Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-12-02
IHE HARVESTER Trust
1t is a Fruitful Topic for Dis
cussion at Implement Deal
ers Convention
SOME ACTION MAY BE TAKEN
Trust Will Give Out No information
and the Dealers Are Wondering What
Effect It Will Have on Their Profits
implement Men Want Bankruptcy
Law Modified.
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, Dec. 2.-The fact that
this is an age of combinations and COM
binations and associations are pitted
against each other in a great struggle
for supremacy became apparent when
the members of the Iowa Implement
Dealers Association gathered in the
sing the trade. There are now about
400 active members of this association
which is holding it's seventh annual
meeting here. 1t is one of the strongest
of the associations of similar charac-
ter and there are many of them repre-
senting states and sections The topic
which is uppermost in the minds of the
many here is that of the harvester
trust. A few months ago the dealers in
implements were dismayed and aston
ished to learn of the formation of the
harvester trust. They foresaw trouble.
1t is the policy of trust to reduce ex-
penses and plainly it would be the poll
icy of this new trust to cut down
profits and reduce the number of per-
sons who get the profits. But the poll
cy of the trust has not been defined
clearly. The officers of the Iowa asso-
citation invited the trust to send rep
resentative to this meeting to make a
statement and to define what the trust
proposed to do. The request was ig-
nored The association will not be rec
ognized The trust will give out no in
formation except as it will be given to
individuals later. AS a result the har-
vester trust is coming in for big share
OF the comment of the session and it
will be brought up in open meeting and
some definite action will be taken that
will look to guarding the members
against trouble.
The members of the association are
also engaged in signing a petition to
members of congress asking for a mod
ification of the bankruptcy law. They
lain the exemption is too great and
that a bankrupt can easily escape and
go into business again. The question of
mutual insurance for the members will
be brought up. Two years ago a COM
mittee was appointed to prepare arti-
cles of incorpora ton and to organize a
mutual insurance company. This has
not yet been perfected. The first ses-
sion of the association will be this eve
ming. when Governor Cumminms will
welcome the members. o. V. Eckert.
of Northwood. is president, and D. NJ.
Grove, of Nevada, is secretary. Martin
Kingman, of Peoria, is here by invita-
ton to address the association on be-
half of the implement manufacturers of
the United States. The association will
o,.@,,, $50,
while here.
Drake University is just now exper-
fencing some newer troubles, for three
or four students have taken dewn with
typhoid fever and there is iminent dam
ger of an epidemic. One student has
died and others are in danger. There
has been long controversy over whether
the city water which is sent into all
ports Of the city including University
Place, where the university is located
is fit for use, some chemists of great
repute having clearly demonstrated
that the water contains impurities most
dangerous and others contending it Is
pure The scientific analysis at Drake
have shown the water to be all right.
But the fact that typhoid has broken
out among the students leads many to
the belief that there is something wrong
with the water.
The Hossack case from Warren
county will be tried before Judge
Nichols, the new man on the bench in
the Fifth district when it comes up in
Madison county. The trial will begin
in February Mrs. Hossack is living
quietly with her daughter in the south
part of Warren county and practically
all interest in the case has died out In
Warren county.
The decision of Judge Mcpherson in
the matter of the arrest of Major Tur-
ner, the acting quartermaster OF the
United States army engaged in build
ing the Des Moines army post, opened
the eyes of many persons in Des
Moines to the fact that the United
States government anf its agents are
great deal larger than the state, and in
inviting an army post to Des Moines
some new problems are presented. The
court decided that the army officials are
not subject to the jurisdiction OF the
state courts even when performing
such ordinary acts as the digging of
trench for sewer. when such acts are
in accordance with the orders of SUI
periors. Hereafter those who are ag-
grieved about such acts will have to go
directly to the federal courts and not
much relief will be had there. But the
decision came as surprise TO many
Des Moines people.