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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
HANDY DIRECTORY
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Rotary.
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ness session. o. c. Fox, master;
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MANDERY NO. 80, Tuesday, June
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clyde n. Stewart, commander; John
W. Wells, recorder.
CENTRAL CHAPTER NO. 81 o. r.
8. Regular meeting Wednesday,
June i6, at 8, for business and cleo
don OF worthy patron. Mrs. w. j.
Richarda, w. NJ; Mrs. Archer Wall
Ton, secretary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

the very act Of spending needlossly.
Taxes upon corporation profits are
merely multiplied several times and
added to the cost OF production OF
necessities. AS goods pass from hand
to hand before reaching the ultimate
consumer this increased cost Is pyra-
mided several times more, until tax
upon profits is a subsidy which pro-
notes high prices.
Excessive surtaxes upon large In
comes drive capital out Of productive
industry and into tax-free govern
ment securities or into real estate at
inflated values. Surplus earnings
ought to be induced to seek reinvest-
ment in productive industry. hence
the surtax upon large incomes virtu-
ally puts up the bars to all success
full men, telling them that they and
their capital are not wanted either In
new industries or in the expansion OF
old industries.
Luxury taxes, however. should be
assessed and collected more nearly
at the source Of luxury goods than
at the retail store. A 1o-cent tax up
on q IS hat Is a nuisance to collect
and to handle. If the Jobber or the
manufacturer paid 1t the collection
would be vastly simplified and the
ultimate consumer would and 1t In
his bill just the Same.
Twenty-Five billions spent in year
for luxuriesl Az much as the war
debt! Suppose the tax on luxury
spending was made equal to the pres
ent normal tax Of 10 per cent upon
thrift and efficiency IN earning
luxuries would cost only 10 per cent
more and tho war debt would be paid
in ten years by our extravasan'
spenders.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
LAY OFF FROM PAVING NOW.

T state highway engineers are
advising county boards to LAY Off" Of
road paving for the present because
prices are prohibitive. Market reports
from the entire country tell of slow
ing down IT public work of all kinds.
Even California Is letting up on its
road paving and In Cerro Gordo
county where cement Is made paving
work is hung up because of car de.
lay in shipment of gravel. Scarcity
and high wages Tor labor, inability
to insure the prompt delivery Of ma
terial and the fear that we are about
to experience falling market for all
kinds Of building stuff is causing q
hesitancy in construction enterprise.
Under the circumstances 1t is well
that street and highway improve
ments be suspended for the present
season. Things will be different next
year. There is unemployment in the
eastern states now. Surplus labor
will drift westward. This coming
winter will find contractors keen for
work for next years exception. The
present season should be devoted to
permanent grading and surveying
and general preparation for the let
ting OF paving contracts during the
winter months.
We should have reached the peak
Level OF everything this year and next
year we ought to be able to 60 for
ward with business as usual. Even
the railroads will be better able to
function then. There will be less
soldering by workers and more de-
sire to hold on to q good job. Prices
may not. probably will not reach the
bottom by next year but conditions
will have eased up all along the line
50 that construction work can go
forward then. For tho rest Of this
year tho advice to lay Off II wise.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
The Public and the Right to Strike

1.-THE public has no rights which are
superior to tho toile's right to live
and to his right to defend himself
against oppression. " Samuel Gompers
declared in his deferred replies to three
questions asked him by Gov. Allen, OF
Kansas, in their debate at New York,
May %.
Denying the statement of Samuel
Gompers that the workingman's
right to strike is supreme over the
needs Of public welfare. Gov. Henry
]. Allen of Kansas, presidential
prospect spoke to 500 guests at the
City Club in Chicago. Virtually all
his talk was devoted to tho recent in
auguration OF an industrial relations
court In his home state.
The contest between capital and
labor il the only private war tho gov
ernment has not taken over" he de-
clared. I'VE have made the first step
In Kansas. We hold that labor dis
putes are ~ subject to civil law and
OWL court ~ family. political, or
business differences.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
Replies to Labor CHARGE.

