Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-12
T ACTORy men
WANT TAFT TO
VETO THE BILL
MANUFACTURERS IN coNvEN-
TION AT DAVENPORT COMMEND
IOWA SENATORS FOR FAvoRING
REVISION DOWNWARD.
FAIRFIELD MAN
NEW PRESIDENT

DILLON TURNKEY CHOSEN TO sUc-
CEED PAUL ARRENz OF oTTuM-
WA; MARsRALLToWN GETS
THE NEXT CONVENTION.
Davenport June Especially =
The Iowa State Manufacturers as
ISOLATION adopted resolutions today in
convention here commencing the stand
of Senators Dolliver and Cummins and
hoping that President Taft will veto
the tariff bill if the revision is not
downward. Dillon Turney of Fairfield
was elected president, succeeding Paul
Arbenz of Ottumwa. Marshalltown
gets the next convention.
The opening of the annual conven-
ton of the Iowa State manufacturers
association took place in Davenport
yesterday, and following the address
of welcome by Mayor G. w. Scott of
the convention city, and a response
by Dillon Turney of Fairfield, the
work of the meeting began. The fol
lowing committees were appointed, in
which Ottumwa was represented:
Resolutions-D. F. Morey, Ottum-
wa; w. Louden, Fairfield; ]. A.. Dunn,
Des Moines.
Nominating B. Carson, Daven-
port; S. W. Mercer, Iowa City; F. H.
Bergman, Newton.
Auditing-B. J. Kicker, Grinnell and
J, M. Denning, Cedar Rapids.
Presidents Report.
President Arbenz in his annual re-
port reviewed the activity of the Of
ficers and secretary through the past
had come before them. He told of the
transportation problems which had
been taken up with the railroads, the
conferences with officials and the adj
vice given to members on various mat
tiers which had been troubling them.
He reviewed briefly the efforts for
more equitable freight rates for Iowa,
He spoke more particularly Of the
work of the state secretary, G. A.
Wrightman of Des Moines whom the
executive committee had selected to
devote his whole time to the interests
of the association.
While not advocating that the men,
bers of the association take sides in
politics, as members of the associa-
ton, he recommended that they use
their influence in both the big political
parties for the selection of men as
members of the state legislature who
had an intimate knowledge Of Iowa's
needs and were qualified to handle the
great questions of public Importance
which came before the legislature.
Continuing, he spoke of the work of
congress and the recommendation
made last year by the Iowa manufac-
turers that a non-partisan tariff COM
mission be appointed. He reviewed
briefly the work of the interstate COM
merce commission, the movement for
the conservation of natural resources,
which the association heartily en-.
dorsed, the insurance problem and
river improvement.
The labor supply and the movement
for the boosting of Iowa and attract
ing more workmen and consumers tc
the state was also preached and will
probably come up for discussion later
during the convention. The president
advocated plan for directing immi
grafton to the state.
Discussions.
The discussions of the mornins
We're opened Dy Secretary Wrightman
He spoke of several matters abou
which he would like the advice of thu
association, in order that he nigh
be qualified, the better to represen
them
Among these were the question O
demurrage, that of the right of com
mon carrier to- make lower rate be
tween certain points where large tra1
fc is conducted, than at the othe
points whore the business Is not S
great, the question of the railroa
commission of Iowa and whether
should be given the right to hold u
rates pending an investigation as t
their justice.
Talk on Demurrage.
The matter of demurrage occupie
the attention of the association fo
about an hour. Mr. Wrightman state
the question plainly. He told Of tn
plan of average demurrage, whereof
in some states where the time linn
when cars can be held without flu
Their charge is As hours. Where the a
erage plan is in vogue if the NAM
facturer of whoever receives the car
keeps the cars less than "a hours he
given credit for "a hours so that, du
ing the same month or other perio
of time specified, if he keeps car
hours he is not required to pay the d
murrage.
He said that this plan had bee
adopted in Michigan and was compu
sorry there, and in several other state
it had been adopted voluntarily
agreement He said that there seer
ed to be a tendency not to allow tn
system to extend west of Chicago.
There was considerable discussie
on the matter and although mar
members bad experience of demu
rage in which they did not feel tn
they had been treated right, they gre
orally conceded that the railroad mt
were trying to do the best they kne