Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-08-16
Three State Colleges to Debate
Question OF Taxation During
Coming School Year
ALREADY TRYING FOR TEAMS
Disarmament to Be Theme of Debate
Among High Schools = Executive
Council Partially Agrees on Issue OF
Corporation Stock Against Good Will
and Patent Rights.
Special to Tlmes-I.epuhlican.

Special to Times-T.epuhican-
Des Moines, Aug. l6.-Ihe quesl'oil
of taxation of property, in which Sioux
City legislators tried to interest tne
last legislature, is to be the problem OF
debate among the three colleges In ths
Iowa Debating League, during the
coming school year. The three colleges
in the league are Cedar Falls Norma,
the State Agricultural College at Anes
and Drake University at Des MONIES.
Students of these three institutions
who hope to go on the debating teams
the coming school year are ALREADY
studying up the problem and the Iowa
library commission is endeavoring to
help them all that is possible by Sc
curing all the works on taxation t9at
will add any information desired.
In this connection the results OF the
lastl Missouri legislature promises an
interesting and profitable fund of in
formation information on the theory
of taxation of property is abundant,
for every student of sociology has ex-
pressed his theories in endless VOL
umes of literature. But the practice OF
taxation along these theoretical lines
is another matter. The Missouri leg
isiature submitted to the people d con-
stitutional amendment on the subject
of taxation which makes the question
of taxation local option matter, and
divorces the state taxes from the local
taxes. This action followed the spe'-
cial message by Governor Folk on the
question of taxation. There has fur
thermore been very exhaustive report
on taxation made by state officials.
The action of Missouri divorcing
state and local taxes has been agitated
in this state. 1t is argued that thls
could be done by the state deriving
all it's revenue from the railroads and
other corporations. while the counties
should tax their property. In that way
there would be no incentive for ore
county to make it's assessment lower
than that of another in the hope OF
Sinking it's part of the state tax While
raising its own tax levy in order 10
raise a sufficient amount of county
funds.
High schools of Iowa are preparing
to debate the question of disarmament.
It will be the subject of debate between
the leading high schools of Iowa during
the coming school year. The subject
decided upon is Resolved. that the
limited disarmament of the leading
powers would promote the civiliza tion
of the world" Last year there were
seventeen high schools of the state en-
gagged in debate in the Iowa High School
Debating League and a large number Of
others not in the league used the same
topic as that by the members Of the
league.
The executive council is partly out of
the woods on the question of allowing
corporations to issue stock for patent
rights and good will. There are yet
some deep questions to be settled. Two
corporations, the A. F. Miller Chemtca!
Company, of Burlington, and the Har-
vey Mercantile Company, of Harvey,
have been passed upon and can issue
their stock The Miller Chemical Corn
pany desired to issue stock for sonae
good will and patent rights but in their
case the amount desired was so small
that it was readily granted. In the case
of the mercantile corporation it was
question of property only, which was
easy On questions of patent rights
! the council Is still In the air. On ques-
tions where real estate or property is
to be exchanged for stock the council
will require the opinion of disinterested
appraisers This is as far as the coun-
Gil can lay down hard and fast rules
to be governed by. On questions of pat
ent rights and good will the council
is about decided that each case will
have to be taken up separately and de-
cided on it's own merits.
Mary Farrell, by her next friend.
James Farrell, brought suit in the Mus
catine district court against the street
railway of that city for $4,000, because
of an injured knee, and the jury
awarded her $4,000. The street rail-
way has appealed to the supreme court
and the abstract and arguments have
been filed with the clerk. The abstract
| shows that the little girl started to
alight from an open car September 80
! 1904, and that the car started just as
! she was getting off. throwing her. She
was confined to her bed for nearly a
year with the result that the knee is
not vet healed and the leg has not
grown with the other and will probably
| never be used.
! The contested election case from Ma
| haska county on the office of county
! auditor has reached the Iowa supreme
i court John w. Doak is the contestant
and L. r. Briggs is the incumbent
j Briggs claimed that the official count
giving him 2.a57 and Doak 2,s4s. is cor
rect, while Doak claims 1894 to Briggs
2.s17.