Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-17
Chicago Inter Ocean.

same pTlHCpleS ana pOllCy OIL lHe re-
publican party. These men stand with
8. x. Way, of Wesley, on the no COM
promise plan. Their argument Is that
the republicans Of Iowa, either endorse
| the positions of Mr.. Cummins on rate
| legislation and tariff reform or they do
not If they do, and are in the major
| ity then nominate a man that stands
for the same things that Cummins
does. If the people, l. e., the republic
| cans Of Iowa, by majority in conven-
ton assembled, think that LATE Young,
j. w. Blythe, Dave Brant. Cyrenus
Cole, et AL, standpatters as they've a
perfect right to be, are the exponents
of the policy of the party, then by all
| means turn down the idea" fellows,
nominate LATE for governor and settle
the whole business.
Mr. Finkbine's testimony before the
rate legislation committee at WASH
ington the other day causes much
comment and more amusement. One
lumberman says: "Of course Fink
bine is satisfied with present arrange
ments and wants no Interstate
commission given power to make rates
lars to the railroad on hundreds Of
cars of lumber and other material,
naturally the railroads feel friendly to
Mr. Finkbine, and he reciprocates. But
where Mr.. Finkbine claims that he
voices the sentiments of any large
number of business men, he is very
much mistaken. We are not particu-
larly anxious for change in freight
rates, excepting in few cases, where
we think determinations exist in favor
of one locality as against another, bu.
we do want power placed where the
rebate system in any form is put to d
finish. / cannot say that a line lum =
Der yard, or a set of line elevators,
gets rebates on freight charges, but
know this-that a man buying a bill
of lumber of me for a big barn, gets
lower prices than the same or another
man buying lumber for a hog pen
costing $40. And if one of these big
line companies pays freight on 1000
cars where I do one car. why shouldn't
the railroad companies give them re-
bates, openly as formerly, or secretly
as we small fry think they still do
lions the increased use of automobiles
for paid passenger traffic n our larger
cities, and the possible competition they
will offer the electric car lines. AT
Garner the other day the writer was
assured that this summer will Wit
ness the establishment Of an automo-
bile line, running on schedule time be-
tween Britt, Garner and Clear Lake, to
connect at the latter place with the
electric car lines for Mason City. This
project is so far advanced, at least on
paper, that the automobile company
has figured on the cost of cutting
down two or three hills on the propos-
ed route that would be difficult to climb
or descend. The theory is that with
a hourly service, and the small expense
of running the autos, a rate will be
given lower than regular steam car
lines can afford, which will naturally
increase the passenger traffic between
the mentioned towns. With some work
and continual repair and care, the
wagon roads between these towns can
be kept in fine condition, this when the
travel in the summer months is large,
and an automobile can easily make
fifteen to twenty miles on hour. Who
knows but what this is the beginning
of an automobile service in and out of
our larger towns over the good roads
we are sure to have if the present en-
! thusiasm over goods roads is kept up
| in Iowa?
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