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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
(By David Cory.)

Jack Frost stood at the window pane
And said, Il guess I'll draw
A picture Of big white bear
And maybe something more.
SO when the little rabbit wakes
He'll shout. For goodness graciou,
sakes.
II that big bear should come inside
Within the closet l must hide"
Well sir. that's Just what happened
And how do you suppose Jack Frost
could have guessed II? But he did
just the same, and when little Billy
Bunny woke up in the morning and
saw a big polar bear on the window
pane he didn't stop to think 1t was
only a picture, but hoped out OF bed
and into the closet as quick as wink,
and then he peeped out through a tiny
small chink.
Aud just then Mrs. Bunny came in
the room and when she saw the empty
bed she was dreadfully worried. for of
course she didn't know her little bunny
boy was in the closet. ,
And then she peeped under the bed
and behind the dresser and under the
rug and behind the pincushion. but OF
course the little rabbit wasn't there.
And ! guess she would have looked In
the closet If Billy hadn't come out for
he had seen his mother all Of a sudden
as he looked through the keyhole.
What are you doing in the closet? y
she asked, and then she Rugged her
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

NOY0 WOvO S0WySsOs
The war axopss profits tax shows ~
same persistence In error. When toe
| second war excess profits tax wee
passsd II was AMPLY superposed uDeo
| the first. instead Of being rewrittea.
A. the third attempt there IL single
law, but there are impositions Oe
schedules upon schedules and alterp.
ton Of methods which make the help
Of counsel and accountants indispensi-
BILE. At the very least these calcula-
lions might have been made once foV
all, and the equivalent yields cnactc1
In q single total. instead Of additions
making II prudent or often necessary
TO calculate the taxes In different
ways 70 find which to pay. There Is
no complaint from the lawyers and
| accountants. Their advertisements NIL
the newspapers.
Memo Gseaps.
II Is thought that 10000. 900 individ-
uals must pay income taxes. No cor
poration guilty Of profits has been al
Flowed to escape. The more the angrier.
but that ID not q count against the
bill. All ought TO pay their share, and
never were taxpayers more ready than
they were before the bin was made
public, with It's obnoxious and inexpe-
dent qualities. The Steel Corporations
tax appropriations for two years were
9S07,i5<.0 600. and other corporations
pay less only because their scale OF
business In smaller. Taxation which
equals capital common stock In two
years is consumption OF capital by
halves instead OF In single operation.
The objection 10 not that the money
is taken, but that 1t Is taken in a man.
ner so depressing to industry. Long
ago railways were cured Of enterprise.
and now the remedy for excess Of prof.
its IL applied to corporations and indi-
viduals generally.
Why DO Dusinsssf
What inducement is there to do BUSH
ness for the payment OF taxes and
wages? Never was courage more neces-
sary. and never was there more dis
couraginng tax bill. All business is
speculation in a good sense Specu-
lators Of that sort calculate closely the
chances OF their undertakings. when
wages and taxes take nearly all. few
will venture and those who desperately
venture under such conditions take a
better chance Of making conditions
worse by their failure than Of better
ing conditions Of capital and labor by
their success. Congressman will re-
ceive no praise because they have
taken so many months to do 30 bad a
job and have taken such pains with
what might so easily have been better
done. They know their fault. because
there are preparations by themselves
70 annul some parts of IN yoluntarI
New York Times.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
REAPING THE WHIRLWlND.
sioux CITY Journal.

There are agencies in the country
which foster the spiri, displayed by
the undesirable foreigners Large en-
ployers OF labor have encouraged the
coming OF the class OF men the gov
eminent is leDprting. because Tor
time after landing they are willing
work for less than a decent Ameii'
can would. They are a obedient 10
their employers as they were 10 'hef
masters at homa. The conduct OF large
labor employees is often such as 10
infiame the hatred of honest men
against their policies. u is essenua
that the people OF this country become
grounded in the fact that labor ana
capital. employe and employer, are
the two interlocking elements In the
prosperity OF both. and that the IN
terests OF one can not be destroyed OF
ieopardized without reaction against
the other. The serma OF bolsheTism
must be removed at home while the
men responsible for the spread OF the
dangerous doctrines are removed from
the coxntry.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
CURSES. AGAIN.

