Omaha daily bee., 1905-07-17
PURE FOOD LAW DEMANDED
Ex-Governor Packard Central Figure in
Pushing the Legislation.
REPEAL OF THE ROAD LAW IS kGlTATEO
scRROIdinE All Removed from the
Capitol ROtundh- and Work
Presents an Artistic
Appearance.
(From a Stan Consequently

VI ibhi a 0Adh NOIIdslbllhtillsl
DIES MONIES, July 16.-(Special. )-Iowd
will have pure food law passed by the
next legislature according to the plans that
are being put on foot. Ex-Governor Pack
ard, chairman of the pure food Committee
of the state agricultural department, has
taken the matter up and has induced B.
F. Cummings of Marshalitown, speaker
/ pro tenn. Of the last house, to take up the
proposed bill and push It. 1t is being
claimed that Iowa is the dumping ground
OF all the Impure foods of the country, and
Senator Byron w. Newberry of Straw
berry Point says that Iowa and Nebraska
are the only two states in the west that
have such lax food laws. At the meeting
of the State Bar association, which was
held here the last week, Senator New
berry read a paper on pure food laws and
pointed out the need of one in Iowa.
Through preparing his paper on the sub
ject Senator ,Newberry has come to be very
deeply interested in the matter of a pure
food law. 1t is claimed that the bill sug-
gested by the committee of the agricultural
department at the last session was defeated
because there was no one in the house or
senate to champion its cause, and with the
wholesale grocers lobbying against 1t the
bill was easily defeated.
Governor Packard was in the city re-
Gently and it is learned had long con-
ference with Dairy Commissioner H. r.
Wright. The bill at the last session was
killed In the committee on agriculture of
the house and was never reported to the
house. 1t is claimed that If the bill had
once been reported it would have passed It
provides punishment for the infringement
OF the provisions of the bill; makes the
dairy commissioner both food and dairy
commissioner; provides that he can APP
point an assistant and a chemist, and pro-
vides that no article. can be sold that is
adulterated with materials that are In
furious. and that all other articles of food
must contain on the label a list OF the ar
ticles entering into the food.
Would Repeal Road Laws.
Representative Lorenz ID. Teter of Knox
Vile has announced that he proposes TO ask
for the repeal Of the road law at the next
session of the legislature. The new law
requires that the poll taxes be paid in
money and that the township trustees hire
men to work all the roads of a township.
According 10 the old law the farmers
turned out and worked their own poll tax.
There were three road commissioners, who
notified the farmers when and where they
were to work. II is claimed by Repre-
sentative Teter that the farmers in Marion
county are very much dissatisfied and
claim that the roads are in much worse
condition than they have ever been before
and that the men who are hired by the
trustees do inferior work and spend the
greater part OF their time riding from one
part Of the township to another. Under
the old system they claim the farmers did
good work for they were interested in hav-
ing the roads good.
Appeal in BENNETT Case.
Myron Bennett OF Boone, convicted Of an
assault with intent to commit man
slaughter, has appealed to the supreme
court. Bennett shot George CoIweII at
Bennetts farm near Boone September IA,
1904 Bennett had jug of whisky at his
barn and, with the assistance Of Colweu.
A. II. Brewer, John Shaw and John sehau,
drank II up, While drunk ColweH is nj
legged 70 have gone TO the house and in
suited BENEFITS wife and on learning OF
II Bennett ordered Colwen from the place.
Colweh refused to go and a fight followed.
Bennett In his appeal argues that the
intent was the main part Of the case and
that his intent TO shoot Colwen was nor
shown and that he in fact shot in self
defense. Bennett was sentenced 10
eighteen months in the penitentiary.
Inspect Voting Machine.
The voting machine commission has H.
speoted the new voting machine invented
by Mt Vernon. Ia, people and the report
made TO the governor is that the machine
answers the requirements OF the law. The
commission had Just been appointed.
Report on Iowa Cement.
Working In conjunction with the ma
tional geological department the state de-
partment OF geology has prepared a re-