Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1900-10-25
The Warehouse Bill.

The editor of the Populist paper. n. ma
ster w ord, who is a candidate for s,.,.
On the Populist ticket is trying 10 nI
mountain out OF a mole hill by priptin, 4.
two columns Of rot concerning NV ~.
trivial amendment to Senate hin \. "a
Pierre two years ago.
Now / want the people Of Day and u,ul.u
counties to know all the particulars ,h0,
this matter so thai they may be ahls % a.
their own conclusion, and | do not ia,, /.
verdict. N
Senate Bill No. 40 provided that R,T,0,,
companies could DO compelled TO hnid Il.
tracks to elevators. warehouses and sou,i..
mills upon and contiguous to their ,i,b,,
way. One OF the provisions OF the hin w.,
follows: "Such side track facilities and :.
ming connections shall be made he sp.A "a |
road company WITHOUT REFERENCE M
THE SIZE, COST OR CAPACITY OF sUT
ELEVATOR, WAREHOUSE OR FLoURIM
MILL"
All reasonable men will conceds that M.
clause of the bill wa so unreasonable spaI.
diculous that it would render the who'll bn
imperative and Incapable reinforcement sr
under it ar yOne could build any kind Of sba
that he could call a warehouse. "regardle.,d |
size. cost or capacity, and demand a sk |
track built to it; and to illustrate the riicc.
lonsness of this proposition one senator oHs.
ed an amendment to the bill providing thai.
farmer could also dem2-a a side track bu1.
TO his stacks in the field. And | will submit
that it was not more unre asOuabe that
farmer could demand a side track into hs
field where there might be two, three or irs |
thousand bushels Of wheat. than il was ii al |
elevator corporation TO demand side tra2 |
to a warehouse under the provisions Of tz |
bill have a capacity OF less than one carload
Of grain, for the bill said, without referees
to size. cost or capacity" and did not proyis
that the owner HAD TO OPERATE IT
SINGLE DAY IN A YEAR, Two PopulEs
and four Republicans, in jest. voted forth
amendment. / was one OF the six, and thisB
what the Webster World IS making all IBIS
oar about, but IL is very careful to withhold
from its readers the rest Of the history ofFs
bill. This amendment was OF cours v
feated, but it fully answered its purpose q
emphasizing the uureasonab leness OF thepA
and the laugh had scarcely subsidized oTerB
proposition, when the bill was ammendsdp
provide that a warehouse must have acapae
ity OF not less than ten thousand bushels aa
must BE OPERATED AS A WAREHOtS
before the owner could demand a side tsa
built TO il. | voted for this amendment aa
heartily supported the bill as amended ~
voted for il on it's final passage as your fsr
ers q see by turning to page 90 oil te =
State Journal, and Senate Bill No, Rsaa'
of the state today and can be foundinehaFa
I25 of 1899 Session laws, and my vote helper"
make il a law, and to the best OF my is
ment my vote helped to make 1t reasV-'~
law that can be enforced and will DC q ~
benefit TO the people of the state.
Mr.. Slovenian, the candidate on H y
position ticket has been very careiul "
ccal all these facts from the readets~
sheet, and tries with his glaring heau"'
convey the impression that was oppo~
to the bill and did not support III
entirely untl ne. | only opposed Wna' apr
ed to me to be unreasonable in It's ppV"
/ am a farmer myself and depend mO'o
farming operations for n living than =
thing else. | could rot vote again,p
terests of other farmers without de'iI
my own personal interests. MI ~
perhaps would vote for a side trace :, ~
granery and cowshed in the countF.'
being subject To- such flashes OF desr
self, l felt contented to get siue
warehouses; of 10000 bushels capao". :.
would only require a building Z9A" rnr
IL foot posts, which is less than u' Nj
sions of any warehouse or eie''' ana
know of in this country at the Pp I. r |
Mr.. Showerman also tells us "" ) hn.sI
great sympathy with tho peopis' fsI
one has ever heard any one else ;" ,a,s
people of this district did not seem s,.arS
so when they gave him atout wv uss
votes less than they gave has 4. dbs
Samuel Denton. In fact, the peop anal
home town of Webster and his.tofm ,ooss
Bristol seem to think that the only ~ dts
had much sympathy for was the
Webster World. Yours Respeceu. ',,xs |
RIcn,RD Wiz