Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-04-05

] Local NOn1nleyE
Announcement this week that .
NV l<ee.oee combined Susinsss and
OFFICE building would Be erected on q
Main street site. perhaps this sea-
SON. was welcome news In business
circles. This city has suffered BY
comparison these many years by
reason Of its ons-story frame struct-
ures on Main street. and the sooner
they are replaced with moro sub
stantiai modern buildings the moro
anxious We win BE- to show OF cur
business district to strangers. How
ever. the time has come when. II We
grow. We must get away from the
Main street idea, and build up inter-
secting streets and those pArallelinY
Main. That condition 10 being brought
about gradually. but not 80 rapidly
a. II should be. One does not have
to remember back many years to re-
call that . merchant considered II
street. Now some Of the best ousi-
nesses In the city in certain lines are
on side streets.
while the people OF this city are
awaiting anxiously the report Of the
census there should be preparation
for disappointment. for most Iowa
cities are disappointed in their re-
turns. Altho showing good gains,
both Mason City ana Waterloo are
not satisfied. Tho same probably
will be true in the case Of MARSHALL
town. There was not the interest
taken In the census this year. on tho
part Of business men, that there was
ten years ago. Enumerators were
thrown more on their own resources,
and there was not much incentive to
make the count a. accurate Al pos
slble, owing to tho small fee per
hume. II the organization that sold
liberty bonds or collected subscrip.
lions to the Red Cross could have
taken the census In Marshalltown.
this city would have had a more
complete count. However. what the
figures may show. we know In Mar
shslltown that we have every house
filled to overlooking. and that We
have a thousand more people In
the soldiers home-members and
civilian employees, who can not be
counted. and yet are available. to all
intents and purposes. as citizens.
Marshalltown Is a better town today
than she ever was. and does a bigger
volume Of business. OF course al!
would like the %e-l4 &c hare the cor
rect figures, but IL this is impossible
Marshalltown will try to worry along
Cor another Ave years and then put
little more pep into her state CEN
sus.
It Is to be regretted that the fac
tons interested in the local packing
house strike could not have come to
an agreement satisfactory to both
sides, so that the plant would have
been kept in operation. Doubtless
the men can get other work. for Ia
Dor Is scarce. Whether or not IL
will be to their advantage to take
other employment, remains 70 be
seen. Tho owners Of the business
will be compelled to make a great
financial sacrifice. for they have
their investment in 4 business that
is not producing. In the meantime
the breach between employers and
employees remains as wide as when
the disagreement arose.
&
Iowa has been shown I'D by a
former Iowan a. q rich field for
stock selling campaigns. wherein
an extent that legitimate investments
at home must suffer for = waste of
capital in wildcat schemes. Preced-
ing this conclusion was the an
nouncement OF the indictment Of Of
ficers Of the Daniel Hayes Company,
which sold thousands Of dollars
worth Of California land to local
business men. who found that deeds
to the land could not be furnished.
The outcome Of certain Investments
in which local people are interested
leads the Times-Republican to re-
peat what it has said before, viz:
This newspaper does not sell its ad-
vertising space for the promotion Of
stock selling campaigns unless the
people who are disposing of the stock
are known, or have standing in
their community. Every day a great
deal Of advertising Is refused for the
very reason that the publishers do
not know the standing Of the adver-
tiser, and do not want to take
chances on his making good his
promises. The Daniel Hayes Com
pany offered this newspaper stock
n its company in payment for ad-
vertising, and the offer was refused.
This newspaper operates on the
theory Of protecting its readers as
far a. is possible. even tho to do so
means the turning down OF available
business. A service Of this sort
should be appreciated by the reader,
and tho legitimate advertiser as well,
for to him, II his COPY IL accepted,
comes the assurance that the pub
fishers have faith in his enterprise,
as far a. it u possible to investt-
gate it.
With news dispatches from Wash
ington advising the public not to buy
coal In April for fear that too much
of q scramble to buy will force the
price Of coal UP, and local dealers
advising friends to purchase their
next winters supply Of coal now, 1t
IN not strange that the consumer IL
1T sea. The average mans GOAL
Asalsr however. s6oulA be something