Omaha daily bee., 1911-06-09
PLAN CUT IN HARNESS PRICES
State Association Tries to Arrive at
More Accurate Figures.
TAXABLE PROPERTY ON INCREASE
Figures for state of Iowa show Total
for Last Year Nearly Eight
iIIions More over Year
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(From a staff Correspondent
DIES MONIES, June S.-(Special Tele-
gram.)-Members Of the State Harness.
Makers association have launched a state
wide campaign to lower the price of
harness.
THE jrice of harness is largely due to
the inability of the harness-maker TO esti-
mate what It will cost him to make it,"
said President "A. c. Rebel of Charlton.
The first step in the campaigi was taken
when an expert cutter cut the leather for
a harness. The leather was then weighed.
The amount Of leather lost was also
weighed. In this way the cost Of a properly
cut harness was easily determined. From
the cost estimated by the experiment this
morning a scale for estimating the cost
will be made. The members Of the asso-
citation believe that in this way less loss
will occur in their business and a closer
state organization will be maintained.
Taxable Property Increases.
The net taxable value Of all property in
Iowa increased $7,957l0 in 1910, as com
pared with 1909, according to statistics COM
piled by Joe Wall, deputy in the office of
State Auditor Bleakely The taxable land
values in that same period of time in
creased Sl36O,559, while the taxable value
of personal property made the enormous
increase Of SS,2S271s.
Reduction in Fines.
Judge Mcpherson in the federal court to-
day ordered a reduction in the fines
assessed recently against the S. p. Pend
company and the Anderson Canning COM
pany, both of Keokuk, on account Of viola
ton of the federal pure food law. Both
fines were reduced from 500 to s75 for the
first named and $40 for the other.
Swift to Head Eagles.
1t is practically assured that Sam Swift
of Dubuque, will be elected head Of the
state order Of Eagles tomorrow and that
Burlington will be the next place of meet
ing.
Harnessmakers Meet.
state meeting of the Iowa Harness.
makers association begain in this city to-
day with about 200 present. Among other
things an effort is to be made to provide
some protection for the small dealers from
the competition OF some jobbing houses.
DObbins Pushes Case.
! In the supreme court this afternoon,
Judge Mitchell presented the application
of John r. Dobbins, one of the Mabray
defendants, who was convicted of larceny
| in the state courts. He contends that the
court went wrong on many instructions.
Ex-Attorney General Byers will present
the side Of the state tomorrow.
Wanted Court to Reverse Itself.
An argument was made before the state
supreme court today by attorneys for T. J..
| Gallagher of Sioux City. asking the court
to reverse its recent decision In regard to
| the time of taking effect of the Moon law
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Of the state to a percentage OF the popula-
ton. The decision affects nearly every city
i of. the state and is driving a good many
| saloons out of business because they Sc
secured permits between the time the law
was passed and the time 1t went into ef-
feet, the court holding that all such were
Illegal.
Government VIII Handle Mail.
The state executive council today made
arrangements with the Postoffice depart
ment to have the mail for the state capitol
building carried to the building by the de-
partment. For many years the state has
employed a mail carrier with a team to
haul the mail and distribute 1t.
Death of willard Eaton.
Members Of the railroad commission to-
day received word from Usage to the effect
there today. Eaton was railroad commits
sioner until the first OF last January, had
been speaker of the Iowa house and long
prominent in Iowa affairs. He was re-
garded as one OF the most able and best
men that ever sat on the railroad commits
! sion. He had been in i'll health some time,
James Miller, superintendent of mails in
Des Moines for many years, died last night,
aged 70. He was a remarkable man in
that thirty-six years ago he' was terribly
injured in an accident when he was a mail
agent and had a part Of his head and face
literally burned off by a red-hot stove. He
continued in the service until two months
ago.
Assessment Principle settled.
In the supreme court today a decision
was rendered In a Des Moines case settling
the principle to be followed in the matter
Of deduction OF real estate values from as
sessment of corporations. The court held
that the assessed value of the real estate
should be taken from the assessed value OF
the capital stock, and that the courts and
the review boards should take note OF
the fact that real estate Is not assessed
at its full value. The lower court had
deducted the supposed real value OF the
real estate from the assessed value of the
capital stock.
No "BOOtIesEinE' I'm Restaurant.
| The supreme court in a case from Jasper
county also decided that "bootlegging
can not be done from a restaurant. A
restaurant man had been found selling
"Pabst mead" which on examination wa