Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-08-06
Will CHANGE FR[|GH7S
Iowa Railroad Commission Will
Reclassify Freight and
Change Tariffs
SHIPPERS SHOULD WATCH OUT
A Complete Revision of the cIassifica.
tion Of Freight to be Undertaken
Soon by the Iowa Railroad commis-
sion-can Towns Enforce Their
ltinerant's License ordinances?.

| ItinerantS License Ordinances:
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 6.-In very short
time the Iowa Railroad commissioners
will enter upon the revision Of the
entire Iowa classification Of freight.
shippers and railroad men that there
be many changes made. The Western
Traffic association makes new west
ern classification on an average twice
each year, but it has been the custom
of the Iowa railroad commission to
only issue bulletins showing changes
eral revision was made about year
ago the classification had stood for
four or five years with the changes
announced on the bulletins. This made
the Iowa classification hard to follow
even by those who We're expert at 1t.
The new classification contained many
changes from the one issued previous
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that had been effected from time to
time. A few weeks after it was issued
the commissioners made large num-
ber of changes on a public hearing.
Another public hearing is to be held
soon and this is likely to result in
|Inaking general revision, as there
lis demand for it all round. The class.
|ification Of freight Is the one on which
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not based upon it where the freigh.
crosses a state line, but in such cases
the Western classification, issued by
the traffic association, governs. The
two have been kept pretty nearly alike
on most articles OF commerce. The
Iowa classification requires lower
rates on great many articles that are
carried in the state, but it is regarded
las significant that despite this fact
there has been a steady increase OF
profits on this business.
Attorney General Mullan and Fish
! Commissioned Lincoln have planned
for several weeks to go to Bonaparte
to make personal inspection of the fa-
nous Bonaparte dam in the Des
Moines river and to see whether or not
the dam there can be repaired or vii!
have to be rebuilt. They have been
merely waiting for the subsistence OF
the water so that they can get fair
chance at the dam. There is now ev
cry reason to believe that the state
will be able to secure a tishway over
! the dam when it is rebuilt without
paying the award of $4,000 by Van
Buren, county condemnation jury. The
award was appealed, but since the dam
has been destroyed it will not be put
to trial. Negotiations have been un-
der way for some time looking to an
amicable settlement of the old trouble
without much expense to the state, and
before the new dam is commenced this
will be closed up.
The town of Waukon, Allamakee
county. has appealed a case to the Iowa
supreme court involving regularity of
a town ordinance. on which case
hinges great deal that Is of interest
to every municipality in the state. One
Karl D. Fisk was arrested by thu
town marshal and brought before the
mayor on an accusation of violating
the town ordinance fixing fee for
license for itinerant merchants. He
was found guilty but on appeal to the
district court the ordinance was de-
clared void. Fisk was an itinerant
vendor OF spectacles. The court held
that he was not, in the meaning of
the ordinance, a merchant, but was in
fact manufacturer or dealer and
further that his dealings were pro-
Itected by interstate commerce rules,
hence the ordinance. so far as it re-
lated to that class of itinerants. was
void. Fisk claimed that he did not
sell spectacles but made examinations
and sent orders to Chicago house
where the orders were filled direct. He
was discharged. The town attorney
has appealed the case and asks the su-
preme court to set q precedent for
such cases and to determine whethe:
or not towns have a right to enforce
licenses against such itinerant vendors.
The claim is made that If the courts
decision stands then towns and cities
are at the mercy of a very large class
of itinerant specialists and vendors.
| The state board of medical exam
iners has never yet disposed of the DR..
Fulliam case from Muscatine, and this
case is on a par with many others
about which the board has had trouble
Dr. Fulliam was accused of failure
to report a case of smallpox. The ac-
cusation has been against him some
time. 1t appears that he and another
doctor We're called to see a patient
at the same time. F'ulliam said the
patient had chickenpox and the other
doctor said it was smallpox. The out
come showed the case to be in fact
smallpox. And SO Dr. Fulliam was ac-
cused and an investigation ordered. OF
course the board can do nothing and
will do nothing: but the case is on
a par with many that come before
the board involving nice points OF
medical practice, and as doctors fire.
quently disagree these cases are hard
to dispose of.
l William B. Martin Jr., son of Secre-
tary of State Martin, Is now in Iowa
Engaged in making an Investigation on
behalf of the United States bureau OF
statistics relating to the financial af-
fairs of the counties and cities and
towns. He has been recently visiting
i the county seats on this investigation
work, but has received instructions TO
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