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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13
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house which he useter rent TO- fifty
dollars month an he rents same
now TO one hundred-thh's sum-
thin good TO himi amt it? An it's
puffec'ly right, amt it?"'
"'Cose faint"
How you make that out? A
bundled dollars nowadays amt no
no mon fifty dollars was q few yeahs
ago. Ev'ything else is higher. Auty-
mobiles cos mo- an gasolene also.
The Teller which is rentin' the house
to the other Teller is got higher Twin
espenses an finn he is rich man
an Is got others wukkin' TO- him
then he is got to pay mo- higher
wages than what he done. So l
CANT see why he amt got a right to
cha'ge mo- money for his propitty
than what he useter."
"He is-but he amt got no right
profiteerin'."
Huh! That profiteerin' is word
which ev'ybody uses an nobody
on'erstan's. Ev'ybody says ev'ybody
else is a profiteer an dom see the
mole in they own eye. My pussona1
'pinion is that these days ev'ybody is
grabbin' an the Teller which grabs
the mos is entitled to the mos
credit"
"Yeh! An the Teller which is on
titled to the mostest credit dom need
same"
Florian 1ooped his fingers in the
armholes of his vest. Anyway,
Lawyer Chew" he remarked, "Rentin'
an buyin' an boardin' don intrust
me none. I is in soft"
/ Does you pay excessive board
| money, Flo'ian?"
You said it, Lawyer Chew; I
does"
Then how come you amt kickin'? 2"
Because" grinned F1orian. Il is a
phrelosopher. Also an besides, is
the star boarder in the house of a
good lookin' wilder woman!"
Lawyer Chew gazed enviously at
| his friend. "Hot dam! F1o'ian," he
said, you always was the luckiest
mani"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13
WHEN WE WERE BOYS IN "ovERHAuLs".

When we were boys in "overhalls"
husking corn for a neighbor away
back in the dark ages of agriculture
that 5 and 6 cents bushel would
have looked mighty big to you. 1t
would have looked bigger to the man
who raised the corn and paid the
cornhusker and who sold his corn
at 80 cents a hundred to the feeder
close by. In those aforementioned
days cornhusking was altogether diff
ferent. Going away back to the time
when five men followed one wagon
and a sixth "shoveled off" .cornhusk-
ing certainly was different. You and
the other five put in time. Daylight
saw the gang afield and darkness
brought it in. If you are as old as the
rest Of us old fellows you have "a
lively recollection of how a cornfield
looked in the dim gray dawn Of
November morning, white with it's
coat of white frost, and how you
dumped over the frozen ground with
freezing feet in your cowhide boots
while you forced your chapped and
tortured hands to strip husks and
silk off the ears. There was no
breathing spell until the hasty dash
for dinner and none between that
and dark. A crew Of five was as
sumed to get out ten loads a day Of
about % bushels load. A six inch
sideboard was the limit. When the
owner stuck an ear under the board
and so made an eight inch sideboard
of it he was considered as skinflint
ing. Wages were 81 to s1.25 day
and board Also there were plenty OF
cornhuskers to take the wage.
If you are old enough you will re-
member when somebody conceived
the idea of husking two rows and
using the wagon alone. The old fell
lows objected. 1t broke down the
stalks and spoiled the rough feea.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13
lowa Newspapers
SOME wu.soNlAN EGor1sM.
fSioux City Journal.l

fSiouX City Journal
That self-laudation OF his own
high qualifications to think for a
nation OF $4,000, 900 benighted people
surpasses his statement about his
opponents ''pygmy minds" couple
of years ago. What right have Amer
leans to think for themselves? Has
nit the White House autocrat. whose
superior qualifications are self-pro-
claimed. spoken for them? They have
shown gross ignorance in reaching.
conclusions contrary to the perfect
mind OF the president. They are dis
playing impudent audacity In hold.
ing opinions which were not given
them by him. Certainly the Wilson
arrogance has reached the breaking
point. No wonder the intelligent vot-
ers from border to border are deter
mined to send him and his conceit
and vanity into oblivion on election
day.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13
Ripping Rhymes
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13
the BUSINESS OUTLOOK

