Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-13
EATON MAKES DEFENSE.
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ways. There is no Justification for 1t.
1t can only be said that this copy was
furnished without my personal knowl-
edge or consent, nor by any order OF
the board.
When YOU ask. is this the sort of rec
ord MIR. Eaton is willing to stand on
before the bar OF the state?' 1 an
swer, il you mean by Your question
to ask me in effect whether i justify
the passage of q resolution by our COM
mission which might have an effect on
a pending case and furnishing q copy
to one side without furnishing u copy
to the. other side or without even IN
forming the other side that resolutions
were passed. say unllesitatingly. no.
If. however, you ask me whether am
satisfied with my own personal record
from the beginning to the end of the
controversy i unhesitatingly say YES,
and may add that i have performed
no official act as Il member of this
board that l will not be delighted TO
Justify. Men may differ with me as to
my conclusions. but any unprecedented
examination of this record will result
ness and impartiality.
| When / learned of the above facts. l
| felt it my duty to do everything in my
power to minimize the injury il any,,
which had been done to the case of the
Corn Belt Meat Producers Association.
No better way appeared to me to
neutralize the effect of those resolu
tons than to take them completely
off the record by resembling them.
To Remove Obstacle.
| On Dec. 80 drew resolutions to that
| effect. setting out very carefully and
| clearly the reasons for the act. These
resolutions are consistent with the
| constant attitude OF the commission.
| Possibly you have not carefully en-
amined the resolutions adopted on Nov.
3, as we'll as those adopted on Dec.
80. / commend them to YOU for a fair
statement of the matters in issue. |
submitted the resolutions of Dec 80
to both the attorney general and II. l..
Wallace. Both of them expressed
themselves as perfectly satisfied with
them and to the effect that under eN-
listing circumstances their passage
was the best thing that could be
done.
The sole effect intended by the res
olutions adopted Dec 80 was to re-
move from the path of the Corn Belt
Meat Producers Association what
seemed to it a stumbling block which
had been placed there by what may
charitably be called unfortunate cir
cumstances. 1t was simply in further
ance of the constant desire on my part
to assist the Corn Belt Meat Producers
Association in its effert to procure
lower interstate cattle rates.
You are in error when You say thai
at any phase of this controversy we
have ordered the attorney general Il
fight for lower hog rates. 1t is not ps'
sfble that amy person interested has a
: any time had any doubt upon my posi-
| ton on this subject. and so far as
know every member of the commission
has consistently declared at all time:
/ that so far as information has beef
{ communicated to the board at any o
| its hearings it did not believe at thi
time it would be just to lower the 40,
rates This opinion is fairly expressed
| in both resolutions, and the reasons fo
this opinion are fairly stated in tn
, resolutions Resembling the resolution
VI NOV. d tiSi llol NlidHSS eiiS iiiiiu "
{ the attorney general us to our attitude
{ on that subject He understood i
| clearly.
agree with you that ''if tina boar'
had decided that the hog rate wa
equitable as it is. it should so have no
tifieN the officials of the Corn Bel
; Meat Producers Association, Will
, which it was acting" 1t did so Motif.
| Said officials in unequivocal terms
lit notified them on the record by it
. refusal to lower the hog rates in iii
lwinter of 1907. l personally notifies