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Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
HAD THEIR CHANCE.

1t is easy for party ont Of power
to tell just how the government ought
20 be run and TO promise everythin.
that anybody wants it TO. But it j,
quite Il different proposition to deliver
as In" people OF the city of Davenport
have discovered TO their sorrow dur
ing the past two years.
| There is. or was. Il strong SOcialiStiC
party in Davenport and two years ago
taking advantage of the genera! dis
satisfaction Of voters. promised many
great things ii would do if given power
TO administer the city government
The people decided to give the social
lists Il chance and ut the election the
socialist candidate for mayor WAS
elected together. with a majority Of
Socialists ON the council
The socialists of the city were in
high glce. They were anticipating a
period of great accomplishments.
Taxes were going to he reduced and
the common people" We're coming into
III cir own. The republican and demo
cratic parties were assigned back seats
and told 10 retain Il di2nifed silence.
The Waterloo Courier tells the story
briefly as follows:
Two years ago Davenport elected
n socialist mayor and Il majority of
the counciimcn. For once socialists
dominated and controlled the govern
mcnt Of Il city Of about 6O.W0 people
by direct vote OF its people. Here was
the opportunity Socialism long had
sought power and authority ana
q ance to prove The aluring ideals OF
that doctrine If it made good social
ism would certainly gain in prcSiI.e
and i'm votes. because the common pe"-
lie want service and results. Atrr|
two years 81 government. admitted To-
he about the worst in lis history, the
whole socialist out fit in Davenport
was kicked out. In the recent election
the socialists east less than ~ per
cent of the vote
During these two years the social
isl mayor repudiated his party ana
declared himself to bp no longer Il
socialist. The council and the mayor
have been in an rnceasinS wran"lc.
with charges of sensational character
frequently hurled. In connection with
city affairs there has been scandal
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

favorable wea Their. it takes three wears
to develop IA steer to the liking Of the
epicurcS of broadway
The trouble has been to get money
banks loan on short lime: the farmer
needed loans running to three years.
The business man and manufacturer
who could turn his product in 30 days
or six months got accommodations !:
the farmer. needing loans for three
years for stock purposes, Went home
empty handed.
Two bills have been introduced into
the senate providing for the creation
of Il great rural credit system. includ-
ing Il chain of banks to which local
connections might be made for the ac-
c0mmodation of farmers needing funds
to finance stock and grain operations.
This proposed new system would loan
and take security on the special line
to he aided. Ii would have nothing
to do with speculation. or real estate.
o. any other enterprise. The stock
man buying big bunch of calves or
feeders would he financed and when he
turned his product after two or three
years he would take up his paper.
The new financial system is Sched-
ulcd to have available capital OF So
COO. NO.OOO. Ii looks good. 1t would
give the farmer chance to turn
around. The work Of the farm bloc is
hearing fruit.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

4 Washington special says that Cen
gressman Burton +. Sweet has recon-
mended to congress a bill providing for
the erection Of 100000 poStoffi"c
building at independence, Iowa It's
a safe bet that there isn't Il man or
woman in Independence 50 strongly i'll
favor of economy that he or She viii op-
pose this appropriation. Yet Il room
for poStofticc ut Independence can
probably be rented for Sl,20O to 81 Loo
DER year. but ii will cost the govern
ment from $1,000 10 SN.0do per annum
TO maintain its own building The i'll
tcrest at ! per cent is $1,000. drprecia-
ion Of building nj > per cent is $1,000
more and repairs will amount to per-
hapS 81 900 per year over Il period OF
wears. The place for the people 10 be
Gin economy is Al home. No doubt Ill
dependence should have 4 government
building some day. Int during such
times as these appropriations of such
cha racter ought 10 be postponed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
MUST COMBINE.

