Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-01-09
Would Secure Enactment Of
Federal Law Restricting lssu-
ance of Licences
BAR TO ILLEGAL PEDDLERs
Garst Proposes That No Government
Permit Be Issued Except to Those
Who Hold Local Licenses = Control
Board to Employ Expert TubercuIo-
sis Physician.
Special to Tlmes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, Jan. 9-Lieutenant Gov
ernor Warren Garst believes that a
great deal OF the liquor troubles would
be eliminated If the government did
less that person had local authority
selling liquor. He believes that this
would eliminate a large percentage of
the bootlegging. The idea of the gov
ernment giving license to man
when that man has not first obtained
permission of the local authorities to
sell liquor, to Governor Garst is pre-
posterous and he thinks that a bill
should be put thru congress abolish
ing this practice.
The position taken by Governor
Garst was explained in detail by him
when he addressed a meeting in one
Of the churches Of this city few
days ago. but it was not reported in
any Of the local papers here. His po-
sition is a step in advance of any thus
far advocated and while he believes
that the Hepburn -Dolliver bill which
has been introduced in congress and
which makes liquor subject to state
laws as soon as it enters the border OF
a state should pass, he believes that
in addition the government should re-
fuse to license any person who is not
already licensed by the state.
AS explained by Gov II Garst. the
custom at the present TIE is for per-
sons who desire to sell liquor to take
out a government license which costs
my about $50 year This gives
them protection from being prosecuted
by the government. Then they pro-
coed to sell liquor in defiance of state
law. This was exactly the case with
j. C. Cain who shot Charles Morris, the
coal operator at Enterprise north OF
this city. He had government Ii
cense but was defying the state law.
When Norris and others sought to in
woke the law to stop his illegal liquor
selling he shot Norris and killed him.
Temperance people, it is believed,
will welcome the suggestion that gov
licenses should be withheld
from such. Furthermore that class of
liquor dealers who seek to do busi-
ness legally will not object for this
would eliminate a large per cent of the
illegal business. Furthermore in the
case of the Davenport and other river
town saloons where there has never
k4 al; Mt 1ixyiv
up to the state law or Of paying the
state mulct tax the scheme of Gov
ernor Garst would work equally as
we'll. These river town saloons would
have been forced to observe the state
law thru the government agents. They
could not have secured a government
license unless they did obtain a local
permit thru paying the mulct tax and
they would have been prosecuted for
illegal liquor selling unless they did
secure the government license.
In the fight to control tuberculosis
in this state and eventually to stamp
it out, the state board of control pro-
poses to engage competent physician
who has made special study of tu-
Of the state. In addition to educating
the public thru the lectures of Mr.. A.
E. Kepford it is proposed to have this
physician in the employ of the board
address the medical clubs and societies
Of the state and thru these channels
ascertain where the tubercular cases
are and the exact conditions as to the
disease as well as to instruct the ply
sicians on the latest developments and
as to the disease.
Heretofore the campaign conducted
by the State Society for the Study and
of Tuberculosis, of which
Larrabee is president, has
been one of education only. The pur-
poses of the lectures delivered by Mr.. !
kepford and of the literature distrib-
lted has been to instruct the people on
he disease and the methods of treat !
ing 1t. 1t is now proposed by the !
state board of control to get control |
IF the disease and stamp it out. This !
IAN only be done thru the thorough |
systematic work of arousing the public |
sentiment, organizing each commun-
ty, distributing literature to those af-
1icted and then. most of all, to see to
t that each person in the state af-
licted with the disease is properly |
reated for it. BY securing thru the |
loctors the names of each person in
he state afflicted with the disease
md then thru the visitations Of a
rained nurse to see to it that every
person is properly treated for the dis
ase it is planned to actually stamp
he disease out in time in this state.
Unless the Legislature greatly in
reases the size of the hospital at Iowa
'ity that institution can never be more
han an experimental station in the
reatment of the disease. 1t will ac-
but about 100 patients or
ess and there are thousands in the
tate But the hospital is close to the
tate university medical school and
he young men being educated as ply
icians can thus be trained espec-
ally in the treatment of the disease.