Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1912-04-02
COMMISSION TOURS STATE
Iowa Liability Board Finds Little
Interest in Des Moines.
MORE HEARINGS THIS WEEK
state Commission TO Investigate the
schools Finds Little DONE TO Adj
vance Rural distraction in
State of Iowa.
prom a staff Correspondent,

frIDfn a cldII Correspondent
DES MONIES. Ia, April special. =
The Iowa commission to prepare a bill
for a new law In Iowa for employers
liability and Workmens compensation
mas Just closed tour Of the state for
a week. holding meetings In the large
cities for the purpose Of hearing From
all persons who are interested IN an
way in the proposed legislation. The
meetings have been uniformly good IT,,
only place in the stale where there j.
Indifference 10 the subject is in De-
Moines. where the commercial bod.ts
have been busy with other things. Al
nearly all the meetings there have a.
/ peared representatives Of the employer
and employees and they have discussed
frankly their views as TO what should
/ be done.
! The commission will continue this week
In having hearings and later will gcl
! busy In preparation of a report on VIVA,
is being done in other states. The IL
port will be a comprehensive review o.
the entire subject with suggestions as t.
possible features of legislation that wouia
be better than any yet devised.
Inquiry Into school Needs.
The commission appointed BY the stat
superintendent to inquire into the neeGz
Of the schools of the state is busy gather
ing information that may be OF valu,
TO the legislature. The first line of ia
| quiry is to be as to conditions in tn,
rural schools, for 1t is universally ad-
mitted that practically no progress haA
been made In the rural schools OF The
state I'm recent years beyond what hs,
been done through consolidation AM
grading The inquiry will also exten,
TO methods Of educating the teachers.
and what can be done for better work
In the grade schools Of the cities anu
towns.
The state tax commission Is also con-
Quoting an inquiry as to what can be
done TO improve the tax system of the
| state. From these three commissions
the next legislature will receive a bill OF
work that will keep. 1t busy the entire
session.
Condition OF lows Scales.
Not more than twenty-five sets Oh
scales out OF i,s2i sets tested by the state
food and dairy department showed any
signs OF being fixed TO cheat the customer,
says W. b. Barney. state food and dairy
commissioner.
or total OF 1S2i sets Of scales tested
by the department, 81 were found lnaeeu-
rate.
Questioning the accuracy Of the figures
of Prof. Stewart of Iowa City. state super
intendent OF weights and measures. sir.
Barney made an investigation Of the scale
records to prove the percentage Of mac
eurats scales "a not as high as Mr.. Stewart
reported.
Mr.. Barney says most Of the inaecurany
in the scales Is caused because OF worn
out apparatus. and many times because
Of the oheapness OF the scales. He said
the break" Is against the merchant al
most as often as It Is in favor OF the mer-
chant.
Dog show for Des Moines.
Entries for dog show have been made
here to the number Of about 300 and II
will open on Thursday next In the Coll
scum. A number Of dogs have been en-
tered from Chicago and several from east,
ern states. II will be held under the
auspices OF newly formed kennel club
and be the first formal dog show in the
state. Arrangements have been made for
another similar exhibition at the state
fair In September.
VIII Go TO Battlefield.