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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
EXPERTS RUNNING Wild.

The so-called expert for the rail-
road t'rotherhoods who would make
1880 per year minimun wass for
= fandly of five 20 a. to have mors
than running start from which
To Jump all wage scales Tor those
employed in the more skilled classes
shoul1 not be permitted TO arouse
false hopes among those who are
not yet earning that much. The
miniraum wage for common labor be-
foro the war was approximately
$500 psr annum. Common labor to-
day - earning moro than double its
pre-ynar wage. Living costs, accord
Ing to reliable estimates Of expert
statiaticians in the employ OF the
govsrnmsnt have increased less than
double pre-war standards. Some
whers between so and 80 per cent In
crease 10 the estimate. Common la
Dor earns = better wage today than
It did before the war and more mem
bsrs OF the family can find work at
good Wages.
When 1t comes to the minimum
wage the so-called expert for the
brotlierhoods il mersly an aAvocats
putting up . case for his clients.
Il the government labor board
should listen to any such stuff and
attempt to FIX $1,000 az q minimum
waCs for railroad employees 1t would
do more to precipitate I panic and
bring about unemployment than any
thiny that could happen. An rail-
road workers whose skill and train
Ing demand differential In ware
abo,'e the minimum would be boosted
above $4,000, and tar OF several
billions OF dollars per annum would
b rassed on to other wage workers
70 ray in the increased freight cost
Of the necessities Of life. Those whose
salaries are more OF. les tsxed or
whose income whether from salaries,
pensions or investments are slow to
chGage would grow poorer. Every
industry II the land would DO dis
rup''sd BY the rush OF its operatives
to find fat jobs on the railroads and
many . factory would close down or
would boost the price OF its product
to such q figure that people could
not buy and things in general would
bust Some far-seeins men believe
tina. they are pot far from the break
ing point now.
Organized labor must learn that
everybody must stand his fair share
Of the sacrifices caused by the waste
Of goods in the war. While the
shortage lasts everybody must get
along with 4 little less until the
supply is restored. Boosting wages
or prices 10 az to live better than
We ever lived before IL an attempt to
pass the buck to somebody else. The
unprecedented demand for luxury
goods, tor pleasure cars, for silks.
tor fruits out Of season. for expen.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
No. 21-oh, Be chssrfuI.

It's so much more fun TO be cheer
full than grouchy---and so much easier
IL you will merely look fer the things
to be thankful for instead OF things
to mourn over.
+, Do you remember In Mrs. Wigs
of the Cabbage Patch how Mrs.
Wigs asked the bemoaning Hiram
who had nothing to be thankful for
IL he was not thankful that. he hadn't
got hare lip!
Don't dwell on the past. live in the
present and plan for happy future.
Then you will have that feeling OF
moderate Joy called cheerfulness.
A healthy mind in a healthy body
is invariably accompanied by cheer
fulness.
IL you are lacking in cheerfulness.
make practice of mixing with other
people and try to forget yourself and
your own vexing problems.
The cheerful man is a welcome Wis
itor anywhere. but the morose Grape
hangers--oh, my! how we dodge him!
The gloom" Is generally the fellow
who keep to himself and by brood
ing let's his real small troubles be-
come imaginary big ones.
"Smile-you snile!"
Now while you are smiling let's
switch to neatness. The neatness
] have in mind refers to personal
neatness.
fNeatness is a surface" virtue GER
tainly, but first Impressions are sur
face impression and opinion found
ed on first Impressions are hard to
change.
It pays to advertise yourself by
being neat.
To cultivate. make point each
morning before leaving home to see
that You are neatly dressed and well
brushed and groomed. Get up ten
minutes earlier so that you do not
have to rush of to work with the
tail end Of a breakfast in state of
administration and an array of
buttons begging to be "holed."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
1obnBurrou!gbs'
s, Nss''ss::*

