of
the legislature as a means Of enacting
drastic legislation to relieve the situa-
ton. 1t would indeed be a serious
state Of affairs should the coal operat-
ors be permitted to continue their
high handed banditry unm oleeted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

Mentioning that three year guess Of
Kitchener's. it's pity that it didn't
include that the war wouldn't last
longer than three years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

"The lawyer who alleges duty to a
client as an excuse for conspiracy
against the PUBLIC interests. is trying 10
foil the public asserts the Sioux Citv
Tribune. ''He always knows better.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

ollie James shouldn't handle that
word copperhead too glibly,' ADVISES
the Mason City Globe-Gazette. Top
perheads flourished once upon time
over close to the James bailiwick.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-07-30

Can not the southern fellows VINO
are in the saddle let up in their greco
in a time Of national necessities IN
auires the Cedar Rapids Republican.