Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-07-08
They Will Have Some One Ap-
pear In Their Behalf Before
Executive Council
DISCUSS ASSESSMENTS
Railroad and Real Property to bc As
sessed by tho Executive Council
cummins Invited to Speak at tho
Reciprocity Convention in Chi
Z oaso.
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moincs. July Sit Is learned
that representative Of the farmers
will likely appear before the executive
council next week at the hearings for
fixing the railroad assessments. Here
council there have appeared Henry
Wallace and Frank r.. Campbell and
Others but merely as individuals and
not representing any particular inter-
est. A movement is now on foot with
large number of the leaders of the
farmers organizations to have legal
representative present to present their
side. There. Is no doubt but that
proper representative would be given
which Is desirous and has been Of get
ting all the information 1t can on the
matter of making the assessments.
Just whom the farmers will select has
not been made public as yet. While the
executives council has raised the rail-
road assessment the last three years
that is no guarantee that the assess
ment will be raised again. though 1t Is
quiz, possible the assessment may be
raised again. The real estate assess
ments are made every two years. Two
years ago the council went into the
subject very thoroughly and gathered
a great deal Of information on the
matter thru the efforts OF Secretary
DAWSON It was the first time that
the executive council went exhaustive
" into the subject of real estate as
easements. Previous to that the cour,-
ell had raised and lowered where the
county assessors had seemed to get the
assessment too high or too low but
without any particular reason other
than guess work Two years ago ex-
haustive information was gathered on
the subject This year again the as
sessment of the real estate Is equalized
by tho executive council and while 1t
may appear to the members of the
council that the railroad assessment
should be raised the assessment is
made with reference more or less to
the assessment of other property.
H
w. E. Skinner of the Union Stock
Yards of Chicago was in the city yes
| terday to make a personal call on
Governor Cummins and invite him to
attend the national reciprocity confer
ence in Chicago, August 15 and IL and
to deliver an address at that time. He
also called on Secretary John G. Simp-
son of the State Fair Association, ana
Henry Wallace and others. The Corn
| Belt Meat Producers Association OF
this state is one Of the signers for the
call which Is as follows:
.sThe establishment Of fairer trade
relations with foreign nations is a
matter that affects directly the pros
perity of every farmer, stock grower
and importer in the United States One
| nv one the European governments are
Tightening the coils intended to stran-
| gle the American export trade in agri-
culturap products and manufactured
goods. We are today face to face with
a new and prohibitive German tariff
designed to keep out every pound OF
| American breadstuffs and meat pro-
ducts. Retaliation has been tried at
tremendous cost to our producers and
manufacturers and is a failure
"sfanding on the broad platform
enunciated by President Mckinley, in
his last speech at Buffalo, the under
signed representative organizations
hereby call for a general conference
nnon this subject to be held at Chi
i cago. ILL., Aug. 15 and 16, 1905, to urge
the wisdom of substituting in our for
eign relations the principle of reci-
nrocity for exclusion and retaliation.
We care not whether the future of our
| foreign trade be safeguarded by means
Of direct reciprocity treaties or under
the provisions of a fairly drawn max
;n,,,n,- -mjnimum tariff law under
the terms of which the government
could directly negotiate advantageous
lv international agreements; but the
situation demands the establishment at
once in some form of the underlying
principle of conceding something TO
such nations as will concede valuaple
trading rights s~to ourselves.
The rest of 2, call tells OF the re-
ouirements of delegates and asks that
the secretary and chairman be notlned
of the naming of delegates.
In an interview Mr. Skinner spoke
very encouragingly OF the prospects
of the meeting and inquired of the
sentiment of the people in Iowa. This
conference is one of the most import
ant meetings to the people that will be
held this year This is a very live
topic at this time, and the situation
demands speedy action. find that the
people out here are very deeply inter-
ested in this topic and need little urg-
| ing as to the Importance of the con-
ference. The Corn Belt Meat Pro-
ducers' Association signed the call for
| the convention which was an import
ant step for them to take. This ques-
ton of reciprocity is simply question
of whether or not this country will
| stop where it is or go on and increase
| its business. If store keeper doing
!. q satisfactory business one year should