Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-01-17

movo Oo o01uo Jo4d 0vot 9SoVoIe
roaA g & Aese 20 move Ne same LOAD
oves 8 pavs1 roAl. what two horses
could haul % market 1t one trip ovss
q paved road would require SIX horses
to haul oyer q gravsled road. Or. 20
put the matter dtfSerentiy, what tenn
could haul over q paved road 'at one
trip WOULD require three trips OVER Q
gravaiod road. THAT SNntrast shows
the profit In paved roads. proposition
which several counties defeated 30.
cause OF the ersatsf sxpcnss Of pavinS
over crawling. They did not CONSIDER
the greater expense Of marketing over
sravelcd roads compared With paved
ones. Is
Contracted with mud roads. the paved
roads are 20 far In advance mat even
the "stIok In ths mud" editor who ad-
yocatcs such mossback poNna1 for the
state. should Be Ashamed. II costs
eight times a. much 70 market over
dirt roads 40 over paved roads. what
a farmer could market 1t one trip over
a paved road rsquirss eight trips over
a dirt road. The saving in>ths market
ing of o crop would make large hole
In the special assessment against the
farm for paved roads.
WHO PAYS?
(Cedar Rapids 0asetts.1
II cannot be repeated too often that.
whatever Il does for individuals, war
impovsrishes the world. The same ~
true Of the voluntary limitation Of pro-
duction. And u also 10 trus OF every
whim or custom or ambition which
turns production from things OF per-
mansnt value 10 those OF only tenn
porary use. Fighting. idltns, keeping
up with the style. all are costly opera
tons for which some one has to pay.
But who pays? Evidently the man
who cannot pass the price along TO
some one else. And who hsf
Overseas he s the man on whom
defeat has laid the staggering burden
OF indemnitieA revolution, and entire
disorganisation. Among ourselves, he
may be some sturdy young fellow 20
proud Of trivial clerical position that
he has not senee enough to take on
his coat and do q mans work with his
muscles. He does not deserve much
sympathy.
But he may be maui on fixed sal
airy, with large responsibilities and Z
training too valuable to throw away
and too technical to At other work. Or
he may be q man who " working FOR
the works sake, not for the pay en-
velope, . judge Of the better type. .
minister. q social worker, . teacher,
who simply refuses to turn to better
paid employment % long a. there ID
any possible chance OF earning living
in the ono he Il at Or he 10 man
whose work II done. For years he gave
good service to the world, and hs
skimpsd and saved for a little COM
fort In his old age. He earned It ana
he thought he had secured it. But now
the dollars that he worked for will buy
less than half Of the work that he
put into them. In his primo he gavs
full measure, and he gets half-meaSurs
in his decline
Often he" is q woman. q widow
whose scanty means have been cut IN
two, q school girl forced BY high prices
to earn q few dollars when she ought
to play or rest.
These are the people whose lives are
sacrificed for the waste OF war, the
waste of limited production. the waste
OF extravasance. Many Of them Ars
those whom a decent highwayman
would spare. But we lay the burden on
them and 30 on with the dance I'M
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