Omaha daily bee., 1909-07-05
Iowa

men who have been working in the
archives department filing away papers
bearing the signatures OF the early gov
errors and public men think that the legis-
lature made a most ~egregious error In not
making a suitable appropriation for a con-
tinuance OF the work OF sorting and pre-
serving these papers free from the ravages
Of dust. But no one else can go to the
historical building and look through the
papers without seeing the vast historical
value Of these papers and the necessity for
saving them. OF course, they will not how
ever, be lost by a two years delay. The
next legislature will undoubtedly appreciate
the necessity Of continuing the work TIL It
Is finished. After that It will take but a
small Appropriation to keep It up-to-date.
In preparing his biography Of the late
Senator Harlan, state Librarian Johnston
Brigham has been able to make use OF a
great amount OF papers In the archives de-
pArtment and in the meantime enough Of
the papers are sorted and filed tina the
historian can begin preparing his notes at
any time.
Franchise Next week.
Corporation Counsel Baily has prepared
the draft Of the new franchise for the street
railway on the plan OF the Chicago ordi-
nance. This Is being printed and will be
lltu ~ ~ city hhh carry n coming
week. II viii then be taken dp with the
street railway company again. The fran
chise provides for twenty-five years and
provides for the payment 10 the city OF a
per cent OF the gross earnings. The street
railway people are claiming that they will
be unable to borrow money on the fran
chise at twenty-five years, but the city
council claims that the Chicago company
borrowed money on that franchise, which
is but twenty years.
Corners California C~nntalOupe,
One Des Molnes firm claims to rave cor
nered the cantalouple market till the Rocky
Ford. Colo, crop natures at least. 1t has
purchased or contracted to purchase $50
cars Of the Imperial valley Of aClifornla
crop and IT Is claimed that the crop never
amounted to more than 1000 cars. How
ever. the corner cannot last long, 1t is
claimed by experts, for the reason that the
Colorado crop from Rocky Ford will be
ready for market in about another month.
Creameries Prepare 90 Fight.
Creamery men OF Iowa who fought for
the state law against the sale of oleo-
margarine and then contested for the law
through the courts are now preparing for
an even harder fight with oleomargarine
manufacturers. who are already making in
roads on the butter business Of Iowa. The
dairy interest of Iowa Is one Of the big
interests. Nearly 100, 900. 900 pounds of but
ter Is produced and marketed In this state
ANNUALLY. The Iowa legislature provided
that no oleomargarine could be sold In the
state II It was Of a yellow color. This
knocked out the oleomargarine sales for a
time, for when the packing houses put the
white product on the market the people
wouldn't buy It. They said It looked too
much like lard.
Lately, however, the packing houses have
been trying to educate the public to eat
the white oleomArgarine, and as an evil
dence OF the fact that they are succeeding
to some extent State Food and Dairy Com
missioner II. r. Wright points out In his
annual report that the number OF dealers
licensed TO sell oleomargarine is steadily
and rapidly increasing. There Is q note
Of alarm In the commissioners report.
Lately, too. Hoard's Dalryman, the pub
LEGATION of which Ex-Governor Hoard OF
Wisconsin is editor, sounded the alarm and
notified the dairymen that they must be
prepared TO fight the beef trust with It's
oIeomargarine and butterine. Now comes
further the claim among the dairymen thai
the beef trust Is preparing to make the
fight Of its life in the next session OF con-
gress for a reduction Of the tax of 10 cents
a pound on oleomargarine to 2 cents a
pound. This will remove a further handi-
cap on the packing house product. AS 1t
is, there Is now an enormous sale OF oleo-
margarine in the winter months, when the
price of good COW butter becomes high
In the summer months the oleomargarine
IL net sold. The beef packing concerns
argue that oleomargarine is the poor mans
butter and that there should not be a pro-
hibitive tax, but that It should be allowed
to be sold so as to permit the poor man to
have butter. The dairymen Of Iowa are
organizing to fight.