Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-05-23
MANY 1T CLUBS
ANNUAL DINNER
MARsHALIToWN cLuo fxrGNos
ACTIVE MEMBERSHIP TO
COUNTY MEN.
COMMITTEES ON TRADE
EXTENSION MAKES REPORT
o. L. insIsdus says Committee as
Made A'Iosn'nt, to Raise $4,000
Pledssd--Frsd 3. Sar0sant, OF oss
Moinss, Principal Speaker Major
Dupont Tells Of France.

More than 100 members of the Mar
shalltown Club. at the annual dinner
served Thursday night ir Shrubs hall.
extended the active membership OF the
club to residents Of the county. heard
the report Of The trade extension COM
mittee and listened to two interesting
addresses. The principal speakers
were Fred w. Sergeant. of Des Moines,
general counsel for the Rock Island
lines, and Maj. Edouard Dupont. OF the
French army, attached to the French
high commission. New York City.
Major Dupont, who had been at the
group meeting Of bankers at Story City
was in the city for two hours and was
brought to the dinner by c. c. St.
Clair. The majors address was an in
teresting brief account II the suffering
and losses and burdens that France has
sustained and IS bearing because OF
the war.
Open Membership to County.
An amendment to the bylaws of the
club was adopted which extends ac-
tive membership in the club to citizens
of the county. These memberships
have heretofore been limited to the
city. Any active member is eligible
for office, which will result in members
living in the county outside of the city
being elected to office.
Secretary c. Fl. Kemler explained in
his summarized report of the clubs
activities that the scope of the clubs
work included the whole interests OF
Marshall county. For this reason the
active memberships are no longer I'm
tied to residents Of this city. Mr..
kemler reported that there had been a
30 per cent increase in memberships
In the year ami that the club was in
a good financial condition.
Report on Trade Extension.
0. l.. Ingledue. chairman of the trade
extension committee, reported that the
allotments to raise the fund of $40, 900
to promote trade in the city had been
made. Notices of allotments are being
sentsout. Five per cent of each allot.
ment is payable at once and Is to be
turned over to the Ad Club for the
July celebration The rest of the fund
that is to be used as a bonus for hard
surfaced roads Is to be paid over a
period OF three years as needed. The
AID Club is to get per cent Of the
total paid each year for publicity work.
Ingledue said that the basis for allot-
ments for business property was at
the rate of SIS per front foot. He said
the committee had worked long on the
question of allotments and had made
them fairly. He urged that payment
of the 5 per cent be made at once.
H. s. Armstrong briefly outlined the
plans for the celebration on July. 4.
Sarssant's Thoughtful Address.
President F. N. Wilbur. of the club,
who presided. turned over the task Of
introducing Mr.. Sergeant to Senator
w. H. Arney. Mr.. Sergeant delivered
u thoughtful address on some OF the
larger problems Of the time, including
the questions OF labor and Industrial
peace, the public control and regula-
turn Of the railroads to private owner
ship and management.
He applauded the announcement OF
President Wilson, who said in his mes
sage to congress that the railroads
would be returned at the end Of this
year. Mr. Sergeant is strongly OPP
posed to the return under any form of
guarantee Of earnings. He said such
guarantee was not necessary and
would amount to form OF government
ownership
Would Eliminate Incentive.
Government guarantee of railroad
earnings would be form of public
taxation. it was unnecessary and would
take from the railroads the incentive
for good service. All the railroa DIS
from the government Those who were
preaching the gospel of government
ownership, he said, forgot the funda-
mental principle that all endeavor was
for the hope Of reward of success and
fear of failure.
Touching on the problems of labor
and industrial peace, he said There
would be no industrial peace until la
Dor was given just share Of it's earn
ings and until it was taken into close
copartnership with capital. Mr.. Sar,
geant was loudly applauded when he
had finished.
Tells Of Suffering France.
Clad in the blue uniform OF the SER
vice. Mai Dupont, whose home Is at
Chateau Thierry, and VINO served more
than three years in the French army
until he was assigned to duty at train
ing camps in this. country, sketchsd
some OF the conditions under which
France is suffering. France has lost
he said, 100000 killed. 1000, 900 Grip
pied and 100000 wounded. OF his
company $50 that was mobilized Aug.
8. 1914, himself and three others were
left .asIb s-.a5 v 3ss@-
With one seventh Of its richest ter
ritory invaded the French people had
subscribed 100000. 900 to the fourth1
French loan floated last fall.
Four hundred ten thousand French
had been damaged or daatroxed