Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-08-16
Iowa
OFFERS SITE FOR HOME
Des Moines Man Gives Location for
Charitable Institution.
APART FROM REGULAR CHARITY
Makes Donation on Consideration
that society VIII Erect Building
and Maintain ~ for Home
less Youth. q,
nrom q SD correspondenl.l

7 rom n SidII CORES pOnuenll
DES MONIES, la, Aug. 1j.-CSpecial
| Telegram The site for a home for friend
less children and aged poor has been Of
| fered Des Moines by Isaac Crisman, a To-
cal harness dealer. The property is well
| located in the northwestern part Of the
city. and he offers to give fine lot If
the society will erect good building
thereon to be used for children and for
poor people to he cared for away from the
regular charities.
Local committees are working on plans
for the new institution.
Prepare for Rate Case.
Preparations are already under way
for rate case before the Interstate
Commerce commission more important
| than the one which was recently decided
regarding rates in the eastern territory.
The information TO this effect was given
the Iowa railroad commission by a high
official of the western railroads. The
| plan Is for the western railroads-whose
operating between Chicago and the Pa
citlc-to prepare and file new rate schcd-
ules covering practically every class and
commodity, with an increase in rates in
every instance, averaging something like
. per cent, and to file them all at once,
They will then ask a hearing as soon as
the commission Buspends the rates, which
will be a matter OF course, for the rep
resentatives Of the western commissions
will follow their plan In the eastern case
and resist the rates. The sums involved
will be larger than in the eastern case
and the fight will be a fierce one. for
each side will have the advantage OF the
developments in the eastern case. The
railroad man said the schedules might
he ready to file by the middle of Sep
TENDER
Food Prices Not Lower.
Result Of preliminary Investigation into
the higher price of all foodstuffs here
has convinced the officials that there is
not to he any lowering of food prices soon.
and that so long as the war continues.
and perhaps long afterwards, there will
be steady upward tendency in prices
The meat packers say that in view Of
the demand for meat abroad meat prices
will surely keep up. The price Of sugar
has gone up rapidly and will continue.
The price OF vegetables has advanced
slightly in keeping with other things. The
first outburst of indignation was directed
toward local dealers, but they are able to
show that in only a limited degree are
they responsible for the rise
Expect Change In ShinEIe Rate.
Lumber dealers have hope that the In
terstate Commerce commission will grant
revision Of rates from the west on
shingles This may he either by a change
In the Chicago rate or in the Iowa rate
! The arguments have just been printed
on behalf OF the Iowa lumber dealers.
They show that tho railroads have long
| maintained discriminating rate against
1 Iowa, the rate from the far west SO
shingles being higher to Iowa than to Chi
cago. the excuse being that water trans
?orta' lon forced the discrimination aud
violation of the Ions AMI short haul
clause Iowa dealers will insist there is
no watre competition and the violation
must he stopped
! Industries for Iowa COnvIcts.
Tho first industry TO be started on 'he
custodial or convict farm to be estab-
ltshed by Iowa next year win he the
manufacture of paving brick. To this