Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-09-06
RAILROAD RATE HEARING
Sewer ips ke1 Ask COmmi sion for hangs
Of les i6cNion. ...
RAILROADS SET UP A NOVEL DEFENSE
AIIeSe the Petitioners Arc Memberv
Of n Trust and Have No standing
at law Emitting Them
to Redress.
CFrom a stan Correspondent }

DIES MONIES. la, Sept 5-(srecial)-
At the hearing of the state railroad COM
mission today on arguments for the change
OF rates on number OF articles the Fort
Dodge concern. which manufactures stone
ware asked for a reduction OF the freight
so as to change the classification 70 class
ID" on carload lots. Representative r. NJ
Wright declared that reduction Of the rate
was necessary in order that Fort Dodge
could compete with concerns outside the
state Representatives Of the railroad do
clared that the Fort Dodge concern vas
member % the trust and didn't need tc
have any advantages as all competition was
throttled. Mr.. Wright did not deny .thni
the concern was member Of the trust but
| argued that the rates in the state were toe
high compared with the Interstate rates.
Marshalltown manufacturers interested ~
making iron culverts, Smoke stacks and
bridge cylinders asked that such articles
be placed in class ~ for less than carload
lots and in class IS for carload lots The
| railroads argued that the rate Is already
less than the western classification and that
these pipes are so large and weigh so little
that there is already no profit In thelf
transportation. Commissioner Ketchum ad'
vanced the belief that iron pipes for cul.
] verts are coming into quite general use and
3 lndt tnt SnlpinPHlS Will W QtfNt iA'hl
this on and that there should be some re.
duction. No definite action was taken. The
| hearings will continue tomorrow.
want Law Applied 10 Restaurants.
| The Iowa Retail Grocers' association has
made an appeal to state Food and Dairy
Commissioner II. r. Wright. TO have him
change his ruling that the state pure food
law does not apply TO restaurants. The
commissioner has held that a customer in
restaurant buys meal and not articles
OF food IN the sense that the pure-food
| law applies and hence believes that the law
| applies to the grocers and that a restau-
ranteur can sell anything he wishes TO
The grocers hold that the restaurant pro-
prietors ought to be responsible under the
| law the same as a grocer.
legislative Politics.
| Reports from incomplete returns OF the
primaries IN Buena Vista county indicate
that Representative Buckingham has been
renominated by the republicans. stiff
| fight was made against him because of the
XIII the Incurablcs'' bill which he intro
duced at the last session of the legislature
| DR. Emmert of Cass county, who was un-
seated by the republicans four years ago
| in favor of Senator Bruce. has consented to
} accept the nomination by the democrats
! from the SnelDy-'aSS district given MIN a
few days ago. lie at first refused.
Cummins Inyited TO Indiana. o.
Governor Cummins has-been given an In.
vtation by the republicans Of Indiana to
appear in that state for number OF adj
dresses in assistance of the ticket He
will probably accept, II possible. The gov.
| ernor has also been invited to speak at
| the big republican meeting In Fort Dodge.
| with Senator Dolliver September IA.
Wants Expense Born by state.
| The Polk county supervisors have told
| Sheriff Lopez to allow the state to bear all
| the expense and trouble of returning es-
capped inebriate patients to Knoxville. The
sheriff has received word from the insti-
| tuition that a large number of the patients
| have escaped that were there from this
county. The supervisors hold that the state
is responsible and ordered the sheriff not
to bring any bills for expenses OF the re-
| turn of the patients. Just what effect this
will have is not known. The members of
the Board of Control are absent from the
| city today and could not be questioned,
! but II is expected that unless sherlifs en-
| deavor to return the prisoners the escapes
| will be frequent
Big Democratic Gathering.
The big opening of the democratic cam
! paign will take place tomorrow at OF
| tumwa, when Claude r. Porter the demo-
| cratic nominee for governor. will deliver
an address. The prepared address OF Mr..
Porter makes about two. solid newspaper
pages and will consume about two hours
in its delivery. Advance copies have been
given to the Iowa press Prominent demo-
| Gratis have arranged to go to Ottumwa from
| this city to hear the address. John ID.
| Dennison, Jr,, the nominee for lieutenant
| governor. will speak the next day at
| CLARION. in Wright county. 80.
Forced His Son TO Rob.
Albert Wrigley, a boy OF years, when
put in the sweat box today by the Des
Moines detectives. told the Officers that his
| father mad forced him to commit burg
lares. He said that the father boosted
him into the window of William ,Kelseys
home and assisted him in robbing the NJ.
| E. Wicker home The father posed as a
book agent and kept the attention OF the
| family while the boy rummaged the house
| Conference, for SECOND DIstrict.
The republican state central. committees
| today concluded arrangements for holding
a conference Of republican leaders and edi-
| tors in Davenport for the Second congress
| sonal district September IT, IL seems GER
tain now that the democrats will nominate
| Walsh Of Clinton as candidate for congress
against Dawson. The Second district "a the
| closest district in the state and II Is recos-
lized that considerable work will have 70
done in IL.
Emmeret VIII BE a Candidate.
ATLANTIC, Ia Sept. 6.--Cspeoial )--Dr
| M. Emmeret of this place, who had re-