Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-02-04
HAS NOT DRIVEN OUT
OTHER BUSINESS CONCERNS
Thorne Undecided as to His Candidacy
For Railroad Commissioner-lllin
Primary Bill Has Opposition Like
That Against Iowa Measure-other
News.
Special to Times-Republican

business has been confined to the
things with which the farmers are di-
ractly familiar these cooperative es-
Establishments have proven a great sue
cess without in the least injuring the
towns. Where they have taken over
practically all lines of merchandising
it has been destructive of the towns.
But a great many Of the farmers COM
panies that are organized for harding
grain have also gone into coal and
lumber and they have done We'll"
There are 225 farmers elevator com
panies in Iowa now and their number
is on the increase.
The farmers cooperative move
Inent in Iowa has made good said
Justin Doran of Boone, former member
of the legislature. I'VE haven't driven
out the others. and We do not want to
do so. We believe in competition and
it is worth $500 to any good farmer to
have competition in the grain business
in his trading town. All we want is a
Glance to do business. j verify believe
that the establishment Of an elevator
by the farmers at Beaver has resulted
III reducing by cents a bushel the cost
of getting our grain to market. That is
WHY IHe farmers movement 1ldS COlIC
to stay.
Clifford Thorne, of Washington, was
in the city this week. He stated that
while il is true that 400 of his fellow
citizens of Washington county had
signed a petition asking him to become
a candidate for railroad commissioner,
he mas not yet declared himself. 1t is
probable that a great majority of the
republicans OF his county would quick
" sign such a petition to him if they
had the opportunity Mr.. Thorne has
been interested in rate matters for
years and has made a deep study of the
same for the benefit of the shippers of
Iowa He is in fact, the first lawyer
of the state 10 get down into the rate
question so deep that he was able to
meet the experts of the railroads on
every rate question. Thorne and SEN
ator Newberry worked together in the
legislature of two years ago for legls-
lation affecting Determinations and
similar matters and they are very close
friends. 1t is regarded as certain that
the two will not be opponents in the
commission fight, tho there has been
talk of Newberry as candidate
E G.. Dunn of Mason City who as
pires to be the dem ocratlc candidate
for governor, or at least who has been
featured as a possible candidate, has
/ been in the city this week attending the
( convention of the farmers grain deal
1 ers. Among these people he is very
popular. His friends are urging tina
! he get into the race and believe that If
nominated he will prove a valuable
i party leader. The candidacy Of Rev.
/ S. H. Rashor, of Waterloo, has not been
we'll received by the democrats in this
part of the state. The belief among
democrats is that they should nominate
an especially strong man IN the hope
that they can practically play even
wit hthe republicans this year in the
state as a whole.
A travelling man who last week visit
ed the Illinois state capital related
something of the manner in which the
interests are engaged in trying to pre-
vent the passage of a primary cleo
ton law, and his relation is a remind
er of the history of primary legisla-
ton in Iowa. The bitter opponents OF
all nominating reform have tried ev-
cry tack imaginable. have pretended tc
be for some kind of primary. have
offered amendments and changes, have
loaded the bills with jokers, have tried
to divide the forces and have offered
every ina ginable objection 10 straight
cut primary. But the travelling mar
states that the sentiment Is so strong
among the people that it is doubtful Il
the old machine politicians can now
| defeat legislation.
! 1t appears that interurban building
/ in Iowa has been stopped without the
fear of a genuine political campaign
causing such calamity. The proposed
| line from Des Moines to Sioux City i;
, having trouble and suits are threatened
IN Greene, Calhoun and other counties
i tic compci subscribers to the stock =
,5ay ID; !:,!t no road building has YET
I been done and none is promised. L
has been represented here that the
thing that was going to stop all inter
urban building in Iowa was a politica
! campaign, but the calamity reached {
head too early for political use.
Several thousand copies of Senator
: Cummns' speech in Des Moines ant
of his speech before the Marquette
Club in Chicago, will be sent out tt
republican voters IN the QlStrlct ..
the progressive committee. Thes'
: speeches make good reading, whethe
, the readers agree with the sentiment
expressed or not.
| State Auditor Bleakley is the onl.
, one of the long list of state official
,, who has net yet given it out that n
, would like to continue to serve tn
,, people. No announcement has as ye
, been made as to state superinten len
and there may be none, but the ex
= pectation is that Superintendent Rigg
? will consider the matter. Messrs. Car
. roll, Morrow, Hayward, Cornwall, Pal
!. nler and Rousquet are in the race.
. J. H. Wiissn will make his raos "a
!. railroad commissioner at-cr:
!. of favoring the creation of com nerc
!. counsel for Iowa to look after rat
matters and all other matters conin
bef.re any off .e.a1 body involving IN
d rights of the state or OF shippers.