/. How does the honey -bee make
use Of the humble -bee?
Q. How will an injured pine tree
continue Its growth?
3. Where do woodpsckers hide
acorns?
Answers to Previous Questions.
l. What flower blooms in the falls
All our trees and plants bloom In
the spring. except the witchhazel;
this blooms in the fall Just as it's
leaves are fading and falling, its
flowers appear. giving out an odor
along the bushy lanes and margins
of the woods that is to the nose like
cool water to the hand. Why 1t
should bloom in the fall instead of in
the spring Is q mystery.
2. How Goes the woodpecker drill
It's home?
The cavity which the downy wood
pecker drills Is usually sunk to a
depth OF six or eight inches. After
her chips accumulate she stops her
drilling and throws them out. This
she does with her beak, shaking
them out very rapidly with q flirt
Of her head. She does not disappear
from sight each time to load her
beak, but withdraws her head. and
appears to seize the fragments as II
from her feet.
8. Can flying squirrel really fy7
Our flying squirrel is In no proper
sense q flyer. On the ground he Is
more helpless than a chipmunk, be-
cause less agile. He car only sail or
slide down a steep incline from the
top OF one tree to the foot of another.
The flying squirrel is active only at
night; hence its large, soft eyes. It's
soft fur. ard its gentle. shrinking
ways. 1t Is the gentlest and most
harmless of our rodents.
(Rights reserved by Houghton Mi
fiin Company
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

ANOTHER Strike.
BY WALT MASON

This year will not swat the flies the past.
I'll not as TT, true MAJ
resort to
and
chase the cheap besotted
FOOLISH ana unws For piled
billion
toll all In vain There nop-
ped around be one killed
tee De You've heard about
boulder hills slope went slipped back
already stn No modern would
people quit; flies
s -ltts 49, sE#a t7tfs
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
FIGURES, 4 STORY AND 4 MORAL

sflGUkEU, u oIUA1 AMI - rVN~~
The stati.tician of the National City
Bank O.. New York In a recent adj
dress before the Mex York Sales Man
ayers club presented some interest
ing figures which serve - assistance
in explanation why money is cheap
and prices high.
The PAPER money Of the world
Cleayine, the bolshsvik printing press
e. out Of the calculation) amounted
to about seven billion dollars when
the VA. broke out. When the armis-
tics was signed 1t had Increased to
forty billions. Since the armistics
sixteen billions have been added. In
stead o.. seven billions Of paper
money at the beginning Of the world
war the world has fifty-six billions Of
that currency today. Since the war
was over" imitation has been moro
rapid than while the war was on. ;
The stock Of gold in the world has
grown about two billion in the same
period.
Tho national debts Of the world
were forty billions at the beginning
OF the war. They are 2s6 billions now.
World credits. another form OF in
flation have enormously Increased.
World budgets tare I'VE times what
they wsre before the war. Listen: the
annual interest charges before the
war amounted to ono and three
quarter billions. Tho world Il paying
nine billions interest now.
Just Z little true incident that
deems to bear upon tho situation. IT'S
. trae one. Call the man william B.
Plaza = railroad town on the G. q
n. w. in lows He and Doc-werp in,
partnership in the standard bred
horse business. when IL was the fav-
orits speculation instead Of oil stocks.
Walualn had 2 good farm BY reason
Of hard work and thrift. When the
ibottonl Dropped out Of the horse
bushes t. ~ went utterly broke. Then
he bought another farm. That was
imitation for he hadn't : dollar. only
. hns credit The interest charges
and the principal had TO be met.
They went without, worked hard, ran
fazsA 81, anA dairy and In ten years hs.
owned the farm ana WAS back where
hs had been when he played horse
with ais former farm.
That's al. That's the incident, II
II has = moral it = plain enough
that he who runs may read. 3; II
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
THE BUSINESS DOCTOR
BY HAROLD WHITEHEAD
Professor Of Sales Relations co,sas Business
Administration Of Boston University Boston, Masa
MAN BUILDING

