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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
BUR At THAT

The government has ruled that poker
winnings are income to be rendered in
income reports to the tax man to be
added to the other gains of the fortu-
nate player and such portion as is
Caesars rendered to Caesar after the
suggested that the best way to get
money was to take it away from those
who have it.
Nothing is said, however, Of tho
losses. They are not to be subtracted
when the session with the income per-
son takes place. The income person
in this case considers income and not
outgo. Otherwise some unlucky folks
would have no income tax at all.
This is not the first time that poker
has touched the hem of the garment
of government. Heretofore it has not
been fully legitintized and bold to
hold up its head. But the poker game
has tiptoed and peeked in on govern
ment since Minister Schenk and one
Mr.. Hoyle made poker famous. 1t has
over in Illinois, as witness the three
recalcitrant legislators who won large
sums in a poker game one night and
voted right next day. Suppose they
had been obliged to pay income tax on
the winnings,
The government is poking it's nose
far into private affairs. Next thing
we know it will mingle in the rhum
game and collect on baseball pools and
mayhap break into the foursome, de-
handing it's split on winnings, and
even stand over the kelley game in
the poolhall and grab its share; for
government is not as blind as the
policeman who doesn't want to see.
War has its terrors beyond those of
the battlefelds and the sea lanes. The
government periScopes are poking up
here and there, everywhere, seeking
contra band. 1t casts its shadow over
the little room where the boys meet
to tear open a new pack and amuse
themselves and who knows when it
will pop up to peer over the shoulders
Of the rhum game and tag like a lazy
caddy behind the little syndicate.
Sure these be 'parlous times" when
government snoops about the kitchens
and peeks into the flour bins and into
stored and houses about seeking poker
winnings to devour and goeth up and
down the earth asking purchase of lib
erty bonds on assessed valuations and
so on and so forth
But at that, what are you going to
do about it?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
Billy Bunny and His Friends

and went back to Mrs. Weasel, WIN
put cold cream over his whiskers ana
made him lie down for while on the
divan with steamer rug over him.
After everything was quiet and tho
birds began to sing again. for they
were nearly frightened to death when
the little rabbits gun went of, Uncle
Lucky and Billy Bunny hoped into
the Luckymobile and drove away, and
by and by, not so very far, they camel
to a place that was very stony and of
course Uncle Lucky was afraid the
tires on the Luckymobile might gej
broken, so he stopped and hoped Quit
to look about him. And while he was,
doing this he heard voice say:
''Why do you come to this stony place,
You have no right to be near;
This is no road it's the home Of Toad
So hurry and get out Of here"
Whats. your Manner asked Uncle
Lucky and he took his card case
from his yellow waistcoat pocket and
picked out card on which was writ
ten in purple letters Mr.. Lucky Left
hindfoot Lettuce avenue and Carrot
street. Rahbitville. U. s. A.
Il don't want your card" said the
Toad and he came out from behind q
ostone and Luffed out his cheeks. T
want to be. left alone. I'm only half
awake, anyway, for all thru the cold
winter I slept and had a dream that
spring was coming. And now I want to
wait and see II it's coming true"
And just then bluebird commenced
to sing,
IT'S coming true, your winter dream,
For don't you see the sunshine CLEAN ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
THE NEW FOOD RULING.

The new food rules proclaimed by
Hoover and the U. S. food admnistra-
tion arc the result OF refusal On the
part Of American citizens to share
equally the task of saving wheat. The
new rules may meet the same refusal.
If they do the next will be strictly
compulsory conservation and perhaps
q food card
Under the new rules householders
are to keep within an allowance of l y
pounds of flour per week per person of
wheat products. That means that each
person shall not eat more than pound
and half Of wheat each week. 1t
means not more than pound and
three quarters of victory bread with its
substitutes and one-half pound Of
cooking -four macaroni, crackers past
~ pies, cakes, wheat breakfast foods
all combined
Now are we going to periodically OBJ
serve this rule within our homes or
sack on a war OrCer
Hard to observe? Not at all. One
of the wealthiest families of this town
is living well on less than the pound Of
wheat products. The objection that
it cant be done comfortably is a slack
to and that is what is should be de-
signated.
The greatest loss OF wheat saving is
N the family Families are hard TO
check up. They are careless and too
often selfish. They let George do it.
Illustration is to be made by the vast
amounts OF -four and sugar boarded
when it was discovered that sugar and
flour were to be scarce. Thousands of
families have kept the faith. Other
thousands have half kept it and many
thousands have not kept it at all. And
in these slackers and half slackers lies
the difficult problem. The government
is anxious for some reason to avoid
placing the householders under card
restriction and the wheat Stacker takes
advantage o. a leniency that many
thinking persons consider weak rather
than necessary. Public eating houses
may be checked up. It is hard to check
up the home Of the wheat slackers.
II there are those who looking on at
the desperate struggle in progress can
and will refuse to do their part and
who set their appetites and luxuries
above the necessities of the govern
ment and the hopes Of humanity they
should be known and pointed out to
public condemnation. There is neither
difficulty nor hardship in the hmita-
tons set upon wheat consumption.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26

