Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-09-07
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
Des Aloines. Septe

for services rendered and the amount
due according to a scale of wages
agreed upon between the union and
the contractors last May, Justice Hal
9oran holds that the union is not ell
titled to recover for the reason that
the character of the contract is con-
trary to public policy. He also con-
tends that the point is applicable to
all unions and that they are clearly
violating section 5000 of the code,
which says:
''Any corporation organized under
the laws of the state for the trans
action or conduct of any kind of bust
mess in this state, or any partner
ship, association or individual Great
ing into or becoming member of, or
a party to any pool, trust, agree
ment, contract, partnership, associa-
tion or individual to regulate or fix
the price of any articles of merchan-
disc or to fix the limit. the amount
or quantity of any article, commodity
or merchandise to be manufactured,
mined. produced or sold in this state
shall be guilty of a conspiracy
In fact the construction put upon
the term commodity" which the
American and English Encyclopedia
of Law interprets as anything which
is Il benefit, such as labor interest,
etc." Mr.. Halloran is of the opinion
that unions are maintained contrary
TO the spirit of the code and against
public policy and in direct violation
of the statutes, which say, ''any or.
ganization which has for its object
the control of any commodity is
guilty of a conspiracy and punishable
by law" That labor is a commodity
Mr.. Halloran says he does not be-
lieve any one will dispute and that
unions have for their object the
maintenance of labor is another fact
no one will take issue upon.
The eleventh annual convention of
che Iowa State Epworth League will
be held in Des Moines. October 25-
IS. The best program ever arranged
for state convention has been pre-
pared including among the principal
speakers Bishop Isaac W. Joyce of
Minneapolis. president of the league:
Dr. J. f. Berry of Chicago. general
secretary: DR.. W. p. Thrkield of Gin
cinnati. Mrs. Lucy Ryder Meyer of
Chicago. Miss Nellie Sanborn of Des
A1oines and DR.. c. b. Spencer, editor
of the Central Christian Advocate,
st. Louis. The leading professors in
the Methodist colleges of Iowa. and
many prominent laymen as well, will
also have good places on the pro-
gram. 1t is expected that about six
hundred leaguers will be in attend
ance at this convention, and the Des
Moines committees are making pre-
parations to properly entertain the
crowd. The chairman of the enter
tainment committee is Mr.. A. f. Read,
504 Eighth street. Des Moines. The
convention will be in charge of the
state president, Mr.. w. f. Tacka-
berry, of Sioux City. Programs and
credential blanks for the event. will
be mailed soon by the state secre-
tary, C. 3 Roberts of Abel, to every
league chapter in Iowa. 1t is plan
ned to make the convention a grand
closing century rally of the young
people of Iowa Methodism.
The board of control has awarded
the contract for years supply of
flour for the state institutions. OF
the large number of bidders four only
were successful, and it is particularly
gratifying that these are all Iowa
firms. The Mystic Milling company
of Sioux City was awarded the con-
tract for furnishing 300 barrels of
-four for the College for the Blind at
Vinton. The Marshalltown Roller
Mills 600 barrels for the Iowa Sol
diers' Home at Marshalltown. The
Centennial Mill company of Avoca Sc.
cured the School for the Deaf at Coun.
Gil Bluffs. the Institution for Feeble
Minded Children at Glenwood, the
Hospital for the Insane at Clarinda
and the Industrial School for Girls
at Mitchellville, aggregating 1885 bar
rels. Shannon & Mott of Des Moines
secured the award for the Hospita
at Mt. Pleasant, the penitentiary al
Fort Madison, the Iowa Soldiers Or
phans' Home at Davenport, the peni
tertiary at Anamosa, the Industrial
School at Eldora and the Hospital a
Independence. The amount required
for these institutions is 5000 barrels
The price at which the awards wer'
made was not given out by the board
but it will aggregate from $4,000 tt
$4,000.
The semi-annual apportionment o
interest of the permanent school funt
has been made by the state audito
and the apportionment warrants ar
being mailed out. The apportionmen
is on a basis of sixteen and thirty
one one hundredths cents for eac]
youth in the county. The total amour
of permanent school fund on the frs
day of January, 1900. upon which tn
apportionment is computed, was S4
74s,004.16.
A deal has been closed between tn
Des Moines and Northern Iowa an
New York contractors for the con
struction of the road and work will
commence as soon as the frost is GU
of the ground next spring. The roa
will be built by Des Moines men an
by Des Moines capital. just at pres
ent the incorporators are arranging
for sale of the bonds.
RiotfnE Increasing in China.
Washington, Sept. THE Japanes
legation was informed yesterday b,
telegraph by the foreign Office a