The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-02-07
TO STOP c. o. D. EVIL.
Senator Jameson, of page, Intro
duCes Bills to Curb Liquor
Traffic.

Senator w. ID. Jameson, of Page
county, last week introduced two bills
in the Iowa senate which he believes
will strike hard at the G. o. d. LIQUOR
evil.
| His bills provide that the express
companies shall keep open record of all
G. O. d. shipments, so that the names OF
the consignees of liquor may be pub
lished to the world and the record used
in evidence, and that the title of the
liquor shall vest in the person to whom
it is delivered at tie instant of it's de-
livery; and it is further provided that
the persons receiving the liquor shall
not give any of it away or convey it
more than 100 feet from the point of
delivery.
"That will stop the bulk of the pres
ent traffic in liquor through the express
companies" said Senator Jameson.
"Many small communities in Iowa,
perhaps almost all OF them, where there
are no saloons, are afflicted sorely by
this sort of liquor business. Page
county is temperance county; we have
no saloons, and suppose there are no
drug stores in the county which holds
permits. And yet at Shenandoah and
probably in most of the other towns
every week hundreds of boxes Of an I'M
speakable grade of whisky are received
by the express agent and turned over
to the consignees, cash being paid On
delivery. The agent is powerless, and
interstate commerce rights protect the
shipment. A hard class of citizens get
the liquor and get drunk and die or
commit crimes under it's influence.
These bills will tend to stop the bust
ness, in my judgment. One of the ex-
press companies has declined to handle
the stuff any more, and suspect there
isn't an agent in the state that doesn' t
wish it would stop, but it goes on in
most of the temperance communities
just the same. | believe the bills !
have drafted will reach the evil"
The bills include the provision of pen
atty of 500 fine for the companies
which do not provide roster of their
Z. o. d. traffic and makes an indictable
misdemeanor of the offenses on the part
of the persons receiving the stuff.
In part the bills follow:
That it shall be unlawful for any
person, other than permit holders and
persons selling under the provisions of
the mulct law, to remove any intoxicat-
ing liquor shipped with bill of lading
attached. or Intoxicating liquor Of
which the purchase price or any part
thereof is collectable on delivery, more
than 100 feet from the point at which
such liquor is delivered by an express
company or other common carrier; and
it shall be unlawful for any person who
receives such liquor from an express
company or any other common carrier
to give such liquor or any part thereof
to any other person; and no agent or
employe of any express company Or
other common carrier shall deliver
such liquor to any one except the con-
signee; and all interest and title in and
to any package or case of such liquor
shall Immediately upon it's receipt from
an express company or other common
carrier vest in the person so receiving
| it.
| Section 2. Any person violating any
of the provisions of this act is adjudged
guilty of a misdemeanor.
The second bill provides that every
express company or other common
carrier handling or delivering packages
OF which the purchase price or any part
thereof is collected on delivery, or with
bill OF lading attached, shall, at its
office in every place where such pack
ages are delivered, make each day in a
book provided for such purpose, cor
rect record of the name and place OF
residence of every person to whom any
such package is delivered, showing the
time of its delivery, and the name and
address of the person Or firm sending it;
and such record book shall be open to
the inspection of the public at all times
during Office hours.