Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-30
Days OF GRACE gIAY
Negotiable Instrument Law Did
Not Abolish the Days OF
Grace.
Secretary OF State Bankers
Association Reported Without
Full information.
Process" Butter Is Sold in
Iowa Very Largely..-Capital
Gossip.
to Characterization.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, May .-Notwithstand-
had legislative committee supposed
Ito be closely watching all legislation
affecting banks curious mistake
larose at the last meeting of the as
sociation as to some legislation, the
secretary making a report which had
tbeen prepared without full knowledge
| of the facts. 1t was in relation to
/ the negotiable instrument law, which
| is a complete revision of the Iowa
statutes on that subject The bill was
as big as a book. 1t was introduced IN
to the house by Clarke, of the judiciary
committee, it having been placed IN ms
hands by Justice McClain, the Iowa
member of the committee on uniform
legislation of the American Bar asso-
citation After some discussion tne plll
passed the house. 1t was Sucn COM
plicated bill that no effort was MADE
by it's advocates to explain 1t or delehu
it. All they could say was that the
bill had been agreed on by COM
mittee of eminent lawyers as the most
complete codification of such laws yet
devised The bill rested in the senate
until the last day of the session Whep
it was passed in a hurry. only one
change was made in the bill. rms
was TO strike out the clause repeating
all laws relating to days of grace. The
legislature had several times refused
distinctly to abolish days of grace.
When the bill came up the last time
the question was asked if the striking
out of this repeating clause would ma
terially affect the bill. Its advocates
accepted the amendment, because to
nave done otherwise would have meant
defeat of the bill 1t seems that the
state bankers association was informed
by the secretary that the bill repeats
the days of grace law. 1t was not
so understood by those who passed
the bill 1t seems that the bankers
were desirous of having the days OF
grace abolished, enc. would prefer that
that relic of stage coach days and i'm
perfect banking systems done away
with in Iowa, but every plan to do so
failed.
The declaration is made by one who
has much knowledge of the SUBJECT
that there is more process butter
consumed in Des Moines than in any
other city of Iowa and more in proper
tion to population than elsewhere.
Real creamery butter said this man,
'is very scarce in Des Moines. The
jobbers engage in the mixing of but
ter and reworking it into what they |
call process butter and practically |
every grocery house in Des Moines I
sells it. The butter is put up in finer
packages than creamery butter and is
much better to handle than country I
butter. 1t is sold as creamery butter
and commands a good price, but it is
not first class article. Such butter
would be classed as low grade in any
eastern market
The state library board has author
lied payment for the printing and
of some volumes of the early
legislative records, or reprinting of
the same which is to be done by the
state historical department.
a number of the colored people ot
Des Moines have started a movement
% secure portrait of Frederick Doug
ass, to be hung in the portrait gallery
# the state historical rooms They
Will raise the money largely thru
to be given here. One of the
pest artists in portraiture to be had
will be selected for the work Several
VT; ;St. ln o1 a, ly fn -Sic
nent to the task but no one will be ,
selected until after the money is .
aiseG.
Gov. Cummns went to Stuart to de- 5
iver the Memorial day grafton to-
lay. He spoke in Winterset last even ,
ne. He will go on Sunday to Colorado {
9here he is to deliver an address be-
ore the Colorado agricultural college t
II Monday. {
A number of Marshall county cases |
we're submitted to the supreme court i
his week or otherwise disposed of {
The following We're submitted in reg ]
lar order: Jane V. Myers VS.. North l
Western Railway: Mrs. William An G
rews, admiX VS. Marshall Creamery q
company; j. A. Morrison VS.. North + /
testern Railway: and Albert Kreba
s. w. F.. Nicholson. ct al. The case
f Steinberger rs. Bradford was dis S
Missed on motion, and the case of Seis
s, kibbey was affirmed on motion. f
he case OF the state VS.. the Glucose Y
ugar Refining company, from Tama :
ounty. was also submitted this week. .
\
Judge Ryan. formerly of Newton, S
as the Memorial day orator in Des G
Iones this year. @
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