The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-12-21
AT STATE HOUSE.
Burr Oak Man Demands Action
Against Insurance Trust.
Evidently Does Not Understand
New Law.
JACKSON ON ALERT.
Attorney General Determined
to Keep State Dry.
Prof. Dyche Is Losing Conf
dence in Cook.

"A merchant at Burr Oak, Kan, hav-
ing read about the attorney generals
move against the alleged fruit and
produce trust of Topeka. is anxious that
tnls same official take action against
the alleged insurance trust of the state.
According to the writer and the voters
of his section of the state, the insur-
ance Dill passed at the last session of
the legislature was not a popular piece
of legislation. They cannot understand
why Governor Stubs signed the bill
which they claim gives the compan MES
the upperhand, and making a trust
which bars out competition in the
shape of Independent companies
For the benefit of the Burr Oak citi-
zen it can be stated that the new in
surance law has nothing to do with the
formation of trust. but rather it was
intended to give the state closer con-
troll of the insurance companies with
view to eventually lowering the rates
The law does away with the old sys-
tenn of rebates offered by agents to
persons who had a lot of property to
insure. By this system the rich man
got better rate than the poor man.
The companies must. under the new
law, file schedules of their rates to be
approved by the state superintendent
of insurance. The success of the law
and the lowering of the rates rests
with the superintendent enforcement
of the law.
1OhSLHOI OluoDS has stated TGp0dIGQ-
ly that the insurance superintendent
has great chance to make a name
tor himself in the administration of the
new insurance law. If he fails then the
law will likely be repealed at the next
session Of the legislature.
While at this time it is generally
conceded that Kansas is dry as a pow
der horn from center to circumference
so far as the flow of the liquid that
inebriates is concerned. yet the attorney
generals Office is on the alert all the
time to keep cracks from springing in
The lids fastened over the principal
cities OF the state. Assistant Attorney
General Charles Shukers has the Leav-
enworth and Atchison lids under his
supervision IL months in the year.
There is no rest for Shukers and he
sees to it that there is no rest for the
wicked. He has just returned from
one of his trips to the Missouri line
and tells interesting stories of the per-
sistence of the jointists in the face of
sure defeat.
Both Leavenworth and Atchison are
practically dry. In a few out of the
way places in these cities little booze
is sold but these are spasmodic efforts
and stopped by the officials almost as
soon as started. There are a few liquor
sellers in Leavenworth. however, that
will never stop the business until they
are dead and buried under six feet of
earth. One peculiar case is that of
an Italian Pole and his wife. They were
put out of business long ago, their
place closed by an Injunction and the
man and woman released on parole
under a bond of $500 each. On the oc-
casic~ of Snukers' last trip to Leav-
env' ii he found that this couple were
vio.la ing their parole. They were SELL
ing LIQUOR in their little lunch counter
place in cream pitchers and their two
daughters, aged II and Il years re-
spectively, were waiting on the Gus
toners.
The man and woman will have to
forfeit their bonds of $1,000, go back
to jail and pay a fine in the bargain,
all for the privilege of selling a few
dollars worth of whisky. They seem
to have the habit. The worst feature
of the case is the disposition of the
two little girls, who under the law,
are guilty playing part in the sale
of the liquor.
There was jointist in eastern Kan
sas who had persistently violated the
law in the face of all the efforts of
the attorney generals office One day
Shukers got letter from the authori-
ties of the county in which this man
lived that stated that he would never
violate the prohibition law again. !.