Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-15
County Feeders and Producers
Form Organization For Mu-
tual Protection
IN LINE WITH STATE MOVE
Organization to Be Known as the Corn
Belt Meat Producers Association, Of
Marshall county-May Later Be Al.
filiated With Antitrust Movement
Going Over the State.

| In line with similar move that has
attracted attention in several other
counties of the state. number of the
vel, known stock shippers and raisers
of this county formed Satur-
day afternoon an organization
for the protection of their in
terests from the trusts and railroads
The venture viii he known MS the Corn
Belt Mea; Producers Association OF
Marshall County. Iowa. Whether 1t
Will be affiliated with the state organi-
cation of similar name that is the
nucleus around which the other coun-
ties have formed. is no.; yet known.
The temporary officers. chosen to
preside at the Initial session, will serve
until the next meeting, to be held in
two weeks, on Saturday. Feb. q. They
were Merritt Greene, president. and f.
A. Hill. of Green Mountain, secretary
and treasurer. AT that time other Off
GERS WIFI be chosen. as well as one d.
rector from each township. The asso-
NAa eAOii iNSIilS VAIN VI
forty. and the initial dues were 90
cents. The chief stumbling block which
prevented rhe new formation from be-
coming a part of the state movement
was the 50 annuity fees. with u possible
assessment not to exceed S. Consid-
cradle argument on this point was in
dulged in. 1t being the concensus OF
opinion, that the fee WAS high, with
possible likelihood of it's going to pay
for high salaries connected with the
state offices. Action on this point will
be postponed until after delegates at
tend the state meeting to be held in Dies
Moines on March 2. when an effort will
be made to find out TO what channels
this money Is to be converted. and II
possible have the annual assessment
lowered.
The move which was responsible for
the local organization. as we'll as OF
others of like nature, in different
counties of the state, was the gathering
of about fifty stock feeders and ship
pers in Des Moines on January 81
when the Corn Belt Meat Producers
Association of Iowa was formed The
object of this move Is a meat trust fight
~ oSSuIS iSSiStdplOil IIIdAillS poS-
sible the establishing OF independent
packing houses in Iowa. Some OF its
principal aims are TO force the railroads
of the state to put In thru tariff rates,
operating over two or more lines. so
that shippers can sell to independent
packers located within the state. AS
the rates now are, each line applies a
local to it's point of delivery, with it's
connections, so that a shipment moving
over more than one line has to pay
a local rate far In excess OF that from
common points In Iowa to Chicago. or
other central markets, thus doing away
with the possible competition of inde-
pendent packers. 1t asks that the rail-
roads be compelled TO handle livestock
shipments as perislrable freight, and to
move them at n rate OF speed MOI less
than twenty miles an hour. II also
asks tina. the state encourage the for
nation of local packing houses to use
home product. This movement was
started from an Iowa shipper to the
Drovers' Journal, and has been vigor-
ously pushed by ]. j. Flynn, OF Fort
Dodge, the original promoter. The bill
governing the speed OF trains handling
live stock Is now before the legislature.