Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-02-27
FAVORABLE REPORT
pL Ira president
ROOSEVELT EXPRESSES HIS DE-
LIGHT OVER PROGRESS OF
RAILROAD RATE BILL.
DOLLlvER BELIEVES
MEASURE WILL PASS
says It will Probably Go Through
Senate with Little change-Hep-
burn Pure Food Bill May Be
Amended.

washington, Feb. 2b.-PreS1Qenl
Roosevelt is said to be in excel
lent spirits over the favorable re-
port of the Hepburn railroad rate bill
by the senate committee on interstate
1.-THE president is delighted" is the
way Representative Hepburn, the au-
thor of the measure, put it. "The
president is greatly pleased said
Senator Dolliver, member of the SEN
ate committee, after his conference
with President Roosevelt.
Several members of the senate and
of the house, who are particularly
interested in rate legislation, had talks
with the president Saturday. Senators
Dolliver and Clapp, of the senate in
terstate commerce committee, and
Speaker Cannon and Representative
Hepburn discussed briefly the situa-
ton with the president.
There is no gloom around here"
remarked Senator Dolliver as he was
leaving the executive Offices. "The
president is greatly pleased and offers
no criticism at ALL Yes, believe the
bill will pass the senate, perhaps with
out amendment 1t will go through
In practically it's present shape"
"Is Senator Tillman to have con-
ference with the president about the
bill?"
81 don't know about that" respond
ed Senator Dolliver; but do know
what the president thinks about Till
man. He told me ten days ago that
he regarded Tillman as game fighter
and an honest man"
Representative Hepburn would not
discuss the rate situation, but indi-
Gated that the president was gratified
that the pending measure should have
been reported favorably.
Cannon Noncommittal.
When an expression was sought
erly. Like Paul Of old" he remarked,
81 let these things move me not
Representative Townsend, eff Michi-
gan, who has been identified with rate
legislation from the inception Of the
proposition, said after talking to the
president: 1.-The president is happy.
cannot. say he is perfectly satisfied,
for perhaps he might like to have had
some points Of the measure in differ
erst shape. On the whole. however, he
is IN, fine spirits. In the selection of
Senator Tillman, Democrat, to make
the report, it strikes me that some
members of the committee, realizing
they were defeated, took this means to
slap those who we're supporting the
Hepburn bill The prospect for the
enactment of the measure is, think,
very good"
May Amend Pure Food Bill
Several amendments to the Hepburn
pure food bill are pending before the
house committee on Interstate and
foreign commerce, and while the COM
mittee favors making some conces-
sion to manufacturers, to overcome in
way their objection to the full con-
troll of the proposed pure food law en-
forcement by the department of agri-
culture, the committee will not take
final action on an amendment until
after further consultation with DR.. H.
w. Wiley, chief of the bureau Of
chemistry Of the department. AS the
bill now stands the fixing and regula-
kion Of standards is within the discre-
tion Of the department. Under amend
msnts suggested by various chemists
and food manufacturers, who have ap-
peared before the committee, the fix
ing Of standards would be wholly with.
h the power of commission.
Hadley Raps Hepburn Bill.
New Haven, Conn.,, Feb. 26.-Arthur
n. Hadlsy. president of Yale univer-
sity. has given out statement in
which he practically asserts that the
Hepburn railroad rate bill is good for
nothing. He declares it will not hurt
the railroads, If transformed into law
by congress, but that if anybody is
harmed it will be the shippers them
selves-the men It is designed to pro-
tect from unjust Determinations. Pres
tdent Hadley argues that the propo-
sition of the Hepburn bill to make the
decisions of the interstate commission
Hnal in all questions of fact is Illogical
And impraetieable He declares a
similar plan tried in England in the
1Vs did not work, and was finally re-
pealed. He holds the common law
gives the shippers more protection
than statutes, as was shown in the
Chesapeake & Ohio coal case recently
decided by the supreme court.
Two Die in Crash.
Des Notnes. Ia, Feb. 21.-Engineer
willard, Of Mason City, and Brakeman
Sheehan. of Oskaloosa. were killed and