Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-07-02
RURAL LIFE TOPICS.
MAKING IOWA FARM HOMES
MORE ATTRACTIVE OBJECT
OF CONFERENCES.
NOTED MEN ATTEND MEETING
Institute at State College Expected to
Have Extended influence in Building
W More Delightful Home Life
Throughout the Commonwealth.

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Throughout the Commonwealth.
Des Moines.-Iowa State college al
Ames has expended two weeks in
spreading in homeopathic, but highly
efficient, doses all the information
there is on conditions in Iowa rural
communities.
The college is giving this informa.
ton to all who desire 1t: Summer
school students, farmers, social work
ers, ministers and teachers.
After the experts on state OF the
Iowa farm have pointed out the err
rors T.. the rural social fabric they tell
q. social workers and the teachers
ministers and farmers Just what they
must do to correct the errors, to the
end that Iowa rural social life will at
tract to the farm and, by the same
machinery, hold there the presen,
younger rural generation.
In brief, this is the whole workings
the cog wheels and finished prod
uct--of the rural life conference to
which the college is applying its en-,
ergies. The ultimate effect that is
hoped for was limited by one OF the
conference workers when he said: 81
wouldn't wonder but that this expert.
ment, persisted in year after year,
will solve the problem OF Iowa's wan
ing population and apply that solution
where IL will do the most good"
To help make the conference un-
questionably authentic and worth
while, such celebrities as Ernest
Thompson Seton, nature novelist and
chief scout of the Boy scouts OF Am
erica; DR.. Luther Gulick, for years
supervisor OF Fairgrounds for New
York City and now heading the Camp
fire Girl movement: Henry Wallace,
and former Secretary Of Agriculture
James Wilson, were present at the
college assisting members of the fac
ulty in their attempt to find the farm
er and his wife and his children the
something that will keep them con-
tentedly>at home.
Incidentally during the meeting Mr..
Wilson delivered the first series OF
lectures he has given at the college
since he was reappointed member
of the faculty after returning from
the cabinet He has been In retire.
ment on his Tama county farm for
nearly six months preparing these lee
lures, which will deal with the broad
err problems OF agriculture The first
OF them was given in the presence
of mixed audience Of students, girls,
sunburned farmers and rural minis.
ters. All we're interested.
To Prohibit Rate Cutting.
An anti-discrimination act compel
ling an insurance company to make
uniform rates in risks Of the same
class will undoubtedly be introduced
at the next Iowa general assembly.
That the rate of insurance for like
hazards In the state Is not the same
is the contention of the fire insurance
companies. COMPLAINTS are also made
that some policyholders are charged
an exorbitant rate while others secure
insurance at a comparatively small
price because Of rebating which the
law does not prohibit.
Under the proposed law II would be
compulsory for an insurance company
to have a uniform rate for all classes
OF risks. To make a rate higher or
lower than this uniform scale in any
instance would be considered discrim
nation and violation of law.
II is stated that the keen competi
tion among the insurance companies
is directly responsible for this rebat
ing and also for the assumption oil
risks which should never be taken
Much of the fire loss of the state is
charged directly to this condition Of
affairs in insurance circles. That a
uniform rate would work to the bene
fit OF the policyholder and the com
panies is the belief OF those interested
in the proposed legislation Under
valuing and over-valuing is another
evil which the proposed law will elm,
mate, 1t is hoped.
Iowa Railroad Commission.
The state railroad commission Is al
work to correct the situation which
developed when the United States su
preme court ruled that railroads may
limit their liability on interstate ship.
ments, according to Clifford Thorne
the chairman of the state railroad com.
mission.
The commission has urged that the
interstate commerce act be amended
This measure already has been before
the senate The commission has
brought action before the interstate
commerce commission to bring about
the raise in value of cattle to 500 and
hogs to their present value, in the
railroad schedules. A hearing will be
held at Colorado Springs on July Is
Iowa Humane Society.
The Iowa Humane society. through
its legislative committee OF which Mrs.
w. T. Id is chairman, will ask state
aid OF the next general assembly. Mrs.
Ide, who formerly was member OF
the state human society Of Massachu-
sets, seeks to have Iowa adopt the
state aid plan followed in that state.
Because OF the scope OF the police
work the society in arresting and
prosecuting offenders against the hu,
name laws OF the state, the board OF
managers of the society have decided
to ask the state to help.
The society win also ask the legis-
lature to create a committee the duty
OF which will be to condemn and kill
animals unfit to be used. Under the
present law an animal which has not
been made unit for use through injury
and suffering can not be pu. to death
without the consent OF the owner, no
matter the extent OF injuries or suf-
fering OF the animal, say the officers
OF the society. They ask that the
state veterinarians and selected veter-
inarians In each district, OF the state
be made members OF the state com
mission and given authority to d.
rect the destruction OF such animals.