Late hours mean oversleeping next
morning, with it's consequent gobble
and rush. The result is you begin
how we react in our work to our per-
sonal condition.
OF course, II you have enough cou-
pons to clip to keep you busy you
can afford to dress as you wish, but
until then make yourself as easy to
look at as possible-be neat.
Let's finish today's story with
health. Far be it from me to claim
any medical knowledge. In fact 1t is
not necessary, for I refer. to mental
more than physical health. In fact
II you are mentally well the rest will
usually take care of itself.
Good health Is kept by right think
ing and right living and by obedience
to the laws of nature.
Cleanliness, fresh air. wholesome
food and sleep spell good health.
Daily baths, clean linen, well
brushed and pressed clothes. polish
ed shoes. well cared for teeth and
finger nails-these things help a man
to feel his Importance and to keep
in good trim.
The mental effect of these things
can hardly be overestimated. Have
You ever seen a youngster in a soiled
and torn dress. how she carelessly
swings along? Notice the same
youngster when decked out in q new
finery, how she struts along with a
sense of importance.
I believe the way to keep healthy
Is to forget it." Just go ahead liv-
ing normally and your health will be
all right. Eat wisely. avoid highly
spiced food, eat fruit. drink water
lots Of it-eat slowly and calmly. II
You shovel food in your mouth and
get 1t down in hasty gulps. don't be
surprised IL your stomach enters a
protest.
Keep active. optimistic, cheerful
and you are healthy. Help others.
avoid passion and envy. practice the
golden rule and you are healthy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
PRICES AND ROADS.
Peoria 4tar.1

The star has no mesns OF knowing
what the price OF cement ought ac-
tually to be. but 1t does know that
the price Of cement and the other
materials which enter into the con-
struction Of roads are so high that
road building IN Illinois has prac-
tically ceased. With the exception OF
one Of two thru routes all road con-
struction in the state Of Illinois has
stopped. II cement and brick manu-
facturers and other manufacturers
who make material used in the con-
struction of hard roads in Illinois
have been profteering this circum-
stance should be q warning to them.
The state of Illinois has sixty mil
lions Of dollars In spend in improving
the highways of the state and II the
manufacturers are ~ wise as they
have been given credit for being they
will see to. II, that the price of ma
tsrials 10 kept down to = point that
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MONEY IN ELECTIONS.

Charges and counter charges be-
tween johnson and Hoover a. to
money spent and the kind and char
acter Of support gained in California
are passing freely. General Wood
IL charged with spending too much
money in his campaign. I.owden
faces the same accusation.
There isn't a shadow of doubt that
big sums are being expended in the
interest Of all the candidates. That
this was to be q money spending
year was made clear by the proposal
Of the democrats to raise n 10000
900 campaign fund. This IL one Of
the years when money will be spent
freely because money is plenty and
the struggle bitter between parties.
Equally so the struggle between the
candidates for the nominations IL SO
matched as to offer each q look in
and every effort IL being made to
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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
HANDY DIRECTORY
--OF THE
MASONIC TEMPLE
Masonic Meetings
Visitors Always WsIeoms.

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MARSHALL LODGE NO. 1os A.
81. a. Nj, Tuesday. May II. at Z
O'Clock sharp. Third degree. G. g.
w. Mt, John w. Wells.
EoAcretary.
slGNEr CHAPTER NO. %. r. A.
n. Monday, May 10. 1880 p. m.
Mark Masters degree. Frank T.
asokes, II. T.; John W. Wells, Sec
rotary.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL. NO.
80, stated assembly: May II. busi-
ness session, .. G. For. master;
John W. wells. recorder.
n coNc1AyE 81. AI1DEs6AR COM
srANDERY No. 30, Thursday, May
III 80. IA. Ascension day exercises.
Cilyde n. stewart. commander; John
Nv. wells, recorder.
cylnsTfzA 81, CHAPTER No. 81 q. y.
II Ra1ular, meeting wednesday.
Wv II Il d, for business. Mrs. W.
fsichards, w. NJ: Mrs. Archer
& Whites SECRETARY.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
AN IRISH VIEW.
fAana0n E~smncro<rl