The government has given orders
that spoFtsmen along the Ausnt',
coast must cease Staying wild fowl
with machine guns from airships'
Flights must be conducted with as
little interference as possible with
migratory birds, IS the inJuncuoh o.
the director of military aeronaut'cs.
II was ever thus, or ever was thus'
as YOU please Somebody is always
vankins the JOY out OF life. Just ABOUT
the time our sportive citizens discover
new pastime, invading the oiras IN
their own habitat and scattefihs
feathers with machine gun bullets, the
yerboten sign is displayed and it's an
of
According TO the hook of rules II
aver meets migratory bird, he IS
supposed TO honk his horn. or what
ever contraption they employ on
seropls mes TO keep the track ciear.And
IL the said migratory wanderer refuses
10 Weld the path the aviator Will
have 10 depIoy his hivver or stop until
the bird is N the clear.
II a flock OF geese is met up Win
and honk a warning 10 the human
Aver. he will he compelled TO regard
the crossing Sis al and wait until the
privileged birds have reached haven
OF safety on the other side Of the cir
cumambient highway.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
LINCOLN AT DAVENPORT.
Davenport Democrat


While Lincoln belonged to the
world--he was Its aentiest memory,
said Ingenoll-he was at the same
time the personal friend and posses
sion OF Americans everywhere-and
hence even local memories may be
stirred on Lincoln's day. Here In the
middle west where a large part Of his
life was spent, he IL a part OF our
history and his part In II should not
be forgotten.
Here to our own neishborhood he
came as captain in the Black Hawk
war, LEADING a company raised at
Richiand, m, for service in 1889. For
the rest OF that decade he was a men,
Der of the Illinois legislature, its ses-
sions being held in his home city OF
Springfield. where pilgrims find his
tomb in these later days.
During the next two decades Lincoln
won recognition as great lawyer,
served term in congress. and IN 1855
at Freeport, he put Douglas to the
crucial test OF the lstters career, drew
out OF him the Freeport heresy," fore
seeing that while IL might help the
Little Giant. TO the senate. II would
forever kill his presidential aspira-
tons.
In that same year of 1855 Lincoln
came 70 Davenport in the course OF his
preparation for defending the railroads
against the rivermen's fight upon the
bridge here, with which the Effie
Alton and the Gray Eagle had collidsd.
Is. 3. Drayton told Of Mr.. I1ncoln's
visit in the Half Century Democrat as
follows:
MY meeting with Lincoln was some
time in 1858. Mr.. Lincoln had been re-
tsined by the railway and the bridge
companies. Un the litigation wherein
steamboatmen sued for damages). He
visited the bridge after the arrival OF
the Chicago train, accompanied by y.
&. Judd and other lawyers from Chi
caso. the railways attorneys. and
Bridge Engineer B. B. Brayton Sr. The
explanations offered by the bridge
master. bridge engineer. and others,
did not seem 10 satisfy him az to the
currents. etc, and approaching me he
said, young man, are you employed
here on this bridge? II so will you go
with me 10 the head OF the draw pier
and answer some questions The head
OF the pier was reached, questions
asked and answered, and after a time
he remarked that he understood the
situation, thanked me. said good night.
Joined his party, and stepped onto the
special car in waiting, and was taken
10 Rock Island TO await the night
train for Chicago"
Mr.. Lincoln went away. but the
bridge-or its successor--is still here.
Mr. Lincoln made the argument for it
later. in Hurd ct al, VS.. Railroad
Bridge Company. before Judge John
Mclean in the L. $. circuit court and
hung jury resulted
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
DaiIiss on Decrease Since 1917.

