Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-07-03
ATTACK ON IOWA LAWS
WESTERN UNDERWATER, INSUR.
ANcE JOURNAL, TERMS STAT
UTES ACCOUNTABLE.
REPRESENTS OUTSIDE VIEW
OF RECENT LEGISLATION
Declares Blanchard Law Has Injured
Home Com panies in Favor Of Outside
Repeal Anti Compact law-Glass
Trust Gets Into Iowa.


Trust Gets Into Iowa.
Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, July 3.-The "abomna-
BILE laws Of Iowa" is the characterize
ton of Iowa law and administration in
insurance matters by the Western IN
derwrtter, OF Cincinnati and Chicago.
resents the outside view the attack on
Iowa Insurance laws is causing smiles
in insurance circles.
The Western Underwater calls at
tention to the fact that Iowa has a
larger number Of insurance companies
than any other western states, hut they
are small and unable to cope with the
big companies because OF the "aboml-
nahle laws" 1t finds that thru the
Blanchard law the people of Iowa nave
done their worst to destroy home IN
-titutions and to turn the business OF
the state over to the larger companies,
and that this law has "partially de-
stroved the labor of years in building
up strong local agencies and bred
an army of side liners"
The fire marshal law is commended.
also the reinsurance bill which is just
going into effect and a few more years
and Iowa will be ready 20 repeal the
Blanchard law" The journal states
that with a larger number Of Iowa
people becoming interested ii corpora
tons the blind hatred Of corporations
will disappear.
This would indicate that the effort OF
insurance interests TO effect repea! OF
the anti-oompact law would be renew
ed again in the next legislature.
The glass trust, thanks to new laws,
gets into Iowa to do business legally
and under state protect ton, for a very
small sum. The articles OF incorpora-
ton Of the P!ttsburg Plate Glass Com
pany. with $33.OON.OO0 Of admitted as
sets. and s22.O0O,0O0 capital. were filed
and accepted on payment of fee OF
$4,000 of a1ital TO be used in Iowa.
Under the old law enacted years ago
the company could not get foothold
in Iowa without paying a big fee.
There seems to be no question about
il that Mr.. White, a travelling man
for the West Publishing Company,
resident of Des Mo:nes. is candidate
for the office OF auditor Of state. or
rather for the republican nomination
for that office. Mr.. White has Ger
tainly not taken any active part IN pol
itics and will not suffer under the
accusation Of having been fractional
disturber," and probably his candidacy
will be based on this notion and also
that he has not heretofore held Office.
In some circles the idea is being dis
seminated that any candidate for Office
who can point to a record OF service
to his state ought TO he barred out.
Those who know say that Mr. White
will be entered in the race in due
time.
Persons Interested in the coal mining
industry say that the operators IN the
Das Moines district have improved
the opportunity afforded by an I'M
commonly dull summer season to make
the changes and improveme called
for at their mines by reason of the
new law and that when the full season
opens in the fall they Will be able
10 show that their mines comply fully
with the law as to safety devices and
good machinery. Nearly all the coal
mines in this vicinity already have two
escape shafts and all have their oper-
ating shafts in good condition. the
greatest amount Of labor will be in
widening the passage ways.
Adiutant General Logan has been
spending some time at the state rifle
range experimenting the improvements
made there which viii make this range
an up-to-date affair. water system
| has been provided and sewer system
also. A new mess hall has been con-
structed which will be greatly appre-
| c!ated by the members Of the 56th
| regiment which alone will camp there
| this year.
Secretary IF State Hayward may
! have to ask the owners Of automobiles
to wait few days for their numbers.
Long ago he ordered the numbers
made. a number for the front Of each
| car and one for the rear. and he bong Mt
some 10000 Of these number plates to
he sent out when the numbers We're
assigned. Tt is not known Yet where
| these number plates are and it is feared
the shipment has been sidetracked.
Des Moines has a packing house for
! sale. or rather the creditors OF the old
Agar plant are looking for purchaser
for the property. The receiver has
twice offered the plant for sale but has
not been able to get price that ap-
breaches the claims against the plant.
The highest offer was $4,000 for
nlant SUPPOSED to be worth many times
| that sum.
Jackson s. Elliott, the newly ap-
pointed chief of staff for the Associated
Press in Washington, is an Iowa man.
He commenced his newspaper work IN
sioux City as reporter and worked
or various newspapers in Nebraska,
then went to Waterloo where he be-
came city editor Of the Reporter when
| Matt Parrot first started the daily.
! Later he came to Des Moines and
worked two years and then to Wash
| irgton first on the Daily Times and
later with the Associated Press in the