Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1880-11-18

being the same as on the previous day.
Chairman Page, of the committee on ag-
riculture, made the following report:
First-A paper from Joseph Dobs con-
corning taxation of wheat in store satisfac-
torily explained. No Recommendation.
Second-A paper from j. Fl. Schroeder re-
garding the fact that wheat shipped from
Chicago to Minnesota does not grade as
shipped by the Minnesota standard. No
recommendation.
Third-A paper from VIM. Weld calling
attention to the fact that farmers were cheat
ed in weights by buyers.
Reeommended-A quick pair of scales in
the granaries, and careful weighing of each
| load before going to market 30 that the buyer
| may not be able to have it all his own way.
Fourth-H. p. Porter asking the board to
advise legislation looking toward the cultiva-
ton along the highways of the Linden tree
| as food for bees.
Recommended to farmers, but no leRisla-
| ton thought necessary.
Flfth-From F. w. Hillman, calling for a
stringent dog law as protection for sheep
r6lS6fS. Recommended.
Report adopted.
The matter of dog tax was now brought
| up, and briefly discussed, being finally laid
| over until after dinner.
The secretary read a communication from
Governor Pillsbnry, stating that himself and
Superintendent Burt would wait upon the
| board at 2:3O P. NJ. in relation to certain ex-
plantations concerning the Agricultural Col
lege, and its alleged ineficiency.
MIR: Loring questioned the board before
adjournment. to know if anyone present
knew of a single agricultural school which
was efficient and doing good work.
MIR. L. 0. Francis, of Blue Earth county,
replied, instancing the Agricultural College
of Michigan, New York, Illinois and Iowa,
which were prosperous and successful in this
! department of instruction.
| LEGISLATION SUGGESTED.
| Mr.. Francis, chairman of the committee
on legislation, reported as follows:
First-That in view of the fact that taxation
| is SO excessive as to keep the farmer poor and
the salaries of county officers SO large as TO cor
rupt our politics, that this committee believe
taxation should be reduced to enable farmers
to live and the salaries of officers cut down to
prevent corruption.
SecOnd-That more severe usury law ought
to be enacted, reducing the legal rate to Z per
cent. and no more.
| Third-Thet an investigation of the expeu-
diture of all moneys arising from the sale of
lands granted by the United States for the es-
adjustment and maintenance of an agricui-
| tural college in Minnesots be recommended.
Fourth-That legislation preventing the
adulteration of food and groceries and the sale
Of the same ought to be had.
On motion the report was considered nv
| sections.
In regard to section LIST Mr.. Eyanson
| thought salaries of county officers were too
small already and none but loafers could af-
| ford to aspire to them.
Mr.. Peterson would not leave his farm for
any salary paid to county officers.
Mr.. Loring thought special law might
| be enacted, allowing counties to fix the sal
| aries of her own officers.
MIR. Francis supported this section as we'll
as the whole report. He said the farmers
| IN his blue Earth) county were taxed to
death. he had been assessor there five years
| and had assessed men under the Law who
| were not worth $1, but who had to pay 300
tax. he could mention more than one,
That he could mention more than one farm
er in his county who had lost his farm by
reason of excessive taxation and had gone
| West and became rich by means of county
| offices.
The average valuation of farming lands
in Blue Earth county was $10.71 per acre
for which sum it could not be sold to-day.
What the farmers wanted was les legislation
to build up county seats and more legisIa-
ton to diminish taxation and allow them to
live. He had been in Minnesota ten years
and had paid over twelve hundred dollars
| ($1 ,2OO) taxes and he felt as if he had a
right to demand some knowledge as to how
it had been expended,
Passing in his remarks to section 4th of
the report, he complained bitterly of the
| general adulteration of articles of food, and
in fact almost everything on earth. Even
religion in this latter day was not allowed to
escape the general attenuation. The farmers
were compelled to go to town to attend
church and then there wasn't near so much
sulphur in their hell as their used to be.
subsequently the board declined to ap-
prove of the report.