Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-08-24
NUMBER ENTERED FOR STATE
FAIR MUCH LARGER THAN
LAST YEAR.
E. c. WYLlE is SUGGESTED
FOR RAILROAD COMMISSIONER
Freight Export Employed by tho Des
Moinss Commercial Club Talked Of
For Place on the Board-Hayward
After the Corporations - cummins
Busy Preparing Bills
Special to Tames-Repuoltcan,

urer w. w. Morrow who was formerly
president of the state board of agri-
culture. said today that there were as
many exhibits at the state fair grounds
Monday morning as there were the day
before the fair opened last year. The
fair will not open till Friday of this
week.
THE state fair this year will I'M
doubtedly be far ahead Of anything
the state has ever given" said Mr..
Morrow. There are moro and better
exhibits and look to see every pre-
vious record broken. The fair grounds
are In better shape with more side
walks, more buildings. more advantages
IN every way than ever before i slip
ped out to the grounds Sunday for
little while. The fair is certainly grow
ing by leaps and bounds. The people
OF the state should certainly feel very
proud of the institution. 1t is one of
the best institutions the state maintains
and does more real good for the pep
pie"
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at Fairfield. at which one of the special
attractions will be the GROWING of the
poet laureate of Jefferson county. State
Librarian Johnston Brigham has been
asked to act as one of the judges Of
the poems.
E. c. Wylie, of Des Moines, is one of
the latest suggestions for a position on
! Cfof
Wylie is now employed by the Des
Moines Commercial Club as freight
commissioner and since his employment
ne mas been extremely successful in
getting lower freight rates for Des
Moines and some in addition from the
Interstate Commerce Commission that
are Of benefit to the entire state of
Iowa.
MT. Wylie was formerly a railroad
man and worked in the freight de-
roads. He is thoroughly informed on
the proposition of rate making. He
knows how to make rates from the In
side and is now devoting his time and
N ability to getting lower rates for the
business men of Des Moines primarily
but for the state of Iowa generally. He
is employed by the business men of
Des Moines and receives his salary
from them.
The great advantage of having Mr..
Wylie for a railroad commissioner
would be in the state availing itself Of
his technical knowledge of rate making,
a knowledge that the state railroad
commission has never heretofore had
first hand. The commission has had
men on the board, who, after some
service, have attained the information
Mr.. Wylie has it first hand
Mr.. Wylie has been suggested by
one of the leading officials of the state
He is not candidate and up to the
time of this suggestion had not thought
of being candidate. His suggestion
has been brought out entirely because
of a belief in his fitness. There is one
thing that might stand in the way Of
inducing him to become candidate
That is that the office of state railroad
commissioner pays but $4,000 q year
pay him $4,000 and would probably
raise his salary rather than lose him.
Secretary of State w. c. Hayward
yesterday sent out $500 registered let
eOAo ~ 'tAlS wi PoA dllOl1S VI Iowa WHO
have failed thus far to make report to
hts Office. It Is a bigger batch of regis
tered letters than the local postoffice
ever handled at one time before The
letters are the second notice to the COR
porations and are registered so that the
office will know whether or not they
are delivered.
! If no report Is made to the office be-
fore Sept. there will be a fine Of 81
for the month of September, 81 for
October, IS for November, So for De-
cember and $40 for each month after
that until the report is made.
Senator A B. Cummins will be busy
for some weeks on the bills that he Is
preparing to introduce at the opening
Of congress next December. His bills
will be chiefly concerning the inter-
state commerce commission and he will
go back to Washington early in
November at the invitation Of Presi-
dent Taft to confer over the bills Sem
ator Cummins believes the commission
should have considerable more power
and it will be remembered when the
Hepburn bill was put thru it took the
position that the bill did not remedy
the difficulties to the fullest extent.