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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
WHY BUTTER IS so HIGH.

one of the causes for the high price
of butter is disclosed in the report Of
the state dairy commissioner who finds
a reduced production in Iowa cream
cries of 100000 pounds for the past
year The columns of the T.-R. are
full of ads offering dairy cows for
sale Until the last and recent rise in
market price of butter it has been less
profitable TO feed cows than to sell
the grain and a countrywide movement
to sell out has been started among
dairymen.
At present prices for butter farmers
can afford 10 milk cows again and the
rehabilitation of the army which re-
lieves the acute labor shortage on the
farms will make it possible for many
farmers to return to dairying but the
prospect for urban populations is for
high prices for butter for some time TO
come.
Before the world war the United
states received from foreign countries
more dairy products than it shipped
abroad We were in fact renting many
millions Of cows from other countries
in the COW products We bought. Since
the war destroyed dairy herds and
dairy industry abroad Europe is now
using the products from ten times as
many of our cows as we were using
OF other nations cows before the war.
This reversal of demand should have
inflated butter prices moro than il did
hut the sanr abnormal demand inflated
the price of grains until dairymen in
this country discovered more profit in
selling grain at war prices than in
milking cows at war prices.
Butter prices today offer a profit in
milking. Farmers should stop their
| rush to close out Decreased produc-
| ton and abnormal demand will keep
| butter prices up. Europe can restore
! it's supply Of grain before it can re-
store its dairy herds. There Will be q
| time in the immediate future when
! grain goes down and the milking OF
COWS becomes more profitable than ii
ever was before.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23

on this line. We have seen the mem
bers of a great fraternal society in the
state appealed to in fineely framed
phrases to get behind and support a
certain candidate for judicial honors.
The fact that such q letter was sent
out made it clear to all men worthy
and capable of filling such an office
that the writer should not be selected.
But the plan worked. A few inter-
ested workers in each precinct in the
state put over candidate because the
great mass of the voters were indif-
ferent.
Herein lies the dnger in this law.
The shop,ifter does his or her work
when the eyes of people are turned
in the other direction. And the store
which conducts its business on the
theory that there are no shoplifters.
will soon find itself out of business
This will be as true OF the business
of the people What is needed in the
conduct of the judicial business OF the
people Is a law which makes it prac-
tically impossible for a shyster to go
onto the bench This was practically
impossible' under the old law. 1t is
possible under this new law-much
more so than under the old law FOR
this reason the law should be re-
pealed. 1T is dynamic with danger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
Iowa Newspapers
A ROLAND SCHOOL HOLIDAY
TSto~y CITY Herald. I

We are not claiming that the school
boys of Roland are shrewder than most
boys. but when it comes to wanting
d day off from school when trapping IS
good, they resort to extreme measures
to accomplish their purpose. The other
Gay q bunch Of them came to school
wearing the same clothes they used
while skinnns skunk. After school
had assembled and the room had be-
CUR to warm ap the skunk odor began
to manifest itself At this juncture
one of the boys raised his hand and
said, Teacher there must BE d SHiir't
in the room somewhere, i just can't
stand this smell any longer. it's max
ing me sick Then the teacher got
alarmed, got upon chair and ordered
the boys to make a search. BY this
time all the boys were getting sick
and one suggested that school had bet
ter adjourn This idea met with the
promp approval by both teacher, who
was still occupying high position.
and all the boys. After the room had
been cleared the janitor was ordered
to make thorough search for the
skunk. In about twenty minutes the
boys could be seen hiking out in every
direction with traps and bait prepar-
atory to big catch that night. One
yelled across the field to another and
said 1T worked out fine you bet"
Some day every one Of these boys will
be in congress or ambassadors abroad.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
ONE WAY TO HELPoUR ALLIES.

