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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

IN honest faith In . Gig opportunity TO
earn proats that inspires the small local
enterprise whereas the million dollar
scheme that goes away from home to
cell it's shares Is usually a promotion
pure and simple. Nobody knows what
Is going TO be done with the money
paid in. People who buy are not even
en- a gamblers chance for the in
siders deal the cards way or some
where where the players can't see
what Is being done to the deck.
II promoters commissions can be
held down TO so small margin that
men will not promote companies for
the money there is in selling the stock
II would be a godsend in protection to
thousands OF contiding investors. But,
after all, why does anyone hand money
to total strangers TO be invested for
them when any banker can buy for
them stock in we'll established and
known dividend paying companies
which have lived thru all the uncer-
ta!nties Of development? If people only
knew that ninety-six out OF every 100
corporations reporting TO the income
tax collector have no net incomes sub
ject to tax they would at least stick to
those at home which are near enough
to be watched.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
THE CHAOS IN GERMANY.

Germany apr2ars 70 be in utter poll
tiCal chaos. Government shifts and is
suspended The situation in Germany is
like that of a herd Of stampeded cattle.
Built on the theory and holding popular
onfidence that the hochgeboren and
all highest were government and stable
as a rock the shock has disintegrated
the German political mind as shell
shock destroys the tunCtioning OF
those who suffer Il.
The simile Of stampede may De
followed further however Germany
with all its present disintegration Is
not Russia The stampede will tire in
time and begin to mill as the !erd
does. Germany can read and write ana
has the national power to think. The
present mob will in time settle down
into cuietude. The herd will again be-
gin to Craze.
Germany at present is ship With
out rudder or commanding officers. She
drifts here and here. None pity her;
but for the peace and comfort and in
dustrial and political welfare Of the
globe all desire stable government
based on democratic principles and
free from the autocracy Of shifting
chiefs of anarchy and bolshev1sm. The
outlook is for Germany to find her
| self after the madness Of the present
| shock has, passed.
German chaos is the effect Of
cause. The long campaign Of educa-
ton and training that created a tool
for the hand Of absolutisrn can be IN
done quickly only by such suffering
and pain that viii change national
thought into channels Of political de-
ccncy and bring about adjustment OF
the national mind and purposes from
the medieval 70 the modern. The Ger
man people were victims Of too much
Capitalization. Nationally owned rail-
ways, class owned people, the loss OF
tndividualisn, ali combined 70 make
nation Of subservients following blind
" in obedience to the commands of
an autocrat The German nation, like
the German army was accustomed 10
being driven and not led. And so the
nation like the army disintegrates in
morale with the loss Of its bosses.
| A too complete Capitalization OF
power was the mistake Of the German
! people. Let US hope that with the
! Lesson before our eyes We shall refuse
! TO be led into the same trap by the
! ambitions Of politicians and the
| sophisms Of unbalanced advisers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
PRUNING THE PROMOTER.

The sympathy Of a long suffering
public should be with the Iowa Bankers
Association in its efforts to put a crimp
in the business Of promoting corpora
tons FOR the commissions that the
promoter can make out Of the sale Of
stock. Any man locally reputed to
have a little money knows how often
he is attacked by artful statesmen to
trade him shares in some other fell
lows speculation for real money, liberty
bonds or promises to pay. Iowa bank
ers are in a position to know how much
ot 2 drain th!s !s upon thei- CON-
munities and how few ever return
even 30 much as the principal.
The plan now Is to have the legisla-
ture amend its blue sky law by pro-
viding limit TO the commissions q
promoter may take out Of his victims
for selling them his stock. It is said
that now there is no limit and fire.
quently promoters take down for them
selves one-sixth to one-third Of all the
money paid into their companies for
stock.
Abe Martin once said, Ever time a
promoter talks to US we alus wonder
why he don't keep all the stock HIM
self" and remarkably successful
man in corporation enterprise like F,
C. Let's, of the Western Grocer Com
pany, often tells his associates 'When
you buy stock in company go with
it." There Il much wisdom in both
observations, however. all successes ir
business have TO begin somewhere and
most local corporations which have
succeeded looked. very much like blue
sky when they began. There is at lcas,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