the state system are hard-surfaced,
new market highways will be decided
upon
In addition Indiana has for a good
many years been building permanent
roads by the county plan. In conse-
quence, hundreds Of miles Of feeding
highways have already been construct
ed and will be linked to the state sys-
tenn. The defect Of the county plan
was that one backward county inter-
vening between two progressive coun-
ties prevented continuous hard road
from being established. The farmer
would, perhaps. travel ten miles over
a fine road that his county had built.
then he would jump off in the mud
for twenty miles, and again strike a
smooth highway. The state roads will
assure him change to get to market
without being impeded by the lack OF
enterprise Of neighboring counties.
Indiana's good roads program ought
to- emphasize two facts in the minds
Of the people Of Iowa The first is
that the state is the inevitable unit
Of road improvement. The second is
that state roads are in fact main
market highways" built for the bene-
fit and convenience OF all the people
and principal asset to the farmer
Iowas unenviable position in the
good roads movement in the United
States Is largely due to failure to get
at the essential reason for highway
improvement. The greatest agrtcult-
ural state in the union has the great
est need Of market highways, but be-
fore it gets them. it will have to
realize, as the farmers Of Indiana do.
that hard roads are first OF all a bene-
fit to the man whose goods must go
from the farm to the market.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
THE GREAT GERMAN GAM BILE.

II Germany fails TO break thru and
complete a victory her costly drive
will be barren. Holding the drive is
defeating Germany.
The British will have been deci-
mated in this conflict but defamation
does not whip the British. The French
were decimated at Verdun but they
were not whipped On the contrary
the battle Of Verdun with its vast
lasses acted as a spur to the French
people and the French army. The
losses that the British sustain in this
battle will not wreck the army or chill
the determination OF Great Britain.
The French are still a fighting fac
tor. France has been hurt and bled
but so has Germany been hurt and
bled and her latest bleeding has been
a profuse phlebotomy. France is able
and willing to fight and Great Britain
Is able To fight and will keep on fight
ing And America has hardly begun
to fight. From now on the strength
of the allied nations will rise. That Of
Germany must ebb. The curve is up
ward for the one downward for the
other.
Germany has made this drive with
all she has in her and all that she
could beg borrow or pirate from her
allies. She IL at her high tide To this
drive she has called every ounce Of
her war energy. It is scarcely likely
that her military men hoped to break
thru and destroy the allied resistance.
Rather the hope is that a victory
would dishearten the entente and give
Germany a peace moro to her liking
than any that has been counseled.
And so she herds a million and half
Of her soldiers together and slaughters
them on tho shrine Of Prussian pres
tige.
Germany will never again reach the
~ OoCLAI opCA ~ AACA poWCi. IL 11AS
here she will fail completely. She has
drawn her man power from
adolescence to age wherewith to strike
this blow. II she loses this stroke she
loses in the west. She can never
strike again with like power while
day by day the power of the allies and
the United States will grow. Defeat
now is defeat in the west and defeat
in the west means eventual defeat in
the east for the central powers. Indeed
it is not unlikely that unless the kali
ser throughly demoralizes the defense
Of the allies and changes the face OF
the war that Austria will in despera-
ton seek separate peace and leave the
kaiser forsaken and bloody crimina
to face alone the consequences of the
most colossal crime of all time.
If the line holds on the Somme Ger
many is defeated. Perhaps not thi.
month or next but surely defeated.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
RIPPING RHYMES
,Bv Walt Mason
THE WEARY WORLD.

