Omaha daily bee., 1908-12-05
OUT FOR TARIFF REVISION
Iowa Manufacturers to Urge Action
by National Congress.
CHANGE IN INDEBTEDNESS LAW
statute ThrowinR Burden on
Board of PardOns and Parole
Held to Be Unjust and
TOO Severe.
From a staff Correspondent

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DIES MONIES, Dec. i.-(Special)-Tarift
revision will be demanded by all the prin-
clpal manufacturers of Iowa during the
coming session of congress, and If plans
made by the executive committee of the
State Manufacturers association here today
carry every Iowa member in congress will
be urged by factory managers in his dis
trict to vote for immediate revision.
The meeting Of the committee was held
today in the office of G. A. Wrightman,
secretary of the association. Members of
all the association committees were brought
to the meeting, but the principal work was
for the legislative committee. This after
noon and evening the members of this com
mittee are making plans for carrying out
the ideas of the association along legisla-
tive lines. State legislation desired by the
association is also being discussed. and 1t
is probable the manufacturers will main
tain a lobby in Des Mofnes this winter.
The tariff changes favored by the manu-
facturers are along the Iowa Idea, origi-
mated and urged by A. B. Cummins, who
has Just gone to Washington to take his
seat as senator.
Change in Indeterminnte Law.
There is considerable agitation among
Judges and lawyers, especially prosecutors,
for a change in the present intermediate
sentence law, Under the law as 1t now
stands the Judge must send the guilty man
to the penitentiary for the maximum PEN
atty, where he must remain the full length
of time unless sooner released by the Board
of Parole. Some now argue this is an in
justice. The judge who hears all the evil
dence and circumstances In the case, they
claim, is best fitted to say what the max
imum penalty should be. The men who agi-
tate a change believe the court should fix
the maximum penalty In his judgment, and
then leave 1t to the discretion of the board
TO let the man out sooner If they see fit.
Many judges now complain that they are
compelled to sentence men for the maxi
mum of the law, whereas they believe I'M
der no circumstances should the man be i'm
prisoned that long. That he be released
sooner is left entirely with the Board of
Parole.
Colonel Resigns.
Colonel Bishop of the Forty-fourth Iowa
regiment, Iowa National Guard, whose home
is at Muscatine, has written Adjutant Gen
eral Thrift that he is not a candidate for
his position longer, and urges the adjutant
to call an early election Of the guard to
select his successor, that he may be re-
lieved of guard duties. Adjutant General
Thrift will call the election early in jan
uary.
Want New Jury Law.
When the legislature convenes in Janu-
airy another effort will be made by the
Polk County Bar association to have a bill
passed to amend the law governing jury
drawing to apply only to Polk county. The
bill was presented at the last session of
the legislature, but was turned down.
1t provides that the four district judges
meet the first Of each year to select a COM
mittee of five men. one from each super
visoral district, which will make up the
jury list for the year.
A law similar to this is in effect in many
other states.
Implement Men Elect.
The Iowa Implement Dealers association
elected officers for 1909 and passed resolu-
tions condemning the parcels-post, the uni
form bin of lading, priceless binder Irvine
contracts, branch retail stores established
by jobbers and the publication of ads for
mail order houses by trade papers. Officers
were chosen as follows:
President. w. d. Hoyt. Manchester.
Vice president, w. j. Howard, Schaller.
Director. Harry Eaton, Low Moor.
Secretary and treasure, Z. P. Armknecht
of Donnellson (re-elected).
Representative White of Story county
will offer a bill in the coming session of the
Iowa Legislature to make the State Rail-
road commission appointive, as formerly.
Instead of elective. as at present.
1t is understood to be Mr.. Whites inten-
ton largely to increase the powers OF the
board, but the chief feature of his propo-
sition is that relating to the manner OF
choosing the members.