Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-01-13
lAMA COUNTY INVADED.
Big Committee Of Business Men Goes
to interview Plaintiffs in the
Injunction Suit.
1t is Hored to Secure Their Consent
to Postponement, Regardless
Of Supervisors.
Marshalltown Business Men Aroused
and the Largest Meeting in Ten
Years is Held.

One more effort is being made to in
Iduce Tama county to meet MARSHALL
town half way in the settlement of the
sewage difficulty, and today a large
committee of representative business
men and capitalists is interviewing the
thirteen plaintiffs to the injunction
suit pending in the district court of
this county against the Glucose Sugar
tfenning company This committee
started on its mission with confidence
that it would succeed in securing the
acceptance of the Marshallsown propo-
sition for the dismissal of the two old
terminal cases and the postponement
I9of the present injunction suit. Other
Wise there will be a merry fight.
At the east court room Friday night
a meeting of business men and CAPT
talsts was held. Such gathering as
that was demonstrates beyond the
Shadow of a doubt that the citizens are
aroused on this question and propose
10 protect the Industries Of the city
peaceably if possible. aggressively if
! necessary. Not within the past ten
! Years has there been such a meeting of
/ business men and representative clti-5
zens and such unanimity of opinion as
10 the necessity of concerted and nl-
mediate action. There We're present
merchants. jobbers, BANKERS. manufac-
tureis and professional men, to the
number Of $50. This notwithstanding
the fact that the meeting was hurriediy
called and no public announcement was
1 made that 1t would be held. The Off
| GERS of the Commercial Club decided to
take the matter up and work with the
city officials. and word was sent out to
| the business men asking them to. be
1 present at the meeting
Mr. q. +. Kirby was asked to preside
| at the deliberations of the gathering.
| The situation was briefly explained and
THE suggestion of the officers OF the
Commercial Club that committee be.
selected to go to Tama county today
Land interview each of the plaintiffs to
| the Injunction suit was readily agreed
to. 1t was decided to make the COM
| mittee fifteen in number. and the fol-
| lowing We're selected, with the ender-
standing that if they found they could
! not gp. they should Select some good
| substitutes: y. S. ketchum, I. j.
| Fletcher, A. ~ Moore. DR.. w. S. De-
wine. w Il. Williams, q. a. Turner, w
| NJ. Clark, William Fisher, a. q. Click
G. F. Kirby e. H. +. Boardman, r. II.
/ Benedict. j. @. Saint, e. c. st. Clair and
4 Henry Stone.
After the appointment of the com
m!ttee addresses We're made by several,
Including Messrs. Kirby, Moore, Pierce,
IBoarGman and sutton. and the senti-
,nent was vigorously applauded that
! Marshalltcwn would take care of the
glucose sewage and do all that Tama
demanded in fairness. but the city
would fight to finish any attempt to
drive an industry from our midst
\ When ii comes to q question of whether
o.. rot home industries shall be pro-
4 tecteu, it will be found that MARSHALL
ltewns citizens are of che mind and Will
pun together TO the end that the inter-
| ests of the community shall be sub
served.
The committee met after the general
Injecting adjourned and arranged the
t details Of the visit TO Tama county.
The thirteen plaintiffs. aside from the
board of supervisors Of Tama county.
! are scattered over considerable terri
terry Two are at LeGrand, six at Mon
| tour and the balance at Tama City. A
special committee consisting Of j. p.
/ Woodbury.. +. X. Benedict and A. w.
+. Head, was selected TO see Messrs.
4 Hammond and Reed at LeGrand, and
4 tn go overland to that place early
A this morning. secure their signatures
4 to the proposition ard turn them
4 over TO the balance of the committee as
They went thru on the morning train.
i Mayor F.C; Pierce and Mr.. George X.
Estabrook were invited by members Of
4 the committee to join them, and did 50.
1t was stated al tile meeting that the
Glucose Sugar Refining Company had
1 agreed. providing the old suits We're
fcismissed and the Injunction hearing
POSTPONED until such a time as the sew
.Eage system could be established, To at
j once erect a new syrup factory, en-
i ploying $50 additional men, and to make
4 otne. extensive improvements \ tin
l.ean factory-ls one Of the new Industries
K the company is contemplating adding.
4 4. will, therefore. be seen that II Is
i,,oubly important To Marshalitown ana
Marshall county that the Ta,na suits
BIZ dismissed and postponed, as u
means rot only the protection Of what
/ Me already have. but decides whether
\ or rot new industries shall be secured.
4 Mr. C. c. ST. Clair. who Went as far
as Montour. returned at II O'Clock on
a freight. Up to that time the portion
Il Of the committee working at Montour
4 had secured the signatures of Messrs.
\ Young, stevens. Tewksbury and Blu
Il chanan. or four of the seven plaintiffs
at that point and there was every
4 prospect of securing the balance. Moth
ling has been heard of the Tama contin-
Fl gent Messrs Hammond and Reed. at
4 LeGrand, We're Very favorable to the
proposition when Messrs. Woodbury.
and Benedict started home. and were
i to give a decision later.
What Every body Knows,
q Or ought to know. is that health ant
q even life itself depends upon the con-
n ltttn, a tho btnnd Epesiipy "a in does