~. II. x ~
The Methodist General Conference
in session In Dee Moinss. has unant-,
mousiy adopted without debate q
resolution opDosing the Independence
Of Ireland - . republic and further
interferencs By the congress AMI,
people Of the United States to secure
freedom for that long oppressed
country. BY the adoption OF tina,
resolution the Methodist General
Conference, rsgardlsas Of the senti-
ment Of it, lay membership, has
placed ~ stamp OF approval on all
that England has done to ana with
Ireland In the past seven centuries.
II seems impossible Of belief that
such q resolution could bs even pro-
posed In q great gathering OF Ameri-
can citizens. let alone adopted with
out debate" Great God! I
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sive outs OF meat, for high-priced
merchandise. what the merchant
terms reckless and extravagant buy
Ing. shows US that some peoples
wages and some peoples profits are
too high now for the good Of the rest
Of the people. Harder work. more
production and lower prices would
do this country far more good now
than q minimum wage Of four times
its pre-war standard.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
CAN THE CHEAP MONEY.
IDes MOines Capital1

4.
1t would be well to bear in mind
the fact that while living necessities
nave been soaring sky high. the
value Of > dollar has been dropping
Money Is easy TO set. and even q
little Of It saved Will prove . mighty
asset In the net,vsry far distant days
whsn money will not be 90 easy t.
sst. When focdstuf1s are high ana a
shortase in supply 10 thrsatensd.\ tho
provident housewife prslerves and
cans vegetables and fruits for con-
sumption in the lean days. The
providSnt man will can his money
and preserve It in tho savings bank
to be taken out when Its plrcha sing
power will have attained ! normal
status.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

worth as careful lawInaker. He has
had experience as the executive of
the greatest state in the union, II
Iowa is excluded. so that he would
come to the position trained ex-
ecntive with generous and intelli-
gent experience in two branches of
the government.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
cHILDLIKE7

t~VuWN1 1SsHWb 1SOHpdIIeIaJ
Congress 10 talking seriously about
resolution declaring state of peace
to exist between this country and
Germany. White, House officials are
holding up their hands in horror and
declaring that such . resolution is
unconstitutional and unthinkable. A
treaty made by the president. they
assert. 10 the only possible way Of
transforming . state Of war into a
state OF peace. From some angles
this controversy looks childish. The
armistice stopped the war and when
the hshtinx ceased peace. arrived
automatically. A great number of
our statesmen. 40 called. take them
selves too seriously.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
KENYON HAS COMPANY.

Senator Kenyon's support Of John
son for president has by no means
placed him in class by himself. He
seems to have plenty of company In
almost every state. Perhaps the Iowa
senator helievss that the senator
from California q not a. dangerous
~ appears from his utterances.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

Marshals Of France were originally
the esquires Of the king who led the
vanguard to observe the enemy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

Maize, generally regarded as native
OF America. was cultivated in China
long before Columbus discovered
America.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
Z, !
lowa Newspapers
DOESN'T EAT BARK.

MASOn CITY GLOVE HaZette.
Many people regret the passing OF
the horse from the streets. but any
way the merchants tin lizzie doesn't
gnaw the bark of all the shade trees
soon's they are planted.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
Topics Of tie Times

There isn't enough law in the
world and never win be to proctct
the fool and his money from separ-
ation. Just ~ you've stopped one
hog hole, he roots thru in another
place.
II you crave opportunity to par
form . noble act for human welfare
what's the matter with planting a
patch Of poatatoes?
Wood wouldn't when Dupont asked
him to.
Why susgest Charles Evan Hughes
for u ksynotsr At the convention?
HUGHES = ~ provocative Of enthus-
iasm q . chunk OF ice in January.
The vets have given UP hope Of .
wet plank at San Francisco and ara
now wondering how to manage to
keep Bryan from slipping in a dry
paragraph. Nobody wants general
vet conditions back even those who
personally feel tickling in their
throats freely confess to a bettered
condition and are wet only as in
dividuals.
Neither Senator Moses nor General
Wood took to the bulrushes when the
Dupont's threatened them.
$50
A lot of clubmen who. are wearing
overalls now carefully avoided
denims and khaki In war time.
A hoy Of 1s bsdfast with paralysis
won hrst prise in . contest Of essays
on What the Army HAS Done 70.
Young Men, Which seems to be .
triumph Of theory over practice all
right enough.
New York democrats in their con.
vention served left handed notices on
Mr.. Wilson to get ready to vacate
next March.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