Fflce considerations still dominate
the commercial situation, and remain
the underlying cause of the continued
hesitation and repression of business.
Belief that the downward price reac-
ton has not yet been completed, de-
spite the rapidity and extent of the
movement in some primary channels,
impels many buyers to persist in
their policy of waiting, and there
has consequently not been the usual
seasonal increase Of activities this
Autumn. knowledge that the years
crops are abundant makes for con-
fident long-range view Of the future,
but the problems of the present re-
adjustment period are of immediate
concern to many interests, and are
not without disturbing effect in var
ious quarters.
The nine months failures, altho
comparing favorably in number with
those of many years prior to 1919,
plainly reflect the changed conditions
prevailing, and other evidence is not
lacking that the weak spots are
steadily coming to the surface after
an era Of unwholesome initiation.
Forced selling of commodities pre-
viously purchased on speculation, In
the apparent hope that the abnorm-
ally high prices would hold indefi-
nitely, has been one of the phases
contributing to the unsettlement Of
some markets, while consumers dis-
inclination or inability to continue to
absorb high-cost goods in unprece-
denied quantity has resulted in bur-
densome accommodations that are now
being offered at concessions.
The determination of buyers to
limit their commitments as closely
as possible to actual requirements
has been, in fact, the governing force
in the liquidation which is now in
progress, and which has been hast
ened by banking restrictions and the
closer control of credit. That the
business reaction is not confined to
any one section Of the country, but
has become a general condition, is
indicated by dispatches from all the
leading centers, altho reports from
the agricultural districts are of a
more favorable tenor than those from
the strictly manufacturing localities,
where there is increasing curtail1nent
of production and unemployment of
labor.
Having been clearly foreshadowed
by recent insolvency statements, the
rise in the nine months business
mortality, which amounts to 1O.9 per
cent. in number of failures and 873
per cent. in liabilities over the 1919
figures, has occasioned no surprise.
On October /, Dun's Index Number
Of wholesale quotations discloses the
fifth consecutive monthly recession,
and reveals decline of A per cent
from the September / figure. The
widest change appears in breadstuffs,
which fell more than II per cent last
month, and all foods together We're
rs per cent. lower on October l than
a month earlier. The clothing class,
moreover, receded 3.9 per cent, fol-
lowing the previous yielding, and
only in dairy and garden products
and in metals was there any advance
over the September l basis. AS a
whole, the present index number is
down about 10 per cent. from last
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13
THE MAN AND THE JOB.

Listen young fellow. Something is
doing. Something you are yitally in
terested in.
The chances are that within few
months nobody will be picking soft
Jobs off the bushes.
II you have good steady lob
make love to it. If you haven't It's an
exceiient idea to find one and es-
tablish marital relations with IL
you know it is a failing of us
young fellows to assume that moth
ing Is likely to change to our detri-
ment That's the optimism of vouth.
bus after we've had few long years
OF more or less bitter experience we
are not SO cocksure. That's the schoo,
OF experience referred to by the
aoage as being a hard course OF
study but thorough.
Just now along. with the readiust-
ment in everything else there is com
ing readjustment OF Jobs and the
men who hold them. There has been
a time when men could accept" bet
ter jobs than they had ever had of
Tered or had been able to secure.
Men who did not size ,o to the job
got it, had it urged on them. There
were many more jobs thar there
were men to do them. RICH. there
was where we all flourished like III.
green bay tree. The jobs hunted ur.
It's different tho, very mucn differ
ent when we hunt jobs. So. along
with the other adjustments, will come
the readjustrnent Of the man to the
job. The test will be the ability of
the man, not the urgency and ex !.
igency OF the job. Right now a sood
job with long outlook isn't tearing
its hair looking for anybody with two
legs and ,wo hands and eyesight. It's
beginning to pick and choose.
It always has happened and it is
pretty sure to happen again. When
things slacken up the man who Sc
Job means something to him besides
the time he puts in will be working
and the other who has laid down on
his will be wondering where the pay
check is coming from. The capable
man who has played fair with his
Job will hold it as long as the Job
can keep it's head above water. The
incompetent and Stacker will be oat
and nobody but himself will take
much notice as to whether or how
he gets in again. The man who has
profiteered service will get about the
same sympathy as the man who
profiteered in potatoes and mad them
rot in his warehouse.
Business houses, factories and ven
lures Of all kinds are taking stock
and watching the future closely. Best
take stock of yourself and your job.
Why not? A job goes bankrupt on a
man who neglects it just as a rusi-
ness fails or factory breaks under
bad management. We are going back
to, the standards of peace. In prices.
In men. In jobs.
That's all but 1t is mouthfu; It's
history. It's fact. It's certainty. It
can't be anything else. Because It is
elemental and basic, the principle Of
a competitive system that is not like
ly to change because it is the hest
we know and the only path Of hum
an progress. Men get paid for results.
They gain fame and place by service.
It's a question Of production. OF fill
ing the job. And the best man for 1t
will get it and the man who deserves
to hold it will keep it.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13

years appropriations run out. and
the tax levy is the highest in the his
tory Of the city.
Come to Davenport, Mr.. Farmer,
and learn the difference between so
cialist promises and performance.
There's no use getting in with the
wrong crowd when you can see that
1t never was right
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13
EsREPUBIICAN, MARsHALTowN IOWA OCTOBER 49, 1920

