Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-03-22
BILL PENDING IN HOUSE THAT
WOULD EFFECT REVOLUTION
IN BUSINESS.
MEASURE COMES OUT OF
STATE AUDITORS OFFICE
Some Difference Of Opinion A. to Ef-
feet Of Bil-euffraeis.s Greatly En-
eourassd eseauss Of Showing Of
otrsnetf-Saundsrs Wants to Fix
Standard Measursme nt for Berries.
Special to Times-Republican.

Special to Times-Repu blican
Des Moines, March "a The bill
pending on the house calendar to effect
q revolution in the method OF doing in
surance business in Iowa was prepared.
80 it is now stated. by the insurance
department of the state auditors office,
or At least has the unequivocal sane
1ion of tina. Office, and was introduced
by the house committee on insurance
for that depart,:l lent. State Auditor
Bleakiey is quoted as saying il Is an
excellent bill ans i, has the i..dorse-
xnenr of Senator Young ard seve-a. Of
the state officers. Secretary OF STATE
Hayward, however, who is himself an
extensive business man and pretty Ia
niliar with the business side or lnsur-
ance. is disposed to criticise the bill.
in its present form.
When the bill was reached on the
calendar yesterday the insurance COM
'nnittee passed j, over. Ii was discov-
cred that strong opposition had deve!-
oped and there was movement TO
have it sent to a committee With re-
quest for a public hearing II seems
that number u members OF IN" COM
mittee, some OF them who were present
at the meeting where it was recon-
amended. say they never aearl OF the
bill at all, AMI that its merits We're
never discussed in the slightest degree
before the committee. Il IS plainly In
tina led that the bill was worked thru
is a committee BIZ! without any con-
sideration by the committee as
whole.
SO, leo, q ri
ion as to the effect OF the bill Those
who oppose 1t declare that the effect
would be, beyond any question, 10 ef-
feet notification Of the Blanchard anti
compact law This law undertakes 70
lprevent the sitting OF competition The
dill now prepared undertakes TO penal
lie for competition by foroidding any
deviation from esta blished rates tor in
surance, then following by a method OF
securing the fling of uniform rates for
insurance all over the state.
An insurance man, member OF the
legislature. stated yesterday IN regard
TO the bill: Il think it is a good Dill
an bought to be passed. It is necessary
that something be done TO put the In
surance business on a better paying
basis. The enec, of this oil. would be
TO eliminate rate cutting and rebating
AS TO its effect on the Blanchard law
that would all depend upon the state
auditor or insurance commissioner and
/. would pc possible with this proposed
law for them TO permit virtual nulli-
dcation OF the anti-compact law. But
something must De done or the business
will decline"
The bill is on the house calendar sub
jecr TO cal al any time.
The ladies who have been working
for the submission OF an amendment
10 the constitution TO strike out rhe
word NAE are greatly encouraged
over vne showing made. The Resolution
received r"enty-one votes, and one OF
those absent is strongly cor i. And o.
1ae twenty seven who voted agalnsc it
fourteen w:.. have 10 .ace the voters
LEX year II they return. The ladies
cay tne.- MA. commence the Gan! pa ga
s-lS-lt Tow 10 secure me votes II the
next legislature .or submission .. the
question. Two years ago tney- got Only
eleven votes IL toe senate tor ,aeir
measure. this time cwenty-oae; next
tine, 50 they say, i VII De nearly
unanimous Tor the measure. Senator
Joe Alien made a ve.y i!le l,re-eaLa-
tioa o. the whole subject.
Bouquets were in evidence IN the
senate yesterday Afternoon. T.le p-es.-
dent mad d t.le bouquet on MS desk.
After the session opened a the DO lQusl
was placed on the desk OF Se.lA Tor
saniIn!s. the gift Of members Of the
house because OF The success aAicn the
"b.e se.>ator from Plymouth mad in
securing tie passage OF the Dill 10 raise
the pay az members. Laser a beau
'lfui bouquet was placed on the desk
OF Senator Allen. Of Pocahonras, In
compliment for MS fine WORK On the
equal suffrage resolution
The senate spent some time yester-
day afternoon discussing the Chase bill
TO include all hazardous occupa lions
in connection with railroad work in the
Law which eliminates the defense Of
contFaoutory negligence and assurnp-
ton OF risk in damage cases Aftho
The senate voted to % TO turn down
the judiciary committee on this meas
ure and permit a direct vote, it appears
that there is stiff oppo sition to 1t and it
WILL he hard fought before it can pos
sibly reach the governor.
Senator Saunders has bill in the
senate to fix a standard for the meas
0res in which berries are marketed and
st may get thru before the berry season
- at hand. It fixes the size OF the
quart 1t stxty-seven and two tenths