Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-23
LOCAL COMMENT

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Another drive has been III progress
this week for worthy public object,
| and the grea- majority have met the
| committees With courtesy and gen.
| crosby. ana the project is going to
succeed, as all determined projects do.
The Very few. however, have failed
either III courtesy or response or both.
as very few always do. 1t would
seem that time would educate them as
to the extreme error of the crouch.
Public fund raising has been reduced
TO an exact science in this conmun-
ity. 1t is being managed by men who
know how, and the average citizen
can afford to meet any assessment
made by the general appraising COM
mittee without protest fo;' he can de-
pend upon it that if he has been over
rated. the committee will adjust his
tax, and that the whole load is not
being dropped upon the willing few
People heretofore have always been
too quick to whip the horse that was
pulling. Today Marshalltown's team
work is in charge OF men, who in
sist that the whole team shall pull.
and big loads re being moved without
straining the lead team. To crouch
and then give. destroys the good will
that should come to every loyal con-
tributor. To refuse TO give. destroys
ones self respect. and forces some
one else TO pa ones fare on the COM
mon carriers of our community life,
which makes MarshaIltoWn such
good town in which to live and do
business. To both crouch and refuse,
alienates the affections and respect OF
large groups Of men, and dwarfs ones
own self respect, until the habit OF
hiding and lodging makes a man feel
small and mean, and at wax with all
the things that the majority of other
men take deligh, in doing for the good
OF their town. The best way is 70 keep
books on ones contributions. The
average man Will be surprised to learn
how far away he really IS from the
Jewish doctrine of tithes Those who
would enjoy the privilege accorded
them under the new tax law of de-
Quoting from their taxable income all
OF their contributions. not exceeding Is
per cent of their income, will find that
they viii have to come again and
again, before they can reach the full
amount of deduction allowed.
People should understand that the
government is determined to have
every family save enough from its
normal consumption OF goods, to in
vest in war savings stamps TO the eN-
tent Of $50 per capita, during the year.
The government really does not want
these stamps purchased out Of money
on hand now Present cash on hand
should be reserved for Liberty loans.
War savings stamps should be pur-
chased out II savings that can be
made from now on. 1t is the saving
that the government wants more than
the money, because the money could
be raised in Liberty loans or taxes.
People are asked and expected to save
at the rate Of 30 cents per week for
each member OF the family. They
should sign pledges to this effect and
if they do not do il. committees will
be sent Mack 10 remind them Of their
duty. The government requires the
postoffice to he able to report those
who refuse to save, when the govern
ment al war. asks its people to save
and help win the war.
The county road patrol is going 70
give us better roads, because the pa
trolls are employed to do road work
as their main business. Farmers must
Of necessity farm. when the farming is
good and do road WORK some other
time. The county board should now
post a sign board on each road dis
trict containing the name Of the pa
trolman for that district. It would
rake him -e-So-all,- reSn0DSibla for
his district. and It would direct the
public as TO who should be seen about
repairs.
The city should not protest the pro-