Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-04
STATE AID % Be ASKED
People of Des Moines to Ask
For Legislation at January
Session
SLAVES or GRAsPlNG, MEN
LAvEs OF GRAsPlNc, MEN
Des Moinss Would Prefer to Have
Laws Passed Giving City Power
to Regulate eusiness-DoubtfuI If
Assembly Will Consent to Plan -
B Tho Waterloo & Southwestern.
Special to Times Republican.

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Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Sept 4.-AThis legisla-
in Des Moines nor any other PROPOSE
| ton of legislation except the amend
ment of the primary election law and
| the election of a United States sena-
tor. The social evil problem will be
pressed upon the legislature next jan
uary. however, by the people of Des
Moines. A few men working in har-
mony with the police department and
intimidating the women by threats
have been living like leeches on the
fallen women OF Des Moines. They
have forced these women to rent their
houses at exorbitant rental, buy their
clothing, groceries and jewelry and
everything else from them at exor-
bitarit prices Nest Of the things have
been bought on the installment plan
and as the women would about get
the goods paid for these leeches would
come and take the goods in some pre-.
text and then force the women to buy
them all over again. They have simply
taken all the Illicit earnings the wom
en- had and have given them as little
for it as possible and the few men
who have been in the combine have
been ever jealous of each other for
fear the other would get more OF the
women's money than they.
AS bad as the business Is the citi-
zens Of Des Moines are set against
these men living of the earnings OF
the women. Furthermore under the
domination of these men woman
could not reform IL she wished to-.
They kept her street clothes from her
and if she ever showed the slightest
inclination to reform they threatened
to send her to the penitentiary. Some
Of the women managed to get their
trunks down to the depot but they
were seized Tor unpaid debts. debts
That by all reasonable standards had
been paid several times and the women
were not allowed to leave the city.
Des ,Moines is asking that 1t be al
lowed to govern the proposition itself
but the chances are ten to one that it
never will be. No legislature will ever
be elected in Iowa that will consent to
pass any law Whatever that legalizes
or seems to legalize this business. No
Iowa legislature will ever recognize 1T
as anything but illegitimate. Cities will
ever condone it, the country never. The
bulk Of the people of Iowa see no rea-
son why the law should not be en-
forced. II the business goes on secret
1y then 1t must do so as burglary and
other things go on but with the po-
lice ever on the look out for arrests
and 1t is believed that no legislature in
Iowa will ever take any other view.
While Des Moines is debating now
ton the proposition to control it the
proposition Is concerned more with
finding some way for allowing the
houses to run.
Secretary of State Hayward has mo-
titled the; members Of the legislature
that he has ten or fifteen copies of the
Official Register for each member Of
the legislature to distribute to their
constituents If they wish them. The,
Iowa Official Register as 1t is made
up now is a volume OF great worth.
1t is issued every two years and has
more information such as the average
citizen wants to know on numerous
occasions than m osts ofStfe newspaper
almanacs that are issued.
Secretary Hayward has also notified
them that there are, quite a number OF
copies Of the volume on the dedica-
ton of the soldiers monuments to be
distributed to the old soldiers of the
state remaining s-,, ssshandss
IvFt-'sz ~, $50
I. The new Waterloaas g. Southwest
railroad is awaiting the decision of the
eastern moneybags. The executive
council has given the company per-
mission to issue stocks and bonds to
the amount Of $4,000 a mile. The
company wanted $4,000 per mile. They
have now put the matter up to the
capitalists OF the east, who were to put
,rp the money and they have 1t under
advisement. If they become convinced
that the road can he built for $42,-
900 q mile, they will furnish the money,
otherwise they will not. 1t is their
idea to build some Of the road this
year, If the construction is not start
ed this year the company will have o
begin to pay taxes on the paper draw:
ings for the road Just as tho there WAS
q road in operation, so they are an2;-
ious ITO begin work. II work is begun
it is understood that 1t will be on the
line from Pella to Grinnell. Eventually
the lne is to run from Waterloo TO
Grinnell and Pella and tClarinda and
the southwest.
Congress sman Walter l. Smiths ex-
position of the ignorance of the tram
ers Of the democratic national plat
form in advocating the removal OF the
tariff on logs and manufactured TIM
Der, when both are and have been 1'or
years on the free list, is causing con-
siderable amusement am ong politlcis ms
gathered for the session of the state
legislature.
The democratic platform calls tor
the repeal of the tariff on these mr.
tieles. Judge Smiths suspicious Ware
aroused when he read the platform.
He knew that there was no tariff on
these articles and was of the opinion
that there never had been. To be-
sure, however, he sent to- washington
and had clerk go over the RECORDS
carefully. The result was that no tar
iff appears to have been levied on logs
and manufactured lumber except
wharf timber for forty years at least.