Replies to Labor Charge.
Labor unions say we have taken
away the only weapon they have-tfe
right to strike. We reply that we have
given them q stronger. greater wea-
pon-the might Of tho courts Of Jus
tice.
"Gompers' reply IL but q uufbblinx
statement, after all. Mr.. Gomperu
represents class organised thru
compulsion. They are but I'VE and
one half per cent OF our population.
There is another one and one-half
per cent which may be classed as cap
ital. The other ninety two per cent
is class not controlled by either
Gompers or capital-it Is the general
public.
That ine-tsnths 70 80 rood
natured 1t exercises only passive
resktance- until It u caught in that
vice we have named economic con-
dittons. Then that nine tenths wakes
up. It is that class which firmly be-
lieve - now saying to Mr.. Gompers;
'Wsrs the publio-we've got to be
protected
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

Question Of Imitation and DsfIation.
The recent action Of the Federal
Reserve Board In declaring that cred-
It's must be reduced, and the raising
OF the discount rate at Ill tho large
reserve centers. has Impressed not
only the bankers thruout the country
but all borrowers with the import
ance OF using credit as conservative
~ as circumstances WIN permit.
Initiation Of credit In this country
is direct result Of the financing Of
the war, and Of the conditions
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
We're In a Print Paper Squeeze

Washington, D. c., June 9.-Hold-
ing that scarcity Of news print paper
which has handicapped American
newspapers to be more the result
Of artificial obstruction than of nat
ural laws" the senate committee
which Investigated the paper situa-
ton yesterday recommended that the
department of justice institute pro-
ceedings under the Sherman and
Clayton acts against print-paper
manufacturers.
Manufacturers were charged by
the committee with unjust, illegal
and discriminatory" practices. Pres
emit prices for news print paper were
held by the committee to be Excess
sive and unwarranted."
Other recommendations made by
the committee include:
Establishment of a federal news
print board ito supervise the manu-
facture and distribution of print
paper should government efforts to
maintain q reasonable price fail.
Amendment Of the Lever food con-
troll act to penalize prof1teering in
news print paper.
Would Tax Sunday Issues.
Imposition OF an excise tax Of 10
cents on Sunday newspapers weigh
ing more than 1.2s pounds a copy. so
as to limit such editions to eighty
pages until an adequote paper supply
can be secured.
Appropriation of 100000 for the
purpose of experimenting with SUBJ
stftutes for wood pulp.
Establishment Of a rate of cent
a. pound on sheet print paper to any
part of the country when sent by
parcels post without increasing the
present limit Of seventy pounds pro-
vided under the postal regulations.
The committee also recommended
that consideration be given by the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

government to the establishment of q
|news-print paper mill to supply the
governments needs, with any surplus
paper to be sold to small consumers.
The report, which was submitted
to the senate just before adjourn
ment. was based on extensive hear
ings held by the committee at which
testimony from newspaper and peri
odical publishers and paper manu-
facturers. dealers and jobbers was
given.
Small Publishers Squeezed.
Publishers Of small newspapers
were declared by the report to be in
the hands Of "unscrupulous profit
GERS and exploiters." while even the
large newspaper publishers are at the
mercy of the manufacturers. The re-
port added that 1t was not and still
is not safe" for a publisher in any
way to criticize or protest to manu-
facturer, while the small publishers
are being driven from the business by
threatened bankruptcy"
"All the evidence of the various
witnesses and the substance of the
information we have obtained from
official reports" the report declared,
seem to indicate that many Of the
news-print paper makers here and In
Canada were acting in collision with
the apparent intent to bring about
restraint Of the normal flow of trade
and engage in unfair competition by
methods in some cases Of creating
an artificial supply and in others OF
rQqnrfinO M
reaus OF statistics to an actual fixing
OF price. Indeed, there is sufficient
evidence to warrant the finding that
there has been deliberate curtail-
ment of news print paper upon the
part OF some news print paper man.
ufacturers to get even with the gov
eminent for fits prosecution, and also
to hold UP, prices"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

In the present situation Of credit,
generalization is difficult and un-
wise. The natural counterpoise to
an over-extended credit situation In
vastly augmented production OF
necessaries, and that Ii the great
need Of the time. Wages cannot be
increased, the public cannot 60 on
consuming more than ever, the banks
cannot continually expand their
loans, new capital cannot be found
for tho creation OF fresh enterprises,
I'M the face Of diminished output
City National Bank N. r.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
THE COUNTRY Is SAVED.

