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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
MOVING TOWARD LOWER PRICES

The influences that have recently
made for abatement OF business ac-
tivities remain conspicuously in
evidence, and existing conditions at
ford a sharp contrast to those which
prevailed at the beginning of last
summer. Whereas tho earlier period
was featured by q commercial revt-
val, following lun Of several
months duration, that subsequently
set new presidents In magnitude OF
transactions and in high price levels.
the present situation Is marked by
q progressive contraction Of opera
lions In various quarters, and by
clear signs OF price reaction. The
latter movement, the genuiness of
which has been questioned by not a
few people. has gone farther in some
lines than Is commonly imagined,
and proof that q readjustment Is
under way docs not lie wholly in
published quotations, or in current
compilations of index numbers.
That some commodities maintain
an appearance Of nrmness, or are
but little cheaper. II only because
sufficient demand to establish a
trading basis - lacking. and the
significance Of the changed attitude
Of many sellers does not anywhere
escape notica. While rssistencs to
price declines u still practiced, and
although predictions Of later adj
vancss arc not absent, yet buyers
waiting policy. tho forcing Of liquid
alton thru financial pressure and
other causes. and the charging i'm
ports from abroad form . COM
bination Of factors that Is steadily
making q deeper impression upon
sentiment, and 10 reflected in tho Of
fering Of different classes Of goods
at concessions. With cancellations
and revisionS Of orders OF moro gem
sr0 occurrence curtailmant Of
manufacturing 10 spreading. ard the
resultant reduction OF employment.
which has reached considerable d.
msnsions In Some indnstr1sA y not
unnaturally tending - lower tAs
public buying power.
Il u this condition, IN conjunction
with the lsssening Of sxtravasanos in
personal expenditures, and tho grow
ins opposition 70 extreme prices. that
Il prompting merchants TO proceed
cautiously In anticipating forward
requirements. Whether the high
cost Of production. and tho Limitation
OF available supplies thru dscrsass in
outputs. will operate to maintain
prices. a. u oontendsd BY some In
tsrssts. will depend upon the future
purchasing ability ana disposition OF
consumers.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
Tree YIdd, . Fortunes,

The telling Of = yellow poplar tree
Of giant size 10 . Kentucky incident
worthy Of narration. For untold years
1t had been q famous landmark in
the hills Of the Cumberland noun
tainS.
A large humber concern In Whites
burg NOT long ago cut this forest
monarch, and about $1,000 was re-
allied from the manufactured pro-
duct.
Tho trse was sawed into nearly
7Jo0t feet Of flrst class lumber. with
several hundred fest Of second class
stun thrown in. Not for half CEN
fury, We are told. had such tree
been marketed from eastern Ken
tucfy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
LEAaALIzED ROBBERY.
Waterloo Courier.l


There are some things we imagine
the people would like to know
simple, elemental matters that ought
to be answerable without opening
law book or scratching the head.
One OF these items It: II the gov
eminent, In time Of stress has the
power and the inclination to put the
clamps on the wheat market, fixing
an arbitrary price Of s2.25 per bushel,
for the purpose Of protecting the
public against CORNERS" and other
devices OF SPECTATORS and profiteers,
who otherwise would shoot the price
to S. or SO a bushel. why cannot the
government take a similar step In
dealing with the coal operator sharks
of West Virginia and some other
eastern felds7
II Waterloo people should make an
effort to buy or contract for Poca-
hontas or other coal Of tho West vir-
gfnia type, the price. If the dealer
could supply It or agree to supply it,
would be somewhere around SIS per
ton. This. mark you. is for coal that
may he gotten out Of the ground Just
~ easily as coal in southern Illinois
It Is coal for the digging Of which the
miner receives probably s1.25 per ton
or approximately the same rate paid
miners in southern Illinois. The price
at which coal Is sold to the Waterloo
dealer. At the mine. In southern Him
OILS, IS approximately SO per ton. Get
that clearly In yc-r mind. The Wat
erloo dealer pays for coal on cars at
the mine in Illinois, So a ton. What is
he required to pay for coal on the
car at the mine in West Virginia, for
the digging OF which the miner gets
the same wage as in Illinois? He
must pay $3.50 per ton for coal, while
the price in Illinois is about 50. He
shouldn't: but does. He Is simply
robbine In daylight. and with govern
mept sanction. the people Of at least
S. ton.
= The West Virginia coal operator
can and does produce coal as cheap
ly as the Illinois operator. There Is
no good reason why West Virginia
coal should be higher in Waterloo
than Illinois coal. except In an
amount which equals the additional
freight cost. But there are the cold
facts: Coal $3.50 at the mine In West
Virginia, OF which the miner gets
about s125s: another s1.25t is charge
able. to overhead expense, and about
IS 10 net preflt. Profit on a commodi-
ty which human beings urgently need
ana which the operators had nothing
to do with placing where It now lies.
If the government may put the
clamps on the wheat price to save
the public from extortion. why may 1t
not put the clamps on the price of
coal In the West Virginia mines and
save the people from the same kind
Of extortion? And II 1t cannot then IL
Is time 1t could.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
DID GRAVES KILL THE MANI

