The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1893-03-16

good, bad and indifferent. Could the
senatorial fight have been eliminated
from 1t the result would probably have
been more to the states credit, but the
party and fractional whip was used in
such manner that good measures were
smothered, and ill-advised ones passed
against the will OF the members. As q
body the legislators were anti-corporation
and anti-appropriation, and as rule
these lines we're adhered to. but at times
the pressure brought TO bear was too
strong, and conviction had TO give way
under the application OF the screws. The
Anderson freight bill is in the front rank
of important measures passed. Two
years ago the farmers OF Eastern Wash
ington paid q cents freight on every
bnshel Of grain sent to market; to-day
the tariff is third less, or IA cents. The
passage OF the WATSON bill over Laugh
toms veto, followed by the-passage Of the
Anderson bill, brought about this i'm
portant reduction, which applies to po-
tatoes and other commodities Ms we'll as
grain.
The appropriation OF million dollars
for the state capitol building, is one OF
the measures that was forced upon the
legislature against its judgment. The
present state house is not up to the re
quircments Of this vigorous common
wealth, and it is an eye-sore: further, it
is generally conceded and desired that
there should be public building erected
in which all could take great pride, but
the state is young, has many urgent needs
which require heavy expenditures, and
the sentiment was general that this was
an inopportune time to create a heavy
Indebtedness, and to force the state lands
upon the market.
An important bill was that providing
for sugar bounty. Its object was to
build up thriving industry in the state
and add new and profitable field to the
occupations OF the farmer. 1t is claimed
that the sugar-beets OF this state will
yield as high as "a per cent. Of saccharine
matter, while in other states IA per cent.
is considered big average. According
to the bill the grower and the manufac-
turer will each be paid bounty Of one
half cent per pound on all sugar pro-
duced in the state up to 6, 0O0, 900 pounds,
| the appropriation being limited to $50 900
annually. This means that the bounty
alone will not induce more than one fac
tory to locate in the state. and there is nc
reason why Yakima should not reap the
benefit. Actual tests have demonstrated
that the sugar-beet can be grown here in
its greatest saccharine perfection and with
maximum yield per acre. While the
system of bounty-giving is wrong in
principle, now that it has become a law
the farmers OF Yakima should fully adj
wise themselves as to all points desirable
to be known in connection with the cul.
tivation of sugar-beets and prepare to
take advantage of opportunities which
the new law may create. A prosperous
factory is in operation in Nebraska
which state gives sugar bounty, and
there are two beet sugar factories in Cali
fornia. The one near Pomona was in
duced to locate there by bonus of 1000
acres OF land, the manufacturers claiming
that area was necessary in order to Sc
cure minimum quantity OF beets, so as
to be in a measure independent Of the
caprices of farmer producers, although
the beet product OF the farmers has
always been purchased at good figures.
The Pomona refinery EMPLOYS 100 men.
The re-enactment of the anti inkert
bill, which excludes armed hirelings Of
corporations from entering this state and
intinlidating or controlling workingmen.
is one of the just acts which are placed
to the credit of the third legislature.
Representative Roscoe's cigarette bill
is a measure which encroaches upon
dangerous ground-the civil liberties Of
a people. The smoking OF cigarettes
when carried to excess is unquestionably
an evil and ruinous to health, but so is
smoking in any form. The same can be
said of drinking, whether of spirituous
liqnors or aqua pura, and even Of eating.
That the bill will not be effectual in its
aims there is little question, and law
that is commonly violated is worse than
no law at ALL A similar measure was
passed by the New York legislature, and
although vigorous efforts were made to
enforce it in spirit and letter they proved
Of no avail, and cigarette smoking is as
prevalent now rs it was before the law was
framed to strangle it,
OF all the bills introduced only about
Il per cent. passed. or the important
bills which failed the one creating a
harbor line commission was q pet Of
King county. and McGraw is said to have
grown very wrathy over its being per-
mitted to die in the house. This win he