Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-11-30
IOWA LIVESTOCK CASE BEFORE
COMMERCE BOARD MAY
START SOMETHING.
COMMISSION HAS NO POWER
TO ORDER RATE INCREASED
Specific Commissioner Van
Duyn Summoned to Museatine in
Strike Matter Iowa Law Putting
6ootleggers Out of Business.
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Des Moines, Nov. 30.-A decision Of
the interstate commerce commission In
an Iowa case will probably be the start
the interstate commerce law amended
in ar important way. 1t appears that
in the decision in the case Of 7. NJ.
Sinclair & Co. VS.. the Milwaukee Rail-
road Company, there was question OF
the right of the commission to order
| rates raised. and in the syllabus which
was appended to the report was the
flat statement. The committee is
without power to order an increase in
am rate" The fact that the commits
sion did not decide this in SO many
words but permitted it to go into the
syllabus is taken to be hint of what
are the views of the commission; and
i is said that following this may be a
movement TO have congress to speci-
fiCally give the commission some pow
er in raising and lowering rates. The
commission has always sought to cor
rect evils by fixing a reasonable maxi
mum rate but can not either prevent
reduction or raise a rate. 1t is stated
that congress Will be asked to act for
a change in the law.
Commissioner Van Duyn of the state
labor office was called to Muscatine by
President Trick of the state federation
Of labor and will go this evening to
see what he can do to aid in straight
ening out the labor and strike situa-
ton. Mr. Trick reports that the out
look is very badly. There We're about
$500 Of the employees who went out on
a strike and nearly all are out now,
only q few of the 400 at work being
of the original strikers. The repeated
failure to have the matter settled is
said to have brought on an ugly feeling
and great fear is expressed that it will
not be easy to bring order out Of chaos.
Judge Mcpherson has closed one line
Of investigation in the Des Moines gas
case that promised some interesting
developments. He has refused to per-
nit the city attorneys to amend their
petition SO as to show the connection
OF the local company with the big trust
or combine with headquarters in Phila-
delphia. 1t is stated that this connec-
ton between the two was not known
until the hearing before the matter in
chancery was nearly concluded; then
the city desired to get in some infor-
nation on this subject. 1t was planned
to show. or try to show, that as a mat
ter of fact the company is a part OF
the larger corporation and engaged in
1ie.ri ri no of -
err things that might be classed by the
United States supreme court as 'un-
reasonable" restraint of trade. But
the federal court will not permit fol-
lowing this line of action.
A new complete catalog Of books
suitable for school Libraries in Iowa is
| in preparation by the state department;
of education and will soon be issued
| The volume will contain 1884 titles
! These books will be recommended as
| suitable for placing in school libraries
and have the approval Of the depart
nlent. AS every school district in the
state is required TO maintain a library
and to add to it from time to time the
! publication of such a catalog is III
greatest value to the school officials.
| Probably all Of the million Red Cross
| seals ordered for Iowa viii be made use
! Of in the sale which opened this week
/ at more than fifty places in the state
DR.. Kepford had filled orders for abou
| $780, 600 yesterday and orders are sti!
coming. Des Moines takes 100000 OF
them, Sioux City half as many ant
several other cities a like number. The
seals are sold and the proceeds go en-.
tirely for the work in tuberculosis.
! Reports from the state indicate tina.
! the new Iowa law to put the boot
logger out of business is working vel
IN most Of the state. The county at
torneys have generally secured from
the revenue collectors the lists of hold
ers of federal licenses and these are OF
| file in the court houses SO that all per
sons may be appIised Of who are en-
gagged in selling liquors. These list!
are used as prima facie evidence
against the ''bootleggers" but this mus
| be supplemented with other evidence
to make it conclusive. At the same
time the federal courts are unusually
active in prosecuting the ''bootleggers'
who forget to secure federal licenses.
Coughing at Night
Means loss Of sleep which is bad fol