Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-08-17

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nor A. r. Cunm!ns before the reci-
procity conference in Chicago, which
was printed in ci,li in the noon editions
of the local papers are convinced that
the address will be campaign docu-
ment for the progressive element, OF
the party, not only in Iowa, but in the
United States generally. A very great
many. prominent republicans speak OF
the address az one Of the governor
best Efforts. Il is very evident too, that
there will be no misunderstanding
what the governor sai9, and that the
element OF the standpat press of the
state whose chief asset in answering
arguments is to cry liar and demo
crat," must find some better and less
senseless terms in which TO discuss the
political issues Of the day, or else re-
main quiet.ftS The strong features of the
address are believed to be the analysis
of the standpat position on the tariff
question that's 1.-The men who today
are opponents Of the standpat theory
of government are not protectionists.
They are excIusionists," and the show
ing that. agriculture, the chief indus
try of Iowa, still remains the domi-
nant factor in our commerce and yet,
altho we have built up tae most COM
plete and drastic system. of exclusion
ever, known in the history of the
world we have not line or letter,
in law or treaty, whica has for its
object the protection OF the enlarge
ment of the markets that the farmer
is seeking"
State Dairy Commissioner H. r.
Wright has received word to the effect
that the progressive element of the
association of state dairy and pure
food commissioners has. won its fight
against the grafters who were using
the association for their personal ends
and that at the last convention an en-
tirely new set Of officers were elected
for the association. Mr.. Wright was
unable to attend the last convention
and assist In the fight, but attended
two or three, other conventions in
which the fight was less successful
but just as vigorous, and he gave his
influence in the last convention. 1t will
be remembered that II. was reported
in this correspondence that the as
ISOLATION was in the haoit of letting to
Chicago publishing house the con-
tract to print the proceedings of the
convention. The ASSOCIATION was paid
by the publishers for The privilege of
printing the proceedings and made
money out of the publication by hold
ing up for high rates OF advertising the
manufacturers of various foods. The
publishers it is alleged as "a whip to
secure the advertising gave a guaran-
tee that any goods advertised would
be exempt from any possible trouble
that might arise thru prosecutions by
the various food and dairy commits
sioners.
Under that arrangement and guar
antee manufacturers took advantage Of
their opportunity to advertise every
thing that was impure and was meet
ing with opposition OIL the part of the
commissioners. They advertised but
terine and other irritation buffers
which the dairy commissioner of this
state was engaged in fighting in the
courts. They advertised catsups that
were limitations Of what they purport-
ed to be and which were being fought
in other states. Commissioner Wright
refused to pay any attention to the
guarantee of the publishers and went
ahead with the prosecution Of the i'm
itation butter manufacturers.
1t seems that affidavits were secur-
ed to the effect that the publishers had
given this guarantee and that graft
was a feature Of the management of
the association and with this showing
before the convention complete
change in the officials was effected.
The name has been changed to the In
terstate Food Commission and with
the present management at its head
gives evidence that It will be of some
real service in favor Of pure food in
stead of supporting the manufacturers
Of the limitations.
sss
The fact that the state insurance
commissioners have decided to post
pone till October l the investigation Of
the big insurance companies in New
York is held at the state house to have
some significance due to the fact that
the convention of state insurance
commissioners will be held in Breton
Woods, N H., September 20, q and %.
The Nebra ska commissioner has an
nounced that he will join the others in
the investigation October I. There is
no doubt but the entire matter will be
gone into at the convention of the. state
insurance commissioners and the in
surance question, particularly as APP
plying to- the big companies of the east
will be exhaustively debated. Per-
haps many others will join in the in
vestigation after that convention.
State Librarian johnson Brigham
has been asked by the Boston Tran
script for a $500 word article on the
reason for the falling off in the popu
lation in the state Of Iowa and he for
warded the same today. He believes
that the main reason is shown in the
statistics that is being gathered for
this census which shows that there are
i less number of farms in the state
than there were five years ago, which
ne can explain In but one way and that,
that the farms contain more acres and
are worked with a less number of peo-
Pile He believes that the am
bilious man with little money in
his pocket has sold out and gone where
he could get cheaper land and that the
man who has less desire to move and
more money in his pocket has been the
purchaser Of the farm which he has
added to the farm he already had. The