Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-08-08
''Intondsd" % Used % % Bone Of Con.
tsntion in Regard. 70 interstate Ship.
msnts Of Liquors Into .lewa-Lssisia.
tare Appear, = Have s'undsred ia
Abandoning Serum Factory.
Special to Times. Republican.

Judge Willard. of the federal bench,
raised the question as to the meaning
Of the law. and whether or not even IL
1T Is constitutional it has any effect on
shipments to individuals in Iowa or
other states where prohibitory laws
prevail
The point centers around the word
Ing OF the Webb-Kenyon law which Is
an act entitled IAN act to divest intox-
sicating liquors Of their interstate char.
acter in certain cases." and which pro-
hibits the transportation in any man
ner OF any liquors in interstate traffic
which said liquor "is intended by any
person interested therein" to be ere
ceived. possessed or sold:' in violation
Of law.
Now the point is; what does this
word intended refer to? The franz
ers Of the law and its supporters insist
that 1t refers to the intent Of either
the consignor, the ,consignee or tho
carrier; and the moment the liquor
gets into Iowa it is possessed" by the
carrier in violation Of law.
refer only to the intent Of the receiver
or sender and the carrier can have no
information on the subject: hence that
there is no obligation whatever on the
carrier, save and except to deliver the
goods to the consignee. This would
give the law the same Interpretation az
the old Wilson interstate law and
would completely nullify its provisions.
But in the immediate case another
nice point comes up. The brewing
company complains only Of shipment
Of beer into Iowa to individuals who
desire to use 1t. But beer can not be
legally shipped In Iowa, because no
permit holder 10 authorized to sell beer,
and all beer il sold illegally in Iowa
It Is legal to have beer OF to drink
beer. but no certificate can be issued
showing that any dealer has q right
to sell beer, for no permit holder can
have q legal right to sell beer. The sa-
loon keeper handles beer illegally. but
IL under mulot .license, absolved
from the penalties therefor. Hence 1t
would seem that the Hamm Brewing
company has no case at all in courts
Attorney General Cosson. Assistant
Attorney General Robbins and others
will go next week to st. Paul to dis
cuss this whole matter; and the case
promises to be one OF national i'm
portance. II the view suggested as to
the limit meaning Of the 3Webb-Ken-
yon bill prevails the law will be of no
material effect anywhere.
It now appears that the legislature
made bad blunder in abandoning tho
state serum factory which had been
put into operation near the state fair
grounds by DR.. Koto. and ordering .
now in Iowa 10 declared to be critical.
The serum factory for Iowa was not
q large ono but was doing excellent
work and 1t was done cheaply. It had
about the same capacity AZ each Of the
larger factories privately managed.
There were two years ago twenty-five
Of these factories In and near Kansas
City. They shipped . great deal OF
serum into the state.
Now 1t IL declared that no serum can
be secured from Kansas City and very
little from elsewhere.
The factory at Ames has not as yet
produced serum in commercial guam
titles. in fact. has only done expert
mental and preliminary work.
In the meantime Thousands Of hogs
are dying all over the state from the
hog cholera.
The serum Of the experimental work
in Dallas county under government
supervision IL received from the feder-
al government factory at the state col
lego which has been In operation q
number Of years for the purpose OF
supplying limited amount to start
other factories.
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