Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-18
Refuse to Handle Iowa Merchants Cat
alloys on Same Basis as Those From
Big Houses-second District Repub-
icans Must Unite to Retain Con-
gresham.
pecial to rimes-Republican
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ed matter rates even if they do have
a few samples scattered thru them.
The express companies of course COM
plain that this business is not profit
able anyway they do not want the
business at low rates. The matter is
before the Iowa commission on the
complaint of John II. Taft, of Cedar
Rapids, who does considerable mail
order business.
'Inasmuch as the sending out of
these catalogs by us to the merchants
he says in his petition on file with the
Iowa board, makes a large amount of
business for the express companies as
we'll as the merchants of the coun-
try, il would seem that our catalogs
should be carried by the express COM
panies at the printed matter rate as the
catalogs are carried by the express
companies for the big mail order
houses of Chicago. We believe YOU
should put in an order compelling the
express companies TO carry all catalogs
at printed matter rate.
In order to comply with the require
ment of the express companies and the
postoffice department we have been
/ compelled to issue our catalogs and
prepare separate box of samples of
materials which have been mounted on
cards. The catalog goes by mail for a
low price and the samples go by mail
taking the merchandise rate.
Until about three years ago" the
petition states, we received from the
postoffice and also the express COM
panies printed matter rate on all our
catalogs, but about three years ago a
new agent appeared on the scene for
the express companies and raised trou-
! Die with the postoffice department, and
H while there was no law to prevent our
4 catalogs being carried as printed mat
ter, thru the influence at Washington
of Tom Platt and others. the third as
sistanr postmaster general issued an
order saying that catalogs could ONLY
be carried as printed matter when
they contained no samples of ma terial
SO this shut US out, and to comply
with the order we have made our cat
alloys in the manner above stated II
was a high handed ruling. we think
on the part of the third assistant post
master general, who is not league6
with the express companies, and al
best 1t has made it very inconvenient
Tor US. We now and here make ap.
pLcation to your honorable body thai
the catalogs of manufacturers contain.
ing samples go as they formerly did a.
printed matter"
Inc complaint has of course beer
put up to the managers of the expires.
companies. The rule is that not NOR,
than three samples be sent in a cata
log, or samples pasted on three sonar
ate pages of the same But if the low;
board can secure printed matter RAJ,
IN Iowa for catalogs it will have ire
mendous influence on the cataloe husi,
ness.
Mention of the names of Charlie.
1Fi-K OF Davenport, as a possible sue.
ceSsor 70 Congressman Dawson wa.
received with much favor here. fo
Whlle MI erik is not known so wei
IN the state in political way he i!
Wen known to the lawyers of th,
state. Mr.. Hayward, secretary of state
states that he does not know of any
one IN Davenport who would make ,
better member of congress. Mr.. Grill
mas repeatedly been asked to get int,
polltlcs but has refused on the groun,
lnat ne can not afford to neglect hi
profession for the sake of office. con
Y lhlhs Is certain" said Mr. HAYWARD
\ Ihat the republicans of the distric
4 VIII nave to be united if they are f
Il elect a congressman. Mr. Dawson wa
4 happy in his ability to gain the sun
port OF both factions. have no knowl
4 edge of what is doing aside from wha
3 see IN the papers, but l believe tn
republicans of the district will get to
gether and elect a good man"
The question that will come befor
the United States supreme court whel
4 the McConaughey case, from Wash
ngton county, reaches that body, vii
| be an entirely new one. 1t is essen
TALLY whether or not the Iowa suprem
court can resuscitate a law which i
mas declared null and void by simpl
announcing that it was mistaken. TIL
] court had decided in accordance witt
\ what seemed to be the position of tn
\ federal courts, that regulation Of so
netting for interstate shipments O
liquor interfered with interstate com
merce; then the federal court an
| nounced contrary opinion and tn
Iowa court backed up on it's forme
decision. But of course the statute ha
been rendered absolutely of no fore
and effect The attorneys who appea
will claim that the only way to reviv
law of that kind would be to hav
the legislature enact it over again.
Il &fxH
James Fl. Wilson leaves today 70
southern Texas and northern Mexico t
look at some land He still has unde
consideration the matter Of making tn
race for. railroad commissioner, BIT
has made no announcement.
The story seems to have got into til
eastern papers that in some wa
| Governor Carroll rendered an opinio
Of legal nature in regard to the az
plication of moving pictures of priz
fights and held that such pictures ca
not be shown in Iowa. AS matter (
fact the governor is not lawyer ar
the question has not been up to hi
to decide. Someone did on one occs
sion ask for a copy OF the law and g.
L. L.