Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-05
ATTORNEY GENERAL GOES TIC
NATIONAL CAPITAL TO ARGUE
IOWA CASE.
CORN BELT MEAT PRODUCERS
ASKING FOR RATE REDUCTION
Method of Securing Such Reduction is
Question at issue-lowa Insurance
Business Not Going to Ruin-Labor
Commissioner Dismisses Postal Tele-
graph Suit.
Special TO Times-Republican.

Des Moines, Jan. 5.-1f Attorney Gen
eral Byers does not let the storm over
take him he will appear before the in
terstate commerce commission tomor-
row and present the case of the Corn
Belt Neat Producers Association in
their fight for reduction OF live stock
rates out of Iowa. The evidence in
the case has been fully presented to the
commission and it only remains for the
arguments to be made As matter
of fact it is not now so much ques-
ton of reduction of rates as to the
manner of effecting the reduction. The
railroads offer one plan and the ship
pers another and the commission is to
decide between them. Whichever way
it goes it is pretty certain that there
will be an order for reduction of rates
and the advantage will come largely
TO the stock raisers
That the insurance business of Iowa
is not being entirely ruined is indicated
by the fact that quite number OF
companies last year asked to be per-
mitted to get into the Iowa field to do
business. State Auditor Bleakley re-
ports the new ones as follows:
Iowa ompanies-Sioux Fire. Sioux
City; Lutheran Mutual, Burlington;
Iowa Farmers Mutual Reinsurance,
Greenfield; Druggists Mutual, Algona;
Automobile Owners Mutual Protection,
/ Des Moines.
a..
/ lumbia. Jersey City: Federal. Jersey
| City: L. s. Branch Mannheim, New
York; Mechanics and Traders, New
| Orleans: Monongahela- Pittsburg; ms.
| Co. State OF Pennsylvania. Philadel-
phia; Peoples National Philadelphia;
u. S. Branch Union Marine, New York;
Central National. Chicago.
Iowa Life = Standard Life, Des
Moines.
Foreign Life-Central of Illinois, OF
tawa: Missouri State, ST. Louis; Union
Chicago.
Assessment accident-Income Pro
lection Accident, Des Moines; National
Travellers Benefit. Des Moines.
raternal-National Protective Leg
ion. Waverly, n. Y.
The Commonwealth Fire of Ottumws
reinsured during the year in the Mon
ongahela OF Pittsburg.
The state labor commissioner, MI
b Van Duyn. dismissed the various SUIT
4 brought against officers of the Posta
\ telegram for violation of the stat
} labor laws against employment of chi
\ dren. There was no doubt as to tn
I fact but apparently some doubt in tn
mind of the then county attorney, nov
l Judge DeGraff. as 10 whether the stat
D law would apply to the case How
avar the company had also given or
6ers that under no circumstance
should children under IA years be en-
I Moved al any office in Iowa. tt
! labor commissioner having thus Sc
! cured the object desired the cases wei
: dropped.
A meeting of the state and nation
bank examiners for Iowa was held
me office of the auditor OF state Il
ha purpose Of consulting as to ma
ers Of mutual interest. 1t is four
that their work sometimes comes t
gether especially where a nation
banl, has savings bank in come
ion which happens frequently. 1t W
desired that in some matters the
> .hould be agreement and harmony al
= 4or this purpose the meeting was
y ranged.
81 The January meeting of the pare
al bard was to have been held this wet
al blt the chairman, Mr.. Berry, will ha
sa Il, be in court and so the parole ma
ass ers will rei for two weeks. The
ssl are $50 cases pending and ready
Sai action.