Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-07-28

MAY RESULT IN WITHDRAWAL
Protest Made Against Receiving Min
nesota Butter Four or Five Days
After Last Day Permissible Under
Governing Rues-Are Watching the
Alleged Discrimination Closely.
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Des Moines, July 2s.-There is in
dignation among the butter makers OF
Iowa over ],hat they regard as grossly
unfair treatment at the big butter con-
test at the St Louis exposition, and
the murmurings OF discomfort may
break out into rebellious withdrawal
from the contest unless the future
should turn out better. The butter
scoring is done once month. each
time from new samples of butter SUBJ
mitted. Iowa has not shown up as
well in comparison with other states
as the butter makers of Iowa believe
they are entitled under a fair COM
petition. When the first butter sam
pies were scored Iowa made protest
against permitting the Minnesota but
ter to enter the competition. Iowa but
ter was received at the dairy building
on the very last day permissible under
the rules adopted for the contest; yet
Minnesota butter, so the Iowa men
claim, was received four or five days
thereafter. The Minnesota people in
sisted that they could not get their
butter there in time. In answer to the
Minnesota people an unfair advantage
Assistant Superintendent Sudendorf
stated that the butter would be scored
in the order IN which eceived and
therefore there would be no unfairneS1
in accepting Minnesota butter last.
But the Iowa department insists that
while the first. or preliminary scoring
is done in this way, the final scoring
is all done at one time. and a differ
ence of four or five days In time the
butter has been in storage would ac-
count for a large difference in per-
centage. Minnesota butter averaged
far above Iowa at the first scoring.
The second batch of butter has now
been tested and Iowa was a very close
second to Minnesota, and in the best
butter, tied with Minnesota. The Iowa
people insist that IL the first compe-
tition had been fair Iowa would have
been up with Minnesota. The state
dairy department. is not allowed to
score the samples of butter before be-
ing forwarded to st. Louis. but it is
forwarded just as received from the
creameries, the good and poor alto
gether. About seventy-five cTeameries
in Iowa are sending their butter to
st. Louis. 1t Is believed that some OF
the best butter makers Of the state are
not in the competition and they will be
induced to send their best butter in
time for the August competition. Iowa
is watching very closely and II there
is any more discrimination between
states the Iowa butter may be with
drawn entirely from the competition,
and a protest be made to the EXPOSE
ton authorities at the manner in
which the butter contest has been con-
Quoted.
ton of last year in the United States
indulging in boat races. has paid his
taxes to the state of Iowa. At the
time the tax was levied against him it
was feared he would balk on payment
of the same, and try to upset the law,
but as the tax was not great he paid it.
The sum was sl4.31. 1t came about in
this way. Iowa passed a new law pro-
viding for assessment Of cars owned by
lines other than railroad
and made use or In Iowa.
These are refrigerator lines. fast
freight lines. stable car lines, etc. These
were required to report to
the state on the business done. The
state was to assess and they were to
pay tax equal to the average rate Of
taxation In the state, but to pay 1t dir
act into the state treasury. Thirty-two
reports were secured on which assess
ments were made, among them being
the Upton Car line, engaged in hand
Ing heavy tea shipments across the
continent for Sir Thomas industry.
The tax amounted to the sum given
and it was cheerfully paid. Twenty
nine of the companies assessed have
now paid their taxes. The total re-
,eiyed by the state from this source
vas s2,511.0S. The heaviest single
payment was by the Union Refrigera-
.or line $3.50: the next by the Union
Freight line. 1924; while Cudahy's line
paid s2O5 and Swift's s115. The same
have been assessed this
year substantially as last year Some
If them have threatened to attack the
aw as unconstitutional, but as the
sums exacted are small this has not
yet been attempted.
The corn judging contests inaugurat-
"a hy the state fair with a prize con-
,isting of the giving of a free scholar
,hfp for the full college course at the
state College at Ames has proved so
popular, that an imitation on smaller
scale is to be attempted in some of the
counties of the state. The pioneer in
his is Ringgold county, where the
fair association has arranged
or a corn judging contest, the prize
,eing a free scholarship at one of the
shorter courses In corn and live stock
Judging at Ames. The scheme has the
approval of Professors Curtiss and
Holden and others of the state college
aculty and it is expected that the plan
viii be adapted In several Of the coun-