Show IOWAS INSURANCE MUDDLE Secretary Sherman Will Probably Set It Eight Washington Sent 1The attention of the state department has been drawn to the face l that tile state of Iowa has attempted to discriminate against a foreign insurance company doing busi nets in the stale As there were indi catvons cf a similar intention on the pant of certain cither states and the matter was clearly a violation of the treaties adorned with certain nations Secretary Sherman addressed the following fol-lowing letter to the governor of Iowa Washington D C July 3 1897 His Excellency the Governor of Iowa Des Moines la I SUr it has been orally represented to tdiii deriartment by the minister of Switzerland at this capital that the tate of Iowa has laid a tax upon the premium income of European insurance companies greater than the tax imposed upon the presnium in < eome of Amerfica As tbs action operates to the disadvantage disad-vantage o Swiss insurance companies doing business in Iowa the department submits 1t is n violation of the rftfht of SiMlss citizens as set forth in article II of tire treaty constituted Nov 25 1850 between the United States and Switzerland Swit-zerland In order that the represented measure meas-ure upon tire treaty rights p f Swiss citizens II citi-zens may be duly taken into aecount I have the honor to quote the pertinent provision of said article II as follows No higher Import under whatever name shall be exacted from the citi sers of ona of the two countries residing resid-ing cr esiabKeEied I in the other than I shall be levied upon the citfeens of the ecurtry In vviiioh they reside or any ccntrCbUtion whatever to whieih the latter lat-ter shall not be liable JOHN SilEETlMAN Secretary of State S |