Ottumwa tri-weekly courier., 1904-02-20

new location and an effort will be |
made to determine upon removal of |
the school from the Bluffs TO a central
ly located point, before that appropria-
tion is made.
1t has been proposed that'Sthe fnsti-
tuition be. divided and that shalfSof it be |
taken to Mason City or some other 1
northeastern Iowa city so that the
deaf and dumb of the. state may have
equal chance in attending such institu,
tion. This may be the solution of the
difficulty. IS & ~
The desire for removal is based not
only on the unfortunate situation at
the Bluffs, but also on the objection
that deaf and dumb persons in north
eastern Iowa must expend large sums
of money in transportation to and
from their homes in attending the
school located in one corner of the;
state.
Magnetic HeaIers.
The magnetic healers of the state
expect to get their bill for "a state
board to issue licenses to persons who
heal without the use of drugs into
the legislature today or tomorrow.
Oce Buffers has been engaged here in
interesting legislators in it for some
time. The osteopaths are not includ-
ed among those who are interested in
the bill.
Child Labor Bill.
1t looks now as if the child labor bill
would be shot to pieces by the time it
gets through the senate which is now
talking about it. The bill was drafted
by Representative Cummings of Mar
shall county and was taken largely
from the Massachusetts law. Being
drawn there for the protection of chill
dren from laboring in the factories 1T
does not altogether apply to Iowa.
The senate already has knocked out
two sections of the bill, one providing
for the unemployment of children un-
der Ia in mercantile establishme
and the other prohibiting the employ
ment of any minor in the state who
cannot read and write.
The omission Of mercantile establish
ments from the operation of the meas
ure effectively disposes of one of the
features which the bill was proposed
to cover-the employment of mere
children in department and other
stores Under the measure as amend
ed they can now be employed in these
establishments, including all other kin
dred institutions like lumber yards,
etc. The other section which was
knocked out was designed to aid the
compulsory education law by requir-
| ing all children to attend school suff1-
ciently to learn to read and write, at
least.
Senator Dowell has had charge of
the bill in the senate for Represents
/ til Cummings and has made a very
4 forceful and successful fight against
the many strong men in the body who
oppose the measure. Among these are
Smith of Mitchell, Garst of Carroll
and Brooks of Keokuk. Dowell is one
of the most graceful and effective
speakers in the upper body and his
presentation of the claims of the chill
dren has met with energetic suppor
/ in most points. The section relative
to the employment of children or min
1ors who cannot read and write would
1 have little effect, any way, as there
are very few of these in the state
The other amendment was unfortu
nate.
New Shippers Bill.
Captain w. S. Hart of Allamake'
county introduced his stock shippers
pass bill in the house yesterday be
cause he regarded the DeLano bill
as unreasonable. The Hart bill wa
not framed as any kindness to tn
railroads, by any means, but it wa
framed with view to making rea
sonable demand upon them. 4
: eff there is man in the, house VIII
| has reason to be out with the raj
I roads it is myself said Captain Hart
t "They always have fought me. Th
! democrats have had control Of tn
) railroads in Allamakee county 70
9 many years and they have never los
\ an opportunity to injure and hand
f cap me. So that if there. was any OF
i casion for ripping would be one 6
/. the men who would most naturally b
t inclined that way. But the DeLan
bills contain provisions which Mr.. d.
I Lano ought to know would yitiate tn
q measure, or endanger it, at least.
'It seems to me that it is a rel
r sonable requirement to ask the raj
g roads to furnish shippers with retur
8 passes when they take stock to tn
markets" They go because they haV
to watch their own stock. Natural
e; the railroad, being common carrie
r cannot have the same interest in th
) shipment that the. owner does. a H
i. going is necessity This he'failroat
: recognize because they carry him
+ free. When they get: hims:to sGhicag
f for instance, they drop him, and the
+ he has to spend his good money to g.
5 home or walk. 1t is this that tt
!, shippers and Captain Hart object t
= Representative Pritchard of Wrigl
+ county introduced very similar mea
Il ure but his provision for the issuant
J. of the passes to bring the shipper
). back home is not hedged about wit
&c as much protection as is the provisie
2. in the Hart bill. They both aim
9 weed out the superfiuous and unrea
enable requirements of the DeLar
- bill