Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1903-02-19

welt about him the day the appoint.
ment was sent in.
The senator's had no idea that Mr.
Roberts name had already been sent
in, and when they reached the Presi.
dent he greeted them jocularly well,
he said, with a grin. 81 suppose you
fellows are up here for the purpose of
protesting against the re-appointment
of Roberts. But it won't do you any
good; l have just sent his name in
He is one of the best men | have, and
l could not do without him"
MIR. Roberts and the President are
close personal friends and the Presi.
dent has very high idea of the
idea of the grasp his director of the
mint has on financial matters Mr..
ton without any solicitation on his
part. He was country editor out at
Fort Dodge at the time but was writ
ing financial articles for the maya
zines. The latter attracted the atten-
ton of President Mckinley and he de-
cided that this Iowa man was better
equipped to be director of the mint
than any other man he knew III the
United States.
Mr. Roberts appointment is taken
to mean that he will not return to
Iowa for some time. When he bought
the Register and Leader it was sup
posed that he would go back in short
time and take charge of the paper.
The property, however, is prospecting,
without his personal attendance and he
will remain in Washington for some
time being.
The Iowa wholesale grocers are get
ting excited over the pure food law
again. Senators Allison and Dolliver
have been deluged with letters and tel
legrams urging that the bill be defeated
unless it is amended in certain particu-
lars. The measure is very lengthy
one providing for protection from food
authorizations but Iowa wholesalers
think that it needs amending in at
| least three PARTICULARS
First, they want it made plain that
no dealer shall be prevented from plac-
ing his name on any goods. Many
wholesalers buy canned goods from
the manufactures and place their name
on the package advertising it as a
special brand of their own. Then they
want provision providing for the fill
| ing of formulas for food or drink
with the secretary of agriculture who
shall approve OF reject, giving his
| reasons in the latter event. Finally,
they do not want the law to go into
effect until January 1904, SO as to give
| time to prepare for it.
Washington, d. c., Feb. IT,
Now that it is certain that some
trust legislation is to be passed this
session business men and politicians
are beginning to calculate the results,
In this connection there are few pes
simists. The general iGea seems to
be that the legislation which will fin,
ally be passed is going to be exactly
what is needed. 1t is going to be eff
fective with the corporations and
trusts that need checking and yet it
is not going to be so radical as to dis
turb all business.
81 wish | had 100000; would
make million out of it during the
! next year" said an Iowa man the 9th
er day who is great friend of Speak
er Henderson, and who had just came
from an interview with that gentle
man. There is going to be trust leg
islation and it is going to be just what
Z is needed" he continued. ut is going
to restore the confidence of the timit
ones; it is going to hold in check un-
principled ones; it is going to put ev
: erything on solid basis and business
. is going to boom. 1t will not only af
feet industrial enterprises, but the in
fiuence of restored confidence and as
sured solidity is going to be felt in al
: lines Real estate will poom retail
trade will boom, money will be invest
ed without fear and there will be al
unequaled era of prosperity"
This view is the one that conserva
! tive public men are taking. Agitat
ors of course see much danger ant
many terrible things in store for tn,
country, but they do not get mucl
sympathy nor secure any followers
!, Underneath all the wild talk abou
trust legislation there has no doub
been throughout the entire session
: quiet, careful and steady management
! down through the coterie of publ
men, including Speaker Henderson
Senator Allison, Col Hepburn an
others who have been prominentl
identified with the trust busting
! program.
Many 1owans have been addressin
their congressman in regard to tn
proposed agricultural exhibit at tn
, st. Louis exposition next year TIL
!, agricultural colleges all over the cour
try are pushing this matter and tn
college at Ames has induced man
public men to give their attention t
! the matter. The measure was frs
. brought up by bill presented by ReL
resentative Tawney of Minnesota
: who wants to appropriate 100000 t
. provide for the exhibit There seem
to be a general disposition on tn
y part of the Iowa delegation, as we
as majority of the Legislators at tn
s capital, to vote for the bill
b Congressman Conner of the tent
Il enjoys the distinction of having NOR
o presidential postofflces in his distriC
e than any other congressional distrt