Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-27
REcESS % TO HASTEN RATHER
THAN DELAY WORK OF
LEolsLAruRE.
COMMITTEES MAKE PLANS
FOR CLEARING BOARDS
COMMITTEES on Rstrsnehmsnt and Re.
form Mests to Discuss Salaries and
Finaness-opsn Season for lssisla.
tive Jeksrs-Rssuiatins Berry Doxss
-othsr News Of the State.
Special 10 Times-RepubstcanA

Des Moines, March 27.-The general
assembly is taking recess today. 1t
Is not in the nature OF delay, rather a
way of fastening the end, for the mem-
bers who really make laws will all be
very busy. The visiting committees
that were announced ten days ago will
go to the various state institutions and
look them over with a view to deciding
what appropriations are needed. The
committee on state educational instt-
buttons will finish its work. The most
important work to be done, however, is
that of the committee ON retrench-
ment ard reform, a committee pro-
vided for by statute and clothed with
very responsible duties This commit
tee consists Of the chairmen Of the ap-
propriationS. ways and means and jul
dietary committees of both houses. six
persons in all. They are Smith, Mates,
Gillilland, Goodykoontz, Moore and
Klay. This committee will secure data
from all the various departments OF
state upon which to base an omnibus
appropriation and salary bill. fixing the
pay of all the various clerks and as
sistants about the state house and In
the service Of the state, and the al
iowances for extras Of all kinds. This
committee usually visits every Office
and makes personal investigation.
While none Of the larger committees OF
the legislature will meet today, there
will be much work done by sub-com-
mittees, for many Of the bills are be-
ing handled by sub committees.
This is the open season for legislat-
i've jokers. While there are always
goodly number Of legislators who are
the victims Of jokers in bills there 10
usually fair supply of close watchers
with hair trigger guns ready to fetch
down the aforesaid jokers Bills re-
lating to appropriations, medicine.
pharmacy. insurance and railroads are
fertile fields for the manipulators OF
jokers. OF course the victims are mere
victims, generally innocent. The most
interesting Joker yet uncovered mas
been that in the committee insurance
bill to repeal the Blanchard anti-coHs-
pact law The committee discta1ms re-
sponsibility for 1t, and on the moor. the
senior representative from Woodbury.
ably defended the bill and denied the
Joker feature. He confessed. however
that he knows nothing OF insurance
and being an unsophisticated mem-
Der he probably does not know what
the bill meant A fine Joker was dis
covered one day in q bin prepared by
q state official holding a subordinate
nosition. which purported to correct
few errors in the law as to printing.
was discovered that the bill If passed
would have virtually abolished ohe OF
fee of state printer and have permitted
Tho executive council to send the work
70 Anamoea and Eldora, or to Chicago.
Several ioyers have been found IN bllis
aeftctinx duties, but by the vigilance
of members they have been headed OIL.
The Saunders bill for regulating the
size Of berry boxes and preVehtlhS
fraud in the sale Of berries is as 1oi-
lows:
Section /. The standard Of measure
for buying and selling strawberries
raspberries, blackberries. red and wnlte
currants, gooseberries, plums, cherries.
cranberrtes and other small fruits shall
be the quart, which shall contain when
even full, sixty-seven and two-tenths
(67.2) cubic inches; the pint, which
when even full shall contain thirty
three and six-tenths $3.50 cubic
inches; the half pint which when even
fun shall contain sixteen and eight
tenths (16S) cubic inches; multiples OF
the quart, which when even full shall
contain like multiples OF sixty-seven
and two-tenths (67.2) cubic inches. AL:
packages containing such fruit shall.
when offered for sale, or sold. be plain
w marked so as to indicate the part OF
a quart or pint contained in the same.
Sec. 9 Any person selling or offer
ing for sale, small fruit packages that
are not labeled as required by the pro-
visions hereof, or any person who sells
or offers for sale such fruit in packages
that are not labeled as herein provided
shall be deemed guilty of a misdemean-
err and upon conviction thereof. shall be
fined not less than five $50 dollars nor