Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-14
ATTACK ON FOOD Law
unset For Millers' National
Federation Declares Iowa
Statute Unconstitutional
SAYS THAT IT o'scRlM'sArEs
Probability That Effort to Enforce Law
Will Meet With Organized opposi-
tion-Representativ Van Houton
Gives Iowa Standpatters q Rap -
General News.
SAYS THAT IT D'scRlMINATEs
!pecial to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Aug. 14-F'rank F. Reed
general counsel for the Millers' Nation
al Federation, has held that the Iowa
pure stock food law is unconstitutional
and 1t is understood that the federation
will fight the Iowa law. He claims that
1T is unconstitutional because it makes
IA discrimination between the stuff
manufactured without the state and
that manufactured within the state. 1t
Is Furthermore learned that the manu-
facturers OF stock food stuff will en-
deavor to conform to the federal law
and escape the state laws as being
burdensome and difficult to comply
with.
The Iowa pure stock food law is the
only one that Attorney Reed of the
Millers' Federation finds Is unconsti-
tutional. The Iowa law went into effect
July but In reality will not be fully
in effect till some time later because
the manufacturers are given till some
time in the fall to pay the 500 Ii
cense fee. For that reason the state
food and dairy commissioner cannot
proceed till the expiration of the time
for paying the fee. 1t is expected then
that a suit will be started to prosecute
some offender and it will be carried
thru the courts or possibly an injunc-
ton may be sought on the part of the
manufacturers to restrain the commits
sioner from enforcing the law. In
letters to the commissioner, manufact-
urers have Indicated that they will seek
the injunction courts.
While holding that the Iowa law is
unconstitutional the attorney for the
federation doesn't hold out very strong
hopes that the Iowa law can be sue
cessfuliy acombatted. The opinion of
Attorney Seed was printed in one of
the. millers magazines. The Iowa law
exempts some Iowa products from pay
ing the inspection fee but not from
being inspected while the same pro-.
ducts of other states must pay the fee
and be inspected both. Attorney Reed
says in his opinion: Indeed, it is a
close question whether this particular
exception would invalidate the statute
even as to these articles"
The state board of control and Sup
erintendent Rothert, Of the school for
the deaf at Council Bluffs, are busy
inspecting and examining furniture for
the new main building of the school.
Part of the building is now occupied
and the remainder is to be occupied
chased for it.
The state historical building is to
be enriched with one stuffed buffalo.
This is gained by the death of a big
Swear old bull buffalo at Greenwood
park in this city, that was purchased
with a herd of buffalo recently. The
park commissioners will make another
p \ sc at once Z. Van Hyning,
ii. rye of the museum at the his
to building, as soon as he heard of
the oeath of the buffalo, applied for it's
skin and itswill be mounted as soon
as possible and put in the historical
building.
Representative Van Houten, Of Tay-
Tor county, who gained the enmity of
some Of the standpatters in the last
session of the legislature by persist
ing in voting as he thought instead of
as the corporations thought, has writ
ten an article to the New Times, of
Lenox, Iowa. on the question of the
new primary election law Mr.. Van
Houton is standpatter and was never
accused of being a Cummins man. In
his article to the New Times he puts
the rest Of the standpatters who have
been trying to figure out some way of
defeating Cummins for the United
States senate, whether he wins at the
position by stating clearly that there
is no sense to their contention that
members of the legislature will be
governed by the vote in their districts
rather than the vote of the entire
state. He says there is as much sense
in a delegate to a state convention be-
ing governed by the action of his
township and incidentally points to the
case Of presidential electors.
A prominent republican who was In
Des Moines recently expressed some
for the discussion of ques-
ton which he claimed was without
merit and intimated that there were
reasons for believing that the Register
and Leader and the Sioux City Jour-
nal had gone into conspiracy to dis
cuss the question because of the dull
times that afforded no question of more
merit.
HARD ON SOLDIERS.