Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-06-03
GOAL DEALERS WARNED
Railroads Fear Shortage 0
Both Coal and Cars Next
Winter
1
URGE BUYING SUPPLY EARLY
CONSUMPTION Of Coal Increasing Each
Succeeding Ycar--Judse McHenry
Hands a Roast to Iowa's Supreme
court-lowa's Rate Reduction Fight
Question of Live Interest.
Special t. Times Republican.

. Special to Times Republican.
Dfs Moines, June Lay in your
coal supply early" liz the advice sent
| to Iowa coal dealers by the railroads
! A car shortage is feared by the traffic
Hines and also shortage in the pro-
duction of fuel is now worrying the
coal producers.
1.-THE amount of coal used each year
Is astounding. said a wholesale deal
er. 1T is impossible to figure why the
Increases in the past ten years
have been SO great. In 1896 there was
dug in the United States 191 ,9S6,S57
tons of coal, in 1905 there was 3s2,s19,-
Sal tons mined. Iowa produced 1884,
| OBS tons in 1895 ana 6,7ss,6o9 tons in
1907. In both the national and the
| state output the increase. has been al
most 100 per cent in ten years.
! IF this rate of increase continues
| for the next ten years the figures will
| be astounding. And meanwhile where
| is all the coal going2 Have we twice
as many factories today as ten years
ago? Search me. All know is that
1--we will have to get our orders in
mighty early" Z
McHenry Attacks Court.
A severe criticism of the Iowa SUI
premel court by Attorney Walter Nc
Henry marked the. hearing on the mo-
ton for a new trial in the case of Lew
is, convicted Of murder and sentenced
to a term of sixteen years.
/ BY It's refusal to review the find
ings OF juries as to the facts in GRIM
iiial cases, the supreme court has COM
niitted more crimes than all the pris-
oners In the Fort Madison peniten-
tiary,'' declared the attorney in i'm
FASHIONED tones. ! Mr.. McH Henry, In arr
guinS his motion for new trial, said
| the evidence did not warrant verdict
for murder in the second degree, and
said manslaughter should have been
the charge.
In his answer, County Attorney De
Graft said that out of forty-two GRIM
inal cases which he knew the supreme
been reversed because Of the findings
of the jury.
Fl Mr., McHenry then jumped to his
feet. What the county attorney has
Just said is true and 1t is q disgrace
to Iowa justice that it is true" he
said. Nowadays, a jury swayed by
prejudice or by public opinion, may
return any verdict 1t pleases, and the
Supreme court will not attempt to rec
tify the wrongs that are done thereby.
When a man is convicted of a crime
no matter what the Influences have
been that led to that verdict he might
as well pack his clothes for Fort Mad
ison."'
Judge Brennan then announced the
sentence and gave Lewis a sound lee
ture, advising him to control his tenn
per hereafter.
When the court had finished Mr..
McHenry announced that he would
appeal the case to the supreme court
Lewis SIS now As years old and unless
the supreme court reverses the verdict
the greater part of his remaining years
will be spent in prison,
The rate5icase which was prosecuted
before the Iowa railway commission
cost the shippers about $1,000, but a
larger sum will be needed to go be-
fore the Interstate commission. Esti-
mates as to the amount to be saved to
Iowa shippers and farmers by the Iowa
commission rate vary, but 1t is GER
tain that the total will run up into the
thousands. 1t Is believed by the Of
|ficerss Of the association that similar
results will follow an appeal to the
interstate commission.
There is still some question a. to
whether or not the reduction In the
Iowa rates will not ultimately work a
reduction in the Interstate rates with
out any direct decision by the inter-
state commarca commission It is a
little difficult for the railroads to keep
up the high rates on the long haul,
when the shorter hauls have been re-
duced. The anticipation Of some of
those who are interested Is that there
will be a reduction in the interstate
rate in due time, especially the rate to
Chicago.
OFFICERS Of the Iowa Meat Producers
association say that the direct benefits
Of the Iowa reduction are not yet be-
ing realized because this is not the
season of the year for the movement OF
feeding animals in Iowa; but in the
fall there will be very large ship
mert from one section Of the state to
another, both of cattle and of sheep
and then the direct benefits will be mo-
ticeable