! The Freeman-.J Journal wishes some
big. outstanding man like j. T. Morgan
John ID. Rockefeller, Charles NJ. Schaul
or Judge Gary, with great capacity
! for organization and with Il heart in
| the work, would undertake the Orga
nization of the farmers; along lines that
could enable the tillcrS of the soil
| to put Il price upon the things they
produce. same as United States Steel
Standard Oil. the cement combination
| and kindred interests do. The farmers
realize il and start the movement the
sooner will they come into their own.
No longer does the law of supply
and demand govern prices save in ex-
ceptional eases. The steel trust says
what the price Of steel shall he. Stand
:rd Oil fixes the price OF gasoline and
ire cement trust dictates the prices of
cement. Imagine. if you can. these
great interests producing all they pos
SihlI can ana tnen lettlHS SomeDou!
else fix the selling price! How long
would they prosper: Well. that is just
" hat the farmers are doing.
In the course of long editorial dis
cuSSing the methods of big business in
trying 10 make all the traffic will bear
the DcS MoineS Register well says:
The farmer in particular must
look To i, TO discover in what place
l,c is going 10 he pnt. if the stand
ards of Standard oil and steel are
10 be III" accepted standards of bust
ness Can the farmer remain unor-
ganzcd. with no Sterilization of mar
krr for what he sells in general mar
Ect controlled hy the ''PittSburgh plus
idea in everything else: Can he look
on such denominations Of working CAPT
tai as steel and Standard oil with I'M
If in some way he is not
able 10 meet the steel and Standard
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

j. w. JHrnagan. campaign mana gel
for C. f. picscr'. candidate for tnitel
States senator. says Mr.. pickctt'S vote
getting qualities We're tested in the
election of 1917 when The republican
party divided its support between Taft
and Roosevelt. Pickett received over
NGn more votes in the Third district
than Taft did" Possibly Mr. .Iarna-
sin is telling the truth. hut ne is not
t"lln" all of it. Taft was opposed br
the most popular man in the United
States. Int Mr.. Pickett had no such
opposition. However. in 1872 for the
first time in many years, the Third dis
trict elected IA democrat. defeating
Mr.. Pickett by I.279 majority. Maurice
of Dubuque being the success
tul candidate. II was not di>crcditahic
10 Mr. Pickett because he was defeated.
l,rr il il to his credit that he secured
Il larger vote than Taft did.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

based, apparently. upon prOvable
charges. In fact the socialists. with
their splendid theories and glittcrins
promises. performed very much in Day
they made Il failure and the voters
of Davenport rcpudiated them.
LET this be Il solemn warming to
those inclined to be caught by
promises. Promises cost nothing and
there is always al hand an adequate,
plausible reason and excuse for non
fultillment. We do not want radical
ism; we want sanity
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

the holders of the bonds If any. will
not lose. because il is impossible for
the government 10 determine which are
duplicates and which are NOT an,!
hrnce will redeem all Of them.
Ii is to he hoped that the reports are
greatly exaggerated and that if any
duplicate bonds have been issued the
amount is comparative small. 1t would
throw Il scare into the holders of such
securities if il were proven that large
numbers of The bonds had been dupli-
Gated. as ii would be uncertain what
the future course of the government
might be in rcdeeming the bonds that
were fraudulent.
1t is hest to accept the statements of
Secretary Mellon. He is Of the opinion
that very few Implications were made.
liz any. and that no occasion exists
for alarm on the part Of bond holders.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
AGAINST THE PRIMARY.

Ii is reported that both the demo
cratic and republican parties OF Maine
have declared in favor Of the repeal
OF the primary law. insisting that il
results i'm the election of inferior men
and lowers the standard of public
service. The Freeman. journal is free
to admit that ii has been greatly dis.
appointed in the real workings of the
primary. hut il is not ready to conccdC
that ii is not better than the old
convention and caucus plan. at least
AS far as the nomination of county
officers and he selection. of delegates
10 conventions are concerned. How
ever, we believe il would be better for
the people to have all state and dis
trict officers. except the governor
United States senators and congress
meg. nominated by conventions and
we are not sure that better service
would not follow the convention nomi-
nation Of all officers having Il larger
constituency than Il county. The ac-
guaintancc of the average voter out
side the county is very limited and
only in exceptional cases can he vote
with knowledge of the fitness of the
candidate whom he supports.
II might work more satisfactorily to
require the successful candidate for
state or district office to secure fifty
pei cent of the total vote or take the
to the convention. where
fifty per cent of the delegates must he
obtained.
But the question Of amending or
abandoning the primary is one that i'll
trrests republicans only and in he CON
of the problem no attention
need he given the democrats. as they
pay no attention to the primary any
how so far as state officers and nited
STATES senators; are concerned.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