Herbert Hoover may not be, en-
tirsly out Of the running argues the
Des Moines Capital. He is a good
man. and tho he may not secure the
republican nomination he stands a
good chance of being rendered the
democratic nomination. He probably
would not accept the democratic
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

Epaulets were worn by U. 8. com.
missioned officers as late as 1872.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10
The Wlndmill
BALLApE OF INCOMPETENCE.

BALLADE OF INCOMPETENCE.
How vain 1t is to sit and dream
AS We have done for most an hour.
Awaiting Inspirations beam
To fire our mind with rhythmic
power.
And still we wait and still we
glover.
No matter how We strive and pray.
Our mood grows steadily more
We simply can't write verse today.
We've rested with the rustic
theme;
We've tried the weather-sun ano
shower;
We've tuned our voice to Lethe's
stream
All sorts of subjects. gay and dour,
But yet 1t seems that neither nov
Ever Will our muse obey.
She'll only sit and sulk and lower.
We simply can't write verse today.
Alas. aleck. all things now seem
AS prosy as the humble plougher
Who follows Ger the feld his team.
Altho our feeble mind we scour
The winds OF spring; the summe,
flower. 81
In these no interest we betray:
Far. far above our grasp they
tower
We simply can't write verse today.
uEavei.
Hence, Chloe! Back into your bower
In squalid prose NE tell you may.
(Oh. for rhyme that ends in-ower.)
We simply can't write verse today.
A New York woman went into the
probate court the other day and ex-
planned sweetly to the Judge that
with prices going up the way they
We're and milk and toys and chill
dren's clothes 30 high, ana every
thing she simply could not manage
to struggle along with less than
$4,000 year allowance for her little
boy. Yes-that's exactly tae wa.
we felt when we noticed the $500
exemption the government allowed us
on our income tar return.
Amt it amazin',' says Uncle
Abimelech Bogardus, Of Pssakness.
n. j.. how awful sore the merchants
who was moanin' because the
hadn't enough wool, get now that the {
overall wearers is trying to save 'em
some?"
LAbors spring fever seems to last
all the year round.
Strike and the world strikes with
you. Walk and you can't set home
OLD KING COAL
Old King Coal
Was q merry old soul.
A merry old soul was he.
He charged VI twice SO
His usual price.
Then chortled. delivery free."
The only way vs hnev ef 70 bsat
thu u: e. q L q 20 WalIob Soms
prohteer over the bean ana Insist on
getting sent to Jail for 1t.
But Just TO show our broad : mind-
edness we're startling . inoveenens
for an aged prohtssrs' homs-out in
Tombstone. Aris. It's warm enough
out there to set the dear old things
acclimated to the next life.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

George Washington IN 174s refused
an appointment in the English navy
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

Siegecraft as a science was first
developed by the Greeks.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

will make 1t possible to keep the
building program going.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

THE busaness man wears q pair OF
overalls to work over 800 suit. The
laboring man wears the 800 suits
to work and exchanges It for his
overalls after reaching the job as
serts the Sioux City Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

England producers almost no prec.
ious metals.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

OLD KING COAL
Old King Coal
Was q merry old soul.
A merry old soul was he.
He charged us twice SO
His usual price.
Then chortled. delivery fsee."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1920-05-10

Switzerland hopes to lure tourists I
by means of bi-weekiy flights touch
ing at all the fashionable resorts.