Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-09-01
EFFORTS OF REPRESENTATIVES
OF INTERESTS DEFEATED IN
FOOD AND DAIRY MEETING.
TACTICS REsoRrED TO
WOULD SHAME POLITICIANS
Opponents of Secretary of Agriculture
Seek to Pack Convention With Un-
credited Delegates in Order to Con.
troll offices-Jefferson county's Ex-
hibit at the State Fair.
Special to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, Sept. III. r. Wright,
back from Denver and he gives much
more vivid account Of the fight that
took place at the convention of state
and national food and dairy commits
sioners to uphold Secretary James Will
son in his ruling on preservatives in
foods than was contained in any of the
press dispatches that reached Iowa.
I'VE won out and upheld Secretary
Wilson," said Mr.. Wright today, but
we did more than that We determined
once and for all that questions con-
corning foods and personalities should
be determined by an impartial board of
experts, just such board as Secretary
Wilson referred this benzoate of soda
to- Why, they tried things out there
at that convention in their plans to dis
credit Secretary Wilson that would
have made the worst things ever re-
nocent child play.
The election of president of the as
ISOLATION was one of the biggest and
most important fights. They had all
the officers up to the time of this con-
vention. THE election of president was
set for O'Clock. That hour came and
we couldn't get the president to call the
meeting to order. Finally at 2:25 he
called 1t to order and a telegram was
read purporting to come from the gov
ernor of Mississippi authorizing some
fellow to represent that state. That
telegram showed that it was received
at 2:23. just two minutes before the
convention was called to order
Then they had 1T framed up that one
of their men was to move that the
Mississippi man be seated another
was to second it. and the third was tc
move the previous question. In the
meantime their president refused te
recognize any of our men and the thing
was to be put thru like a steam roller
attached 10 a buzz wagon. If they hae
attempted to carry it out there woule
have been a riot right there. The
Mississippi man was not seated on an!
credential of that kind and the election
that followed landed our man and III
appoints all the committees.
/ Iowa is probably more interested i,
1 this matter than any other state purel.
! because Secretary Wilson comes from
this state So far as the fight owe
henzoate of soda in foods is concerne
there never was anything in that tina
need caused the public a secon
Thought"
Scottish Pite Masons will have an
other big gathering in Des Moines Nov
ls 10 10. The ceremonies of fnitiatin,
candidates thru all the degrees of Ere
+ Masonry from the fourth to the thirty
second will take place on the fou
DAYS and will close with a banquet OIL
the night of Friday. Nov 49, The frs
degrees in Free Masonry constitute TIL
blue lodge. The rest constitutes tn
consistory or Scottish Rite degrees
The comforting of these degrees is us
ually marked by the gathering of
large number of prominent men o
the state from various sections an
most of the candidates are from out
side of Des Moines.
AS many visitors to the state fai
have stopped to look at the exhibit o
the Jefferson County Old Settlers AS
ISOLATION, just southeast of the stoc
pavilion. as have been interested i
any feature of this years fair. A par
of the exhibit is a team of oxen an
an OK cart a hundred years old. A cal
team that is being broken to drive
also a part of the exhibit. The OK an
calf teams are used as part of tn
night show in the stock pavilion.
Implements and tools now neve
used and seldom seen and which nc
one man dn ten tfoueard in Iowa coul
! use, let alone identify. are on exhib
here yet they are tools which We're /
common use fifty years ago when low
first became state and was admitte
to the union.
Among the exhibits are picto
three froes. three dig irons, t11re
hackles, fails, spool reel, hop JAG
corn pillow, fax pillow, fax brake, scyth
rifle These are few of the more TN
common and least known things in tn
exhibit. There are any amount of othe
articles such as candle shutters, cand
sticks, OK yokes, spinning wlee
which are easily Identified by eve
: the younger generations.
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