Those urging government operation
as a remedy for excess OF private pro-
ut and deficiency In corporate service
do not support their argument by rel
erence to current events. They rely
rather upon theoretical advantages
than proofs OF experience. Here y =
Washington dispatch dated Jan. /:
The treaSury's war risk insurance
bureau today announced II had mailed
all allotment and allowance checks to
soldiers and sailors dependents cover
ing october pay. due in December.
Beginning Thursday. the bureau VIII
distribute checks covering allotments
from soldiers pay in November. due
in January.
No corporation could hold either It's
help or It's customers IL its payrolis
were months in arrears as the ordi-
nary course Of business. The treas
urys insurance and pay checks are
prompter than payments to govern
ment purveyors. Government has no
objection to accepting goods supplied
upon informal contracts, but when 1t
comes to payments. they may be de-
layed tor years. ~ - eNeh eo'u @"ss
payments for civil war obligations are
no, all completed, and 1t Is known
that in some cases this sort OF govern
ment caution has resulted In paying
more In interest than principal.
Delayed Soldiers Pay.
There are charges that government
payments can be FASTENED by pay
ments OF fees, and that government
makes deductions for allotments &C
cording to orders, but does not make
the allotment payments. One mother
charges that she makes payment OF
her allotment to her son, because he
is not receiving his own payments.
There are charges thai payments to
soldiers are delayed because they can
not furnish papers which Government
lost while soldiers were in hospital
Now government business IL great In
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
Some Object Lessoas Pertisent to
Government Control Of Railroads

details only. 1t u the simplest business
known to man to collect taxes ~
make payments. without responsibility
for the risks which make business
life a constant duel with uncoa.
trollable factors OF prosperity or ruin
II government makes such mesa
OF il great but simple business. what
would II do with the railways and
utilities? The alternative 10 bank
ruptcy for the treasury or extortioa
from the taxpayers such as wound
dwarf any question OF rates or farss
that shippers or passengers ever dared
TO raise.
However, there are signs Of hope,
The war risk bureau last week re-
ceived twenty-six tons Of A. K. r.
records regarding the $l,6oo,000,00o OF
policies on soldiers. These twenty -si1
tons are to be combined with records
which Washington already has respect
ing S3S,000. 900. 900 of insurance and
400 ,O0O, 900 allotments and allowance
applications. There are 40.000,000.00e
card records. in the care OF 1900
clerks. Already there is m accumu-
lation Of 3sso.00o,oOo In claims. sub
1ect to deduction OF some 100000 900
premiums. This has nothing to do
with the Withholding OF some two BILL
lions Of payments due meritorious con.
tractors And there are other tribes
like the three-billion- dollar shipbuild-
ing scheme, in addition to the normal
business OF government in which gov
eminent has never shown superiority.
Could il Run Railroads?
On the whole, may 1t not be reason
ably argued that government is pretty
busy without taking over the rail-
ways? II government on thirty years
experience cannot regulate rates to
suit anybody, what is the expectation
that 1t can do better with larger job,
involving greater risks than any gov
eminent ever assumed. not excepting
that OF helping whip Germany?-New
Iork Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
Topics Of the Times

