Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-22
FOR STATISTICAL
BUREAU IN IOWA
Labor Commissioner Brigham
Would Separate the Inspec-
tion and Census Work
ENFORCEMENT OF THE LAW
With Duty of Collecting Statistics
Eliminated the Inspectors Would
be Able to Do More in Way Of En-
forcing Factory Laws-Libraries in
State Institutions.

State Institutions.
Special to Times-Republican
Des Moines, Sept. 22.-State Labor
Commissioner e. d. Brigham, who has
just returned from the conven-
tion Of State Labor commissioners at
San Francisco says the factory inspec-
tion men were not in it this year be-
cause of the agitation for the separa-
tion of the statistical and inspection or
law enforcement departments of the
state. Mr. Brigham believes with
Prof. Patterson of the state university
that Iowa should have statistical bu-
reau for all departments of the state
and trained statisticians to gather the
material, but believes that so far as
the state labor commissioners office is
concerned the people are more anxious
to see the enforcement of the state
laws than they are to have a lot OF
statistics on labor matters gathered
each year.
At the San Francisco meeting United
States Commissioner O'Neil took the
ground that the states should divorce
the two departments. He stated that
after a factory inspector had prosecu-
ted factory owner for breaking the
laws Of the state he became a failure
on going to the same man for statis-
~. A.. n %n
tions as the owner would withhold the
facts. 1t was pointed out that in some
states the department Of statistics is
separate and that the employees of the
statistics department are prohibited by
law from giving information to the IN
spectors who are charged with the en-
forcenent of the law and further by
legislative enactment the factory own
ers are guaranteed against the disclo-
sure of the information they give to
the statisticians.
Mr.. Brigham believes that one of the
most important disclosures of the con-
vention was the fact that all the states
are more agitated over the question Of
regulation of child labor now than at
any time in the history Of the coun-
try. AS this state will have bill re-
ported on this subject at the next ses-
sion Of the legislature this fact is in
teresting. ANY number of commits
sioners with whom conversed repor-
ted interest in the subject" said Mr..
Brigham, land they reported too that
there is a disposition on the part of
factory owners to respect the child la
Dor laws and to favor rather than to
oppose them"
In about week A. I. Smith. OF Mt.
Ayr, will make his opening speech In
his campaign against Congressman W.
P. Hepburn. The speech will be made
at his home town and the formal open
ing of the campaign at this early date
is matter of some conjecture on the
lart of politicians. The speech will be
made it is expected before Congress-
man Hepburn returns from his Phillt-
pine trip. 1t is learned that Mr.. Smith
is now at work on his speech which
will be delivered with more or less
change in every precinct in the Eighth
district. The speechsis being carefully
prepared and those who have been Civ
en- an inkling of what it contains de-
clare that it contains food for consid-
erable political talk, and is very
manly prepared address.
The settling of date by the rail-
road commissioners for a hearing of
the petition of Miller & Son, of Clear
mont for a Joint rate on brick, brings
up the entire question of joint rate.
When ex-Railroad Commissioners
Frank T. Campbell visited this city
last spring he gave out an interview
which was published in this paper TO
the effect that the commissioners OF
Iowa had authority to put in operation
a Joint freight rate and declared that
such a rate was the chief need of the
state in the matter of freight matters.
Mr.. Campbell pointed out that the su-
preme court in knocking out the old
Joint rate had not declared the law un-
and that the impression
that the court would hold the law un-
was not well founded. If
the commissioners can make joint
rate on brick on the petition of Miller
e. Son they can make a joint rate on
every thing and the hearing ON the
Miller E. Son petition will likely raise
the entire question of the joint rate.
The paper of Miss Alice Tyler, secre-
tary of the Iowa Library Commission,
before the board of control on the Ii
brary question for state institutions
has again brought attention to the
question of libraries in the state insti-
tutions and their benefit generally.
Miss Tyler's paper was "A Working
Library VS.. Collection of Books" and
in it she pointed out the way in which
the library question could be taken
up with benefit to the state. At the
previous meeting of the board of con-
troll with the superintendents Of In
stitutions a paper was read by State
Librarian Johnson Brigham on librar-
les and it is thus inferred that the
board is giving considerable thought
to the matter of libraries and that they
will be given Importance in the state
institutions in the future.
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