Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-07-02
70 BENEFIT GRAIN MEN
The La Toilette Amendment
For Inquiry Into the
Elevator Trust
CONSIDERABLE INTEREST TAKEN
Believed That it Will Result in the
Correction of Numerous Evils Now
Prevalent in the state-NationaI
Guard Will Not Use the Hay Stoves,
iowa News.
Special to Times-Republlcan.

Special to Times-Re publican.
Dies Moines, July 2.--I4a Follette's
| investigation of the elevator fight Is
going to be beneficial to Iowa grain
men and farmers alike, for it will not
only open up the matter of discrimi-
| nations as to the big terminal elevators
| but will also disclose the discrimina-
| ton i'll favor of the line elevators and
against the independent elevators
which was before the legislature last
winter when the attempt was made
to get a reciprocal demurrage bin thru.
Just how great will be the exposures
and how great will be the benefits it is
now impossible to say, but there is ev
cry indication that there will be some
beneficial results, and the grain men
Of this and other cities are watching
the matter quite closely Thus far in
between, and has gotten the worst of it
going and coming. The Iowa Grain
Dealers Association has been using it's
influence for q reciprocal demurrage
bill in the hope that the roads could be
forced to give cars to Iowa dealers.
When the railroads get into a war on
rates between the gulf and Chicago
markets, the cars are all rushed to the
big terminal elevators at Omaha, Kan
sas City, st. Louis, Minneapolis and
Chicago, and there are then no cars for
the Iowa farmers grain.
The scope of the investigation that
is to be made under the La Toilette
resolution is not definitely understood
here, but it can easily be, seen that
there will be benefit to the Iowa grain
dealer and farmer alike, and the line
elevators are sure to come in for some
investigation as to their rates as COM
pared with the rates to the independent
concerns.
Peavey & Co. and the Trans-Missis-
sippi Grain Company, both Of Council
Bluffs, figure among the companies to
be Investigated as to special rates
and agreements. According to dis
closures as made by A. B: Srickney, the
Union Pacific gives Peavey & Co. and
the Trans Mississippi Company an all
NV dilSC VI "a SSIlIS pSl MclS
on all grain shipped to their elevators
over the Union Pacific, and in addition
switches for them free between Coun.
Gil Bluffs and Omaha. The Union Pa
cific of course has no lines in Iowa.
But the Burlington and Rock Island
parallel the Union Pacific in other
states, and they make rates in favor of
the big shippers to get the business
to compete with the Union Pacific. The
small shipper Is Disseminated against
and here is where the farmers and
grain men of Iowa are effected by the
Determinations. There is no discrim-
ination in favor Of the Iowa man and
he, neither gets the benefit of the
cheaper rate nor gives the farmer
higher price for his grain.
$50
Some of the grain dealers, however,
are disposed to take the view that the
investigation can in no wise affect the
Iowa business; that 1t is only the big
terminal cities that are to he affected
as only the big terminal elevators will
be under investigation. Others equal
ly as well versed declare that the same
allowances are made to the big ship
pers in Iowa, thus discriminating
against the small shipper In one case
it is claimed a large concern shipped
10000 carloads of Nebraska grain to
Omaha, and was unable to get the same
allowance of Ia cents a hundred
weight and free transfer charges al
lowed to the other firms, the discrim-
ination amounting in all to 100000, as
the switching charges amounted to
several dollars car.
80
Tho Iowa grain men are not well in
formed as to the provisions Of the new
interstate commerce law, they are dis
posed to some slight extent TO criticise
the new law on the theory that it will
take too much red tape to get things
adjusted. It is claimed that matters
that could be settled with traffic
manager in twenty-four hours under
the old arrangement will take from
thirty to forty days under the new law
by the end of which time the demand
for the adjustment will have been over
as all the grain will have been ship
ped. Under the new law the consent
Of the interstate commerce commission
must be obtained and a new rate can
go into effect only after the rate has
been published according to the claims
of some of the grain men. 1t is admit
ted, however, that while it may make
it a little more difficult for a grain
dealer OF the larger order to get re-
auctions quickly the new law will con-
tribute to make rates more stable and
equitable which will be to the benefit
of the farmer.
The National Guard of Iowa will not
use hay stoves on its practice marches
this summer. The stoves are too cum
bersome and would require one wagon
to each company, while without them
there will be but one wagon to four
companies. The hay stove is an inno-
walton in the regular army that is be-
ing experimental with. 1t is stove
for cooking rather than for heat. There
is no fire about it. The stuff is start
ed to cooking over the camp fire in the
morning and then placed in the hay
stove. which consists of box so made
that heat escapes from the food, very
slowly. Hay Is packed about the buck
cts containing the cooking food and the
hay and the construction OF the box
keep the heat in. The food loses three
degrees Of heat an hour 1t is placed
in the box at the boiling point when
camp breaks up in the morning and al
night when the march is ended is tax
en- out and Is ready cooked and can be
heated up again or not Over the even
ing camp fire the food is started to