Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-04-05

LOCAL COMMENT ,


Marshall county has finally contrib
utea IA cents per capita 10 the
starving women and children OF Ar
menia who we're the victims of horrible
atrocities by the Moslems because the
Armenians We're christian people. one
person gave $40 so at least $50 must
have refused TO give anything. How
over si7s5 for this fund from Mar
shli county is that much better than
nothing. II may save the lives OF 100
persons and that would he a first page
sensation for the newspapers if Mar
shall county had saved that many from
one burning school building.
Announcement that the packing
house Is soon to begin buying hogs Is
good news for this part OF the state.
The Roberts brothers who have bought
this plant are the most potential as
set Marshalltown has acquired in many
"A year, They may some day rival the
Western Grocer Company group in
their value TO this community. Lieut.
enant Roberts, recently out of the ar
my service, told the editor OF the
T.-R. in Chicago that 1t was their in
tention to make Marshalltown head
quarters for their company If their
expectations were fulfilled. They have
a model packing plant in Chicago ad
joining the big Armour plant. They
nav employ $50 men, have fine bust
ness established, are we'll rated finan-
cially and should grow but they can't
expand their plant in Chicago because
Armour owns on two sides of them
and will not sell at any price. They
have sought an outlet at Marshalltown.
Labor problems get worse instead of
better in city like Chicago and there
rs a tendency on the part of indus
tries 10 scatter out away from the
congested centers. Marshalltown may
some day have tremendous packing
INDUSTRY here with several thousand of
its people dependant upon the packing
house pay roll tor support.
An increase in salaries for mayor
and councilmen may save the commits
sion form Of city government If it at
tracts candidates of greater business
capacity but up to date the commits
sion plan has not met with the expec-
tations of its friends. Altho the law
requires only che meeting per month
and men OF executive experience could
perform the duties of city councilman
without abandoning their private bust
ness the belief has been that man
must have nothing else to do or must
be willing to pass UP a less lucrative
Job If he serves two years IN city Of
flee In the future more responsibility
should be placed on a $4,000 mayor
with two councilmen of trained bust
ness experience to advise and counsel
with him. If Ford finally lands with
Bell these two men can give the coun-
cilman's function of a commission gov
eminent a fair trial. Unless the sys-
tenn changes n its results the people
will change the system.
Men who are approached this week
for the larger. contributions to the an
nual support funds for both w insti-
tutions may honestly feel that these
begging drives are really coming
too often for their personal comfort
but they forget the surprise that came
to them when they We're searching for
to be deducted from
their income tax, They discovered
then that a years total contributions
were not nearly SO large as they had
supposed when the committees were
calling on them. One prominent cid-
zen who always volunteers to join the
first class Of contributors in every
public money raising campaign has