The case Of one Graves, whose dis
charge after the grand jury of Polk
county had failed to return an indict-
ment against him for shooting one
DeVault who died from the injury
thus inflicted. Is attracting some at
tention across the state. There ap-
pears no denial that Graves shot the
man fatally. Devault and three 9TH
er persons were Joy riding late at
night. Mrs. Graves was one OF the
party. Just why the grand jury fail
ed to take action on the crime nobody
seems to be able to explain except
that the story Of one Of the women is
said to have influenced the grand
jury.
Now it isn't q question Of WHISTLER
Graves had or thought h. had des-
perate4 provocation but Of whether
he shot and killed a man. The
grand tury's business was with
the facts and not with the provoca-
ton. AS we generally understand
the function Of a grand jury
it is to investigate whether or
to render a report on the facts. II
the fact of crime is apparent, as
seem to be undeniable in this
Graves case, then the grand Jury
should render an Indictment. It 10 not
the judge Of circumstances and tech-
nicalities. The sob stuff belongs to
the trial jury and tho technical points
with the judge Of court empowered
to try the case on the law and the
evidence.
Now DeVault may have been bad
and wicked man going up and down
the earth seeking to devour innocence
and Mrs. Graves sweet, pure lady
seeking only the healthful stimulus
OF fresh air and the unwonted pleas
iure OF q swift ride In q oar; or 1t may
have been reversed and Devault have
been a stern moralist and the wo-
man or women in the affair c:sc:ples
Of that Delilah who barbered Door
old Samson SO effectively. Mr.. Graves
may have been sans peur ct sans re-
prochs. like Sir Philip Sidney and
several other historical personages.
That like the flowera- that bloom in
the spring. has nothing to do with
the case. The question before the
grand jury was whether he killed q
man.
There IL q tendency to accept kill
tngs and violent and Suspicious
deaths on the face OF the story told
by those who may be involved in ono
or another way. It IL common re-
mark that there's no need OF an In
quest" when violence or moro or less
unexplained circumstances are con-
nectsd with tho taking Of q human
life. It II q careless and unwise
tendency. The intent Of tho law IL
protective as well as penal. In every
case where the facts arc not plainly
and unquestionably evident the In
auiEy should be made in form as In
tended by law.
What the Polk county grand jury
had before 1t to dismiss Graves 10
not evidsnt unless 1t took into consid-
Grafton that indefinite ..unwr1ttsn
law which whom urged before hys-
terioal criminal juries has afforded
q cat hole Of escape to q. multitude
OF killers and murders. It ID to be
hoped that the surmise IL unfounded.
II the "unwritten law" Is to guide
grand juries homicide Is likely to be-
como a popular outdoor and indoor
sport,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22

the prohteer vote. II he could get 1t
it would be all over but the shout
ing and the profteering.
Meredith has Informed Iowa as to
what he thinks of congress. Now
why not tell us what he thinks Of
Wilson?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
NO MORE SUPER MEM.
PERRY Chief.l

