Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-06-27
Organization Select Committee
of One to to Put Legislative
Candidates on Record
EVERY ONE TO BE QUESTIONED
Temperance People Contemplate
Speaking Campaign in Effort to Gre
ate Resubmission Sentiment = Law
Calling for Red Gasoline Cans Be-
ing Disobeysd.
Special to Tnmes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, June 27.-Prohibitory
amendment people expect on the sec
ond Tuesday in August to know def
nitely just what candidates to the leg
to the people the proposition to amend
the constitution SO as to prohibit alb
solutely the sale and manufacture of
liquor and just what ones are not.
Monday of this week the committee
of ten, one from each of the five tenn
perance societies and five at large
from the state, met in this city and
appointed Mr.. Barber, Of the Anti
Saloon League, a committee of one to
correspond with each candidate to the
legislature and ascertain his senti-
ments upon the proposition. Mr.. Bar
ber has already begun the work and
has sent out the letters agreed upon
earlier in the year soon after the con-
vention in this city. He is instructed
to report to the committee on the Sec
ond Tuesday in August. Mr. Barber
will attempt to get a statement from
each candidate for the legislature, the
nominations having all been determ-
ined by the recent primary election.
Further plans Of campaign on the
part of the resubgnission people con-
to begin at once. 1t is proposed to
~ tL,ova n1 anf-
ing a week in each county, and not to
exceed two month in each county. 1t
is planned to begin these meetings at
once, and for each of these meetings
each of the five temperance organiza-
tions will furnish one speaker, tho the
five organizations will take turns ar
ranging for the meetings. The first
meetings will be July 1 and July s, and
will be under the charge of the Prohi-
bitionists.
Ed Sweeney, state mine inspector.
says that Arizona is the most abused
country that there is outdoors. Mr..
Sweeney has just returned from that
country, where he served as an arbi-
traitor between the coal miners and the
coal mine operators in a matter con-
cerning shot firers. "You see more fine
little towns in Arizona than any coun-
try ever saw" said Mr.. Sweeney to-
day. Little towns of 500 people have
electric lights and water works and all
modern conveniences, and look metro
p>litan And it is nice country. 1t
looks nice and inviting and the people
look intelligent. I had always had the
idea that it was frontier wilderness.
1t is nothing of the kind and the cities
are as far advanced as in Iowa."
The state law in regard to gasoline
cans being painted or colored red is
not being observed by all parties and
it may be that there will have to be
some prosecutions before both seller
and consumer will realize that they
are both equally liable under the law.
1t is learned that practically all gro
GERS and vendors of gasoline deliver
the gasoline in red cans as required
by law That is, the can in which
they carry the gasoline from house to
house is red, but many families do
not have red cans into which the gaso-
line can be poured when delivered.
The result is that grocers put the gas
oline into most any kind Of vessel
that is brought out.
The new Iowa law is very specific. 1t
imposes a penalty upon the grocer or
the consumer who uses anything but
a red can for gasoline or who puts
anything but gasoline into red can.
There is known to be just one grocer
who will not put gasoline into anything
but red can. The practice OF gro
GERS in the larger cities is to carry
gasoline and kerosene about in guam
titles on their delivery wagons. They
comply with the law to the extent OF
always having the gasoline in red cans
and this compliance with the law
has saved many accidents in Iowa since
the law was passed, for there are
fewer accidents reported.
Most grocers' deliverymen when the
householder has no red can will put
the oil into anything the householder
provides. There is one in Des Moines
who refused to deliver into anything
but red cans The other day the de-
livery boy pursuant to orders started
away with the gasoline. The woman
of the house needed the oil and she
said she would pour it in herself so
that the grocer would have no respons-
ibility. He refused to allow her to do
that. This was strict compliance with
the red can gasoline law. 1t is prob
able that not one person in fifty knows
that it is as much against the law
for the householder to use anything
but a red can for gasoline or to put
ANYTHING but gasoline in red cans as 1t
is for the grocer or the person who
sells the stuff 1t is believed that strict
compliance with the law will almost
entirely put an end to the gasoline
accident business.
Supreme Counsel Of U. C. T.
Columbus. O., June 27.-Manly j.
Hemmens. of Green Bay. Wis. was