There's something. nightly incon-
gruous TO drive over a mud road for
a half day and meet nothing but auto
mobiles wiggling and twisting among
the ruts. It's like a man In overall:
and a Prince Albert coat and a plug
hat.
George OF England may be some
what knock kneed and inferior look
ing but he seems to know enough 20
understand that he isn't the entire
English speaking people of the world
President Wilson could learn some.
thing by observing George and
Georges way.
That league of nations is having the
same difficulties We used TO have or
ganizing a nelghborhood baseball nine
Everybody wants to be captain ant
the captain wants 10 be pitcher.
Don't bother Mr. McAdoo any more.
Let the man get to work. He needs
the money.
That 800 or so of bonds or stamps
saved last year brought glorious
feeling. Another similar sum saved
will feel just as good next December.
The newspaper editors who saved
and blocked the calendared paper so
profusely sent out by this and that
department or bureau will not need 10
have any news print cut up for copy
paper for the next six months. So
though print has gone up there is some
balm remaining in Gilead.
That billion dollar booze fund an
nouncement has set a lot OF wolves
licking their chops.
Time 10 quit eating and drinking
from gold table services and get down
to peace terms over there. The boys
in the service are still eating from
mess kits and they'd like TO get home
and stick their feet under the exte l.
set bought at the bargain sale.
Any man who says he is an Ameri-
can, but something else also, isn't an
American at all. We have room for
but one flag, the American flag. and
this excludes the red flag. which sym
bolizes all wars against liberty and
civilization. just as much as it ex-
cludes any foreign flag Of nation to
which We are hostile. We have room
for but one language here. and that is
the English language. for we intend
to see that the crucible turns our
people out as Americans, of American
nationality, and not as jewellers in
polyglot boarding house; and We have
room for but one soul loyalty. and
that is loyalty to the American people.
Theodore Roosevelt.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
BUT She Stood Up,

Talk about your patriotism! Listen
to this. A North Salem mother. who
has two little children, a boy and a
girl, heard the latter crying the other
night and naturally investigated as
to the cause. She found the little las
sic standing up in bed in the chilly
night air. while the masculine hopeful
Of the household lay snugly tucked
in his bed, singing at the top Of his
lungs.
why. what 10 the matter" asked
the mother. what are you standing
out in the cold for this way?"
well, you see. mamma" sobbed the
little girl, Joseph insists on singing
The Star Spansled Banner and Of
course l have to stand up or he'd say
wasn't patriotic"
Needless to say. Joseph's tune was
changed for his nightly concerts in the
future.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
BEGGARS IN KHAKI!
IDaYern mort Democrat

Cedar Rapids reports that it has
already had experience with the heggar
in khaki.
1t is hard to imagine a man in khaki
begging. Ii is harder also to imagine
that the country will let a man beg
while wearing his country's uniform.
Had IL not been for the Red Cross
society and other relief organizations
the dependents of many soldiers might
have had to Deg while they were wait
ing for their allowances. But here at
least they have not had to ask for cha
r!ty. And they should not have to ask
il: nor should the soldier
And yet the situation is one that will
call for energetic and patriotic atten-
ton. as from 1000 to 10000 returning
soldiers land almost daily in New
York. In the communities from which
they went forth, and elsewhere, plans
should be making for absorbing them
again. giving them places in industry
and taking up the slaci; that has rs-
suited from tie war.
II will be hard on the returning SOL
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
HAMPERING THE POLICE
Waterloo Courier.l

The Iowa city Republican in a
doubleleaded editorial, printed in a
box" on its first page, deplores the
zeal Of its officers of the law. 1t points
out that these city officials had the
efrontery to interfere with the move
ments of three or four well-kno"n
Johnson county farmers who returned
al midnight from a business trip out
of the state" while they examined thu
contents Of certain suitcases and grips
the citizens of Johnson county had M
their possession. The Republican SAYS
small quantities OF liquor were found
the men having bought for their own
use" II declares In favor OF enforce
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
(By David Cory.1

Now what happened in the last story
quicker than a wink or bullet from
one of Uncle Sans big guns. was this:
The Friendly Brown Bear took hold OF
the other bear and swung him over
his shoulder and then he started on
for the old Mil Pond. And. on dear
me. How that bear did try to get
away, but the Friendly Brown Bear
wasn't so very friendly for the way
he held tight the paws OF that bear
was marvellous not to say unf7endly.
And so, of course, that bear couldn't
&c, away. and when they reached the
old Mill Pond, the Friendly Brown
Bear stopped and said:
You tried to take my cave from me,
Without even paying rent,
And when told you TO get out.
You wouldn't pay cent.
So now I'm going to throw you in
The pond where the ice is cracked and
thin
And the next minute that wicked
bear was in the icy water, shiverins
until he almost cried.
"Oh please let me come out he
said, and I'll promise not to bother
you any more"
DO what you like" said Billy
Bunny's bear. and he walked away with
the little rabbit, and by and by they
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
tlnxu-hed Us = buyers.

