Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-14
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Randall, Dec. The second an
nual Hamilton County Farmers lnsti-
tute to be held here Dec. II and is,
promises to be of unusual interest. 1t
is under the management of the RAN
dali Corn club and the program out
lines the exercises for forenoon, after
noon and evening of each day. seven
lecturers will speak on different SUBJ
jects and vocal and Instrumental
music viii be interspersed the
numbers of the program. Thirteen
special prizes are offered by the bust
ness men of the town.
And there is some corn around here
to be Judged" For a number of years
Mr.. Linsey Sewers, living near town,
has had an enviable reputation as Il
successful corn grower. He has now
quit active farm work, but has four
sons, also successful armers This
year on the home place several acres
of corn measure out 100 bushels to the
acre and the entire crop averages IS
bushels to the acre. This Information
coming from Postmaster Williams. is
mentioned here for the benefit of some
of our Iowa business men that will
have it, there's no crop in Iowa this
year"
The Roland Creamery Company is
known all over the country as a sue
cessful business enterprise, both for
the farmers and the town. And now
the Roland Canning Company is be-
coming quite a factor in making Ro-
land a good business point. This year
they have gone Into the pork n
beans business. Mr.. E. G. Mossman.
the manager, gives the writer these
figures. This canning company this
year has put up 10000 can tomatoes,
crop light or more would have been
canned: $4,000 cans Of corn; 10000 g.
pound cans of pumpkin and 10000 gall
lon cans Of pumpkins. That's some
pumpkins. The company will finish
the season with 10000 ans Of pork
and beans. Before the passage of the
national pure food law, these cans
would have been labeled Boston
Baked Beans" but as Boston never
baked her beans In cans. only boiled
them, and now has to label them Pork
and Beans" so Roland n all other
beaneries have to do the same.
II ltpIS Icou l'NSJ ooti
and state are making many changes
in our canned goods. One wholesale
grocery in Des Moines, only his last
summer obtained samples of 95 diff
ferent canned vegetables and fruits,
and only three samples strictly com
piled with the pure food laws. When
green sweet corn was first canned,
I lere was nothing but steamed corn
in the cans hen sulphite of sodium
vas added to bleach it. Sugar n
glucose came mex as additions. Then
came starch and saccharine. The lat
ter a product of petroleum., being 500
times sweeter t an sugar, was so much
cheaper it was extensively used. The
wonder is we have any stomachs left
TO enjoy pure food products.
In the agitation of the enforcement
business statements have
been made concerning the work along
this line in Minnesota. The writer
was in that state last summer when
the spasm Of reform swept over Min
nesota, and knows that enforcement
up there was enforcement to the letter
O.. the law. But to get the a
status of affairs this scrib last week
wrote to a we'll posted man in ST.
Paul in regard to the ''modus operan-
di" and what follows is answers re-
ceived, this other gentleman a
talked over matters with a st. Paul
lawyer. In part he says:
cit was only today that I have had
time to interview a lawyer regarding
the Sunday lid.
"The power to enforce Sunday sa-
loon closing and all other laws in the
state of Minnesota has been vested i'll
the attorney general for years and
years. 1t came to a test last summer
in the st. Cloud case, relative to the
lid. The mayor of st. Cloud refused
to close the saloons on Sundays-citi-
zens appealed to the attorney general
who caused, to be issued a writ of
rlandamus against the mayor. n
action came before the supreme court,
which upheld the attorney general and
the saloons were closed. The attorney
general has since then, notified mayors
In other cities to close the saloons on
Sundays which has been quickly done.
The attorney general has power to
eject officers of any city for disobey-
ing the law.
.This is the correct Interpretation of
the Minnesota lid and I hope it will
not reach you too late to do you
good"
What was done in Minnesota can
be done in Iowa, if our state officials
are given legal authority.
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