The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1903-04-01
NO "SUGAR" FOR THE COMPANY.
House Refuses to Pass the Beet Sugar
Bounty Bill-Other Items.

has lowered around the legislature
for the past three or four sessions
like Banquo's ghost, was given it's
quietus in the house one day re-
Gently. The determination of the
proposition was not without its
tragic details.
1t will be remembered tina at the
1895 session Of the Minnesota legis-
lature a bounty of onea cent per
pound was offered TO any company
making beet sugar The Minnesota
Beet Sugar company established a
large plant at St. Louis Park and
by reason of the offer of the legisla-
ture man ufactured very nearly
enough sugar to warrant them in
asking the legislature for $40, 900
AT the 1897 session of the legisla
ture bill was passed giving them
this bounty, but State Auditor Dunn
submitted the law to the attorney
general for his opinion and the lat
ter held that the law was unconsti-
tutlonal. AS a result the money
which this bill appropriated has
been tied up in the State Auditor S
office ever since that that lime. At
the 1899 session an attempt was
made to make a new appropriation,
the bill being drafted with a view
to overcome the Objectionable fea-
lures, which were considered un-
constitutional by the attorney gen
eral. For some reason or other the
bill was defeated 1t met the same
fate in the 1901 session when the
people who were advocating it were
not friendly with the members of
the house, where the bill originated.
Shortly after the opening of this
session the bill was re-introduced
by Representative Simons from Red
Lake county and it came up before
the house committee on appropria-
tions where it was recommended
out for indefinite postponement,
but before the committee could make
this report, motion was put on the
floor OF the house recalling the bill
from the committee, advancing it to
it's second reading and ordering it
placed on general orders.
When the bill came up for con
on the day that it met it's
defeat Representative Simons. Fry
berger, Randall, Nolan W. l., Shear
er I'd Hell iwell all made speeches
DIV Ling heavily on the moral
D litigation that the State owed in
this case.
He contended that it was reward |
and whether the law was
unconstitutional or otherwise, the |
beet sugar company had acted in |
good faith and was entitled to this
bounty. He called attention to the
act that it would take less than one
cent per capita of the entire popula-
ion OF the State to pay the bill, and
hat the State could we'll afford to
get this matter out of its way by
paying over the bounty. Mr.. Simons
gave an extended history of the
natter together with recommended
ions and reports regarding the
same. Mr.. Fryberger read from
(ecision of the U. S. Supreme court
to prove that moral obi
ration should be paid About the
nly speech against the proposition
vas that of Representative Tighe of
ramsey county, and that speech
vas cruel dagger thrust at the
ill. 1t was a polished speech as is
Usually the effort Of that gentleman.
vas full of political economy and
,ood sound law. Mr.. Tighe, among
'ther things, stated that the legisla-
ure should take the position of be-
ny a guardian and that the State
vas it's ward. He said that if the
S95 session of the Legislature had
made an error, it was the duty of
he present legislature as the guar
liam of the ward to protect the ward
md in this he would attempt to as
list the minor to retain it's wealth.
Mr.. Tighe's most vicious thrust,
lower, was when he pointed to the
act that the legislature by the
enactment of this bill, was really
seeking to pay bounty into one of
he largest trusts in existence at