The house finance committee at
Wash.ngton has turned dawn a. very
pra ct!cablc ana sensible piNN proposed
by Secretary McAdoo for loNtins men
cy IL our allied governments for re-
c. "tr lction purposes. II wNul have
snah ed the United states :, help its
a..ies to thu extent of the difference
| in y q rate ~ interest at wH,rh money
can be hor~owed by rncl, sam oni
that which tther eoyernmcnts must
| o.. The IN, uey aonld all b. spcnt in
! our cwn country for goods which are
needed abroad.
I While Europe is repairing the vast
age of war immense purchases of goods
must be made in this country; more
than can be paid for with either money
Or goods in exchange Europe must
! buy on credit in the markets of the
! United States and France and England
viii have to sell their government
bonds TO private Investors in this
country in order to establish credits
upon which to draw in payment for
GOODS if our own government refuses
TO lend to them.
Instead of our government humlliat-
ing other self respecting nations by
Offering to cancel their war debts to US.
as some scntmentalists have proposed,
McAdoo would give them the advant
age OF our governments superior credit
in its own money markets. He would
save them about ! per cent annual in
terest by Borrowing on our own bonds
and lending to allied governments at
the same rate. This margin Of per
cent saved annually would in 4 period
of fifty years pay OFF the principal and
accomplish a cancellation Of the debt
in fact without placing any nation UNI
der obligations for public aims. 1t is
a scientifically sound business plan
and ought " be accepted 10y congress.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
Billy Bunny and H;s Friends

Well. just as the little rabbit cane
| to Rabbtville a trolley car came by. "a
he held up his striped candy cane and
! the motorman put on the brakes ana
then the little rabbit hoped on board
and the lady bunny conductor rang
the bell three times and . half anC
away they went to Bunnybridge. JUL
over Clover river.
."Helloa. Billy Bunny" said q v0tcl
as the little rabbit sat down. and thsf
in the middle Of the car sat SQuirrl
Nutcracker. He was reading
Chestnut Times and laughing ov(
Miss Hazel Nuts jokes.
Come over and sit BY rne. BIZ
Bunny said Old squire Nutcracke
Here's something shout your unelV
Mr. Lucky Lefthindfoot." And then
started to read:
'Mr. Lucky Lefthindfoot has just r.
painted his house on the corner OF La
tuce avenue and Carrot street. He sey
he must have his house nice and whit
70 he can see it late at night.
And then Squirrel Nutcrackel
laughed some more, and he laughed 81
hard that hickory nut rolled out
his coat pocket and fell OF the LADY
conductors little toe and made he
dreadfully angry. for she thought Ritly
Bunny had shot the nut out OF hia
little popgun. you know.
! And just then the trolley bell began
to ring like everything, and in the nexq
story you shall hear! what -happencu.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
Tories L" the Times

When the bolsheviki are busted" in
| Russia and Germany they will natural
| ly strike out for the United states
where bolshevikists are giving leeway
Of speech and where bolshcvikism VIII
continue profitable for agitators. The
| immigration laws should lie so amend
ed as to keep out of this country per-
| manently every such offscouring OF
Europe. Let Europe kill her own
snakes ...
Next year the American tourist will
crowd Europe. After that money
should be easy over there. For mighty
little of it that goes over will come
hack with those who carried it,
The league of peace viii probably
simmer down to an allied alliance
which is about all that is to be boiled
out of it.
We used to send students of eugi-
neering over to Germany TO finish them.
This time we sent engineers over TO
finish Germany. And they did it
promptly.
Of course the roads are a little rough
but it's Christmas and what's u little
rough road between the farm and the
city just before Christmas?
~. ,
serious trouble why not use the steel
in those German ships for Belgian re-
construction rather than TO counsel the
silly plan Of sinking fleet? The roll
ing mills know how to make beams
out Of junk and the Belgians and
French will find a place TO put them
after they are made But why destroy
shipping when the world needs it? In
order to keep Hog Island or two busy
while the hoggins is good?
1t appears now that the eX-kaiser
had earaChe He would surely have
had earache Il he had been listening.
One big railroad is asking for 5000
men at once. Suppose Mr.. Lane looks
the labor field over before sending the
boys off TO farm an arid patch Of
southwestern sand and sage brush.
A post Office administration which
couldn't get the letters to and from the
soldiers doesn't strike the average bust.
ness man as presicely the one best bet
in telegraph and telephone control.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
CAREFUL WITH BURNT MATCHES.

