Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1911-07-06
.FLAYs EXPRESS CO.
Attorney General Urges States
To Combine In Rate Attack B.
AT MEETING IN SALT LAKE
Charges That Express Rates Have
Increased From Ten To Forty
Per Cent During the Past
Ten Years.


Ten Years
Des Moines.-In a speech delivered
In Salt Lake City to the attorney
generals of the country, assembled
in annual convention, Attorney Gen.
eral George Cosson urges the states
to combine forces In q general at
tack upon express rates, which he
asserts are excessive and unjust.
He declares that the task of pry-
ing into the business and operation
of an express company is task
which bewilders and confuses. De-
tailed information must be had, he
says, and this can best, be secured
by cooperation Of the states, work
ing with the courts, railway COM
missions and the interstate COM
merce commission.
He AYERS that the express COM
panies have long been enjoying
monopoly, have stified competition
and have increased rates without re-
gard for the middleman. He asserts
that monstrous salaries are being
paid officers of the companies and
that enormous profits, excessive"
he says, are being realized.
He says also that the companies,
when any state seeks to probe their
business and reduce rates complain
bitterly and ironically of any action
taken by the states"
He charges that within the past
ten years the express companies have
increased the state rates from 10 per
cent to 40 per cent.
He asserts that while the railway
companies, bowling to the demands
of the people for lower rates, have
done little towards meeting the de-
mands Of the public. not much can
be expected of the express companies
along this line.
1T Is not the history of public
monopolies to voluntarily relinquish
their unjust gains" he states, "and
the intercorporate relationship, and
the other matters referred to make
1t very improbable that anything may
be expected from the express COM
panies."
Hence he recommends Joint &C
ton by the states, in one long gener-
al attack and probe into the express
company business, which reminds
him every time he tackles 1t, he
says of the words of st. Paul: "Be-
hold. I show you a mystery"
Van Duyn VIII Take Hand In Strike.
State Labor Commissioner Van
Duyn has been called to Dubuque to
take hand in the lockout of the
painters, timers and plumbers, which
has been in progress there for some
little time. He will leave sometime
during the present week to use his
office in an effort to adjust the diff
ferences between the employers and
the workmen.
The trouble started when the paint
ers demanded that the masters give
the man increase of cents per hour
In their wages. The master painters
refused to make the concession. The
painters insisted and they were lock-
ed out by the employers. Following
them the timers and plumbers were
locked out. The situation, according
to advices received by Commissioner
Van Duyn is critical.
Under New Rulers.
The State College for the Blind,
located at vinton, has ceased to be
under the jurisdiction of the state
board of control and will become
the ward of the state board of edu-
cation. The law providing for this
change was passed by the last gen.
eral assembly.
The College of the Blind has al
ways been considered more of an
educational than a charitable insti-
tuition, and for this reason there has
gradually grown up a sentiment in
favor of placing the college under
the control of the educational board.
Calls for Mine Reports.
Chief State Mine Inspector Sween-
ey has called on all mine operators
for their annual report on the coal
output in Iowa, all statistics pertain.
Ing to mining for the past year and
also for complete report on the
number of mining accidents in Iowa
during the year. The report will be
compiled during the winter months.
cosson Gets Office.
Attorney General George Cosson
was elected OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES OF the
National Attorney Generals associa-
ton. which organization has just
concluded its annual convention in
Salt Lake City. Attorney General
Cosson was cae OF the six attorney
generals who delivered addresses be-
fore the convention.
New Iowa Corporations.
Farmers Savings bank. Leighton;
capital stock, $4,000.
Duncombe Savings bank, Dun
combe; capital stock, $4,000.
Newton Washing Machine COM
pany, Newton; capital stock. $4,000.
Bladen Coal and Lumber company.
Bladen; capital stock. $4,000.
Citizens Savings bank. Waterloo;
articles filed changing board of d.
rectors from nine to five members.
Rothschild & McCausland company,
Atlantic; capital stock. $1,000.
State College Fund Drained.
The Iowa state agricultural and