Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-11-15
Iowa Commissioners Inquire
Why the Rate on Iowa
Cream Was Raised
MAY BE ASKED TO LOWER RATE
Commission May Take Up the Case of
the Illinois Central Freight Rate on
Cream From Iowa Points-Board Of
Control to Select Site for the State
Hospital, But Not Build This Year.
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Des Moines. Nov. 15.-State Railroad
Commissioner N. S. Ketchum has adj
dressed letter to the officials of the
Illinois Central railroad asking them
why they raised the rate on cream
from Iowa points Ito Chicago, st. Jo-
seph Kansas City and other places,
and has put the question to the OFF,
cials whether they could not lower the
rates in Iowa It is recognized that
the creameries outside the state of
Iowa, and against those inside the
state. The rate from Fort Dodge to
Dubuque was forty-nine cents for 100
pounds of cream, and the rate from
Fort Dodge to Chicago on the same
railroad and same train was but 40
cents. When the attention of the rail-
road was called to the matter by the
state dairy commissioner, the railroad
gave notice that it would raise the in
terstate rate so that from Fort Dodge
to Chicago the rate win be Sc cents.
1t is possible that the commission
may take the matter up at a regular
hearing, and ask the railroad company
to explain and show reason for not
lowering the rate in Iowa. The posi-
ton taken is that the Chicago cream
cries will simply stop buying the cream
from Iowa farmers and buy from Illi-
nois and Wisconsin entirely. but that
with lower rate inside the state the
Iowa farmers will still have the benefit
of the Chicago, st. Joseph and Kansas
City markets for their milk and cream.
Under the higher rates which the rail-
road has given notice it will put in on
December the shipment of Iowa milk
and cream outside of the state will be
prohibited by the freight rate and the
Iowa farmers market will be confined
entirely to the state, creameries.
The state board of control will not
attempt to do more than select the site
for the tuberculosis hospital this year.
The difficulties over finding an ideal
site that meets all the wishes of the
board have prolonged the definite se-
lection of the site till it has become so
late that the board can do no work
towards erecting buildings If it wished.
Furthermore, the site is not yet select
ed, and after it is selected there will
be considerable time taken up in hav-
ing the plans for buildings prepared.
Furthermore, after site comprising
a $50 acre farm has been purchased,
there will not be enough of the $50, 600
appropriation left to go far in putting
up buildings. For these reasons the
board will leave the matter of erecting
buildings till next year and lay the
matter before the legislature i'm Jan
uary and ask for additional appropria-
lions for the buildings. The plan is
now to get the site selected soon and
be ready to begin building operations
early next spring.
Herman Book, sentenced from Chick
asaw county, Oct. s, 1896, for murder
and now confined in the penitentiary
at Anamosa, Is the twenty-first to
make application thru the governor to
the legislature for a pardon. Book
was 81 years old when committed to
the penitentiary. This breaks the rec
ord as no other legislature has had
that many petitions presented. Fur
thermore there are yet two weeks In
which applications can be filed to
bring them before the coming legisla-
ture.
After being at law for many years
over the problem of dividing Franklin
township in Allamakee county into
school districts and spending a vast
amount Of the taxpayers money for
lawyers, the school authorities and the
people there have decided to submit
the matter. to arbitration. State SUI
perintendent Riggs IS to act as one Of
the arbitrator and left for that section
last night. Fra nklin township is hilly
and cut up by deep ravines.. The wag-
on roads do not follow the sectional
lines except at rare intervals and then
seemingly by accident. The population
in the county has shifted and some
of the schools are nearly without
scholars Now all parties to the dis
agreement have signed statement
agreeing to abide by the decision of the
arbitrators and harmony is in sight
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Secretary Tomlinson of Denver,
Colo, Of the American Cattle Growers
Association will be one of the chief
speakers at the meeting of the Iowa
Corn Belt Meat Producers Association
in this city next month. The meetings
will be held in the Commercial Club
rooms during the same week as the
State Farmers Institute is held.
coal TRyICT IN T0WA7