Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-12-27
ATTORNEY GENERAL cOSSoN TO
EMPLOY LAW.ENFORcE-
MENT OFFICERS.
HARD SHEDDING FOR
LIQUOR LAW VlOLAToRS
State Agents to Be Employed in Every
Portion Of State Where Services Are
Needed Situation Far Different
From That of Old Prohibition Days
Insurance Boycott.
Special to Times Republican.

L
Des Moines, Dec. 27.-Attorney Gen.
eral Cosson declares that the state
lesal department Is now well organized
tc enforce state prohibition and that
bootleggers and other yiolators OF the
liquor laws will find 1t hard shedding
after the first of the year. Additional
stats agents viii be put on in various
parts OF the state to give only a pOr-
ton OF their time TO the work and to
handle cases in their territory which
may arise In this way the state will
be we'll taken care OF.
IN the past few weeks the state
agents have arrested and prosecuted
more than 100 bootleggers. Fifty five
liquor violators- were arrested in OF
Iumwa, forty-four in Centerville and
twenty-six in keokuk. The state agents
had also arrested bank robbers, muir
derers and other law riolators and
brought them TO justice.
Iowa has the best law enforcement
machinery of any state in the union,
declared Attorney General Cosson yes
terday4 Even Kansas, which is rec
ogniZes as being a well regulated
state. is not SO well equipped as We
are here for law enforcement. Massa-
chusetts has recently adopted some of
our law enforcement provisions.
When 1t comes to enforcing the
temperance laws after the first of the
year 1t will be a far different matter
from what it was in the Old prohibition
days. In the first place public senti-
ment IS for prohibition and to- strict
law enforcement. Then we have this
Law enforcement: organization that viii
enable US to reach ali parts of the
state
Violating Insurance Law.
State Insurance Commissioner Emory
English declares that some fire insur-
ance agents are boycotting compa MES
which have filed low rates with the
state insurance department and are
writing insurance for only the COM
panies which have subscribed TO what
is recognizes as higher rate. II this
action continues some prosecutions
may result.
In a statement given out today In
surance Commissioner English said:
Recent filings with the state insur-
ance department Of auto fire insurance
rates indicate the intention Of Nun
Der OF stock companies TO make rates
Gown to the level of cost to members
of mutual associations. a large num-
Der Of the stock companies are said to
be members Of what Is konwn as the
Western Conference and such COM
ranies have contended themselves with
filing bureau rates. Some of the other
companies among them being the
Springfield Fire and Marine, Niagara,
Standard. Boston. Old Colony, Scottish
Union and National, and Equity Nut
ual Fire Insurance Association Of Iowa
have filed lower rates. In an effort to
discourage the reduction Of rates and
notwithstanding the Blanchard law,
prohibiting agreements between insur-
auce companies. IS still in force. local
agents of the above companies are said
10 be not quoting the lower rates filed
but are placing the bushes sin the
conference companies al the higher
rates and withholding the business
from the lower rate concerns.
Under the new Iowa rating law al,
companies are required to file with the
state insurance commissioner copy o.
the rates as will be charged by them
OF the different classes. or risks, writ
ten, each company being under the Ia "
allowed to file and use such rates as
dts. experience may warrant or its off,
GERS desire to charge.
If there is concerted action upon the
part Of agents TO eliminate the COM
petition afforded under the law, and
thereby regulate rates thru the means
OF boycottiny OF companies filing low
rates, the action is a plain violation
OF the law and will subject those SO
engaged In the drastic penalties pro-
yided."