Oil groups with Il group OF his own
fully as intclligently led:
Not long ago Herbert Hoover
suggested that we are coming 10
group organization of business. Il time
when the market will be small
81. thering at which keen representa-
tivcs of all the groups will meet and
after hartcring fix upon fair eX-
change of all the services. If this is
what is ahead it is plain that both
labor and the farmer must be grouped
and grouped effectively. They have the
two really essential services. the. two
without which none of the others can
do business. They must be IN position
10 say on what terms those services
will be exchanged with the others, ana
TO know their ground. This is the les
son the California fruit growers learn
ed early. the lesson the railroad labor
s.oups have learned. The farmer
and the labOrer cannot afford TO run
along any further selling in an open
market. when everywhere else they
meet with "Pittsburgh plus
..The twcnty-one years OF the steer
trust is an instructive chapter in
the history of American Industrial
development Apparently the lesson OF
II has been learned in Europe Every
report from there is of vast consoll-
dation of business for controlled mar
kctS. The farmers OF the middle west
may well study the report fllc wall
Street Journal publishes OF twen,y-ohe
years of steel trust OrganlZat non.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

The Des MOineS News had one put
over ii the other day. 1t has been
carving on !, campaign against viola
tions of traffic laws and its news
galhcrers have been reporting the num-
her of all license plates on cars Oh
served violating the ordinances. Tne
other day il reported certain truck
having the number plate where it could
not be easily seen and the owner OF
and 10 and behold the truck belonged
to Inc News. Ii plead guilty paid lis
fine like A little man and continued
its warfare against vinlatOrS
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
HOWARD FOR THORNE.

J. X. Howard. president Of the Amer
lean Farm Hurea4. Federation, residing
III Marshall county. is Il strong sup
porter of Clifford Thorne for United
States senator Mr. Howard is one
of the outstanding figures in the farm
organization and was himself seriously
considered by COY. Kendall for appoint
ment 10 the Kenyon vacancy, but he
declined to he Il candidate.
Mr. Howard has large influence with
the farmers of Iowa. as he deserves ia
lave, hcing Il man of good Judgment
whose loyalty to the agricultural in
tcrcSts are ,muuestioned. In the course
Icf II letter to Mr.. Thornc endorsing
his candidacy Mr.. Howard writes:
The highest ambition of every true
citizen of the state or nation should
he to render that service to his fellow
men for which he is best adapted.
Your work for more than decade
past has been of notable value to the
constituency which ! have the honor
to represent You have served the
agricultural interests of the country
10th officially and professionally in a
very notable manner.
II am tallin" the liberty to call your
attention to the Importance of the posi-
ion in the United States senate made
vacant through the resignation of
Senator Kenyon and to state to you
that after most careful consideration
OF the whole situation including the
service to he performed and the adapt
ability of your own talents to that
particular field Of service. ! am con-
WINGED that no other man is so well
fitted for this important work as your
self
Il would feel highly honored if |. as
an individual citizen. might he per
mittetl to sign the nomination paper
G. and to cast my ballot for Clifford
TLOrnc for United States Senator from
Iowa.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

the public that jobs must he provided
for the idle. That's all right as fai
Jobs 10 the unemployed unless they
have jobs to give: Nobody can hire
labor just for the fun of it, Labor must
produce something that somebody
wants produced. II is easy 10 say that
q different proposition To provide them
We all wish every person who wants
work could get H.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
HAVING ITS EFFECT.

