Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-02
STATE WELL UN|ONlED.
Annual Convention OF Federated
Labor to Be Well Attended
at Cedar Rapids.
Salinger Tries to Shift Respon'
sibility for Delay in His
Office.
Suit Against Ex.State Binder
Young for Overcharges
Docketed.
cial to Times-Repub,ican.

| Des Moines, May 2.-The annual con-
vention of the Iowa Federation of La
Dor to be held in Cedar Rapids COM
mencing May IA will be attended by a
| larger number of delegates than any
similar convention held in Iowa, for the
Federation will this year have allied
with it the coal miners of District No.
| 13 and will have delegates from large
number of trades assemblies in cities
| that have never before been repre-
sented. The settlement of the differ
ences between the Federation and the
Miners Union has been the most nota-
bic achievement of the year for the
present officials of the Federation.
Some years ago the miners withdrew
because of a disagreement and while
some of the local miners unions re-
manned affiliated the main body has
been acting independently. By secur-
ing adherence of District No. 13 the
Federation is fully doubled in size and
strength, and this has been brought
about thru committee which have been
quietly at work for some months. Sew
eral cities have recently been organized
and will have representatives, among
them Marshalltown, Missouri Valley,
Jefferson. Winterset, Seymour. Fair
tleld, Clinton, Boone, Waterloo, Oelwein
and Abba. President Holder, of the
State Federation, has been at work or
ganiZing the trades assemblies. and the
state is now more thoroughly organized
for union labor than ever before and
nearly all the unions are ready to re-
port prosperity and growth. Governor
Cummins has been invited to be pres
ent at the banquet in Cedar Rapids on
the evening of the 18th. He has always
been an ardent friend of the labor or
ganizaticns, but may not be able to at
tend. President Gompers has been
invited to attend and also D. w. Rod
erick, business agent for the machin-
ists Chicago.
| II some ambitious publisher wants to
get something that will be interesting
/ iar publication he should have complied
series of letters relating to the publi-
cation of the Iowa supreme court re-
ports. When there seemed to be a hope
the court reporter and the contractor
who undertook to get out the reports
the executive council took upon itself
the duty of acting as mediator. The
council has nothing to do with the mat
ter at all, but took it up for the good of
the cause. About every so often the
secretary of the council receives a hot
letter or vigorous kick from either the
reporter or the printer. They are at
swords points and have nothing to do
with each other. They reach each 9TH
err thru go-between. They denounce
each other and each one throws the
blame for all the delays, ETC., on the
other. This has been going on for quite
| awhile. About all the lawyers of the
| state know Of the matter is that the re-
ports are delayed and are not very good
books when they are received. But
they are cheap-much cheaper than
under the old system. The letters of
Salinger and Ragsdale are excellent
specimens of clear and incisive English
end will probably be preserved in the
archives of the state.
It is probable that an end will be
reached in the state bindery overcharge
matter at an early date. The suit is on
the district court docket and the petit
ton of the attorney general and the an
swer of the ex-state binder are on file
The attorney general brings the suit to
determine whether or cot some $4,631
claimed as overcharges lan be recov-
cred, or whether 1t was in fact an over
charge, and Mr.. Young falls back
suuareiy on the fact that the bills We're
duly audited by the secretary of state
in accordance with law and paid with
cut any irregularity and therefore that
the state is estopped from questioning
the correctness of the judgment of it's
chosen agent. OF course Mr.. Young
also denies specifically that there were
any overcharges and declares that
every item was paid for in accordance
with law.
The last of the big railroad COM
panies to make report to the state eX-
ecutive council on the business done in
Iowa, on which to base the assess
ment for this year. is the Chicago &
Northwestern, which has filed a COM
plete report. This report shows that
the gross earnings or receipts of the
entire Northwestern system for the
year 1901 were s45,916,019.99. and the
operating expenses $27,769,123.4O. The
report states the net earnings per mile
on the part of the system, which lies
in Iowa has been $3,113 The gross
receipts on the branches in Iowa
amounted to $9,S97,S05.2s, and the op-
Grating expenses $7,051, ,1S9.15. The
division of gross receipts by branches
was as follows:
Chicago & Northwestern.
main line. .s7,714,074.65
Iowa Midland branch. 79,22S.3O
Stanwood & Upton branch 9,S3O.57
Ottumwa, Cedar Falls &
ST. Paul. 113,497.91
Maple River branch. ....... 505,974.53
Iowa R'y. Co. and Manu-
featuring Co. Sl,s16.S9
Des Moines & Minneapolis. 41lo5l2.O5
Iowa Southwestern branch. 60'369.37
Iowa, Minnesota & North
western. -. 4e1'ooo.9o
Sioux City & Pacific branch. 5b1,771.56
George Metzgar department COM
mander of the G. A. R., is here con-
sulting with the docal committees in