Wallstreet men We're talking abou
the Upton challenge and arguing as
to whether or not it should be accepte d
at cost for preparation Of approx
mately 100000 to the New York
Yacht Club when one of the best
known bankers in Wall street broke in
thus: 4
,"EroG ny viewpoint, :his :s rct the
time to he thinking about sucn things.
Personally. it is not the contribution
that | will be asked to put up that
makes any difference. It is the ex-
ample that vii be set to the men who
today are being told that the cost of
living--which, il" the last analysis, is
the cost of labor-must come down be-
fore the country can go ahead again.
To talk that way and then spend ST.,
100000 on a boat race would not he
consistent. These are days when thc
men who can think straight must keep
both feet on solid ground and be
mighty careful where they throw
burnt matches"
According to the Wall street Ger
respondent from whom the story came
money is to continue high II is eS-
planned by those who argue the con-
tinuanee Of high interest rates tlIat "a
man who wanted to subscribe during
the year for more bonds than he could
pay for went to his bank and borrowed
money. In turn the bank vert to It's
federal reserve bank and borrowed
money putting pp liberty loan .',onds
or treasury cert iieates sas' collateral.
Now the federal reserve banks, 1t waf.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23

railway costs OF operation incroa0
more. The railways prophecies
loss having been verified, they q
now suing In the Court Of Claims 8
more suitable payment for ssrviq
upon which the Post Office claims
surplus while the railwayS are Ia ~
perate financial condition. ~
Treasury In facing a loss on 'railWl
operation at me Same time that
Post Office Is claiming surplus.
That the Post Office Is not scrup
lous regarding the manner In which
earns its surpluses appears from
manner In which II scrapped
pneumatic tubes in several cities
large loss to the owners In cOntrd
with the department, and from =
manner In which now 1t Is proposS
TO pay for the wire services It cove
However agreeable II might be to q
the Post Office maze profits. there
reason to doubt that lis ca2acity
make them equal its onhusiasm I'd
the attempt Also. there Is reason ID
regret that the, department has 8,
often shown Its readiness to print q
private loss. rather than by economy
efficiency, or that initiative by which
private enterprise shines In compari
son with Government. It Ii not usu
ally called initiative tc take othe
peoples profits away against thsa
will.
Private profit is large because !
supplies the guarantee OF success
which Mr.. Burleson could not pro
vide II he would. For that.reason OF
ficials make proposals rashly. wtthou
the SENSE OF responsibility which &C
companies the risk Of financial loss
One test of the soundness OF . busines
proposal is The amount OF the pro
poser's cash in the enterprise. Blu
Sky" promoters like to make thsi
ventures with the resources OF others
They: win IL the venture succeed
their dupes lose II it fails. Mr.. Dur
Lesson has no hope Of money pron'
but he is like the Blue SKY" pro
moters in thay he ventures the Coy
eminent credit without responsibtut'
for loss if there is one according Z
the normal course Of the anairs Q
his observation-disclosures York Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
Public Ut;h;t;ss. and Private Profj(