A comparison of the taoulated state
ments Of y. y. Aver & Son, given on.
each year in connection with the Am
erican Newspaper Annual and Direc-
tory. reveals several interesting facts
During all IN" years in which the
world war ragged the number Of the
daily papers il the United States and
outlying territories remained practic-
ally the same. Al the beginning OF
1914 we had 2is3 dailiss. That yea,
saw an increase which brought the
total up TO 2.592. In 1915 the number
was 2,is4. Then. an increase Of twenty
at the beginning Of isl7. which made
the high water mark OF asia. The rec
ords for last year and this show the
effect OF our own country being in war
the number Of daiiies decreasing hrs:
10 2.4s5 and ;hen 10 2,4:s. the pres
ent number.
The total fo- all publications for the
United States and rs territories,
ee977 in 1914. travelled up to e3.ss7 in
1917. and dowa 10 2l,sst this year.
Weekly papers show a decrease from
1S,Iss. OF 1000. but the monthlies. ISIS
in 1914. remained the same for year.
aud then climbed until last year there
we're 3e6l The past year saw 200
taken from that amount.
Just as the year 1917 was our ban
ner year as regards the number OF
publications issued. the total growing
less as We entered the war, Canada
vas on the road OF decrease in 1914.
when there we're 1853 dailies in the
Dominion and Newfoundland. The
total became smaller each year. Now
only 1874 are published there.-The
Fourth Estate.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
Tie Lau,entable Var Tax Bill

The country he's GENE to lament
IA Their than to boast the bisnsss OF
our muitibiliion war accouuts. Those
who are to provide the twelve billions
OF. loan and tax money which the
Treasury must have within the next
few mouths find no consolation In the
fac, that no other nation. aHd probably
no other two nations or perhaps even
any three nations. could do what they
have TO do. They would have accepted
the burden with 20 much better temper
and carried II 80 much more easily In
the months behind than In the months
ahead that the taxpayers have prepar-
ed a poor reception for their work.
Congress will not be surprised at that,
for u has chosen to leave out the SUE
Eestions Of business men and tax ex-
perts TO make the taxes as few and
fruitful as possible. and has preferred
to persist with il own methods of lay
ing many taxss yielding protests more
abundantly than dollars. The bill u
ss2 pagea long, and so many words
were necessary because. for one rea-
SON. OF the multiplicity Of taxes. There
was no difficulty in finding two taxes,
the war sxcsss profits and income
taxes which together are expected to
yield almost five Of the six billions
total. No other tax will yield even a
half billion. For the sake of many
comparatively small schedules there
are levied taxes which will cause the
most irritation for the smallest yield
ingenuity could devise, II would seem,
Need A Lawyer.
The completely Of the taxes is worse
than the multiplicity. Pinpricks in the
pocket nerve are annoying. but intrica-
cies Of taxation cause evasion. both
deliberate and unintentional. No bust
ness mon with affairs OF moderate or
larger proportions can make ont their
tax bills without costly advice. 1t
seems 10 them that this Is imposed up
on them almost rnaliciously. due to In
sistence upon original errors persisted
in against both counsel and common
sense When Congress passed its first
income tax 1t was advised Of the dis
tinction between income and capital.
but the sentiment was so strongly
anti capitalist that deliberate attempt
was made to tax capital as income.
The attempt failed. for income taxes
on capital which the Treasury collect
ed were refunded by order OF court.
The second income tax. instead Of conf
plying with the courts declaration OF
law. sought TO evade the decision by
declaring capital to be income. and
taxing 1t accordingly. The court an
nulled the second attempt as il did
the first And now the bill contains
third attempt by laying taxes on
stock dividends as income, to do what
ought not to be done.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

rssiise better than ever nov that the
job 10 done what splendid co-oDsra-
ton they received from the splendid
people OF this county. when the smoke
OF the war has cleared and We take
time and are given to take senet
view OF Marshall county In the war
We shalt marvel at the manner In
which We accomplished the tasks that
were our~; and We and our children
and our children's children shall feel
the sense OF duts accomplished and
patriotism eNemplifed in every line OF
patriotic endeayor and the duties OF
common citizenship,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
Topics Of the Times

