Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-27
MARKET HOUSE LIVE ISSUE
Des Moines Politicians Take Sides on
Meat Crusade.
COAL OPERATORS KICK ON RATES
Petition Filed with Interstate Conn
merce Commission FOR Rcduc-
tiOn--Cnse of Consul Cloud
Creates Interest.
(From q sad correspondentl

DES MONIES. Jan. 26-(Special Tele-
gram)-The movement to head off the
meat dealers and to bring down the pr'c2
OF meat came up to the matter OF provld-
Ing a site for the proposed market house
and public meat market house and the
matter will go to the CITY codncu Iuae-
much as the city election Is not far OFF
advantage OF the whoe contr 5versy Is beng
taken by candidates and a political issue
may be formed. In the meantime the price
OF meat declined again today and tho as
sociation TO boycott the meat trade cons
tiruCd to grow.
Want Lower COpI Rates,
petition was filed with the State Rail.
road commission today by the Iowa As.
sociation OF Commercial Coal Operators
asking for a reduction In the Iowa rates
on coal II is stated that there has been
10 reduction for twenty years and that
the Interstate rates now give the eastern
coal dealer an advantage in Iowa over tho
local operator and miner. 1t is also stated
that in some cases the railroads give lower
rates than the legal rates in Iowa
Vinduct Ordered.
FIJI al notice was served on the railroads
rasslng through Des Mcines today to begin
construction Of the viaduct which has been
ordered The viaduct proposal has been
pending many years and It Is now believed
1t will result in vladuct.
Case of Consul Cloud.
Much interest is taken here in the case
of Consul Cloud. who has been recalled
from Mukden, China, to answer charges.
He formerly lived in Des Molnes and was
vice consul at Hangchow under ex-Secrc-
tary Dobson, who is now county treasurer,
and who says that Cloud was causing dis
satisfaction several years ago
Activity og Candidates.
Speaker Guy A Feeley of the Iowa house,
spent the day in Des Moines and Senator
George Cosson returned from Cedar Rap
ids. where he spoke Sunday evening in a
church. They are the two leading candi-
dates for the republican nomination for
attorney general of Iowa. and both insist
that they are greatly encouraged in the
campaign.
Man for Board of Control.
Forrest S. Treat, secretary of the State
Board of Control, may be appointed on the
board He has been secretary for ten
years and is more familiar with every in
stitutlon than any member of the board.
1t is understood that a boom has been
started for him by his friends at the in
stitutions. II he is appointed he would
succeed Chairman Cownie next April.
Corporations Pay Penalties.
The secretary of state has now collected
about 1920 under the new law requiring
an annual report from every corporation
In the state. OF this sum $500 is in the
form OF penalties for failure to report on
time. There are still about 300 corpor-
ations which have reported but in all
probability the majority of them have
gone out Of business.
Violates Illinois Parole.
A requisitlon was issued today to take
back to Illinois from Iowa, one William
jackson, under arrest at Davenport, ac-
cused Of violating a parole. He had re-
ceived sentence for robbery in Chicago
Would Avoid Iowa Food Law.
The executive council at a meeting to-
day considered the application Of the Ma
tional Stock Food company for permission
to sell its products IN Iowa without tag
ging the packages, giving merely the in
gradients without the quantity. A case is
pending in federal court to have the Iowa
law declared invalid. and the company de-
sires to continue business pending this
decision and cannot comply with the Iowa
law without disclosing valuable secrets.
New Labor Laws.
Bills for new laws relative to labor will
be formulated Saturday and Sunday by the
members of the executive committee of the
State Federation Of Labor, who will meet
here in special session. The formulation
of these bills will be in conformity with
the report Of the legislative committee at
the last convention of the federation in
Dubuque. This committee will probably
not formulate bills for all the laws sug-
gested by the convention, but will canvass
the situation and determine which special
bills the efforts OF the organization shall
be centered upon.
Creamery Company Officers.
Stockholders of the Beatrice Creamery
company met in Des Moines today in
parlor at the Savery hotel for the annual
election Of directors and business. The
directors elected today are: A. e. Wilken-
son of Lincoln, Neb., Claus Frahm OF
Hastings Neb., Morris Friend of Lincoln
Neb., ]. r. Mulvane of Topeka, Kan, q.
e. Haskell of Lincoln, Neb., and j. T.
Dorgan Of Lincoln, Neb.
Editors of Junior Annual.
IOWA CITY, Ia, Jan. 26.-(SpeciaL)-
Editor-in-chef Frank Warner Of the next
years Junior Annual in the University OF