Mays high record, but the declines
in some individual commodities have
been very much greater than this,
and nothing now suggests an abrupt
hating of the general trend toward
deflutiOn.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13

and who is willing now to promise
anything for the sake of election,
would be one of the most absurd an
omalies conceivable."
After all is said and proclaimed
and elucidated. there is just one hon
est-to goodness issue in this cam
paign after ALL Reputation of the
wanton extravaganza and criminal
Incompetence of the present admin
istration." says the Mt. Vernon
Hawkeye.
The Davenport Democrat suggests,
IF Mayor MacSwiney realized that
the American papers were dropping
him from the front page, he'd know
he might as well order ham sand
wich."
The Humbo.t Republican confess
SEES. while We are opposed to article
10. We don't believe we know exactly
what 1t means. That's why we op-
pose it. Dangerous"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13

vanish. The tractor drawn snow re-
mover Is coming and coming 1as'.
Suitable equipment will cost money.
but 1t Is worth it. and, incidentally,
the automobile owners are cortribut-
ing the money in very considerable,
amounts.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13

Good Wages in Switzerland.
The position of the Swiss nation Is
greater and stronger than ever and
the people are enjoying unprecedented
prosperity. Wages are double what
they were few years ago and every
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13

body is jubilant. Switzerland was
the first neutral nation to ratify the
league Of nations covenant and st rs
pretty well satisfied with what It did
in this direction ssss.s,s
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13

The money netted from their books
by the persons who lost the war is
declared to be as follows. Hindcnhurg,
100000 marks: Ludendorff 3,500,o00;
,Tilpitz, 100000; Helfferich, 275.O06;
Bethman- AoilWes, 10000: Falken-
hayn. 10000.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

President Wilson" says the Sioux
ity Journal. will retire from the
presidency without the respect or
confidence of the people, He sought
to secure political gains for himself
by deceiving the people. The people
have not forgotten. They will never
forgive, GOV. Cox Is resorting to the
same policies in order to win posi-
ton that should come to the victor
as token of the public confidence
in his honor and integrity"
The Sac Sun cannot understand
the workings OF that persons mind
in Iowa, for instance, who is going
to vote for Senator Harding for
president and yet to vote against the
reelection of Senator cummins--if.
indeed. there is any such person. To
elect as United States senator from
Iowa member of the Wilson adj
mtnistration like Porter, who if he
had been in the senate would hav.
been an echo of Woodrow Wilson
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13

The potato mentioned by Shake
speare was the sweet potato. &.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-10-13

! Lake Michigan is nowhere more
more than thousand feet deep.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-11
FL REPRESENTATIVE DE COSTA
RIGA EN- Ell SALVADOR

SAN SALVADOR, Mayo 1o.-En
los circulos ofic;alas de esta. CAPT
tai Sc rumora que ell senior Raul
Acosta. hermano del prezidente d.
Costa Rica. vendra como Ministro de
esa Republica ante 81 gobierno saliva
doreno. Oficialmente todavla no Sc
ticns ninguna noticia acerca de este
nombramiento. pero Sc cree que la
version no carece de Fundamental.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-11
COMBATE EN- AMECA
Los r7ineros h;cieron resis-
terciG q una partIda
de rebeldes

GUADALAJARA. Mayo DE
llegaron noticias r~efiriendose
a un combatc QUO Sc efectuo en- ei
mineral. ror no haber daGo un pres
tamo de cinco mil pesos que querian
los alzados. Estes sc presentaron a
menazando con Que inccndiarian Ia
poblaci0n; pero los vecinos no Sc anne
drentaron Y revistiendose de cntere
"a. rCcibicron a los rcbeldcs a bala
EOS. CT vsz de cntregar Ia cantldad
cue pedian.
FL combatc duro mas de tres no
ras !ogrando los mineros que los asaI
tantes huyeran en- complete disper
sion. Los cadaveres de algunos de
los facciosos muertos en- ell con1bate.
fueron exhibidos en- el exterior de
la Casa Municipal.
-Por viajcros que llegaron hoy en-
la mahana. Sc tiene noticia de que
en- Cuquio. Yahaalica Y algunas otras
poblaciones de csc rumbo. sc ha or
ginado cierto malestar en- cstos uttl
mos dias. debido a que Sc tiene CO
nc cierta Ia version de cue rl gene
raj Enrique Estrada lego r~eciente-
mente a Moyahua. su terra natal.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-11
del dia
Viene de Ia Pag IA.

