Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-03-10
COMPLAINT FROM AMEs Al
LEGGED COLLEGE WAS UNFAIR
COMPETITOR.
LISTENS
TO EVIDENCE IN CASE
College Accused Of Selling Ice Cream,
Flowers and Apples in Competition
With Local intsre.ts-Pearson Ad.
NIT. Charge and Satisfactorily Ex-
plains Why Il Is Necessary to Do So.
snecial to Times-Republican.

Des Moines, March 10.-The state
college at AIues is eSGaSra:e5 from the
accusation of unfair competition in
business. President Pearson will not
receive the censure Of the legislative
body for prudent business manage
ment of the affairs Of the state at the
college.
Some time ago committee from
Ames appeared before the agricultural
committee Of the senate and COM
planned that the college is engaging in
commercial enterprises and has in
dulged in unfairness in competition so
as to drive legitimate business out OF
Ames. More specifically, It was de-
clared that a man who was going TO
build a big ice cream factory had been
deferred from so doing because OF the
sale of ice cream from the college
dairy; that man who had been en-
gagged as florist couldn't meet the
competition Of the college greenhouse;
and that the apple merchants lost
money sometimes because the college
insisted on putting the college farm
apples on the market. What was
wanted was an order from the legisla-
ture to the college heads TO do more
educatin' and less hucksterin'.
There was nothing left for the COM
mittee to do but make an inquiry ana
so President Pearson came before the
committee yesterday to explain. He
told all the facts. It was true the col
lege farm apples were sold and the
roses and carnations from the green
house were not permitted TO wither
and die. The ice cream competition
was most serious. 1t was admitted the
college made ice cream that contained
more than the legal standard OF butter
fat and sold 1t at what seemed to be
cost. But 1t was either that or throw
It away or stop the demonstration and
college work.
Incidentally it was also brought out
that the college income from by-pro-
ducts was about $4,000 a year.
But the members Of the committee
Immediately dismissed the whole COM
plant. They took :he ground that the
benefits to Ames from the college IN
a general way far overbalanced the
disadvantages of occasiona! compe-
tition in some lines and the Ames
people will simply have to stand for
the competition.
The senate committee on 1eoeral re-
iations has reported back &c the SEN
ate for passage the joint resolution oy
Senator Grout approving call 1or
constitutional convention TO revise the
United States constitution and lncluoe
provision forbidding polygamy. The
resolution was prepared by MRS. Ed
worthy, legislative agent Tor the w. =.
T. C., and 1t was at one time on the
senate calendar. Then the presiding
officer, President Harding, committed
a blunder by raising question as TO
whether c. not II should be concur
rent rather than joint resolution.
That there might be investigation II
was sent back TO the committee the
investigation disclosed what is already
well known to all the veterans in leg
islative work that anything touching
amending the federal constitution
which would require the force and effect
of law, must be by joint resolution
as concurrent resolution is nothing
gestion. Hence the resolution comes
back to be passed in exactly the form
in which it was introduced.
Ex-Congressman Pickett presented
to the railroad committee of the senate
Yesterday the merits of a bill which
has for it's purpose making clear and
definite that the law as to the right of
railroad to condemn for right of-way
to water for the purpose Of securing
water supply. will apply to interurbans
as well as railroads. It is made more
especially to fit a case on the line Of
the Waterloo Waverly-Ceda Rapids
road.
The members of the senate yesterday
afternoon received a slip of paper on
which was written a resolution reciting
that because Of a severe outbreak of
foot and mouth disease in the senate
in the forenoon it would be well to ask
DR.. Gibson to extend the quarantine to
cover the senate. The occasion for the
suggestion was in the fact that the
senate spent nearly an hour and half
in foolish discussion over proposal to
either place on the calendar or in
definitely postpone a temperance bill
for which a substitute has been drawn.
In any body OF sensible men on earth
it would not make whit Of difference
what became Of the one bin, the other
could be considered on its merits.
The bill to reorganize as to the man
agement of the state property by max
ing the adjutant general ex-oficio