Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-02
A BIG MEETING
Five Hundred Delegates Attending
the State Convention of the Corn
Belt Meat Producers Association at
Des Moines.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines. March EVERY county
in the state is represented at the state
convention Of the Corn Belt Meat Pro-
ducers Association About five hun
bred delegates are in attendance.
John Cownie and Henry Wallace ap.
peared before the convention las,
night and spoke in behalf of lower
freight rates Both urged the estab-
lishnaent of independent packing
houses in Iowa. Mr.. Cownie claimed
that the small plants Of iowa were
now turning out superior quality oil
goods 10 the Chicago institutions
representative w. c. Whiting OF
Monona county, president of the asso-
citation In that county, also addressed
the meeting. Among the others who
spoke were Frederic c. La1rabee, OF
Fort Dodge, and C. w. Maher.
Secretary RyAh's Address.
Secretary j. ]. Ryan in his report
yesterday described the various legds-
lative measures the association had in
troduced in Iowa and told why they
favored them. He also briefly told
what the association had accomplish
ed. In addition to organizing a state
association IN Wisconsin, the Iowa as
ISOLATION win assist In state organ
izations in Nebraska, South Dakota
and Minnesota soon. Speaking of the
DeLano bill, Mr.. Ryan said:
"The bill calculated to give imn1ed-
iate relief is now the household word
OF nearly every family in the state OF
Iowa-the Delano bill.
What have we done to popu!arize
ana urge the passage of this measure
Thirty or forty members of this as
ISOLATION appeared before the railroad
committee OF the house Of representa-
tives to urge the passage OF this bill
and l want to assure you that you
might we'll be proud of the conduct OF
your fellow stocknen on that occasion
/ understand that committee has not
yet made report and we have no
knowledge of how they stand, but ev-
cry disinterested listener who was
present on that occasion frankly
stated that If the committee was COM
posed Of railroad managers we should
have won cur case on the evidence
presented.
Now, why are we supporting the
Delano bill? First, because it is a just
measure: second, because 1t is the gal
walton OF the greatest industry In this
great agricultural state; and third,
the most remarkable OF all. because II
imposes no new conditions or hard
ships upon the railroad companies.
The Objectionable features of that bill
to the railroads, and the MOST essential
to the stocknlen, Is the twenty mile
rate of speed for stock trains. Is that
anything new? Hadn't they given us
that for fifteen years prior to the time
they formed their dog the man
ger trust to neither make the time
themselves nor let any other railroad
do 1T?
Next i'm Importance to us is the re-
turn transportation. While we have
had that from the days when memory
OF man runneth not to the contrary
and up to the time when by the same
system of evolution as that of She rate
of speed, 1t disa ppeared in one night,
"Since the formation of this assccia
ton of conservative business men, i.
has been our purpose to counsel mod
Grafton, thinking that just demands
like those asked for in this bill would
be met in a spirit of business fairness
by business men, such as the railroad
managers used to be- But, gentlemen
of the conven tion, before we leave this
city we propose to know whether the
railroad managers have traded thel,
business sense for O we'll paid and un
scrupulous lobby, and II we find that
such Transformation has taken place
then let lit be war to the knife ans
knife to the hilt, and / much mistake
the temper of the people in this move
1nent If that lobby lasts them as Iona
as the Russian navy lasted Japan; and
when the smoke OF the battle has
cleared away, whether II be this year
or two years from now, we Will have
the DeIAano bill and several coalinG
stations besides
Colonel Charles Kahlo. of Indianapo-
lis, representative of the National AS
sociation Of Manufacturers, headed by