Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-09-01
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MANUFACTURERS ARGUE
Law . UNCONSTITUTIONAL
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oransfss Prosecutions Nsssnted by
Maksrs-charsss ssss, Iaspsr County
Man Under Sentence u Prison, Ask,
fer Pardon Before cemmittmsnt.
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9pecist 10 T1meS-Replabljcan.
Des noines, Sept. d-That which
the lobbyists failed to accomplish last
winter 10 securing amendment or re.
peal OF tho law requiring a fixee
standard fer butter fat In ice cream
ID to be attempted thru the courts
FMS enc more is to be added to the
string Of the code smashers IL the,
can Sacceea In having this law de.
elared unconstitutional.
Commissioner Barney has received
Information to the effect that the Ice
cream standard law 10 to be the nex1
enc attacked. It was the Thirty fourth
General assembly that put this law on
the Docks. It requires that ice cream
70 be called such must have at leas,
Ia per cent Of butter fat. ice cream
makers complained and last white,
sought to have the legislature reduce
the minimum. They said that especial
~ In the middle Of the ice cream sea-
son 1t ts difficult to get the milk nee
essary for making the ice cream and
what the public wants chiefly is
something cold. But the legislature
didn't bulge.
inspectors In the pure food depart
ment have been getting samples of Ice
cream and as a result prosecutions to
the number of thirty or forty will be
commenced. SOME in Des Moines and
some elsewhere. Samples of ice cream
were secured with no more than Der
cent butter fat.
But Ice cream makers are declared
to have combined for test suit and
VIII resist on the ground the law is
unconstitutional and the state has no
right to interfere with the ice cream
business in this way.
Charles Sego. convicted in JASPER
county OF larceny from a person, has
asked Governor Clarke to grant him
pardon before commitment. He has a
fifteen-year indeterminate sentence
hanging over him. and the circum-
stances are peculiar.
Sego ls one Of several young fell
lows at Ira who set out to have some
fun with an old man swho was en-.
Saged as "bootlegger" or who at
least had been doing quito business
In booze. The old man had been in
the habiS Of going to Des Moines fire.
Quently and returning with quantity
of liquors. He had got of at the sta
ton at Ira when the town gang
started to annoy him. Two or three of
them seized bag containing several
bottles and ran away with 1t. anoth-
er took another bag nlled with bottles
and hid it-and after due time the
bags and the bottles were given back
to the old man. with possibly two or
three bottles missing.
One other Of the crowd was given a
light sentence. Sego was convicted
and given fifteen-year sentence,
which the supreme court refused to
set aside. Now the friends of Sego in
sist that at most small jail sentence
would have been adequate as what
was done was in no sense highway
robbery nor intent to commit robbery
at all.
Des Mofnes has closed out the most
pretentious effort to give aid to the
poor people suffering from tuberculosis
that has been attempted in the state.
'Ridge Camp" IL closed and will not
be reopened unless under the auspices
Of the county.
The promoters Of Ridge Camp felt
the burden Of maintaining 1t was too
great for private enterprise and phi
lanthropy. There were thirty persons
being sustained at tho camp. They will
have to &c elsewhere and probably
many will die because Of the failure to
maintain the camp.
1t was because Of Just such situa-
ton as this that the legislature at Its
last session. as part Of the most ex-
tensive social service program enacted
IN, TOT $pv MI
which the public will take upon itself
the burden Of caring for the victims of
tuberculosis to q large extent. The law
authorizes appropriation in aid Of just
such work. It also provides that where
public interest is sufficiently aroused
that there may be a vote in favor Of
a county hospital. in part to care for
the victims of tuberculosis, 1t can be
erected from taxes levied for that pur-
pose.
A great many people In Des Moines
regret that 1t was necessary to close
Ridge Camp and abandon the work, but
It appeared that sentiment among the
people was not sufficient to sustain
county aid for the camp
Vocational training in the. schools Of
DeS Moines Is to be added and extended
as rapidly as possible. Rooms are to
be set apart at once for trade work.
Printing, carpentry and electric work
are to be given q trial. The plan will
be to give this vocational training to
boys who are not taking full course at
the high school or perhaps not in school
at all, and there will be night classes
for boys who have to work for living.
Union labor men and women Of Dies
Moines are celebrating Labor Day to-
day with the usual parade and amuse-
ment program.
The labor day parade was one Of the
most elaborate ever planned. Many fine
floats we're in the parade and there was
much rivalry between various organiza-
tions. The miners are especially strong
In Des Moines and had an immense
number OF men In line.
Sports and athletic contests were on
for the afternoon at a local park. Pub
lie business was suspended.
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