Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-04-17
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Crop Census Shows Statistics on
Acreaees Have Been Too
Conservative.
Contention of the State statis-
ticians Proved by the Actual
Figures.
Appeal OF johnson County Case
Relative to Filing Nomina-
tion Papers.
pecial to Times Republican.

bulletin of the census bureau giving the
crop acreage In the United States and
by states is of special interest at this
time. There has been long standing
conflict between the United States
|statistician and the several state statis-
ticians in regard to this matter. Com
plants have gone to Washington many
times not only from Iowa, but from
bodies that the acreages on grain used
by the United States bureau were too
small. There has been a prevalent feel
ing among many business men that the
contrary is true and that the statiSti-
clans have tried to make 1T appear that
the United States crops are larger than
they really are: but on the other hand
the state statisticians have contended
that the figures have never been large
enough. Now come the figures in the
census and they show by actual inves-
tigation that the United States statisti-
clans have been about 100000 acres
too low on their estimates. This indi-
Gates that the figures which have been
given from year to year at Washington
are wholly unreliable. Director Sage, Of
the Iowa bureau, has protested on sew
eral occasions that the figures used for
Iowa We're too low. The census bureau
shows that even the figures used by Mr..
Sage were too low by a million acres in
Iowa, but he was much nearer right
than Mr.. Hyde, of the United States
bureau. The government figures in re-
gard to other grains are also erroneous.
The crop reporters find it a great deal
easier to get at crop yield than at a
crop acreage. But there has been no
excuse for such stupid conservatism as
that, which has been maintained for
years at Washington.
The papers have been filed in the SUI
preme court in the case appealed from
Johnson county involving the duties of
political committee in fling nomination
papers. The case IS that OF D. A.Reese
VS.. A. j. Hogan, county auditor. The
republican committee forgot to file the
nomination papers at the right time,
and sought to file them few days
letter. The county auditor refused.
Some changes were made in the papers
and the process repeated. Then the
filed the vacancies on the
ticket and filed the papers again, but
not until the district court had manda-
unused the county auditor did he con-
sent to place the names on the ticket.
The county auditor has perfected an
appeal in the case. and 1t probably will
attract some attention in view of the
fact that the appellant is represented
by Baker & Ball and by Otto A. Bying-
ton, and the appellees by Milton REM
ley, Howell & Wilson, butcher & Davis,
c. S. Ranck, A. E. Maine and G. w.
Swords. The sole question involved is
whether or not there is vacancy with
in the meaning of the law where
county auditor refuses to receive nomi-
nation papers filed too late. The lower
court held that this was a vacancy
where it is contemplated the county
committee may fill by fling papers
after the twenty day limit. The case
can be decided without any political
significance, because the persons whose
names were thus irregularly got on the
county ticket failed of election and the
contest is now one merely to secure a
decision of the court on the main point
involved.
The capitol improvement commission
will erect a large warehouse for the use
of the state. The state owns ground
fronting on Des Moines street north Of
the present heating plant and this will
probably be used for the storage house.
When it is constructed it will greatly
relieve the basement floor of the state
capitol, for many of the rooms are now
used merely for storage purposes.
Judge Mcpherson, of the United
States court, has been reversed in a
case which attracted great deal of at
tention when it was tried here. 1t was
that of the bankruptcy application of
M. Gulcklich. trustee appointed by
the court made a thorough investiga-
ton on behalf of the creditors of the
man, and reported that the evidence
showed he had received something like
$4,000 which he could not account for
The trustee asked for an order on be-
half of the crediIors that Glucklich be
required to turn over about $4,000
which he was supposed to have In cash
which had been received in the closing
days of his business. Judge McPher-
son reviewed the findings of the trus-
tee and reported that while 1T appeared
conclusively that the bankrupt had
failed to account for large sums of
money and his conduct was most repre-
nensible, yet because it had not been
shown that he actually had the money
in his possession at the time the order
was asked for he could not issue such
an order The trustee appealed to the
appellate court sitting in ST Louis.
This court has just reversed Judge NC
pherson and the papers sent here lndl-
cate that not only was Judge McPher-
son reversed on the matter of issuing
the order to cough up but also on the
general proceedings which will have to
be gone over again from the beginning
to determine the state of the accounts.
1t is expected that several of the per-
sons prominent in the work of securing
the appropriation for the Vicksburg
mark monuments will be on the COM
mission to erect the monuments. Cap
tain Merry, of Dubuque. the railroad
man and Sunday school superintendent,
is slated for a place. 1t Is understood
that Judge Blanchard, Of Oskaloosa,
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