Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-02-13

prove the MISSOURI river, nrSC amend
ing it SO that it includes the Des
Moines river also.
Representative Bealer of Linn coun-
ty introduced bill providing that on
all public work of every kind in coun-
ty, city or state soldiers of the civil
war be given the preference and may
not be discharged except on proof of
charges of dishonesty and inefticiency.
Senator Gilliland Introduced bill
repeating that section of the state law
which prohibits members of the SUI
preme court of Iowa from doing out
side work. This would permit their
lecturing at the state university in
Iowa City.
Senator Saunders introduced a bill
to permit doctors from other states to
practice in Iowa without an examina-
ton. This is reciprocal measure.
The biennial election bill presented
by Senator Harper Of Ott,lmwa,
which passed the senate yesterday,
must now go to the house and if pass
| ed there. which is probable, twill go
to the people of the state to be en-.
dorsed or turned down at the general
election next November. The MAORI.
ty in favor of the amendment was a
large one in the senate yesterday, the
only two votes against it being Wilson
of Clinton county and Spau1ding OF
Floyd. Senators Gale of Cerro Gordo,
Gilliland Of Mills and Newberry of
Clayton said they opposed the amend.
ment but they voted to submit it to
the beople because the people seemed
to want submission.
Representative Buchanan has had
the Ottumwa civil service bill refer
red to subcommittee of his commit
tee on municipal corporations. This
committee will carefully consider the
bill and interview the members of the
Legislature who have an interest in
Legislation affecting the cities which
| it affects. 1t is desired to have the
matter SO in hand that the measure
will pass without objection when it
comes before the house.
| Senator Harper said that he should
allow the subcommittee of Mr.. Buch-
anan's committee to investigate the
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| troduced the bill in the senate.
| Representative Powers of Floyd
county yesterday introduced bill ap
propriating S250,oO0 to start binding
twine plant at the Anamosa peniten
tiary, the product to be sold to the far
mers of Iowa at cost.
Farmers Like TWine Proposition.
| The binding twine proposition meets
with favor among the farmers. Repre-.
sentative Powers who proposes the ap.
preparation of S250,000 to build the
plant at Anamosa prison and operate
it with convict labor estimates that
it will save the farmers of Iowa S4O0,.
900 year. He says as much binding
twine is used in Iowa as in Minnesota.
There the supply furnished by the state
prison is sold at 5 cents under the
trust price, which is 13 cents. This
saves the farmers of that state about
100000 a year. 1t is a curious fact
that north of the imaginary line which
divides the two states the binding
twine used by farmer costs cents
while south of the line his neighbor
pays 13 cents.
| How Prices Are Fixed.
It is impossible today, it is said, to
buy a pound of binding twine from the
trust. Wheat concerns will make con-
tracts with dealers to furnish them as
much twine as they ask for at price
to be fixed on April 1. At that date
the trust will make a uniform price
all over the country and the dealer has
nothing to say about it. That is the
practice and no man can buy binding
twine in this country, it is said, except
from the trust. If he buys it of so
called independent dealers he really is