Lots Of land remains open to entry II
the United States. The trouble is "a
get away from it after you've entered
it.
But isn't there some way 10 fix UP
daylight saving so that both the city
man and the farmer can use his day
to the best advantage?
Mrs. Roosevelt is crossing the sea
10 stand by the grave OF her son; and
thousands OF American women are
with her In spirit.
Did YOU know that FIRE losses in this
country cost every man. woman and
Child over 3 apiece" And had you
ever thought that nine losses out OF
ten are caused by gross carelessness
No. Then thinA Hows your heat
ing plant?
II any element IN the United states
approves the appointment of Heron
TO represent this country it is an eie-
ment of which this country disap-
proves almost or quite az much as II
does Of Heron.
In Seattle Il didn't happen TO ole.
It was the other way about.
Looks like the baseball leagues
would be half thru the season before
the league Of nations signs UP the
first team
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
MIR. GREEN'S IGNORANCE.
TM,pticclio Express

Representative Green, q Iowa In
congressional speech, asked in enec'
why II IL that We can get no cable IN
formation concerning tae location and
condition OF our soldiers in the hospi-
tails OF Francs while there seems 10
be plenty OF opportunity for cabling
tn description ~ the female attire the
morning following SOM. gorgeous
functions which characterizes the Am
erican section Of the peace CONFER
euce" Can II be that Dir. Green has
nat yet comprshended why George
Creel was taken TO Europe"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
Masonic Meetings
~ Visitors Always Welcome
MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1os. A. :

MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1os. a, p
A. NJ. special communication Friday,
Fec 81 at 40 ?. m. First degree.
\. l.. Frazer, W. NJ: John ". Wells.
secretary.
sIGNET CHAPTER, No. 50, r. A. NJ.
Monday. Feb II. Business meeting
George Gregory. n. p. John W. Wells.
secretary.
STATED ASSEMBLY, King Solo
mon Council No. 20, r. 4 S. NJ
Monday Feb. u. 1879. Business
Ira A. Davenport, I. N; John w.
Wells, recorder
Stated conelsve ST. AIderar Com.
msrdery No. 20, X. T. Tuesday, Feb.
Is $40. Business session. J. E.
Frederick. Commando John W Wells.
recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81 o.E.S.
Regular meeting Wednesday evening
Feb. -. 1880 for business. Mrs. Ar
cher walton. secretary; Mrs. j. F,
Schultz, W. NJ.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

Canned goods to the value OF $780,
900 were recently sold at auction in
New York this sale marking the last
step in the dissolution of the chain Of
cooperative stores which the Inter-
borough and the New York Railways
company established to lower the cost
Of living for their employees. The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

stores were given UP by the companies
for lack of patronage on the part or
the employees, for whose exclusive use
they were opened several years ago.
The salaries of grocery clerks and
butchers and the upkeep of the stores
were paid by the companies so that
the goods could be sold strictly at cost
without figuring in overhead expenses.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
Io,Oa Newspapers
THE SEASONED TIMBER.
IEldoYa LAdRNr.l

II looks like Nate Kendall. OF Abba.
would enter the race for the governor
ship. Many friends have repeatedly
urged him to set in and II he does he
viii have May followers who VIII
work earnestly 10 see him get the
place. Iowa San look Ions ways be-
fore she viii hnd such timber FOR the
governors chair
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

cause g their dslinouencies. de len
then W1tA the thought. ceu0Aent that
thsy weui6 sever repeat the in1iecve-
tion, A swivel chair officer would have
ordered = csurtmartlai and cent ths
men TO long terms Of Imprisonment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

Dear Reader. inquiries the Waverly
Independent, do you believe that Pres
ident Wilson did the right thing when
he appointed George D. Heron as a
delegate to confer with the bolsheviki
repl eSen atives?"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

Now just what do you think Ut
school teachers getting $50 per month
ana common laborers $3.50 per day?"
asks the Waterloo Times Tribnns.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

This Prof. Heron, be it said with
shame, is the personal friend Of Pres
ident Wilson who Is named an Am
erican commissioner TO confer with the
Russians" explains the Sac Sun.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

Nearly all the rubber overshoes.
boots or arctics made in the United
States are produced in the locality be-
tween Providence and Boston.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

And now how will the professional
prohibitionist get ltving? inquiries
the Burlington Gazette.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15
Failure.

