Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-02-23
State Meeting of the Farmers
Grain Dealers Adopt a Set
of Resolutions
POWER TO FIX THE RATES
President Roosevelt Heartily Endorsed
in His Stand for Control of Rates
and vitaIizing of the Interstate Com
merce commission--News of Inter-
est to Iowans.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Republican.
Fort Dodge, Feb. 23.-At the state
meeting of the Farmers Grain Deal
ers' Association in this city, which ad
journed yesterday the most important
matter coming before the meeting "a
side from the discussion of local mat
tiers, was the resolution adopted. Over
100 delegates yelled their approval
while the chairman raped repeatedly
for order. The meeting was a unit
on the adoption of the measures which
outlined their sentiments in the fol-
lowing language:
"Resolved, That we, the Farmers
and Grain Dealers Association of Iowa
in convention assem- oled, congratulate
the officers of our association on the
faithful performance of their duties
and their untiring efforts to better the
conditions of the grain growers of
Iowa.
"That we heartily indorse the action
of President Roosevelt in his every eff
fort to secure for all the people a
square DEAL
"That we believe our interstate COM
missioners should have the power to
fix and establish rates to take effect
Immediately and to continue in force
until set aside by court of compe-
tent jurisdiction.
THAT we congratulate the lower
house of congress on their prompt and
business-like action in passing the
EschT Townsend bill.
THAT we demand the legislature of
Iowa at its next ses sion to pass re-
ciprocal demurrage .aw.
"That we unanimou sly denounce thu
giving of rebates and passes to fav-
ored shippers by railroads and demand
that either congress or our state
legislature enact laws making favorit-
ism in the way of rebates of any kind
a penitentiary offense.
That we sanction and demand such
government control of railroads as will
give equal rights and justice to all
alike.
THAT we are in favor of division in
charge of commissioner of co-opera-
ton in our agricultural department at
Washington.
THAT our state laws be also amend
ed to give our railroad commission
power to relieve existing evils and
power to enforce it's decisions.
"That we believe in putting politics
aside and hereafter voting for men who
are known to be in favor of such laws
as will protect the great masses of
people who earn their bread by the
sweat of their brow and prevent the
growing tendency Of the few to Cypress
the many.
"That we heartily endorse the posi-
ton taken by the Corn Belt Meat
Producers Association in convention at
Dennison when they ask that as the
Russian and Japanese nations are still
at war we can hardly expect our Iowa
delegation in congress to devote their
attention to the troubles of the Iowa.
farmer. We would suggest to these
gentlemen that as soon as the other
great questions are settled they en-
deavor to hear the voice of the people
from Iowa and proceed to take up
their cause
THAT we congratulate the country
upon the exhibition Of the power of the
independent voter in the national cleo
ton of 1904, and we call upon the
members of our organization to hold
themselves in readiness at all times To
use it's electoral power in furtherance
of the interests of the meat producers
of the country"
Following the reading of the resolu-
tons, which were adopted amid great
enthusiasm, the convention took up the
discussion of alleged discrimination of
freight rates by the railroads in Iowa.