Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-08-15
STATE LOSER ON AUTO DEAL
Secretary ofAetatet6ays That IS Per
Cent. OF INK viii Not
Pay Expense.

| secretary 0YVotAt0c0oyS IHdt 10 VeT
Cent. OF INK viii Not
Pay EXPENSE.
Des Moines.-For the present, at
least, the state Of Iowa will go "in
the hole" in complying with the new
auto tax law, according to Secretary
of State Hayward.
The first apportionment of the fund
created by the new law will be made
within a few days. The sum total
Of the fund is . little over $4,000.
OF this amount the state will get
about $4,000 to defray expenses and
all the remainder will be divided
among the counties for use in build.
ing good roads.
The contract price for the mum.
bers sold to autoists by the state is
$4,000. It is estimated that it costs
q like amount to deliver the num-
bers to the motor car owners. Hence,
1t costs the state practically $4,000
to secure the official number plates
and deliver them to auto owners.
Hence, the states share Of the
tax Is eaten up to begin with. But
in addition to the cost of securing
the number plates. the state must
bear the expense of postage-which
is heavy-of the additional employees
about the Office by reason of the in
creased work occasioned by the law,
and other incidentals. doubt wheth-
er the state could come out even II
the law were changed 80 that Is per
cent Of the fund could be retained by
the state to defray expenses
The law provides that the distribu-
ton Of the fund b. made Aug. i,
but the state treasurer could not
comply because Of the failure of some
county auditors to report to him the
number Of townships in their coun.
~.
Every City Should Have Market.
"The market place is certainly
good thing for the people of Des
aioiRsA" remarked Justtes G. n.
Aylesworth. I x1 ever Ne other
hy and puruohasSd . basket Of corn,
two do.ea ears lor d ssa1s. and 4
was ~ nns srs1s Of sweet cora -
anyone would want. II rs . nne thing
q Il WIN drive out the srafters. I
oea5eve that the man who raises prod.
uce should have . right 10 sell It
wherever he chooses. This market
place 10 good thing. as It brings
the producer next to the consumer.
and this 10 the object that should be
aimed at Anyone who has the i'm
preston that only the common peo-
pie are the ones who desire to buy
as cheaply as possible are mistaken.
% the best people Of the city are
to be found at the market place with
their baskets and arguing over the
prices. Produce Is what the people
want and It should be 80 they could
deal with the producer direct. and
the middleman should be eliminated.
I believe that every town in the state
Of any size should have . market
place. and the council did great
thing when they started this one.
The market place certainly gives the
common people q chance
New Normal Courses.
The first twenty-three cities and
towns to be assigned as places in
which the high school normal train
ing course will be established were
announced recently by. A. M. Deyoe.
state superintendent of public in.
struction. A total OF forty-one high
schools will be designated as normal
training course schools this year.
Next year the balance of the coun.
ties will be given the course.
The cities and towns whose high
schools get the course are az fol.
lows: Newton, Guthrie county high
school at Panora, Northwood, Waiver.
~, Onawa, Spencer. Emmetsburg.
Cherokee. Carroll. Osceola. Green
field, Marshalltown, New Hampton.
Maquoketa. Elkader, Hampton, Wap-
clio. Atlantic, Estherville, Waukon,
Creston and Le Mars. Each OF these
high schools will receive $500 from
the state for the support Of the nor.
NAL training course.
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