About ell that the Omaha World
Herald, democrats news dispense of
tho Nebraska metropolis can say
against Senator Harding 10 that The
never proposed anything new. or
radical, or strange" Right brother,
and he probably never Will He is
opposed to new things like Bryan
10 to 1 Of Wilson's league Of nations.
he opposed radical measures like
these advocated by Eugene v. Dess.
and he keeps away from the
strange business policy mt spsnd-;
Ing more money than can be taken
IN. He 10 the kind OF man needed
at this or any other time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
FOR PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY.
[Cedar Rapids Tribune.1

Some day it hoped that congress
will have the nerve as well as suffi-
cient sense to inaugurate a presiden-
tial primary law that will make it
mandatory upon the delegates so
chosen to vote the will of the people
that elect them. The primary is OPP
posed to the old type Of political
leaders. The excuse is expense, but
It Is quite apparent from the investi-
cation carried on by Senator Ken
yon's committee that in states where
the primary was not in effect dele
gates cost more by far than in those
their preference direct.
states where the people expressed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
Burglary Is Not Profitable.

When one reads in the paper an
account Of burglary whore the thief
succeeded In securing 5000 to $780,
900 worth of jewelry, one Is apt to
think that the spoils were probably
worth the risk: but investigation has
shown that thieves never realize
anything like the full value Of their
plumber. In England 1t was discov-
cred that out Of 4ss burElaries re-
ported in various parts Of the king
dom the proceeds netted the prin-
cipals an average Of about $7S each.
The value Of the plumber was many
times that figure. In addition to this
each ono of the number had been
sent to jail for his crime.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
1obn Burroughs
:. 5, Nsss'ss:s:

First-Can a queen bee be made to
order?
Second--Why does the owl fly
noiselessly?
Third-What foreign blue and
purple wild flowers are found In
this country?
Answers to Yesterdays Questions.
First-Does the mockingbird sing
while on the wing?
The mockingbtrd has habit Of
singing on the wing on moonlight
nights, that would be worth going
south to hear. Starting from q low
bush, 1t mounts in the air and con-
tinues its flight apparently to an
altitude OF several hundred feet. re-
naming on the wing number Of
minutes, and pouring out it's song
with tho utmost clearness and
abandon.
Seoond-What is the difference in
the note between tho southern and
northern piping frog?
There Is q southern species Of the
piping frog called tho green hyla,
heard when you have reached the
Potomac, whose note 1s harsh and
cracking. To stand on the verge of
a swamp vocal with these, pains and
stuns tho ear. Tho call of the
northern species is far more tender
and musical.
Third-where IL thu thistle most
PLENTIFUL
On the whole, tho place to see
European weeds is in America. They
run riot here. They are like boys
out Of school, leaping all bounds.
They have the freedom Of the whole
broad land, and are allowed to take
possession In way that would
astonish q British farmer. The
Scotch thistle is much rarer in
Scotland than In New York OF
1fAAaA ChuSett1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
Topics Of the Times

Ed Meredith comes back TO Iowa
with tho cheerful statement 20 Asm-
oorats that Harding - 70 b beaten:
but I'd and some others can recall
another campaign whore thsy and
Edward found all calculations badly
upset when the vote was counted. II
I'D honestly believes that the rspubli-
cans are TO DO defeated thu nail he's
q curiosity. Nobody Ola dsss.
Naturally any oaIl from Butte sue-
rests locking azound for the I. ". W.
In the woodple.
Mr.. Mooomb2 former chairman OF
the democratic national COMMITTEES,
says Mr.. Wilson has no right to call
himself leader OF the democratic
party. But he does and - and In
sists on Il and wsat IN Nj. Nocombs
going 70 DO about ~ Nh. McOomha
calls the president IN autoorat and
SPEAKS Of the European rn1dd1s O.
that act Of "sns tndividual", but when
the convention ssts together as IRIS
90 Woodrow = seing 70 boss OF
knock things Into "ooclnsA hak".
However. Il - Indicated b. Mr..
MoCombs' outbreak that dsmoosats
are Just about ~ Tired Of IL - rapuh-
loans, Nevertheless, watch EN- ned
from wssdrvw's hand ct the osnv>n-
ton.
Maybe Coend9s WIN ind Q way to
make the vice prsstlszcy Something
mort than q respectable place 10
shslvs q good man ana conceal 4
weak ono.
The CARROLL Times can't UNDER
stand exactly how HGvnsr carried
Carroll county for tho sovsrnershlp.
Carroll has always been oonaga4sed
frtsAdly to ksssrs. AnAsussr Busch
and other perSens, who used to send
suds % Carroll, and especially TREND
~ 10 tho suds t1ey used - Sand. Yet
Havnsr oasstsl casson county. How
comet
Suspicion - prevalent that Bill
MoAdoo II playing possum and that
when other candidates arc grouped
about tho campfire oongratulatipg
themselves and dividing tho spoil
they'll glance UP at the sky line and
SEQ fade out Of the gallant McAdoo
gallepinr into tho sunset with tho
beautiful maiden clAsped to his
breast.
Some one said If he could have the
votes Of all the mon who get merry
over their cups he could be elected
president on any ticket. Maybe Mr..
Palmer Is figuring that way toward
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22

