Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-07
Alarmed at the Law Enforce
ment Sentiment Sweeping
Over the State
MAKING CANVASS OF THE STATE
Liquor Interests Not Yet Agreed Upon
the Best Course to Pursue-secret
Meeting Recently Held at Dubuque
and Another to Be Called Soon
May Live UP to Laws.
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! Special to mes-Republican.
| Des Moines, Dec. Tt was learned
here today that the liquor dealers of
| the entire state are alarmed at last
over the sentiment for law enforce
ment that is sweeping over the state
and are seeking to get under cover. 1t
leaks out here that this was the pur-
pose Of meeting Of the leaders of the
liquor business at Dubuque a shcrt
time ago and was the cause of bring
ling to Des Moines Thursday Secretary
Ewald, of the retail association of the
state, and Attorney Zollman, OF the
National Brewers association.
1t is understood here that no formal
agreement has been reached by them.
They are not thoroughly determined
yet that it will be necessary to begin
strictly obeying all the provisions of
the m,llct law to the letter and many
time before midnight and do not open
too early on Sundays that the public
sentiment over the question will soon
be quieted down. They are willing to
stop selling to miners and intoxicated
persons. for the present and stop some
of the more gross illegal practices.
1t is understood that representa-
tives of the liquor interests are now
canvassing the situation to ascertain
just what the sentiment is over the
state. A meeting was held in Dubuque
oa the Iowa Retail Liquor Dealers
association. Of which Willifsm 'Ewald,
OF Waterloo, is secretary and of the
Iowa Brewers association, the whole
sale organization. The full nature of
the proceedings at that meeting have
not been learned, but it is learned
that it was called because of alarm
over the prohibition sentiment that is
sweeping over the country and is es-
pecially lively in Iowa just at this time.
EWald and Zollman came to Des
Moines to sound Attorney General By
ers and ascertain just What he was
going to do.
1t is understood that some of the
liquor men are alarmed and there will
probably be another meeting soon.
Some of the liquor men believe that
their only safety is to Immediately
begin to live up to all the provisions
of the mulct law down to the minutest
detail and to assist in enforcing the
law on all saloons believing that if
this is done In the course of time
public sentiment will be quieted.
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An order was entered by the rail-
road commission yesterday fixing the
minimum charges for shipments OF
two or more railroads in Iowa at 25
cents.
Under an order made at the time the
vehicle of joints rates was made last
August the minimum charge was fixed
at 40 cents. The new rate is a con-
cession to the shippers.
1t conforms, also, to the rate fixed
by the railroads for their interstate
business. This new rate goes into ef
feet Jan. 1. For many years the rail-
roads made a minimum charge of 25
cents on each of the railroads over
which the shipment travelled. The 40
cent rate covered the minimum charge
on two or more roads and in itself was
a very great reduction of rates on such
The new order still fur
ther cuts down the charges which the
roads may make on business within
Iowa.
The railroads have been trying to
adopt a new scheme Of minimum
charges, based on the distance tariff.
requiring the packages which come un-
der the rule to take their proper class
ification rate for the distance travelled.
But this has not yet become effective,
Pending the working out of the rule
the new interstate charge of 25 cents
goes into effect and with it the new
low rate in Iowa also.