Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1901-10-04
grain MEN ADJOURN
Resolutions Calling ON Congress
to Tax Bucket Shops Out Of
Existence.
Want Tax Made so High as to
Render the Business I'm
profitable.
Changes Needed in Interstate
Commerce Law to Make II
Effective.
Special to Times-Republican.

Effective.
| Special to Times Republican.
| Dies Moines, Oct. 1.-The convention OF
the National Grain Dealers Association
adjourned last night after re-electing its
old officers, selecting Memphis, Tenn.
as the seat of the next convention, and
adopting resolutions memorializing con-
gress to amend the interstate commerce
law, condemning bucket-shops and rec
ommending the reorganization Of the
government crop service.
Memphis was chosen as the conven-
ton city for 1902 by a plurality vote, the
vote standing Memphis, 791; ST. Louis,
1874; Kansas City, 296; Minneapolis, 100;
Milwaukee, 100. The board of directors
locates the convention, but If satisfac-
tory arrangements can be made with
Memphis and the railroads the recon-
mendation of the convention will be
carried out. The location will be settled
upon inside of six months. S. S. Tanner.
of Peoria, and the Illinois delegation at
tempted to wrest the power OF locating
the convention from the board of direc-
tors in favor of the whole convention,
but this failed Overwhelmingly. The
Chicago delegation voted solidly for
Memphis.
a big fight in the convention and a
probable split in the association was
averted by the refusal OF the committee
on resolutions to incorporate into its re-
port resolution prepared by commit
tee from the Chicago board of trade con-
demning the use of sulphur in doctoring
grain. The resolution declared the prac-
IAN offense against the honor and integ-
rity of this organization. and that any
member found guilty OF the same shall
be expelled"
The resolution met such severe oppo-
sition from so many of the dealers, both
from Chicago and elsewhere, that
compromise was effected by the adop-
ton of the bucket-shop resolution and
shelving the sulphur.
The bucket-shop resolutions follow:
Whereas, The so-called dealing car
ried on in buckct-shops has become the
rational mode Of gambling and consists
of merely betting on the fluctuations of
the market prices of commodities and
securities bought and sold on the COM
n,ercial and financial exchanges Of the
country; and
Whereas. This form of gambling is a
serious detriment to the grain trade and
constant menace to values, thereby
working a great Injustice and injuryIto
producers turnout the land, as We'll &c
tending to promote a low state of public
morals; therefore be 1t
Resolved, That the Grain Dealers
National Association, in convention as
sembled, respectfully but urgently petit
tion the congress of the United States
to SO amend paragraph of schedule A
of the United States revenue act by in
creasng the ratio of taxation ON this IL
legal and pernicious traffic carried onsin
bucket shops as to render the same un-
profitable, and whenever the war reve-
rue act shall be repealed the said act
be permanently Incorporated in the
United States excise laws.
Resolved, That copy of these res
olutlons be forwarded to each Of thei|
houses Of congress and to each senator
and congressman from the several
states represented in the membership of
the Grain Dealers National Associa-
tion."
The interstate commerce petition and
the paragraph commencing the agricul-
tural department. follow:
ITO the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives of the United States: The
Grain Dealers National Association, in
assembled at Des Moines,
Ia, Oct. 8, 1901, does hereby memorialize
your honorable body to enact into law
such amendments to the existing inter-
state commerce act as will effectually |
remedy the defects that have been
found to exist therein, and will insure
its proper enforcement in the protection
OF the public interest in relation to
and yet will in no way
impair the just rights or privileges az
carriers.
at is the belief of this convention
that the present law has been rendered
imperative by recent decis-
ions of the supreme court, and that the
public is without redress from unjust
and unreasonable exactions and dis
ON the part of the common
carriers. Your petitioners. therefore,
pray that your honorable bod
les will give the subject the considera-
ton which its great Importance de-
mands, and provide speedy relief to the
public by the enactment of such amend
ments to the law as will give it full
force and effect.
1--WE recognize the practical value of
the work of the agricultural experiment.
stations of the United States in their
efforts to improve the yields of farm
crops by selecting. improving and orig
mating new and better varieties, and by
Introducing improved methods Of culti
walton, and we have to commend this
work wisely inaugurated by the United
States government and bespeak for it
liberal support by the legislatures of
the respective states"
STATE w. C. T. U. MEETS.
Mrs. Durham, State President, De-
nounces Liquor Dealers as Anarch-
lists.
Shenandoah. Ia, Oct. 4.-The initial
meeting of the twelfth annual state
of the w. c. T. U. was held
In this city Wednesday evening. Over
200 delegates are in attendance. Mem