Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-02-07
Adhere to Their Pledge to APP
pear Only Before Committee
Of Legislature
ONLY ACCREDITED LOBBYISTS
Companies Not Opposing Adoption Of
Law Limiting Hours of Employees
Will Contest the Measure Limiting
Speed Of Trains-New Bills Intro
duced in the Legislature.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Feb. RAILROAD rep
resentatives are adhering strictly tt
the promise of ]. G.. Davis, Of the
session, that they would confine thei1
activity to appearing before commit
| tees. At least that is the indication:
thus far. A number of familiar face!
of former sessions whose ability wa:
confined chiefly to lobbying other thar
by appearing before committees are no
seen this session-yet.
At the hearing yesterday Afternoon
before the labor committee on the
Marston bill limiting the hours of EN-
ployment of railroad employees to six
| teen hours as the maximum without
rest, the railroad representatives ex-
planned that they We're not in opposi-
| ton to the bill. They are willing tina
| but did have some objections to the
form of the bill and it took a sitting
of three hours to hear them. The
Doran bill limiting the speed of stock
trains toeighteen miies an hour as a
minimum they opposed. The White
reciprocal demurrage bill introduced
yesterday they have not taken a stand
upon yet, but it is understood they will
oppose it.
The White bill is not radical meas
ure in the belief and opinion of many
of the members who have read it over
1t provides that railroad shall have
three days beginning from Z a. m. OF
the day following that on which car
is ordered to get the car to the place
where it is wanted and for every day
or fraction of a day after the free time
they shall pay the shipper 81. If ship
per orders car for future use and
gives three days notice. or more, then
the demurrage begins from the time
when the car is wanted for use. The
railroads are also required to move
a car at least eighty miles every TWEEN
ty-four hours and have twenty-four
hours in which to switch a car from
one line to another and get it started
III DlOLlOA dSdlIls "A Va W -"
allowed for their failure. They must
also give notice by mail to consignee
within twenty-four hours of the ar
rival of freight and are liable to 81
demurrage for failure. After the con-
signee gets notice he is liable for de-
murrage if he fails to unload, within
forty-eight hours if it is $4,000
pound car, or seventy-two hours II
over that size.
There are other safe guards and
restrictions and claimants for demur-
rage are allowed to bunch their claims
and the county attorney must then
bring action in the name of the county
but without expense to the county.
Tomorrow afternoon the railroad
committees Of the two houses take up
the two-cent fare measures for con-
sideration, A date for hearing the
White demurrage bill will not be set
fiji, some time next week as the COM
mittee already has on hand all that it
can attend to.
The bill to fix a minimum rate which
fraternal insurance companies pc az
lowed to charge is now before the IN
surance committee. and with bill NIX
ing uniform fire insurance policy Will
be the next bills acted upon by the
house committee On insurance. Both
bills were prepared by the insurance
committee.
Representative Clarke, of Jefferson,
by the bill that he has introduced.
rroposes that Iowa shall have as cheap
freight rates as any state or territory
in this section Of the union. The bill
that he introduced yesterday provides
that whenever the attention of the
railroad commission is called to a low
err freight rate on any commodity in
any territory adjacent to the state of
Iowa. or in which this state or part of
this state is included, 1t shall at once
forthwith set a date for public hear
ing on the question of that one rate,
and unless it is shown and proven at
the hearing that such a rate is not in
effect the commission shall proceed to
put this rate into effect in this state
ON the commodity in question. This
would insure Iowa as low rates as any
of those adjoining.
The committees of the house and
senate on agriculture will have joint
session some time this week, at which
time they will consider the Newberry
pure stock food bill.
The senate committee on corpora
tions today recommended for passage
the Peterson bill to forbid corporations
from contributing to campaign funds.
Some changes were made in the bill,
making it more drastic. The bill for
bids any corporation or officer of a
corporation directly or Indirectly, con-
tributing to any fund for the election or
nomination of any candidate for office,
or to any political committee. 1t pro-
vides also that a person giving testi
mony in any case involving this statute
shall be immune from punishment ex
cept for perjury. The bill was consid
cred at length by a subcommittee
and by the entire committee, and it is
almost certain to become law.
The senate committee on railroads
had quiet time yesterday over the
Hughes anti-pass bill. An effort was
made to refer 1t to subcommittee at
the outset. but this failed, and after
the committee had considered the bill
some time it was finally referred. The