Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-03-01
Bill Which Threatens to Pass
Both Houses Far Reaching
in Effects
HITS CERTAIN collie CURE.
Measure is Aimed to Aid in Reforma-
ton of Victims of Liquor and Drug
Habits = Laboring Men Prepare to
Attack Wage Exemption Bills Now
Under Consideration.
Special to Times-Republican.

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Des Moines, March 1.-The druggists
of the state are much alarmed over a
ate and may possibly pass the house.
This is bill which is intended to aid
| in the reformation of those who have
become addicted to drug or liquor hab-
its and who have taken a cure" for che
same, either at private institutions or
at the state hospital. The bill was rec
commended BY the board of control and
1t forbids all sales of liquor or mar
cotics to persons who have taken the
cure" unless upon a prescription of
a physician.
But as the bill has passed the sem
ate" said a prominent Des Moines
druggist, ait will simply compel every
druggist in the state to take off his
shelves all the paregoric and collie
cures we have One Of the best known
of the latter contains a large amount
of both morphine and chloroform and
everyone knows that paregoric is a
narcotic. It will not alone be trouble
over liquor sales to strangers who, it
afterwards develops, have at some time
In some state taken a cure for the
same, but it will prevent ordinary sales
Of many substances to persons who
have legitimate use for the same"
Appropriations committees are puz-
zled to know what to do with the bill
introduced on behalf of the presen':
state administration to increase The
annual allowance Of the state militis,
from 100000 year to $153,000 year
Two years ago a raise was secured
from $4,000 q year to the presen:
amount. Now 1t is declared that the
guard should have more than so pe'
cent more. There are four regiments;
and the extra allowance is for in
creased pay and the organization OF
auxiliaries and also that the number OF
members in each company may be in
creased to larger number to conform
to national regulations.
The plan for the survey Of the riv
ers of the state with view to dis
CLOSING their value for waterpower or
for navigation viii be materially
changed. A bill was introduced by Nj.
Moore, of Wapello, patterned some-'
what after the laws in New York AMI
Wisconsin and calling for the modest
sum of $4,000 for the work. Now t
is found that the federal governmer
contemplates something along yne
same line and action on the Moore bill
has been deferred until it is known
just what plans are to be carried out
by the federal commission. Then a bill
will be passed for some kind Of a COM
mission to cooperate in Iowa with the
federal commission in survey of the
Des Moines, Iowa and the Cedar riv-
ers. It is possible that in case it is
found impracticable to make an APP
preparation for this work without
organized of men who will undertake
the work without compensation.
the surveyors and investigators of
number of men in this matter that they
will undertake to organize a commits
sion without pay to direct the work.
Tailoring men are preparing to say
agely attack the latest of the wage
exemption bills before the legislature.
This bill provides in brief that in re-
gard to the earnings of a resident
debtor 40 per cent of such earnings
shall be subject to execution upon
Judgment obtained for. personal and
family necessities" and this is to be
for period of ninety days. In other
words, as the leboring men say. the
attachment is on a ninety-day basis, so
that in reality it is 80 per cent of, the
monthly wage Of debtor that is sub
ject to attachment. This presents he
matter in a form little different from
that which has caused other legis.a-
lures so much worry.
Secretary Simpson in going over the
accounts Of the state fair, made the
discovery the other day shat as a mat
ter Of fact the state has not been i'd
vertising the total of premium offer
ings as large as the offerings really are.
He had an exact computation made
and finds that this year the premium
offerings in cash foot up over $4,000.
From year to year there have been
additions made to the list and it had
been some time since a computation
was made, and 1t is a hard task to
figure it all up. The state has been
less than 1t has really been
offering. Included in the cash offer
ings is about $4,000 Of money from
outside sources, such as $3.50 from The