than the
kaiser
Keeling and mady feeling that
In yelling that wars
the deadly
chill Chinese bigger hill The shep-
Wilhelm hit
his frugal lunch The arctic hunter
There tavern no n
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26

ishment Of most drastic character.
Here in Iowa we have better plan.
We find that many pro- Germans, so
called, are just bit ignorant Of their
duties as citizens. When fully advised
they fall in line and do their duty. 1t
is just a matter of organizing good
advisory board" says the Council
Bluffs Nonpareil.
"Regardness Of disagreements that
resemble fire cracker fixes on other
war aims, the German people are alb
Solutely unanimous on the aim not to
be beaten" points out the Sioux City
journal. 1T is about time for the allies,
including America, to get together I'M
animously on the aim that she shall
be beaten. That is the issue. All the
beautiful edifces that idealistic states
men have erected will blow up like
soap bubbles unless that issue is set
tied right"
The Carroll Herald, referring to the
approaching liberty loan drive, says.
You can already hear the dry bones
rattle among the tight wads They are
IN Tor wonderful looSening up pro-
cess
Tho Webster City Freeman Journal
contends that the present is a poor
time for anybody to be discussing the
possibility of war between the
United States and Japan some time IN
the far distant future Let that matter
rest until the present war is over, at
least, the Freeman Journal suggests.
The Hopkinton Leader says there is
only one hyphen in America today:
That man either is American or I'M
American I'VE have sent our boys to
France to use cold steel on the Huns"
the Leader continues, land we are not
going to permit Hun sympathizers to
remain in our midst to stab our boys
in the back"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
THE REASON.

hui iIhS tOi IldNheEe.I
1t is often asked why certain state
officials pay no income tax? Some
one arises to explain that there was a
decision by a few of the judges of the
supreme court Of the United States
more than fifty years ago, which
stated that the tax-levying national
body could not levy a tax upon sal
aries fixed by states, or b-divisions
Of states. That ancient decision is
really of no value or ought to be Of
no value. The law, to which it more
particularly applied, was wiped off
the statute book, long, long ago. An
other income tax law was knocked
out by the supreme court Of the
United States. We now have the
third law Of that kind, and objections
to the first ought not to hold good
against the third.
There may be reasons that appeal
to lawyers. who enjoy a long discus
sion as between "tweedle-dum" and
'tweedle- dee and they may have
much to say upon the merits or de-
meits of such legislation. And why
certain incomes should be taxed and
certain other incomes should not be
taxed. The average common citizen,
with a good average mind, will fail to
see the least merit in such bubbles
or contentious. It matters not a whit
where a man or woman gets an in
come or what that income is derived
from The income should be taxed
under the federal income tax law. It
is not the business of the law, or
those who are collecting the tax, to
inquire how person gers an income
or why he gets or where he gets it.
It is simply that an income of a GER
figure should be subject to a tax.
And there is no reason apparent to
the great majority Of the citizens,
why there should be any exceptions.
After all, the people Of this country
are all citizens Of the United States,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
IoUa Newspapers
SCORE FOR JASPER,
kellogg ENTERPRISE

Present indications point to the fact
that there will be more wheat sown
IN Jasper county this spring than has
been for many years. Some thirty five
or more years ago this county raised a
good deal of wheat, but that was when
the land was new. There will be a
good many thousand acres sown to
wheat this year. A large quantity of
seed wheat has been shipped in. Be
sides this quite a number of farmers
had their wheat on hand for seed
Therefore it looks ats though our farm
ers were going to be able to supply all
reasonable demands for wheat bread
next year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
Most Powerful rall.man.

In Rev. James Ridley's Tales Of the
Genii" one Of the characters is Abu-
dab, rich merchant Of Bagdad, who
is haunted every night BY q horrible
hag. Seeking In dream the talisman
Of Oromanes. which insures earthly.
happiness, he finds 1t in love of God
and submission to the divine will. With
this talisman he is enabled to keep
the bag locked up and so free himself
from his nightly torment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
INDIANA'S MARKET HIGHWAYS.
TDes Moines Register

