Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-11-17

filed Saturday with the governor. He
refers to the fact that inspectors In
his department are called upon 20 en-
force thirteen different laws and are
expected to take note Of any law VIC.
lation coming. to their attention. Some
are designated as food inspectors" and
others az dairy commissioners and In
spectors." but all the force works 70
see that all the laws are enforced.
This plan originated with the de-
partment some three years ago." says
Mr.. Barney in the official report as It
will be printed. and not with tho COM
mittee on retrenchment and reform or
the special efficiency committee" a.
some have been led to believe"
In the enforcement Of thirteen sep
arate laws the department Is fully oc-
supied. The income to the state from
the department makes It nearly self
sustaining, tho there are twenty seven
persons connected with the depart
ment. The income. aside from about
$500 in fines which went to the school
funds. was last year: Inspection fee
tags, $15.014.1s; sanitary law licenses,
1886; stock food licenses. 34,s0s.34;
milk licenses. s2.s42.50: scale tag fees.
81, 026; cold storage licenses. $125; seed
analysis, S9160: scale inspection fees,
$35; commercial fertilizer licenses, $50;
feeding stuffs analyses. $12. The total
is $36,504.52.
The work Of the department included
assistance with speakers to 293 audi
ences where 10000 persons attended.
All but thirty-two of the iowa towns
in which creameries ore located were
visited in the year. Lectures and ad-
- a.
over the state.
Retrsnehmsnt COMMITTEES Mssts.
The committee on retrenchment and
reform" OF the Thirty-fifth general as
sembly. Will meet again tomorrow, I'M
less the program has been changed,
for the purpose Of receiving the re-
port Of the efficiency engineers" en-
ployed by the COMMITTEES the first of
the year to inspect the various state
offices and advise as to how the bust
ness Of the state should be conducted.
The engineers" have presumably been
lat work on this. tho their office in
the state capitol has not been occupied
save occasionally and none OF the state
offices have been visited for a long
time. The committee will receive the
report of the engineers and take some
time to digest IT, after which a re-
port will be framed up that will go to
the Thirty-sixth general assembly as
a guide to the committees OF that as
sembly in matters OF economy in
state administration. The engineers
have no authority whatever in con-
nection with the present state officers.
Conservation Delegates Scarce.
It Is feared that only few Of the
delegates named on behalf Of Iowa to
attend the National Conservation con-
gress at Warrington to boost the gen.
eral cause Of conservation Of natural
resources will attend. Word has been
received from some Of them that they
will not be able TO 80. Delegates were
selected who had manifested much
interest In conservation matters and
who were supposed to be ready to
give the cause some aid. and an effort
will be made TO have Iowa represented.
Reports on Maynard Accident.
It is understood that the report Of
the special engineer OF the interstate
commerce commissi on the Maynard
accident of last summer will uphold
the contention that the accident was
due to defective track or equipment
and not to any disregard OF orders by
the trainmen. The report has not been
filed as yet. The engineer made a very
exhaustive Investigation OF the matter.
Since then the company has done q
great deal OF work 70 put the branch
line in order and TO guard against ac-
cidents in the future.