tlnyushed u - buyers.
No nation worked the con" game OF
peculiar and extraordinary genius
better than Germany. But when we got
fighting mad and bega~ to look about
us we found that practically all Ger
many had ever done was to steal in
ventions and discoveries from the
United States, paint them over and
change the numbers.
Have we learned enough to know
that this country Is ready for indus
trial, inventive educative, and moral
leadership Of the globe?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always Welcome.
,~1>r Ala ,no 8

~ Visitors Always Welcome.
MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1903, A. F.
A. M.-Spectal communication Friday
Jan. 10. at i:so p. m. Third degree
A. I. Frazer. W. NJ; John ". Wells
secretary,
sieNEr CHAPTER. No. SO. p. A. ~
Special convocation Thursday, Jan, =
at 1880 p. m. installation Of officers
Ira NJ. Davenport, H. P: John W.
Well, secretary.
SPECIAL ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. & S. NJ, Thurs
dav. Jan. 9. Installationof officers
John w. Wells recorder; George Greg
DRY, I. NJ.
Special coneiave ST. Alderman Com
mandery No. 30. X. T., Tuesday, Jan.
IA. at 7:so. Installation OF OFFICERS
]. f. Frederick. commander; John w
Wells recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81. o. E. s.
Regular meeting Wednesday evening
Jan. Is, 1880. for business. Mrs. wal
ton. secretary; Mrs, J. F. Schultz
W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

ment Of laws. but is against what the
police are doing. The point OF view OF
the Republican Is difficult to perceive.
unless 1t be that men going out OF the
state ION business" are entitled TO
bring home little booze for personal
use but not too much.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

Already" observes the Couicil
Bluffs Nonpareil, the advocates OF
the present bungling method Of norni-
mating and electing judges are in ev:-
dence in Iowa. They are working to
prevent repeal Of modification"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

'Tt II is right TO tax the owner OF ar
automobile 1t is Right to tax the owner
Of horse and buggy insists the
Perry Chief. Neither would kick il
the taxes were used to give them a
road to ride over"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

Imports OF cotton seed oil from Aug.
to Sept. 80 amounted to 1.62f,763
pounds. Exports Of cottonseed pro-
ducts were 5.S7o.sA pounds Of oil, 1886
tons Of cake and meal and 80, $50 run
ming bales Of linters.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10
Iowa Newspapers

BOTH ENDS AND THE MIDDLE.
Perry Chief.l
Summing it all up, Mr.. McAdoo does
not Know how 20 remedy the railroad
conditions and doesn't want to take
any responsibility, but would like TO
SET other people try out some of his
ideas. II they work he will allow them
to force the credit upon him-if not
the fault is theirs. In the meantime
the public be damned.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

The man who thinks winter Is
time of ease and rest for the northern
farmer ought to have the experience OF
getting up some morning when the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

der, and bad in its effects on the ma
ton as a whole IL something along this
line is not done.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

in st. Louis the Busch beer inter-
ests will undertake to enter the pack
ing business and where beer used 10
be made pork will be sailed and
smoked" notes the Cedar Rapids Re-
publican. and adds, The exchange is
one that even st. Louis may not re-
gret. And II may help to diversity
the packing business in which there
has been considerable concentration"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

tenn erature u II ssro. and shovel his
way to the barn thru two feet OF
snow" suggests the Mason City Globe
Gazette. 1T may 30 fun but II 10
strenuous fun"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

with all the laundering and all
the expense, however, We are making
some progress in road building. The
hills are gradually getting smaller
and the low places are gradually be-
ing built UP out Of the wet AS a
matter Of fact, we will soon be ready,
with more OF patience and persever-
ance and some waste, to think about
road surfacing," says the Anamosa
Eureka
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