With little more than half the pre-
cincts actually reported 1t appears
that the republican voters Of Iowa
have overwhelmingly refused to pun
ish Senator Cummins because he
dared to propose adjudication Of rail-
way labor disputes in a special court
instead Of tying up thte train service
Of the country with disastrous
strike. It was q patriotic call for
the defense Of our country and Of its
freedom that caused thousands to
vote for Cummins who had mover
voted for him befors. Their purpose
was to save their country.
The appeal against him was an ex-
preston Of the radicalism Of the
times. An organized class number
Ing less than one-tenth the voting
population ana employed on the rail-
roads sought to defeat the man who
had served 80 ably Is to have been
elected president pro tenn Of the
United States senate. For twenty
years this class had declared that
Senator Oummips had been "fair'
to labor. They turned upon him this
time because he believed that the
nine-tenths OF all the people have q
greater right to live and prosper by
uninterrupted train service than the
.one-tenth have to strike. He SYM
pathixed with the one-tenth and pro-
posed a special court OF Justice to
give them all that they arc entitled
to but he believed that train service
upon our railroads was essentially
public service In which the rights
and safety Of the public are para
mount to the interests Of those en-
gagged in the public service just AZ
is police protection, fire protection.
postal service and the protection Of
tho public by army and navy.
Had the purpose Of the minority
p, evailed we would have been head
ed toward class autocraoy whose III
innate IL expressed In the Russian
soviet. Instead We have decided to
nominate for return = man who seeks
to have the law abolish private war
between railroad workers and rail-
road managers In order that other
men may not be thrown out Of work
and tho babies Of our cities may not
be deprived OF their life giving milk.
. man who believes that wage dis
putes in essentially public service can
be settled In court as trade disputes
are now settled without resort to per-
sonal combat which long ago in Eng
fish history was abolished as the
method Of settling disputes in barter
and trade.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
Ripping Rhymes
By WALT MASON
THE CAMPAIGN.

THE CAMPAIGN. s4s4ss
Let's
eloquent
and boots useless
vncing jakes OF their
useless red neishbos
hear the siren the
been stung And while
smiles ont
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
Man. Suit. q. 20 26

Taking the bull by the horns, Mr..
Mallaby- Deeley, millionaire member
OF the British parliament, has liter
ally knocked the props out from
under the H. c. l.. so far as clothes
are concerned, and London is having
cues again. Mr.. Mallaby- Deeley is
selling suits at from $s.25 to $14.6O-
not In charity, but as business
proposition. The feat has made him
the most popular and the most talk
ed Of man In England, and it may
blaze for him short path to fame.
The price Of mems clothing had
reached such q height that London
ers got into the habit Of having
their clothes turned inside out. Com
munities would vote 1t unpopular to
have new suits, and the possessor OF
. new suit subjected himself, not to
envy but to censure. Golf and out
Ing suits were prest into service for
city wear. But, as q general rule,
the Londoner, like the Gothamite,
submitted to the demands OF the
clothiers. while the press raved and
then sank back into somnolence. BLA
there was a steady insurgency Of
feeling against mounting costs. The
time had come for some one to lead
the people out Of the tailors bond
age. and Mr.. Mallaby- Deeley an
swered the call. Az Frank Getty.
London correspondent OF the New
York Tribune, outlines the situation:
Mr.. Mallaby-Deeley Ia member
of parliament Tor q South Londan
borough. Until q month ago he had
nothing to do with clothes except to
wear them, and he was known "a the
0est-drest man in parliament
He bought three clothing factories,
and set them to work turning OUT
mems ready-made clothing ct re-
nArkable prices: Ss.25. I'll. $3.50.
and $3.50. He advertised over his
own name, and the public docked to
buy. The Arst advertisement ap-
psarsd IN . Nonday morning paper,
and before eight o'clock In tho morn
in1 there WaS q line Of q hundred
yards long awaiting admission to his
unpretsnttous little strand store. It
was = bad spot for traffic anyway.
and tho enthusiasm Of the would be
buyers kept not inconsiderable
portion. OF London's finest; ION the
Job al day long. For two weeks
public enthusiasm for the new
clothes has continued unabated: It
shows no sign Of diminishing. And
the nrst fruits Of his innovation
arc rapening. Already 4 well.known
tailoring concern has issued q $4,000
challenge to Mallaby -Deeley. re-
Questing him or any one else to
prove that the It's prices are twenty
ave cents above his and Offering
tailor made garments IN place OF
ready-mahe. to boot. Which only
adds to the prestige and popularity
Of Mr.. Mallaby-Deoley.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

ard mercantile concerns are in the
habit Of using at q time when raw
materials. wages, and tho cost Of all
industrial and commercial operations
arc excessive.
The problem can only be solved by
the application OF good judgment to
the requirements Of individual cases.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
Topics Of the Times