Mexico nov thinks that the supply
OF oil Is public utility. The legts-
iatLrc of Louisiana a few years Axo
thought that tho supply OF sugar was
a. public utility. Anything 10 capable
OF being made public utility under
laws enacted by jealous experiment.
ers at public risk. Postmaster Gen
eral Burlcson thinks that the wire
services are public utility, and pro-
poses to buy them for the public by
applying for twenty-five years the
difference between ~ per cent In
terest on national bonds and per
cent dividends on the properties now
privately owned.
The prospectus Is pleasing, bu,
there Is no guarantee. There Is no
record for these properties OF q quar-
ter century's dividend NJ that rate,
and the art is one In which discovery
makes capital investment hazardous.
There is no doubt that the government
could borrow at the rate proposed Tor
that purpose Bonds ISSUED to save
the nations life, when defeat or death
was the alternative, are now selling
near per cent, and the rate would
bark on trade spcculations. II In
twenty five wears the result should
differ from the promise, Mr.. Burle-
son would not be In office to- be called
to account for the misadventurc, and
a Judgment against his party would
be derisory. .--'
rain considering the merit Of the pro-
posal, cit Is necessary TO consider the
authority on which II Is made. I'm
fortunately. MI Burleson's financial
authority is a liability rather than an
asset, for his department as well a.
for himself. The Post Office custom
arily earns deficit upon its own
showing. and has been capable OF
claiming profit which no certified
accountant has verified, or would. on
any commercial basis. There is now
current a statement OF loss incurred
where recently the Postmaster Cen
eral promised profit for both the
railways and himself. and which nell
Their will realize. The Post Onice De-
partment procured q law altering the
manner in which the department
payments to the railways were caicu-
lated by arguing that the railways
would earn more railway mail pay b.
leasing car space than by collecting on
a tonnage basis. In 1917 railway mail
pay decreased se,s16.00o. In 1913 UP
to Novembe. mail pay decreased
s4.7sO,0OO. Over those periods all
other railway earnings increased, and
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
IBy David Cory.l

Dy LAWN WY y
Old Professor Crow in his little Black
Rook.
Tells how to catch the fishes with a
hook
So you. Simple Simon. with your
mothers pail,
Listen to Professor Crow if you'd catch
a whale.
Now I've made a mistake or Pro-
fesor Grow has for this IL not fish
ing time let me tell you. when the snow
is on the ground and Mr.. North Wind
Is blowing the snow thru the crack
under the front door. ~ :" $40
Haven't you made a mistake?
asked little Billy Bunny as the old
crow started to read a lesson on hsh-
ing.
We'll, I declare" said Professor
Crow. Maybe I'm getting, old. I've
turned to the wrong place" And then
he opened the book at page 80 and
read: ~ EE
.Dingfs. 1dingle, trolley car.
The motorman Is my papa,
And while the boys are Over There
Ny mother rings up every fare.
"Ha. ha," laughed Billy Bunny. The
Rabbitvile trolley cars have LADY
bunny conductors and off he hopped
to take ride for he had five carrot
cents in his knapsack.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
Painful Dental Work.

In the time Of Nero there were pro-
fessional dentists who could replace
lost teeth with artificial ones made
of sycamore wood. which were fas-
tened to their natural neighbors with
gold wire. A gold plate with several
teeth attached has been found In an
Etruscan tomb. But those dentists
knew nothing Of the art Of excavating
and filling cavities. When tooth be-
came too painful they removed II, not
by pulling II but by prying it out In
a manner that must have been most
distressing to the sufferer.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
NON PARTISAN JUDICIAL LAW.

ICOuncll BluHS .NOnpdIeii.J
Strange as it may seem there &C.
casiOnally appears on the surface IN.
POLITICAL discussion a defender of the
ron partisan judicial law. These He-
tenders can invariably be CLASSIFIED IN
one of two divisions. First, those to
whom the theory Of the law appeals
with great force. 1t is a beautl1ul
theory. In the millennium, when all
men, as we'll as all judges, are perfect
when we don't need judges. in fact
this beautiful non partisan theory viii
work admira bly,. That time has not
yet arrived The second bunch OF sup
porters Of this laW are its bene-
ficiaries-the fellows who secured
place under it's provisions which they
could not have obtained In any other
way. These are not numerous. there
are only few, just now and the one
in the realm Of the higher court,
only one.
In addition to these theorists ana
hcncGc:ar:cs Of The lay there shnnld
he added few politicians. A rev ,ol
these boys never had look In under
the old law and they favor the new
plan because UNDER its PROVISIONS
there is q chance of coping on here
and there a plum which would othef-
wise be dead sure to go to the other
fellows. The politician is always on,
the lookout. He wants cinch IL he
can get it and. failing in this. he looks
for a chance.
The Waterloo Times-Tribune pc
longs to the political class Of non
partisan judicial law supporters. Ine
r. T. argues that when less than hal1
the voters casting ballots vote for
candidates for judicial places that
these few voters represent the most
thoughtful elements in the community
and therefore, really represent
cleaner and better judgment than -
expressed where more votes are cast
There is color in this contention put
not much substance. The fact that q.
large percentage of voters are going
TO pass up the judicial ticket because
they are careless and thoushtless Oh
fers golden opportunity olthets polit-
icaI charlatan or to the selfish or pre- !
indiced interest which desires to serve
itself z A IN III ii yyi ss;s &.
We have had luminous experience
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Welcome.


MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1903 A. F,
A. M-Spccal communication Friday,
Dec -, at 80 p. III. Third degree.
h. +. English, w. NJ; John w. Wells,
secretary.
SlGNET CHAPTER. No. SO. r. a. N.
Special convoCation Monday evening
Dec. %. at 100. Past and most excel
lent degrees. IRA NJ. Davenport II. r.
John w. Wells, secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, Kina Solo
mon Council No. 20. r. & S. NJ, Mon
day. Dec Is. 1913, $40. Regular
business and election OF officers. T.
Forbes. recorder; George Gregory. I. NJ
Special Conclave ST. Aldemar Com
r,andery No. 80, X. T., "Wednesday,
Dec. %. II o'clock. Christmas obsorv-
ance. ]. E. Frederick. commander;
John w. Wells. recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81, o. E. S.
Special meeting Wednesday evening,
Jan. s. 7:3o for installation. Mrs.
Archer Walton, secretary. Mrs. Cora
Wiley, W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23

have become involved in an under
ground deal which seemingly. connects
them with the robbery of three boz
cars on the NJ < St. l.. railway. Both
following what seems a preponderance
of evidence against them, were bound
over to await action of the Crane
jury.
For the period OF about one month
their activities in Mason City have
been ascertained There is abundan'
evidence Of night hawking. morally
deficient women, bad whiskey at $500
a pint and chance acquaintance VINO
shifted about from town to town 1oi
devious reasons.
And with it all. the leader of the two
men was an experienced telesrapher
a man who formerly helG responsible
positions. What led him to start on
the downgrade isn't exactly known
but one suspects the reason.
Bad whiskey. bad women and oac
hours have done awaJ with more
Young men than have the former
kaiser's millions or the mysterious
germs which are disseminating the
FLU" t~--
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23

being argued In some quarters OF Wall
street today, are going to keep money
rates high until these loans secured
by liberty bonds and treasury ccrti-
iiCitcs are paid or In other words, the
federal reserve banks are not soins TO-
make it easy for the national and
state hanks 10 cary these si,Sis,Oe ,oGo
loans.
II Is no time to he careless where
we throw burnt matches. And that Is
as true OF all communities as II -
true in Wall street. Until the debts are
paid of thrifty and careful expendi-
ture are plain precautionary measures.
Watch your burnt matches.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
CHANCES Away. Going On.

Nothing in nature Is absolutely per
manent. Changes are going on slowly.
but steadily. every moment. parts OF
the earth being elevated above the sea,
parts sinking below it, the ocean wear
ing away the coast in one place and
building it out in another, and so on
to infinity.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23
THE DOWNGRADE. 4
Mason City Globe Gazette. ]

Mason City Globe Gazette.1
Yesterdays GInha- Gazette contained
a chapter in he life Of two. men which
should serve as warning to young
men who are not careful as to their
associates. The two men. one of them
far gone in dissipation. the othersstill
Young talented, an artist and a man
who speaks two foreign languages,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23

When we begin to make excuses -
ourselves, we may be tolerabiy sure
that the act which requires such treat.
ment had something wrong about
somewhere. That which is souuA
needs no ointment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-12-23

American labor will find it hard to
take much stock in the unprecedented
prosperity predicted by American bust
ness men if the latter go thru with
their scheme to 'liquidate, wages" says
the Cedar Rapids Gazette.