del canal. habia ganado diez pasos
sobre 81 espantoso feline, Creia que,
en- Ia embriaguez de esta ventaja ace
leraria aun mi pedal.
Durante los segundos que siguleron
ell tigre recupero POGO a POGO 10 per-
dido. pcro con menor facilidGd que
al principle. Tn albor de esperanto
vino 4 sostenerme, y pronto Ia dis
tancia fue constante. No puedo declr
que redoblaba esfuerzos, porque ha-
bia llegado al maximum, pero m2nta
We toda mi energia.
Despues de algunos centenares de
metros. tuve Ia deliciosa certldum
bre de que, no soiamente c~onservaba
Ia ventaja, sine que el felino habia
perdido un par de metros. En- una
pequcna pcndiente, me dejc rodar
como IN proyectil que SC ayudara a
81 mismo y adquiri asf n nueva
ventsja.
Va Ell triunfo hcnchia mi pecho
con una palpitacion de algeria.
Me crei salvado, empuje cl pedal con
IN frenssi a~lborozante. Una circuns
tancia ~restableci0 la s]itu1ci6n: a Ia
entrada de un platanal, una rama
caida. arrojada por algun trabajador,
obstruia Ell canine. No habia ITEM
DO para ~evitarla; por otra parte,
icomo nickname nj descender de
la maquina en- semejante coyuntura?
Tome instantaneamente mi partldo:
franquear ell obstaculo.
Por desgracia, mi movimiento fal
$50. V acortG durante algunas Sc
gundos para Ell eq1ii,brio.
FL carnicero debio ~adver,irlo. hizo
esfusrzo Gesesperado: Vi el mo-
mento en- que 70 iba a caer bajo
la garra formidable. Una cspecie dc
pasmo paso por mi espiritu; tuve el
vertigo del suicide, tan terrible CO
mo ell de las montanas: n extrema
resignation a la muerte. No fue sino
un rel&mpago.
Tn instante despucs, reentraba en-
plena lucha. Y fu6 ell ultimo esfuer
20. FL tigre. aunque rapido como un
huen caballo de c~aceria, estaba de
finitivamente vencido por la bicicle
ta;-pronto abandono la persecution
V rarti6 dssaientaGo; partio tai vez
a causa de la proximidad de la aldea,
que habia ~aprendido a temer.
No dele, por ESQ de impulsar has
ia la casa dc mi anfitrion : ALI sola
mentc cstall6 en- mi pecho el vasto
asombro del peligro evitado. la ale
eria de vivir V Ell orgullo de haber
luchado en- velocidad con una de las
fieras mas agiles y mas formidables
de Ia creacion.
). H, ROSNY.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-11
l%SUBLEVACION CERCA
DE JALAPA, VERACRUZ
La guarnicion de Guadalupe
do ell critic de rebeldia

JALAPA, Mayo 2.-Dssde hace dos
dias venian circulando en- esta clu-
dad insistentes rumores, diciendo que
la g~uarnici6n que Sc encontraba en-
la hacienda de Guadalupe Sc habla
levantado en- armas, pasandose al enc
migo con todos los elementos de que
ira con que contaba.
En- efecto. tai version Sc ha con-
firmado. ~Sabiendose ademas, que CO.
mo consequence de este levantamlen
to fuc muerto por los nuevos rebel
des ell administrator de Ia fi1ca, Sc
nor leopold Gonzalez y el cx-capl
tan del ej6rcito. Ignacio Flores.
A. bordo de un tren militar que
lego aver I csta ciadad, vino 81 ca
daver del senior Gonzalez Y otroS he
ridos en- esta accion de armas. custo
diados por una escolta.
e. cuerpo del senior Gonzalez ssra
inhumado hoy mismo, Y los leslona
dos van a ser internados CT e! sa-
n~atorio Cruz Cells PARA su curacion.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-11
UN PEDIDO DE TRIG0
Ha sido hecho al Estado de
Coahuila por una empresa
de California

