Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-25
IOkAKE BINDING 1NI|
Representative Powers Init 10
duces a Bill For That Pur-
pose In Lower House
HE THINKS IT is FEASIBLE
Report Accompanying the Bill Shows
How the Factory in Minnesota Has
Been Success and Reduced the
Price of Binding Irvine to the Farm
ers of That state-Text of the Bill.
Special to Times-Republican

ing Irvine plant is we'll started and It
bids fair to become a law. Mr.. Powers,
the substantial member from Floyd,
who furthered the matter last session,
has again presented the bill which is
as follows: 81
Section 1. That there is hereby APP
propriated out of any money in the
state treasury not otherwise appro-
prated, the sum Of fifty thousand dol
lars (s5O,O00), or as much thereof as
may be necessary for the following
purposes, to wit:
Section 2. That the board of control
be and is empowered to build buildings
on the grounds at Anamosa in accord
ance with their best judgment for the
manufacture Of binding Irvine, and the
daily capacity of the plant and ma
chinery shall be from ten to thirty
thousand 10000 to 30.000) pounds
daily, and shall buy all machinery and
erect the same to carry out the pro-
visions Of this act.
"Section 3. That there is hereby APP
propriated out of any money in the
state treasury not otherwise approprl-
ated. the sum of one hundred and fifty
thousand dollars ($150,000) after the
date of January /, 1906 to stock said
plant with material. Said appropria-
ton shall be a revolving appropriation
and shall consist as a working capital;
shall manufacture binding Irvine and
sell to the farmers of the state of Iowa
at cost, including in cost, all material
and fifty 500 cents per day for con-
vict labor The price for binding Irvine
manufactured at the state prison at
Anamosa, shall be fixed by the warden
and board of control each year as soon
as practicable, and not later than
March first Gs), and shall be SOLD
only to farmers or actual consumers
thereof, in quantities necessary Tor
their own use up to and including the
first (1s) day of May of each and eV-
cry year, and shall be sold only for
cash or such security as the warden or
board Of control may approve.
"Section 4. The balance left on
hand May first may be disposedsof in
bulk. All the Irvine on hand the first
day of May Of any year for which no
other order has been given by farmers
or actual consumers, except fifty thou
sand l(5O,O00) pounds to be kept to fill
subsequent direct orders. may. after
said date, be disposed of by the warden
or board of control of the state prison
in bulk to any citizen of this state APP
plying therefore, at the price fixed by
the warden or board of control, but
a.. 1,n~ {r,0f TOW okay0.
toned.
Section IS. The warden or board Of
control shall require from any such
person applying to obtain such twine,
a written agreement that he will resell
such Irvine to actual consumers, who
desire the same for their own actual use
and that he will not sell such Irvine in
bulk to any other dealer, or attempt to
evade the provisions of this act. Such
person shall further agree that he will
so resell such Irvine to actual consum-
ers at price not greater than one cent
per pound above the price paid there
fore, with the cost per hundred Of
transportation from the state prison to
the place of such resale added.
Section g. And for the purpose IF
enforcing such contract, the state shall
have contingent interest in the Irvine
so disposed Of in bulk until the Same
is resold as herein provided, and the
title of such purchaser from the state
shall become complete and he be re-
lieved of further accountability Under
this act only when he has fully COM
piled with his said contract as to the
manner and terms of such resale. Such
purchaser shall also be reau;red by
said warden or board Of control 20 keep
such state prison Irvine separate from
any other Irvine he may have on hand
for sale, and to keep a correct record
of the date, amount and name of pur-
chaser on all sales thereof made by
him, which record shall be open at all
times to any member of the board of
control, state prison officials or the
county attorney of the county ~ his
residence.
Section T. In the sale, distribution
and disposition of the tw;ne, the war
den of the state prison or board of con-
troll, shall apportion and divide tie
same throughout the several agrcul-
tural counties of the stale, as near as
may be, according to the acreage
therein of grain requiring the use of
on hand unsold after July first (1st)
in any year, the same may be sold abb
solutely to the first applicant there
for.
section 8. Any wilful violation of
the provisions of this act on the part
of said persons entering into con-
tract with said warden or BOARD OF con
troll for the sale of said binding Irvine,
shall be punished by fine of not less
than twenty-five (25) or more than
three hundred (300) dollars"
Mr.. Powers in submitting the bill
makes the following report:
Il have investigated" says Mr.
Powers, the reports of Henry Wolfer
Warden, of Minnesota state prison, re-
ports of their Irvine plant. and l find
that they commenced manufacturing
Irvine in 1891 from soft fiber, consisting
of fax, etc. Their Irvine was poor and
not give satisfaction. They abandon
ed the soft fiber and made Irvine from
hard fiber. After August, 1897, they
made money, but their entire profits
from the time the factory started in
August, 1891 to August 1896. were only
S10,516.32; August 1896 to August. 1898,
they were s132,SS9.6s: August, 1898, to
August, 1899, they were s6s,153.01
August. 1899 to August, 1900, they
We're s59,45326.
Net profit on Irvine for