Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-25
STATE TO BEGIN PROSECUTION
OF STOCK FOOD AND MEoI-
CINE CONCERNS.
RECENT RULINGS FAVOR
LAWS coNsTITuTloNALlTY
One Case Fought Thru to United States
Supreme Court and Status Is De.
crared' VaIid-Much Opposition on
Part Of Companies to Payment of
Annual 500 License.
Special to Times-Republican.


Des Moines, Sept. 25.-Henry Samp-
sou, of the attorney generals office.
representing the state dairy depart
ment, is preparing 10 prosecute stock
food and stock medicine companies
Which are doing business II this state
without their annual 500 per year
license. Recent convictions and rulings
have established without doubt the
constitutionality OF the Iowa Law COM
polling companies selling both stock
foods and medicinal preparations for
stock to pay the annual 800 per year
license.
Riddle Brothers of Prairie City,
We're recently convicted in the court
al Newton under this law, the case
having been prosecuted by the county
attorney of Jasper county.
The X X Medicine COMPANY. in
case tried before Judge w. II. Hamil-
ton, at Keokuk, claimed that the law
did not apply TO their products, az
what they sold was stock medicines
and not stock food. The court held
that il did apply TO medicines and they
We're required 10 pay the license. One
case was fought thru TO the supreme
court of the United States and this
high court declared the law 10 be con-
stitutional.
There has been a good deal OF OPP
position TO the law on the part OF stock
food and stock medicine companies and
the latter have in number OF IN
stances refused 10 pay the license on
the ground that il applies Only to the
-g..s- Ia, a
been sufficiently upheld in so many
different cases now that the state au-
thor;ties feel warranted in a vigorous
policy Of enforcement from this
time on.
The supreme court was IN session
again Tor a short time this morning
after having adjourned Thursday
night Adjournment was taken al
noon today unit. TUESDAY OF next
week.
Assistant Attorney General John
Fletcher IS preparing 70 argue the
James SAILING case, appealed from
Union county. the first OF next week.
Sailing was indicted Jan. "a, 1913, by
the grand jury Of Union county, along
With Earl and Everett Emerson, on the
charge OF conspiracy 10 commit arson
MADDEN and Sailing were convicted py
the lower court and the case against
Emerson was dismissed. SAILING has APP
pealed on the grounds that his guilt
was not established in the lower court
Several ares IN properties owned oy
these three parties led to the Suspicion
that there was a conspiracy TO !nl4Fe
the insurance companies. on Aug. !,
1917 there =aGS 9 ars in the hotel at
cromwell, owned by Madden The
property and the furniture therein hac
been purchased by Madden OF James
Sailing on Aug. IS, there vas q IRE IN
the house of James Sailing, OF CrestoE
and snort time later II The property
Of Everett Emerson al Corning.
Mr.. Fletcher VIII also argue for the
state the case against Ben Glaze, Of
Osceola. appealed from the Clarke
county court Glaze was the cashier
of the Burlington freight Office al
Osceola and was charged with the
embezzlement OF $685. from the Bur
lington road.
Horne's Zoological Arena Company,
IF Kansas City. IS trying to collect
from the state of Iowa. a 1iu OF si,5GV
5 for quail which the state purchased for
the state game farm but which the
executive council has thus far refused
to pay The birds nearly all died Of
the southern quail disease. which they
had when they came here, so state
Game Warden r. C. Hinshaw says
and therefore the council mas been
holding up the bill. Attorney Samuel
II. Erect Of Kansas City. appeared
before the council Yesterday in be
half of the COMPANY
The state executive council yester-
day appropriated the sum OF si,GGG Pc-
year for two years to the state rail-
way commission to be used in assist
ing the National Association of Rail
road Commissioners in making vslu-
alton of railroad properties. The vari :
Gus state railway commissions have
organized q valuation bureau ard viii
undertake to make a valuation Of rail-
road properties in the states which are
members of the association.
The state board of control is still
gathering evidence in the case at
Mount Pleasant in which the authori-
ties are charged with inhumane treat
ment of the inmates. After the testi-
mony is all in the board will then issue
a statement as to its findings.