Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-01-16

Of the board Dec. s, 1900, the Duluth &
iron Range Railroad company, by its
with the commission Of
the following tenor:
Duluth. Mimi, Dec. $40 the Railroad
OF Minnesota.-Gentlemen The Duluth
& Iron Range Railroad company, having
v Withdrawn and Cancelled the tariff Of
June, 1900, heretofore filed with the COM
mission; In order that you may under
st and the 9g,, reason therefor. states:
and now withdrawn, is misleading, nuga-
tory, and was filed through inadvertence,
as the company was not and is under no
legal duty to file the same
Secondhand traffic is iron ore is from
its nature and from the way the business
Is conducted interstate.
Third-Ihat there will be no traffic in
iron ore from the present time until the
opening OF navigation in the spring of
Fourth-No iron ore has been trans
tic has been handled under special ore
contract, and such tariff is not capable
OF being applied to the business. because,
special contracts in consideration of the
special services which cannot be enjoyed
or USED BY $ singers ipI. s. in common.
BY J. L. Greatsinger, President.
communication Of like import was
filed by the Duluth. Mesaba & Northern
taken by these two corporations pre-
sents question Of the most vital inter-
est to the people of the state. If it is
competent for a railroad corporation. es-
peclally one to the construction of whose
railroad the public has contributed so
much as IN the case of the Duluth & Iron
Range Railroad company, which has re-
ceived a grant 90 Of III lands from the, state
OF more than 100000 acres, to withdraw
rates on so per cent of it's traffic and in
erect rect suspend its business as common
at the mercy of the instrumentalities
created by the law for the sole purpose
of serving the people.
ana IN our, political discussions about
anarchy and anarchistic doctrines. This.
in my, Judgment is the first overt act of
State of Minnesota and should be met
accordingly. Ours is government by
law and our people should not and cannot,
with safety to our institutions, tolerate
It the course indicated by these corpora
lions is persisted in, it will become he
duty of the attorney general to insti-
tute proceedings for the executive to their
charters and for the executive to take
possession of the railroads to insure their
operation as common carriers, pending
If such action becomes necessary and is
taken, ! am sure that the attorney gen.
eral and the executive will have the sup
state
Having praised the grain department
for it's work and expressed the opinion
company in the state was entitled to had
been conveyed, Governor Lind took up
the question of labor legislation, saying
among other things:
AS society provides IN advance by pub
nc law an orderly way for the settlement
of differences between citizens in other re-
latlons of life, I can see no good reason
why that rule should not be extended to
the relation of wage employment, at least
in cases where corporations are employ
ers. believe that the safety and welfare
OF society demand such legislation, and
the present. it seems to me, is a most OPP
perfume time. as We now have industrial
peace and the delicate questions involved
can be considered without passion or
The question is, What is the remedy
This. believe, can best be answered by
analogy: Society abolished the wager OF
all resort to physical conflict for the set.
Element of private right illegal, is says
to all either contending parties: Society
your differences to, an umpire. Take his
keep the peace"
I believe that the safety of society an6
solve this problem on the same lines. Il
! is objected that while the decision could
be enforced against the employer. there
and cannot be held to the payment O.
damages. ! question this: The iaboEn!
place, he is amenable to public opinio,
| like every other citizen. On the othe
hand, labor organizations, as such, if in
corporated under the statutes, would b.
as responsible and as able to respond il
damages if adjudged against them, a
| are any other organizations.
justed, then a law providing that eithe
| party to the controversy might appl,
for compulsory arbitration and that pend
ing arbitration wages and employment
! existed, would remove every occasion TO
| both the lockout and the strike. The ar
bitration tribunal might be constituted o
| two members selected by each side AM
a fifth member to be either judge o
the district court in the district wher
! the difference arose, or a judge of tn
| supreme court.
Reforms in county accounting wer
! urged along the lines of the bill drafted
by the committee Of county auditors ana
treasurers sitting in st. Paul. The gov
! tions both for the Louisiana Purchase ex
position, to be held in St. Louis in 1903
and for the Pan-American exposition, t.
! be held the coming summer at Buffalo
Regarding state finances, the new capito
and other matters, he said:
The last legislature fixed the tax lev.
It was found possible to reduce this t
IA mills last year and to 1.3 mills for thu
current year. Nevertheless, the finance
of the. state were never in better condi
state are absolutely secure. No losse
have been sustained during my term of of
| flee. This gratifying condition of affair
is in a large measure due to the faithful
Judgment Of our retiring treasurer, Mr.
Koerner, who leaves. behind him a rec
ord that may well eli be em%ated by
Personal inspection will now enable 20,
the new capitol. The expenditures in
Contracts, aggregate some 81 Sc, 900. leav
ing balance of silo,ooo for the inside fin
ishing and for constructing the approach
to- the Garefu
sible to secure the completion of tn
building inside and out in a manner at al
commensurate with the plans upon whicl
this amount. And this, am glad to say
| is not the result Of either bad manage
ment or extravaganza, No body of mel
and intelligent service than we arc re
ceiving at the hands of the present capito
| commission. l recommend that the limi
of cost be increased Increase to such sum as i
building in harmony with the exterior o
In view of the fact that in the las
certificates of election have been issue
in two instances to candidates who onl
received a minority of the votes cast an
that the integrity of the result as de
body of our people, l feel it my duty t
call your attention to the fact that GU
statutes provide no method for reviewing
the election returns for a state office O
| the result declared. This is not in har
mony with the general spirit of our leg
islation on the subject of elections, no
| with the principles of sound government
| al policy. 1t is needless for me to Sa
that do not ask that legislation in thi
behalf be made applicable to elections al
ready held.
The governor closed with words o
praise and gratitude for the department
| Of the adjutant general, the commissions
! of insurance, the public examiner, tn
| commissioner of the dairy and food de
partment and the commissioner of labor
| The Seat OF War.