Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-05-08
Ed Hunter Says the Standpat-
tiers Will Make Gains In
the Seventh
BUT FACTS ARE DIFFERENT
Capitol Commission Has About Com
ploted Its Work and Ends Its Exist
ence July 1--Somc Odds and Ends to
Clean Up-Some Pure Food Law
Problems.
Special to Times Republican.


Des Moines, May S.--I1d. III. Hunter.
Des Moines agent for j. w. Blythe, and
one of the chief lobbyists at all ses-
sions of the Iowa legislature. says that
the Seventh district Is not all settled
yet. and that Dallas county Is likely to
/ go for Perkins, Mr.. Hunter says he
has assurances from ex-senator
Hotchkiss. of Abel. editor of the Abel
News to the effect that Dallas county
is "all right" and that a little cam
paign work done in the county will be
effective at this time for the standpat
railroad ticket aud the interests of
Perkins candidacy. Just how it Is ex-
pected that Dallas county is going to
be carried for Perkins is not disclosed.
The progressive leaders are amused at
the claim, but at the same time are
not in this campaign taking anything
for granted and are looking after Dali
las county.
The end or the work of the capitol
commission is in sight. The commits
sion goes out OF existence July /. and
the work left for 1t to do now consists
In odds and ends. The chief piece OF
work, perhaps. Is the laying of large
water mains about the building. which
will be attached to the pumping sta
ton IN the power house and also con-
nected with the city water system. so
as to get adequate pressure In case
another fire should break out In the
building. These mains are nearly laid
now and water plugs located at con-
venient points.
The state tried to stop the city from
lowering the alley In the block just east
of the south half Of the capitol grounds
the other day. The state now owns all
but two blocks of the half block facing
the capitol and 1t Is the intention in
time to buy all the rest of the block. 1t
was stated at the time the attempt
was made to stop this work that the
intention was In time to acquire the
block east of the north half of the
capitol grounds also. The lowering Of
the alley thru the block benefited 1t
none for the purposes of the state. and
IL anything damaged 1t. The part of
the block which the state now owns
contains a brick building two stories
and basement high, which makes
nice quarters for the dairy commits
sioner who under the new pure food
law must be supplied with a laboratory
and chemist. 1t may be possible also
to put some Of the other commissions
in this building and thus relieve to a
very great extent the pressure for
room in the state house The brick
building on the premises has been
used as flats, and of course, In time,
when the state has acquired the bal
ance of the block, the intention will be
to put up a building that will furnish
office room for great many of the
boards and commissions OF the state
house. Fl
The problem Of interpreting the pure
food law is not a small task and State
Dairy Commissioner III. r. Wright is
now in the midst of It. One of the diff
ticult things Is as to distinctive
names" The new law provides that
food sold under distinctive name or
trade name that contains no injurious
ingredients and is not intended to de-
ceive the public is not prohibited by
law. But there are a number of ar
ticles Of food being sold in the state
that are shams tho they are sold
under distinctive names and the ques-
ton that is up to the dairy and food
commissioner is how to put stop to
these things under the new law. There
are now manufactured substances that
are supposed to be substitutes for eggs
and are claimed to contain all the in
gradients of eggs. They in fact are lit
tie else than starch, and in no way act
as substitutes for eggs. Where they
state that they contain all the ingre-
dients of eggs their sale can be pro-
hibited for the reason that they do not
and can be brought under the section
relating to goods that are misbranded,
but the question is what to do with
them IL they claim merely to be sub
stitutes without reference to the in
gradients. Starch is not injurious and
there may be some difficulty in restrict
ing the sale of such things tho because
OF their nature they are deception to
the public 1t is probable that the at
torney general will be asked to make
an Interpretation Of the law before the
time when 1t goes into effect