Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-04
GRAIN men DISCUSS LAWS
Fort Dodge Meeting to Formulate
Measures for the Legislature.
OBJECTION TO BILL OF LADMe
Ten Per Cent increase when Road
Assumes RhsE Considered Ezsss-
stve-Neusber Of Legislature
Never HsI P1cture Taken,
Rrem a Staff Correspondent


DIES MONIES. Dec a-OgpectaASOnS
OF the most Sign feant meetings during tha
cemkps wesk Wal be thai OF the Iowa
grain dealers tn Fort Dodge. at which
time Will b considered and discussed
the new urlfoFm bill Of ladtng which
was placed IN force recently, and 20 plan
some anoeudmeuts tbey wish to ths present
laws. Tbe meeting was called b George
l. Wells Of Des Motnes, SECRETARY Of the
westesn Grain DeaIsrF associstion, and in
his address to the Eathesing Mr- WeIEA may
have some Suggestions regarding laws the
grain dealers should urge tire legislature,
IN sesston here this winter, u pass
The new uniform bill OF lading, while
satisfactory to the grain dealers, contains
a provision which they claim L. unjust.
This Is the one afnxfng a 10 per cant In
crease in rate, or penalty, as 1t Is called.
where the road assumes the common law
liability while In transit The grain dealers
say while a penalty OF some such nature
may be fair In some classes Of shipments,
and a 10 per cent increase be no more than
necessary to cover the risk, It is entirely
too much. they contend. In the matter Of
the shipment of grain.
The grain dealers also propose 70 offer
a protest to the contemplated increase in
the basis q rates by the north and south
lines of the state on shipments OF grain
to St. Louis.
Trustee Il Appointed.
Governor Warren Garst today appointed
w. H. Harwood of Dies Moines trustea
fol the State Normal School board to sue
coed Lieutenant Governor George Clarke
Of Abel, who resigned the place because
Of assuming a state office.
Never Had Picture Taken.
One legislator this winter will undoubtedly
Lundergosa new experience. In response to
a request from the office of the secretary
OF state for a picture to place with those
Of other members in the Official Register.
Representative Henry Tegeler of DyersviEe,
Dubuque county, replies that he is a demo-
crat, father of ten children and never had
his picture taken in his life. II he survives
this Legislature, eludes newspaper men, es-
capes soliciting photographers and quiet
sketch artists with his record regarding a
| photograph unblemished he will be entitled
to the credit OF having remarkable forth
tude.
Nearly every session has it's unphoto-
I graphed member-for awhile. Last ses-
sion 1t was no other thar the recent
democratic state chairman, Clint Price.
He absolutely refused to surrender to the
ph photographers and with a cold heart
turned away all newspaper men. Then
one day the sketch artist lolled in the
press gallery and made a few sketches
with pencil and pad. Next day a picture
purporting to be Price appeared in a daily
paper. The day following Price appeared
with a supply OF good photographs for al y
the newspaper boys who desired them. He
said it had come to be a matter of self
defense.
Gnrst working on Message.
Governor Warren Garst is now busily
engaged preparing his message TO the
general assembly that convenes January
Ii. This duty of outlining to the legisla-
ture needed legislation fell upon Gaist's
shoulders with his six-week term as gov
ernor. 1t is expected the governor will
have some strong recommendations to
make to this assembly.
Mayor Has More Trouble.
That Mayor A. ]. Mathis, during his
term as police Judge of Des Moines, made
an agreement with three well-known
bondsmen allowing them to pay to the
city IS for all men charged with intoXica-
ton when the prisoner was fined $40 is
a fact established beyond a doubt. This
information comes Indirectly from Coun-
Gilman John MacVicar, superintendent of
the department of public improvement.
This latest sensation, sprung so soon
after Mayor Mathis turned back into the
city treasury over $1,000 in fees without
a word OF explanation, comes as a bomb
to the other members of the council and
city hall attaches, although some we're
aware of the truth.
There Is no case on record of a cough,