Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-02-09
CONGRESSMAN WOODS, OF TENTH
DISTRICT, TRYING TO GET
ACTION ON BILL.
ALLEGED FRAUDS PRAcTIcED
At LIVE STOCK YARDS
Bill Provides For Licensing Of Weigh
ers and Inspectors and For Public
Scrutiny Of Books - Congressman
Good to Address New York RepubIi-
can cIub-Iowa at Washington,
Special to Times-Republican

Special to Times Republican.
Washington, Feb. s.-Congressman
Woods, Of the Tenth district, is en-
deavoring to get action at this session
on his bill which is designed primarily
to prevent short weighing at the Chi
cago, Kansas City, Omaha and Sioux
City stock yards, and generally to pre-
vent the use OF incorrect weights and
the practicing OF fraud in the weighing
and handling of farm products at COM
merc!al centers.
The bill provides for licensing by the
secretary OF agriculture of weighers
at commercial centers, particularly at
stock yards, and the licensing of in
spectors TO serve as check on the
weighers. 1t is provided that licensed
weighers shall keep books. open for
inspection OF the public, setting forth
the name of the owner, weight of the
stock or goods. date Of the weighing
and other information so that every
instance of short weighing could be
speedily checked and prosecuted.
Owing to the precedence given war
measures 1t is not certain that the
commerce, to which the Woods bill has
been referred, will be able to report
out the measure during the short ses-
sion. but the abuse which the bill seeks
to correct is of such general applica-
ton and there is such strong support
in congress for the measure that 1t is
believed certain of passage as soon as
congress can reach It.
Iowa at Washington.
Officers of the Keokuk Dam Com
pany and Mississippi steamboat in
terests will appear before the house
rivers and harbors committee Monday.
when a hearing win be held on the
resolution by Congressman Rainey. of
Illinois. providing for an investigation
Of the action of the dam company in
storing water above the dam. Claims
that this is detrimental to navigation
will be made by the boat interests.
Congressman Good will go to New
York Saturday to deliver an address
before the New York Republican Club
on the question Of the value Of the
primary election system Mr.. Goods
address will be a defense Of the pri-
mary system. with particular reference
to the reforms In election practices in
Iowa which were effected by adoption
Of the primary plan. His address Is
expected to be Of interest owing to
the attacks on the primary made in
Iowa and other states in recent
months.
Mr. and Mrs. e. T. Meredith, OF Des
Moines, were guests at a dinner given
nv Sacre+a ~ Ta uieI< Mnnaay night AZ
which the President and Mrs. Wilson
were guests OF honor. Other guests
included Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Ford,
Don c. Seitz, of the New York World,
Irwin Cobb, author, humorist and war
correspon dent, and Carrie Chapman
Gait, head Of the American Suffra ge
Association.
The house pensions committee has
made favorable report on a bin by
c Congressman Ramseyer increasing the
pension OF James W. Lathrop. of Os-
kaloosa, a naval veteran, from $24 to
go a month.
E. A Smith, OF Whiting. was in
Washington this week en- route to An
napolis to visit his nephew. Clyde w.
Smith. a midshipman at the naval
academy.
John P. Ploog has been appointed
postmaster at McCausland, Scott
county, vice Mae L. CARRIER. removed.
The civil service commission has an
nounced examinations to fill vacancies
as postmaster at Soldier, Monona
county; Portsmouth. Shelby county;
Raymond, Black Hawk county. and
Iavinia, Calhoun county.