The Sioux City Journal says that
Director General McAdoo should have
taken a few lessons from his father
claw on how to boss congress before
that expert departed for Europe"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-01-10

Then no. my lads. etc.
John Wilson in the Edinourg Sco'
man.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-02-15
FRUIT & VEGETABLES
Corrected Daily by Eaaemeysrs)
SELLING PRicEa
VEGETABLES


New cabbage. &c Mound: Chinese
cabbage, zoe pound; green beans, soc
pound: carrots. sc pound: spr,ns
beets. sc pound; cauliflower, 15c lb. !;
cucum bers, soc; egg plant, Csc pound
kohlrabi, 10c per bunch: leaf lettuce.
25c per h.; head lettuce, trimmed,
35c pound, untrimmed Is cents pound !;
leak, Ice 3 bunch; Bermuda onions,
&c per lb. parsley, &c bunch; man.
goes, SC each; tomatoes, hot house
grown. 35c h.; Jersey sweet potatoes.
10c h.; turnips, new, &c pound; pota-
toes, old, $1.75 bu.; young onions,
10 cents ounch; breakfast radishes.
sc bunch; button mushrooms, $1.00 a
pound; cranberries, 35 cents pound !;
sprouts, 35c straight; parsnips, &c lb. !;
Black wainuts. 10c pound. $3.50 bu. !;
straight; Malaga grapes, soc pound; !;
pumpkins and squashes, &c to SC per
pound.
Miscellaneous
Eggs, 3Sc; butter, creamery, 55c;
country, 47c ID.
Produce (BuyIns)
Country butter, 40c lb.; eggs, 30c.
dozen; old chickens, 22c pound; fry
chickens. 24c pound.
Fruits
Grape fruit. 10c. 15c and 1sc; bulk
King apples, 10c h., or $1.75 per bas-
ket; Jonathan apples. 3 lbs, 25c;
bananas, 10c fb.; lemons, 4Oc dozen;
lines, SOC dozen; oranges, soc dozen !;
strawberries. s1.25 ct: celery, Cali
fornia, 25c bunch.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-02-15
No Experimenting To
Be Done BY the Reds

The Cincinnati club will take only
seven or eight pitchers to training
camp this spring. There won't be any
experiments, unless to give batting
practice to the players. Every man
who Is signed up will know that he Is
counted on for regular work; and that
he will stick unless he falls below the
standard. Hod Eller and Jimmy Ring
were at the top Of their pitching form
last season. They are counted on for
at least 80 games each next summer,
leaving 80 games to be divided among
the balance OF the crowd. II the big
left-handers, Bressler and Ruether.
come through as is expected OF them,
they should take care Of Is contests
each--and the remaining 80 can be
easily handled by Luque, Regan and
Mitchell. If as many as five pitchers
show winning form at the same time
they can be worked in rotation. an
average Of % games per man. The
change from 154 to 140 games will
make 1t possible for each pitcher to
work a shade less strenuously than in
previous years. or to carry dhe less
finger on the list.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram., 1919-02-15
EATON HIGH WINS
FROM FAIRvIEW

EATON, O., Feb. 15-Eaton high
school first team won from the Fair
view high five of Dayton here last
night, 3O-14 and the Eaton seconds
won from Monroe township by the
score of 17-6.
Fairview men started the scorins
in the first few minutes of the game
when the Eaton quintet failed to get
under way, but the locals soon took a
brace and dropped in two field goals.
From this time until the last whistle,
Eaton was never headed.
In the second half the Eaton men
started to play on the defensive and
forced the Dayton five to take long
shots of which several were made
from difficult angles.
The game between the second team
and Monroe was fast and close all the
way through The Monroe boys held
Eaton to a standstill in the first half
but in the second the locals came
back strong and got in the lead.
Next Friday night Eaton. plays Ar
canum high school at Eaton.