Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-21
NEW auL'no Fixing, ING. |! RATS Q"
pousLE.oEck Cara TO Dc
TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF.
RATE CANNOT Dc HIGHER
THAN CATTLE MINIMUM
Companies Sought to Evads compIi.
anes BY "Bsins Out Of Double Deck
cars"-contsst May Develop in Sc.
lection Of Delegates in Polk County
-Unintsntional Violation Of Law.

Sneep IN Iowa are SAID 10 ne SLOW 10
| take advantage Of the ruling Of the in
terstate commerce commission two
years ago in regard to the rates on
| shipment of sheep in double deck stock
cars, but it is stated that since the
publication of an amendment some
time ago many OF them are using The
new rates. When they are in use it is
anticipated there will be a material i'm
petus given to sheep feeding in Iowa.
Two years ago, following the extern
sive hearings by the interstate COM
merce commission on the complaint Of
Iowa shippers thru the Corn Belt Meat
Producers Association. an order was
entered to the effect that thereafter the
charge for shipments Of sheep in dou-
BILE deck cars should carry rate not
higher than the minimum for carload
lots Of cattle. This fixed the rate and
it was the intent to provide that ship
pers using the double deck cars would
not be over enlarged.
1t was found, however In practice,
that when shippers would order double
deck cars for sheep shipments the COM
panies were always just out of double
deck cars; and so the ordinary cars
would be furnished. Last December
Harry Wallace, secretary of the assoc
citation. had Judge Prouty. of the COM
mission, enter an order to make the
matter clear as to what was the origi-
nal intent, and it was directed that
where shipper has given five days
notice Of desiring double deck car for
sheep that the company may either
furnish it or furnish two single deck
cars, in which latter case the charge
must be no higher than for the one
double deck car. This amendment
went into effect the 18th of this month.
In the past, 50 it is stated. ship
ments Of sheep from or to Iowa points
from places outside, have not been nu-
merous, because of the fact that the
rates were almost prohibitive. Under
this new arrangement the feeders de-
string sheep can get a reasonable rate
and bring sheep from western ranges
or outside markets to advantage. Thus
far only a small proportion of the
sheep feeders have taken advantage of
the reduction ordered.
It is possible that contest will de-
velop in the Polk county primary to be
held next Friday afternoon and even
the republican county convention. 1t
has developed that the standpatters
have been quietly and secretly organ
izing to make a sneak on the primary
and capture it away from the friends
Of Senator Cummins Now that the
facts have got out it may prevent an
effort to capture the primary.
No sooner had it been decided that
the selection should be by primary
than a big howl went up from those
VINO had demanded that a return be
had to the old causus system, which
has not been used here for many years.
When used in other years it was pos
sible at times for the county to go
standpat: but under the primary 1t has
always been progressive.
The progressive republicans are now
glad that they have formed an organ
ization to see that the bitter enemies
Of Senator Cummins do not surrepti-
tiously take possession of the primary
and send delegations that will oppose
any chance to bring the presidency to
Iowa. The fact that the opponents OF
Cummins are now organizing shows
that if caucuses had been called 1t
would have been fight. It would not
have been possible to safeguard the
caucuses in any way or by any rules.
and the standpatters would have
found it easy to pack some OF them.
It is anticipated, Of course. that
there will be number Of the pre-
cincts of the county where the stand
patters will win and that they will
send to the county convention some
who will put up q first class brand OF
insurgency against the regular repub-
licans. This was done in 1901 and
several times since.
Miles K. Culver, of st. Ansgar.
spent a day In Des Moines this week
and reports some interest being taken
in politics in Mitchell county. Mr..
Culver is one of -four candidates for
the republican nomination for member
of the legislature, which promises an
interesting eontesta
A remarkable case Of unintentional
violation Of the Iowa laws came thru
the local courts the other day when G.
H. Pipino, dentist, was fined 500 for
practicing dentistry without having re-
ceived q certificate. He stated he had
been IN the practice for seventeen years
and had Ions ago forgotten all about
the law as to securing certificate.