Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1905-12-28
NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
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legislature, twenty-three republicans
and four democrats who have been
enterrogated by the Sioux City Tri-
bune as to their position on the state
wide primary law, fifteen republicans
and one democrat have signifled their
intention of supporting satisfactory
bill, while two republicans and one
democrat declined to commit them
selves. The Tribune sent out inquir-
les to forty-five members, widely scat
tered, and received twenty-seven re-
plies. 1t concludes from the nature
of the replies that the state wide
primary stands fair show of enact
ment by the coming legislature
The executive committee OF the
Association for the Study and Proven
tion of tuberculosis has drafted y
bill for introduction in the legislative
session of this winter providing for
the establishment of a. state sanator-
ium for tubercular patients. Tkis is .
suggestive measure, and criticism is
requested and suggestions out OF
which a effected bill may be drafted
The bill as drawn charges the ex
pense of treatment to the state at $40
per month per capita, providing Tor
monthly appropriation of $4,000 ur'
til the number of patients shall mum
Der 200. 1t has been suggested that
the state pay all the expense of treat
ment, that the counties from which
patients are sent pay part of it, thas
the patients pay part of it, when able
and combinations of all of these plans
have been proposed. 1t is provided
that no person shall be treated unless
suffering from incIpient pulmonary
tuberculosis and shows a reasonable
probability of improvem eAt under
treatment. Hopeless cases of con
sumption Will not be treated. The
board of control is authorized to ap
point examining physicians in differ
ent, suitable localities in the state. at
So per patient examined, the doctors
to be graduates of reputable medical
schools and one year in practice. The
persons who apply for admission to
the sanitorivm by filling application
blanks sent to the superintendent
will be examined by these physicians
Only applicants resident in the state
one year will be examined.
That iowa is the dumping ground
for the impure foods which are driv-
en- out of other states" was the con.
clusion which the pure food commit
tee of the state department of agrt-
culture expressed in it's report to the
directors of that branch of the state
administration. Governor Packard
and Dairy Commissioner Wright sub
mitted the draft of law which they
had compiled from the bills Of former
years after the hearings in which the
retail and wholesale interests affect
ed took part and whose passage they
believe to be feasible this winter.
The directors of the department i'm
mediately accepted the report and in
dorsed the proposed measure. The
law as written by the committee nam
ed is dissimilar from the statute of
two years ago in many particulars
which have been explained, notice.
ably in emitting the Jail or peniten.
tiary penalty for violation and limit
ing the penalty to q fine of 800 for
which the retailers, who alone can be
prosecuted, may secure indemnity
from the wholesalers from whom
they purchase. The bill makes the
state dairy commissioner the food
commissioner and auth CRIES him to
employ assistants at SO a day. A
state chemist at $1,000 year is auth
orized The governor may appoint
an attorney, also, to assist prosecu-
tons, which are placed in the hands
of county attorneys to whom the food
commissioner furnishes the informa.
ton he acquires as to the sale OF
adulterated foods and beverages, The
law does not apply to medicines and
specifically eXempts from it's opera.
ton in regard to exposing the formula
of foods in labels those who by thus
printing their formula would expose
trade secrets. An appropriation OF
$4,000 is provided for in the bill
Auditor Of State Carroll has re-
ceived a copy of the call sent from
the District OF Columbia by the de-
partment of insurance in the district
for the meeting of insurance commits
sioners, governors and attorneys gen.
eral at Chicago, Feb. 1, to consider
the insurance situation. At the con-
ference of the commissioners at
Washington 1t was the belief of many
of them that they should call a meet
ing of the commissioners associa.
lion and invite to attend it the goves.
nors and attorneys general Of the
different states. Auditor Carroll of
iowa took exception to his idea and
proposed that the call be general In
character and that it be issued by the
commissioner or superintendent of
the department of insurance OF the
District of Columbia. This has been
done. The call was issued by Thomas
E. Drake, who holds the position re-