Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1916-04-08
Many Pathetic Stories Reaching
Bureau From Men Who Suffered
Disaster Because Of Failure Of Last
Years Corn crop-Battle Against
Foot and Mouth Disease Won. -
Special to Times-Republioan.

, on many unfortunate VlcC11nS.
For instance Last year was hard
one on the farm renter, especially If
he was north Of the central part OF
the state where the late spring, cool
summer and early frosts made the
crops poor and the corn crop failure.
Many applications have come to the
state free employment bureau this
spring from renters who have to go
back to working at wages because
they did not raise a crop last year.
Its like going into business for
a man to start out even as a
farm renter these days." said ]. C.
Neitzel, state free employment agent
yesterday In discussing some Of the
aspects of the employment work. MA
chinery is expensive. horses come high.
seed costs money, the landlords have
to get big rents and expenses in gen.
eral 50 heavy that a fellow has to
have quite a little capital If he ds to
rent a farm. Then If he is out his
whole seasons work and his rent and
all by losing a crop he Is up against
1T. That Is why there are so many
worthy fellows working on the farms
for wages who are anxious to do better
and who deserve to do better.
THE laborer in the city is having
his troubles, too. Sugar is cents
pound, flour is very high and meat al
most out Of sight. A laborer with
family has a struggle in the city. Lack
of early advantages, the necessity of
going to work when quite young to
help out his fathers family perhaps.
puts many man in a position where
he can never be nothing more than
laborer with q life Of self denial and
hardship,
The bureau yesterday received a
letter from a widow lady in Omaha
who has four sons, aged ~. IA. l6 and
% respectively, who is anxious to get
out on a farm where she can find
work for herself and her boys and
keep her family together. The bureau
is anxious to find place for this fam
lily on a farm.
Big Battle Won.
After about g. year and a half OF
trouble with the foot and mouth dis
ease, for several months year ago
in iowa and for the rest Of the time
inHneignboring states the stale VET
erinarIan's department feels, consider
ably relieved that the middle west is
free Of the dread cattle malady. ILL
nois has been declared free area by the
pers can now make shipments back
and forth. Shipments into Iowa from
Illinois must be in disimected cars,
however.
The veterinarians declare 1t is al
most impossible to make the average,
person realize the virulence Of the
foot and mouth disease germ and for
that reason the extreme difficulty the
authorities have In enforcing the quar-
antine laws when once the disease
gets started. But the veterinarians
say the germ Is one of the most viru-
dent and deadly OF any that they have
to meet in their practice and foot and
mouth disease has been far more cost
fly in Iowa than has been the war or
any other one thing.
Shipments OF live stock have to be
watched and kept track of during
foot and mouth disease quarantine
about as closely as strangers are
watched and kept track Of In Ger
many at the present time. The state
veterinarians OFFICE requires reports
on all shipments OF live stock into
the state and big bunch of these
reports come in daily. If any ship
ments come from an infected area or
suspected district these shipments are
kept in quarantine until all danger Of
sgthe cattle developing the disease is
over 1t requires constant vigilance
.Sto keep track Of these shipments,
watch the places under quarantine see
Ito it that no shipments are smuggled
Sin and all quarantine laws enforced.
The Iowa department claims it has
been handicapped by lack Of money
in it's enforcement of quarantine
measures and in some places by lack
sof corporation from the very citizens
whose interests they were trying to
safeguard. ~ as
b Hence with the quarantine in the
neighboringi state Of Illinois lifted and
this middle west free Of the disease
1.-THE state veterinarians office feels
much relieved. -" J. 49, K
Increased Rates Refused.
In "a ruling given out yesterday the
state board Of railroad commissioners
decline to order the increased intra-
state demurrage rates asked for by the
& Railroads. The commission declares it
can see no necessity for increasing the
demurrage rates at this time in Iowa
1 as cars lare as plentiful as they usual
Fly are. And as for shipping. the COM
mission says the smaller crops Of 1915
<.
However, the interstate commerce
I commission has ordered that these in
creased rates be granted on interstate
shipments which will give the rail-
roads practically what they asked for
in Iowa as the intrastate business is
- very small part Of the Iowa traffic.
This is another instance OF where
the orders of the interstate commerce
4 commission and the state commission
DO not agree. The railroads have for
some time been agitating the question
i Of doing away with state commissions
I and having the interstate commerce
Z commission pass on all matters be-
4 tween the railroads and the people.
They claim that the laws in the var
lots states are not uniform and altho
! they have to deal with many states
they find regulations In one state all
together different from those in an
other. In this matter OF increased de-
murrage charges not only did the in
I terstate commerce commission grant
them but E number or the States also
ana he railroad men say this IS an