SALTTLLO. Coahuila. Mayo s.
La Western Pacific Grain Co. gran
empresa que Sc e~ncuentra cstable-
blecida en- Ia ciudad de San Francis
%, California ha solicitado por in
termedio del Consul en- aquella ciu-
dad. veinte mil toneladas de trigo
err las mejores condolences. va sea
puesto en- Ia frontera del pals o IN la
estaci6n de esta localidad.
Esta misma casa Sc ha dirigido al
Gobierno del Estado solicitando pre-
clos de plaza al por mayor, de todos
los c~ereales y.otros rroductos que da
Ia region.
A su vez. el Executive local va a
enviar una circular a todos los agri
c~ultores pidiendoles precios Y con-
diciones para comunicarlos a Ia casa
c~ompradora.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-11
PIDEN LA DESTITUCION
DE UN ADMINISTRATORS
Ell iefe de la aduana de La
Paz, B.. e., es va inso-
portable alli

LA P.AZ. B. Cal. Abril 30.-Ha
sido pedida por comerciantes Y par
ticulares la deStitucion del admins
trador de la Aduana Martina de es-
te puerto. Zeferino R. Reyes, quien
fIe nombrado para SUBSTITUTE al Sc
nor Luis Alarcon, cuya conducta con
trasta notablemente con la que ha
seguidc cl actual administrators.
que ha tenido e. POGO tino DE gran
icarse la antipatia general.
Una de las principales causas por
las que Sc pidc la destitucion del
administrator de la aduana, senior
REYES. es la altaneria con que trata
al publico. que tlcne rrecisa nece-
sidad de tratar o el, especialmente,
a los concentrates. Los mismos en-
pleadoS de la aduana. Sc quejan dia-
riamente dsl dcsrotismo de su jefe.
quien llega diariamente a Ia ofici'
ma de nal humor y 10 dcscarga con
u sIbalteTnos.
Hace pocos dias que. ei admins
trador. sin la memo consideration al
empleo cue dssempena. golpeo cruel
mente a IN extranjero. que tuvo que
arreglar algun aSunto en- Ia adua
ma. siendo motive dc censura gene
raj la conducta del senior Reyes.
quien fue encarcelado Y amoncsta-
do o las a~utoridades.
Tambien Sc hace ell cargo al adj
ministrador. de que cast nunca Sc
encuentra en- Ia oficina. hacienda
espersr horas enteras a las personals
que tiensn qIe tratar con 81 algun
asunto i~mportante.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-11
NO HA DECRECIDO LA
ACTIVIDAD PETROLERA
Han seguido hacienda en-
barques de petroleo para
Chile y Estados URidos

TAMPICO. Hayo EN- los ultI-
mos dias Sc ha desarrollado una &C
tividad inusitada en- los campos pc
t~roleros. enviandose grandes cantr
dades de aceite mineral a distintas
parties del murdo Y muy especial
meute a los Estados UnidoS ' a Ia
Republica de Chile.
La rapidez con que fue cargsdo 81
barco "Harkness,' pe-teneclente a
Ia ultima de las n~aciones citadas. ha
causado verdadera sorpresa. pues no
Sc esperaba que las bombas que re
cientsmente ha lnStalado Ia Trascon-
tinental, dieran tan buenos resulta-
dos. En- efecto. este barco que tiene
una capaciGad de Sesenta mil barr'-
les de petroleo. fue cargado en- solo
ounce horaS, daHdo un promed'o de
cuatro mil barriles por nora. siendo
el primero que lega directamente a
cargar a los camros que tiene esta-
blecidos la empreSa de r~eferencia. en-
Ia region de Lobos,
e. segundo tarcho chileno tue
cargado aver en- los terTenos de la
misma empresa, aunque Ia operation
Sc dilato I'm POGO mas que Ia ante
rior. pues en- esos momentos soplaba
IN fuerte viento cue hizo mas diff
Gil la ~operacion y Sc espera que pa
"a manana llegus IN tercer vapor
que Sc cargara con la misma rapidez
que el pirmero. para demostrar "a
. bondad de IA nueva maquinaria.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1920-05-11
CARUSO EN- La HABANA.

HABANA. aba. Mayo G.-Hoy lie
90 a esta ciudad cl ~onrinente ~cantante
&c opera. Enrico Caruso, que hara
una corta temporada en- esta capital
eli ell Teatro N~acional.
Una gran multitud sc agolpaha en-
los muelles dc la bahia para dar la
b~ienvenida al celebre tenor. quc lego
en- cl vapor Miami, procedente de
Key West. ~Juntanente con Caruso
lleearon aleunos artistas de los quo
haran la temporada de Opera. y su
sequito de empleados y s~irvientes. La
temporada de opera Sc inaugurara
ell proximo lunes 10 del actual, ha-
ciendo 81 presentation desde luago
Caruso. =