one OF the hes, things that even
happened for the agricultural Interests
Of HE YVES, was the organization of the
so called farm bloc. Not bec;t,i>e OF
amy particular legislation thus far en-
acted, although that has helped. hut
because the bloc has brought TO the
attention of other sections of the conn
try the needs of the great west and
the need of the east for the west.
All sections of the country have for
somc time realized in perfunctory
ltihued prosperity while other sections
are going through financial depresSion'
Fit Inc farm bloc has advertised the
power of the great agricultural inter
c,tS and the east has come to recognize
thc importance of the west
No man in public life in this genera
ton did so much for the west as Srla-
tor Kenyon in leading the movement
III the senate to force the east to realize
lis dependence upon the west. and Ken
yon did il without rcSOrtiny to any
questionable methods or without adj
vocatng any wild theories that. if put
into practice. would react and cause
more troubles in the long run than
And while Senator Kenyon was tax
Ing the lead in the senate Congressman
Dickinson was accorded that station
IN the house and these two Iowa men
made :: team of unusual power and
prestige. The people Of the state ar"
now al their wits ends in trying to
choose II United States senator 10 sue
coed Kenyon who can fill the place he
left in the upper house and they are
coming 10 realize what they lost when
Kenyon resigned.
In speaking of the accomplishments
Of Senator KENYON and the So-callcd
farm bloc the Waterloo Courier wei!
says:
called farm bloc made good sized
Il, nj in congress and the dominant
leaders in the east has been indicated
IN many ways. The latest develop
lncnt is The move Ia render to food
producers real. honeSl-to- goodness
accommodation in the man
leement Of their important industry
This is cheering news. At last
he consuming east has avail cncd toI
hc fact that the Woodworking people
If the west who feed lhcm-for pay.
f course need and must have some
hing besides few horses and Il pillow
md lumber wagon. They have gotten
Use Ia HE fact that the production
{ meat on Il large scale is attended /;
It'll considerable expense for initial
urpo>oS ANA for the purchase of feed. |
el>o Thai while Il crop oi corn can
a. produced in about 100 days, with
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

Congressman Dickinson is doing
some good work hy speaking before
various kinds of audiences in Ike east
He is presenting the western view IN
,roncr form and is showing the people
W nv the west is entitled to fair con-
sideration and how a prosperous west
means n PHOSPHORUS east. If all the
cGlgrpSsm from the west would dc
the kind of proSclyting in the east thai
Sir. Dickinson has been doing the west
v ould he better understood and results
would be beneficial 10 the entire c"un-
try,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
DUPLICATE BONDS.

Soon after President Harding dis
charged Il number of employees in the
printing and engraving department al
Washington. II month ~ six weeks ago
lii was charged that Irregularities haG
been discovered and that u large mum
Ter of government bonds had been
t.,Iplicatcsl during til" Wilson admin
is;ralion. Secretary Mellon denied the
report. declaring tha, the wild reports
of great amounts of bonds being dupli-
Gated were untrue" However. the Soc
Rotary didn't deny hui hat some bonds
had been Duplicated hut he did say.
in substance. that the reports were ex-
aggcratcd.
Now comes Representative Johnson
Il South Dakota with renewal of the
charge of gross duplication and Sccrc-
tory Mellon rcllow> hi> denial II APP
lcars that some frauds in bond dupli
cation rmy have been committed. but
il also appears from what has already
hecn published that not many millions
of the spurious securities were foistcd
lIron The public.
However. it has been given ont that
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

The republicans of Iowa ought to
put q plank in tilril platform demand
ing he abolition nt the ''PittSburS
Plus plan Thai is about the most
pernicious and outrageous plan ever
adopted by The 'malcfaclor> Of great
that exploit the people for peif and
Gain IT is simply Il cowardly method
vi robbery.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

When the coal strike started il was
said the supply on hand amounted Il
about i3OOO.O00 tons. enough to last sin
or eight weeks. The strike has been
ON now for nearly Il month and ii is re-
ported that approximately a0,m0.O0t
tons are still available. At that rate
OF reducing the visible supply it will
he 1T least three months more before
the public feels the pinch of il shortage.
1t is claimed that about 7O0O.O0O tons
are being produced each week by non
union miners.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01
NOT POLITICAL.

