Omaha daily bee., 1910-04-11
UNIFORM DEMURRACE RULES
Iowa Shippers Pleased with Move to
Expedite Freight Service.
CORN SPECIAL IS SUCCESSFUL
Fourteen Towns Are visited and
Thousands Of Ears of Seed
Testea--MOst of "a In POOr
Condition.
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DEs MONIES. April 10 Especial. l--Th,
shippers OF Iowa regard the adoption of IN,
uniform demurrage rules by the railroad
commission OF this state as one OF the very
important matters In regulation OF the
shipping business The demurrage ruler
do not differ greatly from the methods
followed generally in the state and IN
other states OF the west. They provide
for forty hours for unloading ear after
II is set on the siding at the place FOR
unloading, and then a charge OF 81 per day
FOR overtime. The important feature for
the Iowa people, SO II is stated, Is the
fact that the movement is gaining ground
and that by the adoption OF a uniform
system all over the country It will be possi-
BILE TO save much on the car business and
avoid shortages. In tho eastern state, OF
many OF them, longer time is allowed for
unloading and this is one cause Of the
car shortage in the west The shippers
and the railroads operating here believe
that the uniform rules. II adopted all over
the country. will have a good effect.
Corn Special is Successful.
After having visited fourteen towns and
having tested thousands OF ears OF corn,
the Rock Island corn special made it's last
stop at Esthervilie. Corn tested there
showed that but per cent was strong and
vigorous enough for planting. The best
corn found on the weeks trip was at
Graettinger Friday morning. Three hun
dred ears there showed IS per cent strong
ard, vigorous, the largest per cent found.
Seed corn in Iowa is in a deplorable
condition." said Prof NJ. l.. Bowman, for
merly head OF the farm crops department
at the close Of the trip.
Friday afternoon Prof. Bowman, said
that he believed that unless the farmers
tested every ear of corn this spring there
would not be half the corn crop this year
that there was last.
Activity in Libraries.
The state library commission meets here
Tuesday for the regular session to plan for
the work of the season. The commission
is engaged in aiding Iowa libraries and
assisting in cataloguing and furnishing in
formation as to Libraries. Very few new
libraries are being started in the state but
much work is being done in improving
those we have. The commission viii also
arrange for the library school at the State
university.
Southeastern Iowa Teachers.
Prof. j. f. Riggs, state superintendent
returned today from Ottumwa, where he
attended the sixteenth annual session of
the Southwestern Iowa Teachers assocl-
etion, where the following officers were
elected: President, Frank l.. Smart,
Davenport; vice president, Mrs Elizabeth
Burgess, Ottumwa; secretary, Miss Martha
Emery, Fairfield; treasurer, F. f. Potter,
Iowa City; chairman executive committee.
C. e. Miller. sigourney.
While the selection of the 1911 meeting
place is left in the hands OF the executive
committee, IL was the sentiment of the
convention that the next session be held
in keokuk, Lectures by Prof. w. z. Bag
ley OF the University of Chicago and Prof.
S. l.. Heeter Of the public Schools. of ST.
Paul, Mimi. occupied the closing session.
sherman TO Come TO Iowa.
Vice President James S. Sherman will
be the Iowa State university commence
ment speaker on June 10. No subject for
the speaker has been announced Presi-
dent MacLean took up negotiations with
Mr.. Sherman some months ago, but the
vice presidents acceptance was not re-
ceived until last week
German-AmerIcans Active.
At the meeting Of the Iowa jefferson
club here it was disclosed that the pur-
pose Of the organization of the Germans
OF Iowa into the German-American ALL
ance is to aid the democrats in their
fight and especially to prevent the as
cendancy of prohibition sentiments Colonel
Joseph Eiboeek spoke freely at the confer
ence.