Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-24
ALMOST A QUORUM ALREADY IN
WASHINGTON AWAITING FALL
OF GAvEL.
SOME THERE FOR LAST
TERM IN CONGRESS
Domestic Interests Concerned in Quss
ton Of Cost Of Living Prices Pre-
insursent Found Among Retail Gro-
cers and hs 10 Making Trouble
Special to Times Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
| Washington. Nov. 24--There is all
most quorum OF the United states
senate in Washington already. awaiting
tho fall of the gavel which Will reas-
semblc congress for the winter ses-
| sion
Senators come to the capital earlier
than do congressman. Many OF them
buy homes in this city or else lease or
rent houses and apartments the year
round. They are reasonably sure OF y
six year tenure OF office and can az
ford TO take up a permanent residence.
Not many cortgr essursen do this.
| Tho list of senators now In Washing
ton >sahv for business includes Sena-
tors Aldrich OF Rhode Island, ksaiiey
and Culberson OF Texas. Bornh and
Hepburn OF Idaho Brown and Burkett
OF Nebraska. Brandegec OF Connecticut.
Burrows OF Michigan. Burton OF Ohio.
Cullom OF Illinois. Elilins and Scott OF
West Virginia. Flint OF CaliforniG.
Gamble OF South Dakota, Hale OF
Maine, McCunnber OF North Dakota,
Money and Percy OF Missisaippi. New
lands of Nevada. Overman and Sim
mons of North Carolina, Owen and
Gore Of Oklahoma. PILES OF Oregon.
Raynsr OF Maryland. Taylor OF Ten
mes sse~c. Warner OF Missouri. and Bank
head OF Alabama.
| OF tho thirty senators now In Wash
ington one-third OF them have come
back to serve their last term in the
senate Some OF thu number have been
lnvoIun,arily retired by their own
party. others were down in the demo-
cratic landslide and yet others stepped
/ down and out upon their own motion.
Senators Aldrich. Flint. Hale. Money
and Warner were not candidates for
;rc-election and are not In the lame
! duck" class. Senator B,rkctt was de-
fe<ated by Representative Hitchcock. =
democrat: Senator Scott flnds Z demo-
cratic Legislature ready to nlmo his
SUCCESSOR and Senator Burrows went
down In defeat against Representative
Townsend. an insurgent republican,.
Senator Piles will be succcet3od by
Representative Miller Poindcxter. an
other fnsurgcflt.
Food Fight Interesting.
Those domestic interests concerned
over the high cost OF living will give
! close attention to the night between the
groccrs and manufacturers OF food pro-
ducts when that fight comes TO an is-
sue in the next congress I'm the effort
! to pass the bin already introduced per-
mitting retailers to ignore the prices
| fixed by the manufacturers.
! At present most producers OF pro-
prietary brands of food forcc the re-
tailers to sell their goods at a fixed
price TO the trade. II the retailer gets
f, bold or reckless and reduces the price
! Of these articles. the manufacturers re-
! serve the right to blacklist him and sell
| him no more goods.
This control OF the retail market has
been approved by the National Asso-
| citation OF Retail C;rocers. yet there are
n few insurgents In the ranks OF the re-
tailcrs who have rcbelled and refused
to be bound by the producers. Most
prominent among them is Duke e.
Bowers. of Memphis. Tenn.
An Insurgent Grocer.
I Bowers owns some thirty odd groc-
cry stores in his state He decided
| some time ago To sell his groceries at
any price he pleased. claiming that he
! had this right so long he paid tho
manufacturers their price for what he
! bought OF them. Bowers was promptly
cut off from his sources of supplies.
Since that time tho Tennesseean has
! He has conducted :; most persistent
! campaign OF publicity. His literature
arrives in Washington by almost every
mail He said that he made fortune
selling groceries at the old prices and
is now willing to spend one for the
privilege of dealing squarely with tho
public.
Last spring Bowers had y bin intro.
duced in the house penallZing attempts
on tho part OF the manufacturers to
control prices. He claimed that they
were acting In restraint OF trade and
were therefore amenable TO the anti
trust law.
Tho members OF congress who have
become interested In the Bowers prop
uganda promise TO push his bill In this
fight the consumers have nothing to
lose. even tho they fall to gain any
| thing In either event tho consumer
will have another interesting opportun-
fly to study grocery prices and profits.
! Another feud is on between the
manufacturers and distributors of food
products. This is the fight being made
by the wholesale grocers to compel tho
manufacturers to sell their goods to the
retailer thru the wholesale houses. In
stear OF seeking legislation on this
point. the issue has been carried to the
courts where 1t Is now pending. 1t also
has its bearing upon the cost OF living.