The Cedar Falls Record resents the
imputatiOn of the Dcs MOines Register
that the meeting recently held in Chi
cago in honor Of Senator Rawson was
political, or had any political Signifi-
canoe, and in explanation says:
1.-The associates OF Senator ChaS. 4.
Rawson in the clay sewer pipe industry
closed their annual convention of clay
workers in Chicago last Wednesday
with banquet given in his honor at
tine Blackstone hotel Aside from Il
few intimate friends of the junior sena-
tor including Senator CummnS from
Washington, all of the participants
We're manufacturers of pipe from mid
western states. Yet the political writ
er of the Des Moines Register plays the
affair up as gathering of ''scheming
politicians met for the purpose Of de-
feating its favOrite candidate for the
senate. Political matters were not dis
cussed ut the banquet by any speaker.
No reference was made to the senator
ial campaign. 1t was gathering Of
men connected with the pipe industry
in a dozen states who could not in any
way be interested in the Registers can
didate."
The Frceman-Journal is going 10 ac-
hl nf hn II
ing that Editor Bladine, who is revenue
collector for Iowa, knows what he Is;
talking about. Although he doesn't say
he was at the banquet he talks likr
one disseminating first hand informa
ton.
However. the report is going the
rounds of political Iowa that the poll
ticians attending the RawsOn banquet
did play politics while in chicagO-it
not at the banquet, then at some other
place. 1t is suspected by the friends
of various candidates for United States
senator that plans were laid, in Chicago
or elsewhere. to throw the nomination
into tie convention and to control tie
convention in the interest of Mr.. Raw.
son. In view of the fact that Gov
Kendall fa lied to look far enough ahead
to exact Il promise from Mr.. RawSOn
not to be candidate before the con.
ycntion. Mr.. RawsOm can be such candi-
II ali y11l. tinN nf Ii
pledge. But it was the purpose of the
governor to appoint Il senator WHO
would not use the prestige OF the ap-
pointment and the position to perpet-
uate himself in office after the eXpira-
ton of the term to which he was ap-
pointed. Under the circumstances it
appears to many republicans that MI.
Raw>on cannot become Il candidate for
reelection without violating faith with
the governor and Mr.. Rawson has
thousands of friends all over the state
who are lOath to believe that he is
planning and scheming, or permitting
his friends to do so, to control the
forthcoming state convention in the in
terest Of his nomination to the position
he now occupies.
Future developments will demon.
strate whether on not these friends of
Mr.. Rawson are justified in the faith
they have in him.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

High rents in the cities. ncceSSitat-
some manufacturers wish their plants
were located in smaller towns. High
TRANSFORMATION charges and high rents
are bound to operate in the interest of
u wider dist ribution of factories. Rents
are cheaper in The smaller towns and
consumer freight rates will be material
Iv reduced.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

The gentlemen who are charging that
Clifford Thorne, candidate for United
States senator from Iowa. is the tool OF
Wall street are having difficulty i'll
making anybOdy--even themsalveS-be.
liave il. Thorne has been identified
with the cause of the people too long
and has rendered them too mucn scr.
vice to have the brand of Wall street
stamped upon him by the supporters OF
other candidates.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

Good for Judge ScanlOn of Chicago.
He is insisting that the murderer turn
81 loose by the coroner'S jury because
he was drunk WHOM he committed the
crime shall BE- indicted hy III" grand
Jury and tried. II l. 10 he hoped the
Judge will win ont and that if tn"
:,ccused is guilty he will he made ="
st.cich hemp or 10 complete an eleciri"
circuit at high voltage. II is init
mated that some members of the
tGrOucr'S Jury We're drunk when they
returned their astonishing verdict. II
i ia he hoped This is true because
il IS unpleasant 10 believe that men
>Aa
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1922-05-01

Better look ont or Fort Dodge. the
father and mother of senator's. will 90
village Of Washington. Iowa. Harlan
Republican.
II has been u matter of establishment
over the state that Fort Dodge has
ru presented candidate for United
States senator TO succeed RawsOn.
erased itself from the political map.
as il has candidate for governor and
FOR congress.