Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-02-22


condition In the case OF a private
bank all the business affairs OF the
men who run it are involved. An ex-
animation of the business OF the bank
might show II To be perfectly solvent
and yet as individuals the bankers
Nigh, have deals out that would mean
their ruin. Now II is nanifestly im-
possible to provide for the exan,ina-
tion of the private business of IT.
bankers But as for reporting under
oath cat stated times. that would not
be bad. Tho private banks make re-
ports now and they are sworn to, but
inasmucfh as they are not required by
law, 1T Is not perjury If they should
prove false. But legalize these reports
and the private bankers would then be
amennble to law for false statements
and their reports would be as sufficient
as those OF the organized banks do
NOT believe that anything should be
done to compel private banks to in-
corporate In private bank the liza
bNlity OF the owners Is unlimited: in
the case OF organized banks It ds lim-
tied. In the case OF my home bank.
for Instance, incorporation would re-
duce tine liability to one-thii.d what 1t
is now on the same banking capi-
tai"
The project to purchase the old SAM
ttarium near the state fair grounds
for site for the woman 8 refor7natory
has been abandoned by the w. T. U.
OF iowa. An option was secured on the
building and grounds for $25.000. One
day number of the legislators. ac-
companied by Mrs. Edworthy, who rep
resen,ts the W. c. 4. u, went to the
sanitarium for inspection of the build
Ing, but the committee was fatty re-
fused permission to make tine fnspec-
tton. The legislators looked over the
building from the outside ana found
that While II has been erected only
eight or ten years 1t Is In very bad
condition and at best Is a fire trap
state might have. 1t was then ana
there resolved that the project would
be abandoned. Senator Jameson has In
preparation a bill to establish the re-
fornatory for women at some point
NOT named, but near Dee Moines. Un-
der the law there Is a provision that
in case the women are not reformed
they NAV 20 to the Industrial school at
Mitchellville. and 1t is therefore In
cumbent that the reformatory be
placed not far from Des Moines. If
the people OF other communities feel
as do those of Knoxville about re-
formatory there will be no sharp. COM
petition for the location, since the
Knoxville people, or at least the pol :
iticians, say that they would rather not
have anything than to have reforms
atory for women.
1t ts now regarded as certain thaN
the inebriate asylum will so to Knox
Vile. The bill has been we'll received
by the members and the leaders re-
gard it as one of the most important
measures Of the session. All agree that
1t will never do ITO leave the inehri-
afes in tine insane hospitals. Iowa will
follow the example OF Massachusetts
In this respect The inebriates were
first sent to the insane hospitals in
1883. but the elopennents We're so nu-
merous and the complications so bad
for the insane that in 1889 special
asyl,lm was ests blished at Foxbor-
ough. It was found necessary TO pro-
vide for some restraint of THE inebri-
ates and provision so that they could
he given work TO do. The plan has
been found TO work we'll In Massachu-
setta The plan desired in Iowa is
substantially like that of Massachu-
sattS