Michigan - complaining OF its
empty farm houses caused by the e1-
odus of men to the automobile rae
tories OF Detroit, while the govern
ment /. sounding an alarm that the
acreage planted to food crops y SO
small this year that We are likely
to have nothing but automobiles to
eat next year.
Three thousand CEecho-slovak
troop. enroute from vladivostock "a
Trieste passed thru Canadh this
week. II some Of them do not lose
themselves In the wheat fields q
Canada ON this trip what they saw
will bring them back to America IN
another year.
Il Wa the president Of tho Am
erican woolen Company who threat
ened to open company stores for hi
min operatives II little rstail grocer
did not cut their prices but when the
governments looked into things thu
real prof,teer who was indicted VA
the American Wbolen Company It.
self.
HALF . btliion Of German govsrn-
mont bonds arc 70 20 to the United
States to reimburse II for the ex-
pense OF occupyins territory alona
the Rhine after the war. These b6ndl
ought to bs offered for sale 70 Ger
mans residing In America who do
not take their full share Of the lib
erty bond issues.
The right Of . few to tie up the
railroads and greatly damage II moi
starve the many does not seem pop
ular In lows A federal court Of Jus
tice for the railroad employe seenl
to be q fatrer method Of settling wage
disputes in the railroad service both
Tor the public and for the railroad
worker.
Excessive taxes upon large inconae>
drive capital out OF productive in-
dustry while taxes upon luxuriea
which would discourage extrava-
gance would release both capital and
labor for the production OF more
necessities.
Radical, half cracked politicianl
have been ob1ecting to the law which
permits tho interstate commero'
commission to dx rates that viii Civ
railroad companies anaverass return
OF 81 Per cont upon their invest
ments for the next two years but tn,
Southern Pacific Is offering to pa.
per cent tor money on four to If
team years time II people win buy It
equipment bonds.
The only place in which reduction
in the prioe OF shoes can prove par
manent II ct tho factories. Retailer,
sell on replacement value With hide
way down In pTdoe and shoe faotor1e
running only pslt time ptlos reduo
TONS arc to be expected.
Governor Edwards doubtless won
ders now whats tho use.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
ABANDON CONSTRUCTION WORK
[Sioux City Journal.l

lSlOux City Journal
Labor conditions In the building
trades have resulted In the abandon
ment Of large constructive programs
turnout the country, and this
abandonment Is reflected in the
|structural steel industry, where the
output Is substantially reduced and
where shorter time for labor rs noted.
Probably the greatest unit In aban-
doned construction is that OF better
highways. Many states and parts Of
states had made provisions for elab-
crate hard surface road building, but
find 1t impossible to secure either
labor or materials for their work.
Billions of dollars which would have
been expended In these enterprises
Will not get into circulation.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
TIMES REPUBLICAN, MARsHAILTOWN IOWA JUNE 8 1920

sons to an automobile In Iowa, and
that large number Of the remain
der are In families where q car IL
owned, ats cinch that good roads
are mighty popular in the Hawkeye'
state"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

1.-The man who gets 20 cents for
his cotton says the Cedar Rapids
Gazette. thinks the sugar grower
and the wheat broker are profiteers.'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
Time and China.

For years the so-called civilized
world has been unloading its cheap
silver money on China. Now silver Is
at a premium and China finds itself
suddenly a rich money lender. Time
and China are an irresistible combi-
nation.-Chicago Daily News.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

Palms in a desert always signify
presence OF water.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

Eighty of the 200 islands In the
Fiji group are inhabited
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

Judging from what they have un-
covered in the way OF campaign e1-
penditures, McAdoo 10 Just 40 Door
as he was when he left the score
tary's office In order to light OF the
wolf" declares tho Waterloo Tmes-
Tribune.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
Member If III. Associated Pr

Member of The Associated Press.
to the use for republication Of all news dis
patches credited to it or not otherwise cred
published herein.
All rights Of republication Of special dis
patches herein are also reserved.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

80 far no nation that paid its
coal heavens more than tn school
teachers ever rose to leadership IN
tho affairs Of men," remarks the
Shenandoah World.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

Vancouver Island has Z. concrete
dam ss1 feet high, the largest in
Canada. s:+ q
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

The climate of Korea is much like
that OF New York and Pennsylvania.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

The Oslwein Register has figured
It out that II there are but Ave per-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

In commentanS on Senator Ken
yon's remark that Benedict Arnold
had nothing on present-day profit
eers, the Webster City yfesman-
Tribune says: Yet Benedict got
what was coming to him. and the
proatoees will fare likewise II the
people put tho right kind Of . nnan
IA tho White House"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

Tho Cedar Rapids Republican
thinks that tho men who are guard
inS stocks Of whiSlEy seam to have
troubles Of their own, and optnee
that tho only man who u 3Aally
happy - he who buried his In a
safe place from which he can extract
it a. ihis thirst tells him he needs
It"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

Governor Edwards doubtless VOL
ders now what's tho use.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-06-09

The allies want N 10 take the man
date over Armenia. 30 doss Pre1t-
dent Wilson. Lets hear from an Ar
menian or 10.