Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-06-06
Topics Of the Times

division iabbed at the Huns with their
bavonets on the Picardy front they
struck fifteenth century breast plate
! arrnor. and Henry Ford's factory is
| turning out a new kind Of helmet
which will cover the neck and ears.
This war may yet revive the Appian
Way with its long low wall along It's
| entire length for stepping block
without which heavily arrlored lesions
would have been unable to mount their
horses.
II it pieases the women to know how
many female citizens bought liberty
bonds we'll and good. but TO organize
a bond drive for women only looks very
much like the proposed tax on bach
elors.
Overlooked lands should be planted
10 sorghum or sweet corn for the siios
or to rnillet for the feed lot Even the
good Old fashioned buckwheat will find
market in these days Of wheat sub
stitutes II there is sorghum syrup 10
go with it.
That may have been a fair si2ed
food In 1891, but who Is there that can
| remember all the railroads around
| Marshalltown being washed out at the
| same time?
Except where the river subInerges II
the new graveled road to Albion Is
good hard road today in spite Of all this
rain, Motor traffic would be unin-
terrupted II our main roads were sur
faced as this one has been.
1t has been reported to the Marshall
town Club that the country roads OF
every county adjoining ours are better
maintained than are the roads OF this
county. There must be reason.
The supreme court OF the United
states has held that q stock dividend
is not taxable income because it is
not income at all. 1t is the same piece
OF the whole pie cut into two pieces,
but the stakeholder gets no more pie
than he had before.
War taxes on top OF poor farming
or almost no farming at all has taken
s440 out Of each S. of income from
the great landed estates OF the Eng
ltsh nobility. When the war IS over
and agitation Is renewed to have the
government purchase these estates Tor
distribution among its people there
Will not be much complaint among the
artstocrats.
Increased taxes upon incomes above
the $4,000 marx are planned Instead OF
reducing exemptions 20 as to tax in
comes under that amount
CONGRESSMAN Woods' troubles in the
recent primary may be ascribed large
~ to absenteeasm. 1t was soft snap
TO 1--we IN WASHINGTON and draw SAL
ary for representing an Iowa district
| but new crop OF voters grew up who
| had never made the acquaintance Of
their long time congressman.
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We do not yet need our women IN
the fields but We do need them n the
| hospitals. Volunteer nurses are needed
| by the thousands. Retired farmers and
high schooi boys can pIow the corn
1sn't It astonishing how manly and
| matured boy looks VINO comes home
| from a few months training in the
| army or navy? Let parents realize
that ali is nc. lost when a lad engages
| In this man sized work OF making a
! figating force for his country.
| The government Is planning to
| double the number Of men under arms
| next year, to double war expenditures
and that means that taxes viii be
| doubled, bond issues Will be doubled
| and war fund contributions viii have
| 70 be doubled. We might as we'll get
ready Tor it by putting in our coal
| now and have that much out Of the
| way.