the application Of Roentsen rays to
the head. Dr.. q. eteetner states in the
'tMuenchener Medizinische Wochen-
schrift" that these affect the hypop-
hysis and stimulate the internal Sc
cretions which fule1 the production Of
bone.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
An Eurnltuna a. Natal

Wooden furniture will disappear,
entirely at no distant date. owing TO
the perfected processes OF making
steal furniture and the scarcity Of
suitable timber.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22

The Czecho- Slovak government re-
Gently bought 100000 bales Of cotton
In America.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

This Is q republican year. That is
what Is claimed by many. 1t may
be. But 1t Is better to believe that i.
is a doubtful year and to work with
might and main for a republican VIC
tory" advises the Burlington Hawk
eye. ut was assumed to be a repub-
hcan year when Charles Il. Hughes
headed the ticket"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
,YRpNUs GIVES THANKS.

Cedar Rapids Nepub1Can.J
They now make q delicious wine
from clover blossoms, outdistancing
the dandelion product. Whatever man
may do with his laws. nature is pro-
lific with her bounties.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22
lowa Newspapers
OUTSIDE or THAT.
burlington aaxette)

Teachers could get along all right
II they didn't have to eat and wear
clothes during vacation periods.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22

ST Herbert Hoover ever had a
presidential boom. would some one
kindly advise when it boomed2" in
quires tho Toledo Chronicle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22

Emma Goldman's love for the
stars and stripes is one Of the pan
thetic touches of these times" says
the Cedar Rapids Republican. "She
had to 60 abroad to learn how much
that flag stands for"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22

Stimulates Retarded 0rowtl.
Retarded growth, manifesting itself
n lack Of tcenters Of Justification, has
oeen extraordinarily stimulated by
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22

A mysterious disease recently killed
countless coconut palms in the Colon
district Of Panama.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22

II they lived UP to the terms by
observing and carrying out the coun-
ellis mandate concerning Persia, 1t
would have proven that the league
was indeed built upon the determin-
ed will Of the nations to eliminate
wars. The league failed In its first
opportunity. It disappointed Its
friends in the first test OF its merits
says the Sioux City Journal.
"A man Of brains in politics is de-
stroyed by his enemies. He perishes
by his own mistakes" says the Des
Mo!nes Capital.
Tho Muscatins Journal says
Should tho democratic party declare
for a modification Of our liquor laws
It viii become good politics for the
republican organization to swing
intellectually behind the suffrage
movement to the end that the women
Of the nation may gain the ballot be-
fore November"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22

When we remember all OF he pre-
convention bunk that was written,
1t seemed almost Inevitable that
some nswspapsrman should quality
as a prophet
F.F. ".
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-22

Some one said If he could have the
votes Of all the mon who get merry
over their cups he could be elected
president on any ticket. Maybe Mr.
Palmer Is figuring that way toward
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-08-26
WARNS HUNGER STRIKERS
British Government viii Not Be Re.
sponsibe for Prisoners Held in
Irish JaiIs.

