Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-29

were millions OF feet Of lumber de-
caying that no one thought OF using
In building roof over these ma
chimes. In one field there were 1000
motor trucks going to ruin; in an
other field. 1000 Packards, Cadillacs
and limousines. showing the uphols-
terry rotting and the tires peeling Off.
When the war department finally
made an effort to dispose Of this val
liable property, 80 many were in such
a state Of decay that sales were sac
rifices.
How little we know Of conditions in
Europe is reflected In our surprise at
two meatless days, Thursday and Fri
day. being decreed In Italy effective
after November /. and that white
bread Is as yet almost unknown in
that country two years after the
fighting ceased.
Little democrat Baker, our secre-
tary of war, was warned by Gen.
Goethals against the cost plus plan
OF building cantonments. Cocktails
had built the Panama canal under a
republican administration and had
not wasted single dollar.
So much has been said by Candi-
date Herring about the money he
could SAW for the state by his super
business ability that 1t will be inter-
esting to see how the expenses OF his
campaign compare with Kendalrs.
Kendall has filed his report Of ST.
1910 up to Oct. Is.
The democrats who urge US to
scratch our tickets this year do not
suggest that we scratch as Bryan
would scratch.
The minute the democrats secured
control Of the government costs be-
gan to increase and never stopped,
Every year they went up. In the
fourth administrative year. 1916. they
were $s7.ooo.poo more than the last
year Of Mr.. Taft's administration.
This was before the war gave them
their excuse.
The president would not let the
sugar board agree in the summer OF
1919 to buy the next Cuban sugar
crop as they had bought the previous
one, altho the Cubans offered 1t for
l6h cents a pound; but he did let At
torney General Palmer agree to prices
of 171s cents a pound wholesale with
the Louisiana sugar growers. Hence
sugar, instead Of selling around -
cents a pound retail. has sold at 25
to 80 cents. Extra cost to the Amer
lean people at this rate, at least
81 O00. 0o0,0 to take care Of a sugar
industry In democratic state Of the
old south.
Somebody has figured It out that
we had a million weddings last year
and built only 10000 homes, hence the
problem but we have no figures as to
who went home to live with the old
folks or as to how many moved out
TO the cemetery.
France is commencing the winter
with 125,O0O persons without work.
They are distributed mostly in the
clothing, metal. furniture stone, ce-
ment and automobile industries, 40
| per cent being from the clothing
mapufactories and 80 per cent from
the automobile factories.
The democratic administration took
Brice D. Disque, warden of the, Michi-
gan. penitentiary, put him in charge
LOT spruce production for aircraft,
gave him an army Of $4,000 men to
get out spruce. tolerated his incapa-
city to deliver even one tenth Of the
needed supply, allowed him to build
logging railroads at $4,000 mile,
where big standard roads cost only
$40, 900 mile. and let him go on from
extravaganza to extravaganza, until
he had spent $5o,ooo.oo0. of which the
expert accountants estimate $4,000
900 as pure waste. On this record,
and worse, Mr.. Baker made Disque a
brigadier general and gave him the
distinguished service medal. Dead