Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-20
IOWA PRESS COMMENT.

Davenport Democrats The cigarette law
! is on the statute books in this state and also
! in several other state, but the output OF
| cigarettes goes on increasing. The produc-
| ton of these death-deaing nuisances was
larger in 1896 than ever before.
Davenport Republican, Postmaster Lis
cSer's report shows that Davenport CON
| tributes this year nearly $4,000 OF revenue
| to the government over and above paying
! the expenses OF the pcstofIice in this city
| The total receipts were $63, ,254, ana the total
| disbursements were $l5,251.
Des Moines Leader: The report of the
! Dos Moines fire chief shows that last year
| fire losses in Des Moines aggregated $l21 0O0
with about $4,000 paid thereon by the fire
| insurance companies. 1t would be exceed
| ipgly interesting to know how much wac
| paid to the companies in premiums to secure
! this amount OF indemnity. The average in
surance rate is a little less than . per cent
| and $4,000 is per cent OF $3.50 900.
But the sum total of fire insurance policies
written on Des Moines property is many
times SO $50 600
Marshalltown Times: A Chicago sugar
refining company is reported to be now turn
ing on; a white powdered sugar made wholly
from corn, claimed to be equal to anything
on the market. 1t Is not of quite 80 fine
a grain as the powdered cane sugar, bur
that is said to he an advantage, 2s ii does
not so readily become lumpy; and its sac
charne strength is said to be 91 as against
9S Of powdered cane sugar II powdered
Su"ar can be prOfitably made from corn IL
win add a rev value to 1t. \ grain! that
can be used to mske either sugar or whisky
or bread or cakes or honiny or starch or
fat hogs and cattle, or that can be used as
fuel will still retain the crown of Iowa.
Waterloo Reporter: Iowa has had a calf
case that was shUiled around in the courts
tcr nearly score OF years, and ruined al
most everybody connected with it except the
lawyers. ard now a dog case is looming
up. Judge ouarton of Algona has decided
that dog cannot be stolen, sustaining the
contention Of the defendants attorneys that
Eat common law a dog Is wild animal and
that no statute in Iowa has changed the
common law rule and that therefore taking
a dog can under no circumstances be lar
ceny." dispatch says the lawyers spent
4 day in arguing the points, which had
never before been raised in the state. The
judge consumed three days in finding out
what to do, and then decided that stealing a
dog wasn't crime The case will doubt
the costs will pile up and the dog will die
ald time will pass and we will have another
celebrated cas5 to refer to.
Des Moines Capital: This bond business
effects the credit of business men so 1t rs
very difficult now to find any business man
who docs not know better than sign risky |
bonds. An Iowa merchant was in Boston not |
long ago buying goods One day, at lunch |
he was talking with business friend about |
the perfect system of the great CONNER
cial agencies in keeping track of the credit |
Of business men. Suppose you look me |
up" said the Iowa man; 81 have curos- |
ity to know how / stand" So the Boston |
man looked up the Iowa merchant at Brad
streets and returned, saying: Il find there
Is a judgment for $500 standing against you
In Iowa. Otherwise your credit Is good.
Tho Iowa man was indignant. He declared |
that he did not owe a dollar, let alone judg-
ment against him. He insisted upon know
ing more particularly what it meant and
finally found out that it was a bond that
he had signed for the appearance of a drug
gist friend OF his to stand trial for the
Illegal sale of liquor. That $500 bond counted
against his credit just that much for 1t
was liability. Since then this Iowa mer.
chant has not signed any bonds.