Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-08-26
EFFORT 70 oE MADE TO coNsoL.
lpATE MOON LAW TEST
SUITS.
EARLY DECISION DEMANDED
IN INTERESTS OF STATE
County Taxation Boards to % Rec.
commended by Tax commission-W.
G. Brown, ."lewa Farmer" Wall
Street Star Polk county's Tax
Levy Lowest in State.
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Des Moines, Aug. pa motion will
be made in the supreme court in few
| days for the consolidation and adj
vancement Of the two cases involving
the Moon law-the case from Sioux
| City ard the one from Des Moines. The
latter is a civil suit and could not very
we'll be fastened. but 1t has in it some
! elements that the lawyers are anxious
TO have settled at the. same time as
the larger issues involved in the
Comfy case from Woodbury. county. In
the latter there are two main ques-
tons: whether or not the law was
legally, adopted end whether or not sa-
loon licenses all expire at the end Of
each five year period or are to be con-
| sidered as continuous. The latter Ques-
| ton involves virtually the application
Of the Moon law to all old licenses. The
! issue as to the law having been legally
PASSED hinges upon whether or not
| certain proposed committee amend
; ments We're in fact adopted by the
mouse and not by the senate Attorney
General COss0n is very glad indeed
that Judge Mould went into the case
so extensively and thoroughly and sus-
tanned the position of the state on all
rcfnts. Preparation of the case for i'm
mediate consideration is now under
way.
The state FAX commission had a
two-day session here this week to con-
slider some of the phases of the work.
While nothing has been finally deter
mined upon, at least two phases of the
matter are virtually agreed upon.
The legislature will be urged to pro-
vide a permanent tax commission, and
a draft Of bill will be prepared for
that purpose. The tax commission will
be clothed WITH great power and auth
or;ty. to the end that assessments be
made more nearly uniform all over the
state and that the work Of adjustment
shall be well done.
The legislature will also be urged to
effect some sort of a Capitalization Of
authority in the counties, not a county
assessor, but strong county taxation
board with authority to supervise the
hole work and ability to direct what
the local assessors shall do. 1t is
thought probable that the people would
not staEG for eliminating the local as
sessors. but would be willing to have
some central board with supervisory
powers.
Some time ago, at time when 1t was
disclosed that Senator Kenyon was too
good progressive TO suit some per-
sons, a boom was started in a local
news bureau for w. c. Brown for
United States senator to oppose Ken
yon. Now the Directory OF Director
les" In which is given all the director
ates Of the big corporations that are
virtually linked together as one. is at
hand, and it shows that Mr.. Brown Is
more closely allied with the big cor
porations than any other man in the
world. He now heads the list as being
on more directory boards than any
other Of the coterie of big Wall street
managers. He is director in ninety
six separate companies. and is gaining.
Since two years ago he was on only
eighty-seven boards, and in 1905 was
not on one, so far as reported. The
Vanderbilts, Morgan. Depew. Hunting
ton, Gould, Belmont. Aston. and the
Rockefelers are all on the list below
Brown. Mr.. Brown is a resident Of
Iowa and farmer, but the Directory
Of Directories might be used as
campaign document should he enter the
political game.
Secretary Of State Hayward had a
pleasant reminder OF his early days in
northern Iowa the other day. He sent
copy Of the Iowa Official Register to
Arthur Linn, editor OF a paper at Cam
ton, S. d. and Linn sent him marked
copy of his paper with a fattering no.
tice. The two had practically lost track
Of each other for many years. In 1868,
or whereabouts. Mr. Hayward was at
Forest City where he became acquaint-
ed with Mr.. Linn and later he pur-
chased g newspaper there which Mr.
Linn owned In part. Mr.. Hayward ran
the paper short time and later went
to Garner, then drifted out of the news
paper business. He saw that Linn was
at Canton, where he has been a good
many years, and sent him q copy Of the
book
A report now being compiled in the
office Of the county auditor at Des
Moines shows Polk county to have the
lowest tax levy of any county in Iowa.
Reports from fourteen counties have
already been received to show this fact.
OF these fourteen counties Lee county
tops the list with q county levy Of %
mills hat. Mahaska county comes sec.
ond with levy Of 22.2 mills and Union
county is third with levy Of 20.S mills.
Polk county's levy Is only 1873 mills
md has not varied more than once
tenth of mill in the past twenty years.
FRANCHISE FIGHT OEcINs.
Iowa Falls Council Compromises With
Local Company.
Special to Times Republican.