Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-02-10
Coupling Prison and College Work

The executive council is hereby
authorized to employ competent ap-
praisers to determine the value OF rail-
way lands and lots under the provisions
Of this act, who shall report their md
ings to the executive council for its use
in ascertaining the taxable value OF the
same"
Under this arrangement the value OF
a depot or station, for instance. would
be included In the general aggregate
value Of the entire line of the railroad
The value Of the land used for yardage
or round houses or shops. or IN an!
real railroad business, including the
right OF way thru cities. would be SUD-
tect to the local taxation on values
corresponding to those Of other prop
erty lin the city.
How can Iowa get rid Of the price
exactions Of the trusts? That is
question members of the house judi
ciary committee are trying to answer.
One OF the big hearings of the past
week was on the Miller bill to give ad-
ditional funds to the attorney general
for enforcement Of the Iowa antitrust
law and to provide for immunity I"
these who may give testimony essential
to trust prosecution.
Attorney General Cosson was called
before the committee and he fully en-
Gorsed the plan. declaring that the IN
junction process as applied to such
cases is neither drastic nor Illuminating,
but would give good results. 1t IS q
simple and direct method of compelling
those who are in position TO Go SO
from following the practices which are
used to effect monopoly.
Representative Miller in pointing out
the need Of some legislation that Will
permit Of enforcement cf the anti
trust law gave some valuable statistics
on the subject.
1T is not because we don't have
paved country roads, nor because we
have not graded schools in the coun-
try he said, that people are leaving
Iowa. When a working man leaves
Iowa il is because he believes he can
do better elsewhere. The cost Of living
enters largely into the case. ! want
this law enforced and monopoly prices
cur down for the benefit Of the poor
man. Tor the fellow VINO gets dollar
and a half a day and does not find
work all the time, and who finds II
hard To live.
Mir .si,:e- presented > table show
ing the relative cost of staple articles
in different places. He compared prices,
IS advertised in the papers, for in
stance Of Omaha and Des Moines On
Dec the difference in price in favor
of omaha against Des Moires showed
the following per cent Of excess or
DeS NpiueS over:
App,es q per cent onions II. cram
berries s3 Ia, ham %, ggrape fruit %.
pork loin roast SO 1-3. and navy beans
25 per cent.
A COMPARISON made, of. the goods as
advertised Jan. II shows, these percent
ages against Deso Motnes: Apples ~
per cent eggs Il, butter l6 90, coftee
10. sugar Is, bacon As, pot roast ia.
steak tis boiling beef IS. pork chops
20, sausage so, flour-4
Other comparisons were made Show
ing that in the smaller cities OF Iowa
there is an advantage over Des Moines
in many cases, and figures were given
showing lower prices in Sioux City,
Davenport and Charlton than IN Des
Moines.
Ir. Miller declared .Ear the sremedy
for this is suc. Law and system OF
enforcement as Will break UP whatever
combines have been formed for the
purpose of controlling prices and which
do in fact control prices in many places
in Iowa.
Sheldon 3. Foote Wecs.
Special TO Times Republican.
Pari;ersburg, Feb. 10.-The friends OF