The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-08-15


posted shippers everywhere took hold
and helped me- Within thirty days
after made this proposal in public
tha Greater Des Moines committee
fled petition requesting the rail
mad commission to start such an
action. It was commenced by the
commission instructing the attorney
general, H. W. Byers, to prepare and
file the complaints.
Credit for all.
When / came on the board year
later found that no department OF
tho state government had prepared
any exhibits for these cases. The
reason for this situation was the en-
fire lack of funds This situation was
presented to the appropriation COM
mittees of the general assembly, and
that resulted in creating real rate
department for the Iowa commission
which has been doing some notable
work for our state. Over one-half of
the exhibits introduced In these cases
Just decided were prepared by the
men in this department.
Aside from the state officials and
our rate department, the entire credit
in the Mississippi river cases belongs
to w. B. Martin. traffic manager for
the Dubuque Shippers Association;
J. A.. O'Halloran and M. D. Smiley,
q commissioner for the Clinton Manu-,
facturers' and Shippers, Association;
John Dewitt, manager of the Keokuk
Industrial Association; Ed E. Egan
secretary of the Burlington CONNER
cial exchange; c. M. Gould, traffic
manager for the Muscatine Comrser-
cial club; b. E. Sewell, traffic manag-
er Of the Davenport Commercial club;
A. r. Ebi OF the Deer Plow company
and c. A. Steele, secretary OF the
Davenport Commercial club. OF these
men Martin, Smiley, Ebi and Sewell
prepared the original complaints
Every one of these men spent several
months of their time preparing ex
hibits, attending conferences and
gathering evidence, aside from several
long, tedious journeys to hearings al
Chicago, Des Moines, Keokuk and
Washington, D. G. Every item OF
evidence, aside from that offered BY
the state commission, was gathered
by these men.
The complaints for the interior
cities were prepared by former Attor
ney General Byers. Charles Lyon ant
3. G.. Wylie. The petition in thu
case involving rates between lows
and the thirteen western states were
prepared by the state commission.
Many Cities Helped.
There is glory enough, plenty, t.
80 all around. The traffic men o
each Iowa city who took active par
in the case should receive recognition
Heartieat thanks and congratulation
for the results OF their splendid hell
in the contest are due primarily t
the men on the Mississippi river
named above, and to the followinl
men living at interior Iowa cities
A. B. Combs and q. H. Draper OF tn
Marshalltown Commercial club; G. c
Dawson, traffic manager OF the o.
tumwa Commercial club; H.
Huncke, rate expert for the Stat
Manufacturers Association; H. +
Keister, president OF the Waterlo
Town Criers' club; H. F. Sundbert
! traffic manager Of the Cedar Rapid
Commercial club; g. A. VIRGIN
man, secretary of the Stat
Manufacturers association, and q.
Wylie, commissioner of the Create
Des Moines committee. | have name
all the gentlemen who gave much
their time or thought to the case. !
addition to these were shippers frol
Keoiuk, Des Moines, Dubuque, Q
tnnwa and various other Iowa citis
that would make up a list too long
print
All Of the traffic men have name
In this statement, except MIR. Wyl
and Mr.. Sandterg helped me in til
laborious task Of the preparation
exhibits, briefs and the slbstitu
complaints that were filed. The'
two gentlemen worked through Il
office OF the attorney general and N
Guernsey. Mr.. Dwight N. Lewis re
dered very valuable assistance.
Special mention must be made
the magnificent and untiring help re
dered by Messrs. A. D. Beals, A.
sindel, Walter Condran, w. f. Pa
sons and J. L. Smith in the rate d
partment OF the state commission.