Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-14
RULING OF COMMISSION ON MINI.
MUM CAR LOTS OF LIVESTOCK
FIRST OF ITS KIND.
NO OTHER STATE OR BOARD
HAS DECIDED QUESTION
OF Esua, Importance With classif'ea-
ton or Rate Observation-Disclosures Will
Accept Deoision-Al' District Judges
Now Accept Parole Law-lishtnins
Losses Heavy.
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Des MotneS. <Aug. 14-The decision
Of the state railroad commission rem
dered Saturday II regard to tie mini
mum weight Of car lots of livestock
will probably stand as precedent not
only for Iowa but for other states. Il
seems that there had been no change
in the minimum since = was first es-
rablished twenty years or more ago,
At that time the cars In use were gen.
orally thtrty-one feet long The bust
ness was built up On this basis. Ship
pers not only OF livestock by Of every
thing else became accustomed 10 The
regular length. But the cars have been
made longer and heavier and the rail
roads have been clamortng for
change This was made as 70 rnerchan-
disc generally, ou. an exception noted
as 10 livestock In the meantime and
within few years the interstate COM
uatsston mas acquisced IN an interstate
rule raising the minimum and this
without any hearing.
Commissioner Thorne. who prepared
the opinion in this Iowa case, searched
the records Blu. failed 70 And Where any
commission or other body had made
any discussion OF the subject OF The
minimum car length in rendering { 6e-
cision In fac, this is a subject that
seems to have been neglected entirely
But It is Of Importance equal 70 that
OF classification or rae making, for J.
affects the compensation received for
freight very materially. Before render
ing the decision the commission Sc
cured evidence o. the amount Of bust
ness done, and character Of rhe ship
n.ents, with actual weights, a. Sioux
City. Cedar RIA ids and O-uclVa,
which information was convincing tha-
any increase IN me minimum livestock
car length OF car weight would operate
to the decided ,oss Of the smaller ship
pers. II the increase asked ~ the rail-
roads Rad been granted II would have
added about $4,000 a year 10 freight
charges at each Of The points named.
It Is not probable the railroads win
make any effort 20 have the minimum
chan sed or 90 elsewhere for what they
are asking.
Dairy Commissioner Barney believes
that the.convictton and fne OF Manager
Barsley, Of the Fairnon- crea merry al
w pOOD1I1G, 0pCh a cL> cNSf S1tA.
ing the Bahcock milk test. Will be a
good thing, as II viii tend TO draw a.
tenrion to this new law to forbid I'M
fair discrimination In trade 1t is the
frs. time case has been attempted
under the rev law. and in fact the jus
tice Of the peace before whom /. was
tried cid no. q: s-s- ind any law N
the case and rad 70 be shown ,. me
assistant attorney general. The con-
victed milk bive- was found guilty by
jury and the Judge fined rim SIS,
which Is the minimum fire.
Secretary OF State Hayward has now
received over 2-,0po applications for
automobile licenses. and /. begins %
look as if TIE total Of numbers tn be
issued would PUN up 70 nearly 30.0cn
The applications keep coming in from
unexpected sources
Fire losses from lightning are NJ
comm only frequent in Iowa this month.
according TO the reports 20 Commits
sione- Roe He received Ave reports
of lightning fires II one day LAST week.
as the big storm which swept across
northern Iowa cne niga- as guilty Of
much lightning damage.
There IS not e district Judge IN ne
state now but mat accepts he i-de-
terminate sentence and parole law and
makes conrftr arts in accord there
with. a. me outset. be Il rem rendered.
several Of them failed to recognize tie
law and went on making ailments
for dete-ninate periods as under the
abandoned system. Now they AL make
the in6eterr1tnate sentences Some -
the sentences illegally made are caus-
ing trouble because ~ the fact that
where a Judge tried to lirni. t:7e
period Of Incarceration the law
operates automatically 20 prevent
this One Judge recent, however.
went to the other extreme and
after the law had been passed Civ
ing the judges the right to parole be-
fore commitment sen, to the prison and
had brought back before him one who
had been given sentence, and then
paroled him. It vas somewhat irregu-
lar but as the act was Just and proper
it was allowed 10 stand.
The Rock Island railroad. or rather
the big coal company which the com
pany operates. has invested about a
quarter million dollars in coal lands in
Marion and Lucas counties along the
dine Of the new Des Moines- Charlton
line. The company to handle the coal
business is organized in Indiana and
has engaged IN coal mining there and
in Illinois. A separate company may
be organized for the Iowa business be-
cause Of the Iowa laws making dis
elimination against the outside COM
panies.
DROVE STAGE IN EARLY DAY.