The only failure man ought to
fear is failure in elsAving to the pur-
pose hs sees to b bsst.-George
Eliot
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

With plans for an army OF 53s.SsS
officers and men and the biggest naval
program in the history of the nation
it looks TO the Sioux City Journal az
though the United States intends TO
enforce peace with shells and bay
onets."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

The Davenport Times says, cards
ON the table, faces up. will 60 long
way in convincing everybody the game
is On the square
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-02-15

Let's talk and boost building and all
the other activities that will speed the
return Of normal conditions and put
every returning soldier to work" sug-
gests the Davenport Democrat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-14
WOODBRIDGE

The Auction Bridge Club will meet
with Mrs. c. r. Brown, Friday after
noon.
Dir. and Mrs. b. W. Hoagland and
Miss Betty Hoagland are expected
home some time this week.
Mrs. J. NJ. Coddington and Mrs. w.
II. Voorhees, were the guests of Mrs.
+. F. Grant at the Hotel Monticello on
Friday.
Mrs. c. B. CrsSke spent Friday in
New York.
The Builders Of the NJ. e. church
will be entertained at a musical ut
the homo OF Mre. c. w. Decker In
West Green street tomorrow after
noon at s o'clock. Musical selections
viii be furnished by local and out-of-
town talent and Mrs. Priestley will
read n of her interesting papers on
1.-The Jungles In South America"
which she personally visited. A most
cordial invitation Is extended to any
one who may wish to attend. A silver
collection will be taken.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will hold q cake sale at the home of
Mrs. William .Squier in Green street
Saturday afternoon, January IS, at 3
O'Clock.
Mrs. ]. M. Coddington left today
for Scranton, where she will spend a
few days.
Tomorrow night is the last night 70
get any votes in the Monument Thea
tire Po~pularity Contest.
1265-1-12-1t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-14
SCHOOL EVENT
At WOODBRIDGE
Pleasing Program Given at
Parent : Teachers
Meeting
By SDecioI Correspondent.
DTnEE To-

By Social Correspondent.
WOODBRIDGE, Jan. IA. - The
Barron emu PARENT Teachers AS
ISOLATION met yesterday afternoon. In
the absence of Mrs. H~oagland, Mr..
Love. the vice president, presided.
A report was made upon the lunch
room which is crowded every Tues
day. Wednesday and Thursday. Mrs.
de Russy, chairman of the program
committee, announced that Mrs. Will
liam Shipman Douglass, the dean OF
the Woman's College at New Bruins
wick, would be the speaker at the
next meeting, which Will be February
10.
On motion the day of meeting was
changed from the first to the second
Monday in each month.
Mr.. Butterwik was chairman of the
program for the afternoon. The high
school orchestra played two excellent
selections in a most acceptable man
ner and Miss Clara Jensen of the SEN
Tor class, read a paper IN Theodore
Roosevelt.
MIR. Jost sang a beautiful French
song, accompanied by Miss Inslee at
the piano, and Miss Frazer on the vi
olin ana afterwards by request, sang
an old English ballad.
Miss Harrington, the English teach
or, read n paper on proper literature
for pupils to read during their leisure
hours.
Mr.. Butterwick spoke TO the parents
on the Importance of cooperation
between parents, teachers and pupils
declaring that where there is o live
parent-teachers' association, there will
be a better understanding between
the teachers and parents which means
better results to the pupils.
Tea was served by the refreshment
committee, several selections being
rendered at this time by the high
school orchestra.