Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-11

writing OF the highway law. There 10
also In the controversy good deal Of
feeling that It IS being used as a part
of the general political game In the
state and further that in some way the
old fight of the special interests deal
ing in highway and bridge material is
deeply involved. In advance OF the
vote those who have followed the mat
ter closest estimated that there would
be comfortable majority of the house
for the repeal bill.
Superintendent w. L. Kuser, Of the
state industrial school for boys at Ell
dora appeared before legislative COM
mittees yesterday to inform members
as to the conditions at the school rela-
tive to the support funds
The immediate problem of his school
Is how to clothe. feed and educate 800
or 400 boys on so cents day.
The legislature two years ago fixed
the minimum allowance for the school
at s4,250. Mr.. Kuser would like to
have the allowance raised to mini
mum uI $50. Al present
ance amounts to 46 cents day. BY
prudent handling Of the farm and shop
they are able to add Ii cents day to
the support fund, IN an average, for
each boy. This makes a total OF 80
cents a day. 1t is FAR below that of
all other states making any pretense
of doing the work that is done in Iowa.
Some of the states eXpend twice as
much.
Two propositions affecting banking
came before committees yesterday and
were pretty thoroughly threshed out.
The first was the Jones bill for bring
ing the private banks CT the state
under the control III the banking de-
partment and making them subject
practically TO all the restrictions of the
state and savings banks and the loan
companies. A large delegation OF
bankers appeared and showed how i'm
practicable the proposal IS and how
difficult it would be to make the bank
ing laws of the state fit individual
bankers and firms and partnerships en-
gagged in banking. The other proposal
was the Thomas olue sky bill. The
brokers are opposing this bill, the same
as they did two years ago. and show
how very hard II is TO frame up legis-
lation on this subject that will really
protect the investor without doing an
injury to some one engaged in legin-
mate business. But the sentiment is
very strong for the passage OF the bill
TO take the place of the one which fell
by the wayside in court.
Wesley Greene, secretary of the
state horticultural society, and ProI.
Laurence Greene, Of the state college,
Ames, appeared before legislative
committee Yesterday emu urged al dd-
dition to the annual appropriation for
nursery stock inspection The depart
ment now has available about $4,000
year for this purpose. It has proved
wholly inadequate. Dill before the
legislature calls for $500. There IS
danger Of the important Of diseases by
the bringing In of untnspected nursery
stock. The avoid another foot and
mouth fight" the oil Is urged on the
legislature.
Lieutenant Governor Harding and
DR., Gibson returned from Lincoln with
laurels. They went there TO convince
rhe Nebraska people that Iowa is doing
the right thing in regard tc the foot
and mouth epidemic. They succeeded.
Governor Harding says that DR.. Glib
son made wonderful presentation OF
the. matter The governor and livestock
sanitary board were assailed by large
number of farmers with petitions to
keep the quarantine against Iowa rigid.
The stock men were !nsistent When
Gibson finished with them the COVER
nor admitted that Iowa was doing more
to protect Nebraska stock interests than
they were doing in Nebraska and that
there was no possible excuse for the
ouara ntine against this state. An order
was entered removing it entirely from
the western three-fifths OF the state.
Ex-Congressman Albert F. Dawson.
Of Davenport, was here yesterday and
anpeared before a committee In the
interest of the bill 70 make more work
able the plan of securing tax aid lof
the county agricultural work. MT.
Dawson is greatly in earnes: in support
of this idea Much good has been ac-
compIished in those counties "here
county agents have been employed
The house yesterday passed the
Coast bill to authorize commission
for the examination and certincaloh
of accountants in Iowa.
There were eighty-two oliis intro
drced in the house yesterday and ABOUT
twenty-five in the senate-Whlch viii
furnish material for the committees lot
several days.