Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-10-29
IOWA CONGRESSMAN ACCUSED
OF PUTTING ONE OVER ON
REPUBLICAN.
LlNpouisT's PLANS TO
GAIN PRESTIGE BLOCKED
Wisconsin Man Loans Pepper statis-
tics Regarding Authorizations in
Cloths and LeatEers and Then is
Told That Facts Would Be Used in
Formulation Of Democratic Bill.
Especial Correspondence

Especial correspondence
/ Washington, Oct. 29.-"Credit to
whom credit is due" sounds very well,
but in the opinion of Congressman
Francis c. Lindquist, of Michigan,
there are just about 434 of the 435
members of the national house Of rep
/ resentatives who do not live up to the
doctrine. After eight months service
as member of the house, the VOL
I VERNE statesman finds that well-nigh
all his campaign thunder has been
! purloined by his colleagues. AS a
result, it seems certain that his one
and only hobby-a pure fabric and
leather bill-will be ridden under the
Legislative wire by some man whose
initials are not F. c. L.
! 1t is a sad, sad story. For years Mr..
Lindquist has been advocating a fed
eral law that will guarantee consumers
pure cloths and feathers in much the
same manner as they are guaranteed
1 pure foods and drugs as at the present
time. He has spent hundreds Of dol
lars in distributing letters throughout
| the United States, and now when he
feels that his efforts are to result in
legislation he realizes that the law is
to bear the name of some one else.
| Plans Omnibus Bill.
! Congressman William A. Adamson.
| of Georgia, chairman Of the house
committee on interstate and Foreign
commerce, has not granted Mr.. Lind
quists request for hearing on his
! bill, but the Georgia congressman has
announced that next winter he will
| Introduce a measure to exclude from
| interstate commerce all counterfeit
goods from watches to automobiles.
/! This omnibus measure, so 1t is pro-
posed. will cover the practice Of adul-
terating fabrics and feathers. After
conference with President Wilson. Mr..
Adamson let 1t be known that such
measure met with the approval OF the
chief executive and that 1t will be an
administration measure.
when went before the president
and showed him my proofs of fabric
and leather authorizations" said MI.
Lindauist, "he said he had no idea that
such frauds were practiced upon the
/ people OF the United States. He
showed great interest in my measure
and assured me that ne would consult
Judge Adamson about it. I was sur
prtsed a few days later to learn that
foreign commerce committee proposed
ITO introduce bill under his own name
which covered the points OF my meas
ure.
Pepper Steals Thunder.
"1 am convinced" continued Mr.
Linduuist chat the republican party
will not be permitted to get any credit
from my bill. A few days ago met
Congressman !. s. Pepper. Of Iowa,
secretary of the democratic national
congressional committee, in the lobby
here. He told me that he was much
| interested in my bill. but had lost some
of the Information I had sent out about
It. He asked me to give him COM
plete set of my circulars and copy OF
the bin. I sent them over without de-
lay.
"soon afterward I saw him again,
and ne had informed me that he had
taken the liberty OF copying my bill
word for word and Introducing 1t under
his name. He told me that he needed
some campaign material and that he
realized my measure was a good one.
OF course, ne is member Of the ma
tority party. and It would do me no
good to protest against his action.
Rape Frank Woods.
.r went to Congressman Frank p.
Woods, Of Iowa. chairman Of the re-
publican national congressional COM
mittee, and suggested to him that the
republicans take the measure up for
discussion as party measure. He
said that the pure fabric and leather
bill was my business When he came
to me in an effort to get my aid in
lining up the republican members OF
the Michigan delegation to support MIN
for the craftsmanship I did not tell
him that that was his business
II have been anxious to get some
bearings on my bill, so that I could re-
port some progress on my measure 70
the people who elected me on my
promise to secure for them guaran-
tee of pure fabrics and feathers.
"Seven thousand women's clubs
turnout the United States are giving
my measure their active support. The
, members are writing their congress
men. asking them to aid me in secur-
ing the passage OF my bill. The Ma
tional Laundrymen's association has
taken It up, with the result an approp-
ration Of $4,000 has been made up to
urge the passage Of the bill. It is pro-
. posed to send a circular about the bill
with every package Of laundry sent out
. by the concerns affiliated with the Ma
. tionai Laundrymen's association. am
going to New Orleans within few
weeks to attend the meeting of the ma
tional. organization"