Dublin, Aug. 20.-Warning that hun
ger-striking prisoners viii not be re-
leased unless acquitted is given I'm an
official statement issued on Wednes-
day in Dublin castle The government
announces it win not he responsible
for consequences of the prisoners alb
stenation from food The new regu-
lation is TO apply to all awaiting trial
on charges Of political murders or
completely in such crimes 1t has been
decided by the authorities, however,
to release temporarily % prisoners in
the Cork Jail who are awaiting trial
for less serious offenses Among them
are II men arrested with Lord Mayor
MacSweney. While the military were
searching q house mt Dorrygallon, near
Kantmk, County Cork. two men oc-
cupants OF the building fired on the
soldiers. The latter returned the fire,
killing one OF their asS0ilants and dan
Cerously woundmg the other
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-08-26
Consistory at Rome Tells Arch
bishop to Be Cautious in
England.
IRISH SEIZE 10 SOLDIERS
British Troops Taken Prisoner After
Sharp Fighting at TraIlee--I reated
to Tea and Then Released
by Captors.

London, August Z1.--The consistory
at Rome has directed TO Archbishop
Daniel J. Mannix of Melboure Aus.
trulia. strong eXhortation. urging
moderation in his treatment of British
political questions.
This was learned from a British Off
cial message from Rome.
Tralee, Ireland, August 21-Thir-
teen fully armed soldiers returning TO
TraIee in a military lorry were am
pushed.
After sharp fighting from both sides
the soldiers were forced TO surrender,
and were disarmed by civilians. Four
of the soldiers were wounded. They
were rushed to a hospital. The re-
mainder were taken TO a farmers
house and treated to tea by their cap
tors. Later they were driven a short
distance outside the town of Dingle
and released.
Macroom, Ireland, August 21.-Lieut.
Sharman, commanding military pa
troll. was killed and four of his men
were badly wounded near RaIlyvour-
ney in a pitched battle with armed ci-
villains who made surprise attack.
The attacking party had dug trenches
and felled a tree across the road where
the patrolllng military passed No ems
ualties are reported among the civil
ians.
Dublin, August 21.-The holding up
and rc5bng Of mail trains and mail
motors by armed and masked gangs
Is continuing apace. A party boarded
a Dublin southeastern train at Farms,
taking all the official mails.
Twenty raiders held up a mail car
near Kllbrittain and seized six bags of
mail.
Postal officials. with mails from Bun
crana, an important naval and milf
tary center, were waylaid and the
mails taken Official letters were re-
moved from another train held up near
Buncrana
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-08-26
U. S. SOCIALISTS 0. K. REDS
Referendum Endorses the Third Inter.
rationale With Certain Reserva-
tons, Including Dictatorship.

Pittsburgh, Pa, Aug 24-Indorse.
menr Of the third mternatlonole with
certain rescrvasionS, ny the Socialist
party of the United States, was an.
uouuced here hy the executive COM
mitiee A referendum under instruc.
tiouS of the national convention held
In New York last May produced that
result 10 was also announced that
the party iu another referendum, had
declared against adoption of the die
tatorship of The prolctarlut" as prac,
ticed u Russia.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1920-08-26
THIEVES GET 100000
Grab Pouch of Payroll Cash at
Pullman, III.
Bag Is Snatched From the Hand OF
a f3-Year-old Helper at
Station.

Chicago, Aug. 21.--A mail pouch,
containing 100000 in currency, was
stolen from the platform of the Illinois
Central railroad station in Pullman.
The money was being sent by a
bank TO Pullman. to be used for pay
rolls in plants there.
The bag was ripped from the hands
Of a thlrteen-year-old helper about the
station as he was Juggling 1t from the
station mail chute TO the pos office
delivery cart.
It had been dropped off the subur-
ban mail train, which arrived n Pull
man from Chicago at :02 In the after
noon.
The boy was Leo Wilgus, 1916
Langley avenue. The iantor Ct the
station was nearby, and on the plat
form was a crowd OF station loiterers
and passengers waiting for suburban
trains
As the lad attempted to lift the
pouch into the post office cart, an ell
derby man, gray-halred, his eyes
shielded behind horn-rimmed specta-
Giles, appeared beside him and said:
Here. boy, I'll give you a hand with
that"
Selling the bag, the stranger tossed
II into black Marmon car parked
five feet away
Before young Wllgus could cry
out a younger man, sitting at the
steering wheel of the car, had turned
on the gas and the automobile sped
north In Cottage Grove avenue. There
was a third companion In the car.