Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-25
AMONG THE MISSING.


Clyde Herring, democratic candi-
likable man. OF course it is .unfortu-
nate that. when the party bosses got
together to select a man Of means
who could be drafted to lead the
party's forlorn hope in Iowa without
regard to the primary election, they
selected Mr.. Herring. but since he
was accommodating enough to take
the nomination. 1t seems q greater
pity that these same bosses insist
upon making life miserable for him.
Their latest sad mistake was to
grounds that Mr.. Herring had been a
buck private"
Their news came as a bolt from
the blue.
Here was Herring. more than fair
ly well known In Des Moines and ov-
en- the state and yet no one had ever
heard him tell Of his military service
and he was not a member OF any OF
the veteran organizations, suddenly
labeled Buck Private Clyde. the hero
Of the Spanish war"
And then Ed O'Conner, one of the
democratic spell binders. gave q
glowing account Of the democratic
candidates war record in Madison
county speech, If his press agents
have quoted him correctly.
But OF course, somebody had to be
Of an inquiring nature. 1t was said
that y''Buck Private" Herring had
served In Michigan regiment so the
adjutant general Of that state was
called upon to verify the statements
of Mr.. Herring's political friends. His
reply was that no one of that name
had ever served with Michigan
troops.
All of which gives noise to the old
| old exclamation Save us from oul
friends"
FREIGHTs LESS THAN LOSSES
[Muscatine Journal.l
When we hear someone reel of
figures as to the sum the government
paid the railroads. let us not be un-
mindful Of the cost OF inadequate
transportation facilities.
It has been estimated that the fail.
ure of the railroads to expeditiouslI
handle the freight business of thu
country has cost the people billion:
of dollars year.
Evidence has been presented befor'
the Calder committee investigating
| the profiteering in soft coal on thu
Atlantic seaboard, showing that NJ
less than $500, 100000 has been ex'
torted from the coal-buying public o
the east thru series Of practices
made possible eonly by lack of ade-
quate transportation. This is JUS
one item.
The price Of scores Of other com
modities has been increased to the
consumer thru effects of inadequate
Transportation. Hence 1t is to be seer
that whatever investment Of public
funds has been made in the railroads
and whatever guaraA,ees have beer
extended, contemplate saving to the
public which will far more than off.
set whatever costs were entailed thru
the; Cummins- Esch bill.
The people of Iowa and more espe-
cially those who produce articles fol
markets elsewhere, such as the man.
ufacturer and the farmer, understand
we'll the cost Of lack of ADEQUATE
shipping facilities. Inability to secure
cars. closes the market to the pro
Queer and this not only entails loss
to him, but operates to increase TIT
cost of living to the consuming public
In the face of these very apparen
facts, we believe that Mr.. Porter will
fail to align Iowa against the veneer
able Mr.. Cummins thru his name
of attack on the measure which t
senior Iowa senator drafted with Z
view to facilitating the recovery o
| the nation's TRANSFORMATION system.