Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-03-14
Four Agricultural Academies in
Geographical Sections to
Be Urged
AMEs FACULTY TO HAVE CHARGE
Supporters Of the Plan Hopeful Of Sue
cess-commission Plan Proposed by
People Of Sioux city-other States
Seeking to Get Away, From Contract
System in State Printing.
cial to Times-Republican.

Special to TimeS-Republlcan.
| Des Moines, March 14.-Practical
agreement has been reached among the
friends Of the movement to esta.pIsh
agricultural high schools or academies
! in the state under control of the state
licollege. and it's board Of trustees. The
agreement is to give support to a Dill
to establish four of these schools in
1.-THE state, one for each geographical
section, all to be under direction of the
/ faculty at Ames, but the law specincal-
lily providing, in general, for the course
| Of study. These will be given perrna-
nent location and buildings will be
erected. Provision for the money is
made in a Ito mill tax levy for the
whole state, which will be sufficient to
erect one of the buildings each year.
| In The meantime the others can he car
ried on in temporary buildings. After
the legislature decides upon this plan
1t will meet and determine where the
schools will be located Among the
| Faces regarded as possible candidates
a..e# Red Oak, Waterloo, Mason City,
Mount Pleasant, Spencer, Sioux City,
Usage, Oelwein, Atlantic. Fairfield and
others. The advocates Of this work
have agreed to support uniteoly this
measure which will soon be before the
committee, and they believe they have
chance Of accomplishing what they
| are after.
The assessment and taxation COM
mission which Is desired by the people
Tor Sioux City and proposed in a blu
by Senator Jackson contemplates q
commission of nine, to be named by the
governor, the lieutenant governor and
the speaker, to serve without pay, but
to have at their disposal $4,000 for ex-
|pense money: It is provided in the
bill as ii has been introduced that the
commission shan inquire intotthe SUBJ
|iect of assessment and taxation for
state and local purposes, the operation
oe and effect of the laws relating there
10. and the expediency of srevising aid
amending such Jaws so as to- establish
more equal and just system OF raising
necessary public revenue and report 10
the next legislature on or before jan
ua1y Is, 1909 1t is found That there
is no chance of legislation on the SUD-
iecs until the members are more thor-
ghly informed than they, ara at pres
emit
The state marshal bill came again 70
the floor of the senate today, but With
out any recommendation from the APP
preparations committee. The Dill
would have been killed in committee
but for the fact that the members did
not desire to deprive others OF the OPP
portunity to make a record ON the Dill
and to vote for it. The bill was orig
sinally recommended by the COMMITTEES
on suppression Of intem perance, but
had &, go to the appropriations COM
mittee under the rules. 1t will hardly
pass the senate, even tho the appropri-
Sat1on is small.
A. hearing was given yesterday by
the two appropriations committees to
the faculty of the state college at
Ames on their bills asking for appro-
priations A similar hearing was given
the day before on the state university
bills There is nothing left now for
the appropriations committees to get
together and make up the financial
budget for the fiscal period and report
the same to the two houses for passage.
This will be done very soon.
The bulk sales bill to prevent fraud
in the sale of entire stocks of goods
where's the merchant owes many job
bers or others, got thru the senate
with 33 votes, which was more than its
friends had hoped for in the face of
the fierce fight which was made. The
jobbers have made a systematic can
vass of the state for support and have
won The bill will probably go thru
the house and become a law. Some
amendments were made in the senate.
which will strengthen the bill.
The fight of certain interests in Des
Moines for the adoption OF the Calves
ton plan Of government for the city
has shown that after all it is not one
sided, but that the opposition has
about as.good a standing with the leg
islators as the advocates of the bill.
The senate got the bill today with nu-
merous amendments proposed. The
bill is not entirely satisfactory to the
senator's, and it will have some sharp
opposition all the way thru. A house
committee reported adversely to the
whole scheme. and 1t will have to come
before the house on minority report
or recommendation. The fact is that a
small coterie of Des Moines men took
UP the measure with the notion that if
they approved it nobody should care II
anybody opposed the measure. Now
they are discovering that legislators
generally are disposed to deal fairly
with all interests. The bill will prob
ably be got thru in some form. tho the
prospect does not seem. as bright as
it did