The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-03-12
SAY It's TOO BROAD
Incorporated Minnesota Companies
Protest Against the Bill to Re-
strict Combinations.
Peterson's Resolution to Investigate
the Chamber of Commerce i.
!
Is Adopted.

| mittee on railroads and designed to pre-
vent combinations in restraint of trade |
| and the granting Of rebates, was read in |
! the house this morning. The protest says: |
| Many of the commercial houses, manu- |
| featuring companies, merchants and other |
industrial enterprises in our state are in
| corporate and this bill will compel US to |
make public our business as against our |
| competitors. who are not so incor-
| porated
THE bill in opinion will tend to
prohibit tree and open competition, and
instead of restraining large corporations in
foreign states, will tend to restrict the
! power Of local concerns to compete with
| such corporations. :
-''rhe bill places unreasonable restric-
! lions upon the transportation of manufac-
tured and other articles, and will tend
! greatly to endanger the business Of cor
| porations doing business in Minnesota. {
THE bill In our opinion would Injurious
| ly affect the credit and: standing of the
state of Minnesota and will tend to
prejudice the development of manufacture
ing and other enterprises in our state.
I'VE have no objection to the enactment
of statutes prohibiting rebates and dis
elimination by railroads, but believe that
the statutes now in force, together with
i the act of congress- are ample to protect
the public against such discrimination
This is signed by G. w. Van Dusen &
; Co.. Atlas Elevator company, Crescent
Elevator companyys National Elevator
company, the Van Harrington
company, Minneapolis Union Elevator
company Osborne,5 Mcmillan Elevator
company. Empire Elevator company,
Crown Elevator company, Sheffield Ele-
vator company Atlantic Elevator COM
pany, George c. Bagley Elevator COM
pany. Royal Elevator company, Concrete
Elevator company, Woodwork Elevator
:, company, the McCaull & Webster Elevator
| company. Interstate Grain company,
4 va NJ nv
+ Steel Elevator company, Peavey Ele-
+ vator company, the Interior Elevator
' company, Duluth Elevator company, Re-
= public Elevator company, Northern Ele-
r vator company, Belt Line Elevator COM
O pany, Peavey Duluth Terminal company,
q Globe Elevator company, Great Western
+ | Elevator company, Cargill Elevator COM
!, pany, Imperial Elevator company, HUM
: Elevator company, Barnum Grain COM
q pany, st. Anthony and Dakota, Elevator
q company, Washburn- Crosby company,
Minneapolis and Northern Elevator COM
@ pany, Pillsbury Washburn, George r.
v Newell & Co., Wyman, Partridge & Co.,
+ Northern Linseed Oil company NForman,
Ford & Co., P. Lent Rubber company,
4 Nelson & Bouquet Hardware company,
4 Thomas H. Reeves: Co., Janney. Semple,
a Hill & Co., Northwestern Casket company,
>, McKusick Towle & Co., Minneapolis Iron
~ Stove company s. II. Hall & Co. Will
! liams Hardware company, Moore Carving
# Machine company, Salisbury & satterlee,
y Minneapolis Bedding company, F. E. Sat
y terlee & Co, Globe iron Works:
: VIII Investigate chamber.
- S. .. Peterson secured the adoption of
II his resolution for an investigation into
= the business methods of the Minneapolis
y Chamber of Commerce, only two votes
. being recorded against it, cast by Fry
*, berger of Hennepin and Jones OF Otter
- Tail. Many members neglected to vote,
. only 70 yeas being recorded. Speaker
q Babcock named S. D. Peterson, George
R. Smith and j. B. Kelly as the com
- mittee.
II A Livestock Sanitary Board.
Mr.. Morley introduced a bill creating
a new state department. to be known as
: | "the state live stock sanitary board of
/ five members, who are to be appointed
, by the governor. OF the five, three are to-
be live stock breeders and two veterinary
surgeons. Ultima tely they are to serve
e five years. The first appointments, how
ever, are to be made so that member
| will retire each year. Quarterly meetings
are provided for and members are to
serve without compensation. In general
| the new board is to have all the author
ity over domestic animals now welded
II by the state board of health and the ap-
:. preparation allowed the old board for
this work is to be transferred to the new.
n A New Highway Plea
e Ole Peterson introduced his highway
commission bill The house roads and
e bridges committee is hostile to the bill,
5 and refused to Introduce it, so Mr.. Peter
S son had it referred to the judiciary COM
e mttee, which is likely to give it ia
I vorable report. The Peterson bill differs
y from the senate bill In the makeup Of
the highway commission, which is to be
+ made up of the state auditor, secretary Of
i state, and one practical farmer of diff
-
ficials. He is to be named by the gov
ernor for a three year term, and is to
= serve without compensation except for
: expenses. The board must hold regular
= meetings on the first Tuesday after the
. first Monday of each month. Only $4,000
a year is appropriated for the expenses.
e including salary of the secretary. Before
y town supervisors can petition for a state
y road they must raise their third of the ex-
! pense. III it's other features the bill fol-
. lows the senate measure, providing state
u tax of one twentieth of a mill, a secre-
. tary who is civil engineer and who is to
: view and approve every projected road
: before it is ordered. Contracts are to be
y let to the lowest bidder by the county
= commissioners. and they are to employ
y supervisor for each job at IS a day.
,. Counties may issue bonds to pay their
: third Of the expense -.
~ Recording of chatteI Mortgage. ~
e Mr.. Wells introduced bill which re-
i quires chattel mortgages to be filed with
) the register of deeds instead of town
r, clerks. This applies to all except cities
If of $4,000 or over and is to do away with
the great inconvenience of looking ur
such records in the country districts. THE
( system is in use in all surrounding states
One Salary Raise Knocked.
~ Senator McGills bill, increasing the
salary of the attorney general to $4,SO(
l. annually, vas beaten by narrow mar
l. gin. Mr.. Fryberger, however, gave no.
It. tice that he would move reconsideration
D. and the bill will probably be passed later
l. To-d days vote was 55 for and So against
s. or only 5 short Of enough to carry. II
i'd was the only measure on the calendar tc
al suffer this fate. r. T. Lewis bill pro-
lg .viding for .electrocution in place Of hang.
is ings. was passed over on the authors re,
s. quest.
ne National Guard Camp at ST. Louis.
- j. H. Burns of Ianesboro introduced
= joint resolution granting to the nationa
Is guardsmen permission to hold their annua
40 encampment at st. Louis in 1904 and per
9 hitting. the payment Of necessary ex
81 penses out of the fund provided for en-
q, campment expenses. The resolution au
:. thorizes the governor to make arrange
: ments. It went over under notice of de
- bate given by Mr. O'Iaughlin OF LAX,