Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-05-02
IOWA NEEDS JOINT
RATE IN STATE
Also a Lower Railroad Rate on
It's Principal Product,
Live Stock
,AMpBELL TALKS OF slTuAT'oN
10 is Now Resident Of Lima. Ohio,
But Was Formerly a state Railroad
Commissioner in Iowa, From 1888 to
1ss2--WilI Look into tho Question
Further.
Special to Times Republican:

Special to Times Republican,:
Des Moines. May 2-~Hon Frank 4.
| Campbell state railroad commissioners
from 1888 to 1892, Ia in the city from
Linn, o., for Il months visit with his
relatives and stated that while he was
here for visit and rest he would take
| the opportunity to Investigate the rail-
road rate question. "The fight on thu
railroad rate question has been trans
ferred from the state to the national
capital" said Mr.. Campbell today, but
/ want to say that there never was y
time In the history of Iowa whenl !,
was more necessary for the people ia
lbe wide awake and active than the
present time. l do not like the situa :
\ ton az 1t Is now. There are just twl
| things that Iowa should have to rem
edy this matter 40 far as the state Is
concerned. One is a Joint rate In the
state and the other is 81 lower rate on
live stock which is the principal produce
OF the state. The power to work these
| two remedies lies with the railroad
lcommission. The commission could
have u Joint rate In effect within thirty
days. It would merely take the tina
required by the statutes to properly
Eadvertise the new rate. We had joint
rate here once but the supreme court
knocked 1t out on a techntcallty. The
authority to make such q rate was not
In issue.
II am going to be In the state for
labout month, and while am hers
to visit and rest up ain going to look
| Into tiAy rate question While am mere.
have not lost my interest In Iowa.
nave had the entire responsibility OIL
| the daily paper In Lima and II has
| somewhat worn me out. am espec-
inlly pleased to see Mr.. ketchum OH
the railroad commission. He Is q
strong man and will do the state q
great deal Of good. When was COM
missioner Mr. Ketchum as shipper
had a better knowledge Of freight rate,
than almost any man who appeared
before the commission and gave us
more valuable information. was re-
sponsible for bringing him out as
candidate.
II came thru Marshalltown on my
| way back to Iowa and when looked
out at those packing houses and othet
factories I was struck with the fac:
| that the railroads OF this state are
fighting the state with smokeless fac
tories Just as the Japanese are fight
Ing the Russians with sfnokeless pow
der. The idea Of Iowa people raising
| IL. 900. 900 hogs and shipping 100000
TO Chicago to be dressed and shipped
back. You can't get a hog into Mar
shalltown or Des Moines except over
the roads that run directly to those
towns. The packing house here Is just
worrying along hardly daring to call Its
soul it's own.
II don't like the situation out here In
Iowa at this time. The state is again
lin the grasp Of the railroads. This last
election was q setback for the best In
terests of the state. That Is why say
that there never was time when II
was more necessary for the people to
be awake and active than at this time
| The interests OF the state demand 1t.
Mr., Ketchum must be given support
on the railroad commission and i be-
lieye he will be given support. ]
believe that the state will wake up
! ia the situation. The railroads for
wears charged IA and 1S cents for haul
ing corn when the price was only ~
cents They have never changed the
rate materially The farmers OF this
state work all year to raise a crop OF
corn and the railroad gets more out
Of hauling 1t than the profit to the
farmer The Chicago market and the
railroads have been responsible for
the present situation which gives low
rate for the raw product out OF the
state and a high rate for the same
material in the state. But believe
that Chicago will never get back the
trade that it had before this rate war
to the gulf started up. The gulf route
is the natural route and the idea OF
hauling the products of the west thru
Chicago and to the east over those
expensive roads and helping to pay
dividends on that vast capital when
there is a route 600 miles shorter is
perfectly ridiculous. The bulk OF the
trade / believe will hereafter go to
the gun route anu ~ VIII w eASAe
things for the west.
"No, / hardly expect now to appear
before the senate committee this sum-
mer. / was asked to go. but hardly
expect to do so now. have cores
pondence with Mr.. Lincoln Steffens
who says he is coming out this way
to write up this question. He will give
the public some valuable information.
He was coming past Lima to see me
there but will probably see him out
here now"
Senator O. b. Courtwright of Water
loo, was in the city yesterday and to-
day on legal business. Senator Court
wright says the people of his county
are not discussing the primary law
to any extent, and he had not given
the question great deal Of thought
this year tho he expects the question