Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-05
APPEAR BEFORE SENATE COM
MITrEE TO URGE ADOPTION
OF NEW LAW.
FoRclsLE DoMESTIcATloN
OF FOREIGN CORPORATIONS
Desire That Outside Concerns 30
Placed on Same Basis as Home In.
Extraordinarily in Text Books
To Be Called Up Soon-News Of the
Legislature.
Special to Times-Republican.

hearing on a very important bill was
given Yesterday by the senate judiciary
committee. This is the Arney bill, S.
F. ll9. which might properly be called
| a bill for the furci5le doraestication
OF all foreign corporations engaged ii
the public service in Iowa, such as
furnishing gas. water or electricity.
The bill requires that all such for
eign corpora lions must comply with
the provisions of the Peterson law be-
fore they can have legal standing in
Iowa. It's effect would be to put the
domestic corporation and the foreign
| corporation on an equality before Iowa
law in the matter Of being compelled
to show that the stock represents &C
tual investment ana the making OF re-
ports and being subject 10 the action
of tie courts and having the books
open. etc
Clifford Thorne. Col. ". G. Dows.
George Cosson. John Read. of Cedar
Rapids. and William Chamberlain. city
attorney OF Cedar Rapids, appeared.
before the committee and all favored
the bill. and urg-,l that il be adopted.
They argued that it is but fair TO the
domestic corporation and the home in
to make the same sort OF showing
that all others do
Joe R. Lane. of Davenport, alone APP
peared and opposed the bill on the
ground that it was an injustice 10
the foreign corporation to require am
such provisions and its effect would be
10 make il more difficult to secure the
investment OF outside capital in Iowa
enterprises.
The Craig bill 10 make il easier To
secure county uniformity of school text
books is on the house calendar for ac-
ton and likely to come UP any time.
There is a minority report favoring
/ state uniformity, which does not anect
! the county uniformity idea,
/ This bill has developed that there
| is a good hard fight on in Iowa as be-
tween the big book companies and the
little ones, that the former want things
continued as a present while the lat
ter van. the county uniformity p!aa
adopted everywhere. The reason Is
, that where the text book adoption is
by township authorities the big COM
pany is better able To protect itself
and get the business than is the little
one: while in all cases where county
uniformity is adopted it must be upon
sufficient notice 10 all companies and
all have a fair chance.
Information comes from Buchanan
county that a characteristic text book
fight is on there for the voters are
to decide next Monday on uniformity.
1t is declared that the big text book
com panies are fighting uniformity and
the little ones favor it; and that the
companies opposing are using grossly
unfair means to gain their point ana
prejudice the voters and have even
gone the length of making threats
against teachers and Offering special
inducements to prominent citizens TO
fight the uniformity. The Craig bill
is declared 10 be measure that Will
put an end to just such text book fights
as the one going on in Buchanan coun-
ty The big book companies have had
their lobbyists al work here against
, the bill.
! The equal suffrage resolution should
have come up in the state senate today
but owing to the fact that three of the
senators had been named as commit
tee 10 attend the Thayer funeral and
would have TO be absent. the speciol
I order was moved up until Friday morn
, ing. 1t is expected therefore that the
vote will be taken on the resolution at
| that time The Chase bill to authorize
q straw vote" Of the women who would
care TO do so on the subject of equal
suffrage is on the calendar of the
senate. having been passed bat held on
/ the calendar by motion TO reconsider
! which was fled by Senator Allen. IN
.t;e H. = t,a
from the house until after it is known
what the senate will do On the resolu
| ton which looks to constitutional
amendment.
| Senator kimball today introduced in
the senate bill for the protection of
persons employed in and about work
for the removal or destruction Of build
ings. bridges, viaducts and other struc-
lures. 1t requires that all scaffolds,
! HOSTS. cranes, etc, in use by contract
ors shall be Constructed and main
! tanned n safe. suitable and proper
manner. and shall be so erected, con-
structed. maintained, placed and oper-
ated as to give proper and reasonable
| protection to the life and limb of any
person or persons employed or en-
gagged thereon" etc. There is pro-
vision for safety rails for all high scat
folds and all such shall be SO con-
structed as to bear four times the
weight to be placed thereon. There is
provision for notice as to the weight to
be placed on any floor in the construc-
ton of a house. provision for the state
! inspectors to make investigation and
give warnings Of danger, provisions as
to water and other pipes being made
safe while being erected, and many
other provisions all for the purpose of
protecting life in building work or re-
pair 1t is q bill that win appeal very
strongly to Iaboring men in the build
ing trades.
The ice cream manufacturers Of the
state are making an effort to secure an
amendment of the state law az to the