Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-01-02
GREAT THINGS IN; STORE FOR
srATE-DEcAusE OF GENERAL
& FORWARD MOVEMENT.
ENTERING UPON WONDERFUL
NJ, ERA OF EXPANSION
Psnalixins Of state BY Railroads and
epseial Interest 70 End-Handieap
Renewed BY legislative and Exseu-
tive Ae.ivity-stats Removed From
Plateau Of High Rates.

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promises great things for Iowa in the
general forward movement for great
Il and more prosperous Hawkeye, state
II there Is nothing done to checkmate
progress. In the estimate of men who
are close observers the state is enter
ing upon a wonderful era of expansion
and growth and development Of the
higher ideals and will before the decade
IL ended be able to show a turn toward
increase Of population instead Of the
old story Of loss,
One Of the many big things done by
the state, through legislative ana sx-
ecutive activity. relates to removal OF
the long standing tremendous hand;-
can on Iowa in commercial lines dug
to rate determinations. For long Iowa
has been deliberately penalized as 20
manufactures and jobbing busIness.
Now there is prospect that before this
year is ended the shackles will be re-
moved. -
ST. Louis Lssds Iowa. =;
Investigation shows that the single
city of st. LOTUS does more manufac-
turing business than all Iowa, and Chi
! cago does five times as much. 1t Is IN
testimony that q small fraction Of =
cent q hundred pounds advantage IN
freight rates is what makes or breaks
q business. st. Louis mas, and al
ways had had an advantage over Iowa
in rates in both directions. Cities all
around Iowa have had an advantage
over Iowa. In fact Iowa has been on a
plateau Of high rates with lower rates
| all around; SO that the wonder Is not
that Iowa cities have don so little in
manufacturing as that they have been
able to do any thing against the rate
/ handicap.
Four rate cases are pending now ana
| unfinished having to do with this sit
uation, and all the power and force
| Of the state Of Iowa and its officials
| are back of the fight that is being made
| to emancipate Iowa commercially.
The eastern rate case. in which cas-
tern railroads ask a per cent in
crease in all rates. which would mater
! tally affect Iowa prices on practically
everything useful or necessary.
The western rate case. involving a
demand for elimination of discrimf.
nations as to rates to and from Colo
! RADIO and Utah common points and
Nebraska and Kansas.
The Mississippi river case. involving
q demand that mississippi river points
in Iowa shall no longer be placed az
| disadvantage as against river points up
| or down the river.
| The interior Iowa rate case. In which
| there is demand for fead5ustment OF
! the rates SO that the Iowa proportional
to be added to the mississippi basing
rates shall be fair and reasonable.
Affect Iowa Alone.
The three last named affect Iowa
alone. The interstate commerce COM
mission has decided the main principles
to be applied for all these Iowa rates
and Is working out the details. Tho
last move was for the commission to
adopt the zones designated by the
Iowa commission for placing the
spread Of rates between the two rivers
on western business and to turn down
the zone map submitted by the car
riers. This alone will mean q vast
change in rates to and from many
| western points. The commission itself
will arrange the zone map for eastern
rates.
When these matters are adjusted.
| then for the first time In history Will
Iowa business have fair chance IN
competition with business from com
peting points all around the state and
manufacturing and jobbing will not be.
| as now, confined to small local centers
where the intrastate rates have made
it possible to compete.
This Is only one Of the many acti-
| vities Of the state. as authorized by
4ffa
tive by official zeal. making for a
rreafer Towa