INDIANA'S MARKET HIGHW AVS.
[Des Moines Register.l
Indiana has been known for many
years as a state where progress has
been made in permanent road build
ing without state supervision.
1t has been cited in Iowa good roads
debates both by the friends and the
opponents Of permanent highways
by the friends because Indiana was
getting large mileage OF good roads
and by enemies because Indiana chung
to the county unit
Last year however Indiana turned to
the state unit A state highway COM
mission was created vested with pow
er to build permanent highway. A
financing system was provided whereby
the nation the state and the county
will share the expense.
And now the state highway commits
sion Of Indiana has determined upon
five main highways, 900 miles in length
which will be paved during the next
four years. The pavement will De
eighteen feet in width, or more, with
six foot beam on each side.
Indiana is providing connected high
ways traversing the length and breadth
of the state. There is one north and
south line, and three roads crossing
the state from east to west. The nth
is a diagonal route to serve the terri
tory which angles southwestward
above the confluence of the Ohio and
the Wabash rivers.
The Register would call particular
attention to the fact that these In
diana roads are officially known as
main market highways"
Indiana is not building these high
ways as a luxury, but to connect the
farm with the market. They are farm
ers' highways for freight and passens-
ers.
Three-fourths Of the area Of Indiana
is within twenty miles of these hve
highways and a. far greater percent
age of the population. Moreover, In
diana's building policy is continuous.
When the highways now included IN
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
He Had "es Cents.

He was ragged and dirty and thin
and he walked on crutch, but he in
sisted on seeing the President OF the
Red Cross in Chicago. The President
wasn't available, however, so the Red
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26

and as such they are all under the
same obligations to the federal gov
eminent. The chances are that the
supreme court would not hesitate to
send to the dump that ancient deci-
sion, IL only its attention were called
to that old piece of folly, which eS-
empts many from the payment Of the
tax. 1t seems as If those who are ex-
empt under that decision ought to
take up the matter and insist upon
being made 100 per cent citizens Of
the United States.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

What a heavenly relief it must be
to those sensitive people who have
heretofore gone to painful lengths hid
ing their poverty, to now be able to
proudly parade it as war economy"
remarks the Newton News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26

I'VE have stood a mighty sight
more in the past than we will stand
during the coming year OF the sell
fshness and Indifference that does
nothing for our country" says the
Monticello Express. Every man who
does nothing where he has the means
of doing much is going to be the sub
ject of suspicion
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26
NEWSPAPER TROUBLES.
lN,au,fnn Mana

The Colfax Clipper is in trouble. 1t
dared to print a little item the other
day about an old store building that
has no cave troughs. The article ex-
planned how sdsagreeable it was for
people to walk along the side of the
structure during rain and have all
the water from an immense roof
poured down their necks. The logical
result materia;ized. The fellow who
owned the building stopped his paper
and judging from the further COM
ment in the Clipper this week he (the
fellow who stopped his paper) must
have talked rather rough to the Spring
City publisher.
The Clipper editor took up" tho
building in his issue this week and
said some more things about it-con-
demned it as a public nuisance and
branched our far enough to say that
the whole six business firms who
transact business in the building, the
city council and the board Of health
are all to blame for such a building
being a part of the business section
of Colfax.
Well, again the logical result will
follow. Four or five more people will
stop the Clipper this week and that is
probably about all the pay our neigh
Dor editor will get for doing his plain
duty. You know you hardly ever talk
to fellow but what would do so
and so if he ran newspaper. He'd
write 'em up and tell EN-. May
be he would and maybe he wouldn't.
If he had to make his living publish
ing a newspaper he might have his
ardor to right all the wrongs in town
with a single issue slightly chilled
after he contemplated the conse-.
quences. We all like to read trench
ant dope about the other fellow but
when the sickle comes our way our
enthusiasm fo- it dies down.
Publicity is great corrective-one
Of the greatest in the world. But it is
also very severe. Men who are wont
to break the Jaw will pay s25 fine
without much f1inching, but if the
home paper gives them three or
four lines about the miXup they will
hurry to the editors office and put
on an Indian war dance with varia-
lions that the red man never ap-
preached.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-03-26

Down in Oklahoma they have a
knights of Liberty organization
which metes out to pro Germans pun
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1918-01-29

unlcsilhsr unb uuburdfiibrbnrcr aIs
bic io3ialiItiide il unb babin Idutst.
nab bobe 9obns teinfn glahtbeiI brin-
gen, neil Der arbeittr feinen Spbn
peraussabt unb bsmnn9 2lues, mas sr
srbalt. Der 9siellfhaft pieber suFiibrt
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pirben. Wir besuiisen uns NIT Der
glnbeutuHs, bob bic 9obufrnge nidt
rnabbdnsig bon allen anberen latto :
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psreen lam. ionbern nur in 3uianir
msnbans nit bieieu unb bab ipsar
eas aobnprobIem ii1 BON felbIf lot.
irenn bic anbersn 1attpren bic ri1tiae
SebanbIuug finbsn.
TaÌˆgliches Cincinnatier volksblatt. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1885-1919, 1918-01-29

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