The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-02-25

OOJGCl1OH OIL tI0i
members of the North Dakota committee,
to the wording Of the Wisconsin bill was
met by the Wisconsin men with the ex-
PLANTATION that 1t was impossible to draft
a bill providing absolutely for the APP
pointment Of a North Dakota man. that
would be constitutional, and that the bill
was framed with that matter In view.
Speaking of the matter Of grain inspec-
ton and the loss that is suffered by the
farmers of North Dakota by the dirt in
grain and the dockage to which it is sub
jecte6, a member Of the special grain in
spection committee gave some Interesting
figures Figuring 100000 900 bushels Of
wheat and 14,OOO 900 bushels OF flax
shipped from North Dakota, at an aver
age of eight pounds a bushel dockage for
flax and a pound and half dockage
bushel for wheat. the total doclage would
aggregate 172,o0O,ooO pounds. Figuring
freight ON this at an average charge of IA
cents a hundred, the total freight paid by
farmers Of North Dakota on dirt brought
them no return whatever was nearly a
quarter of a million dollars. The terminal
elevators sell this locked stuff ut s12 a
ton for feed so that the dirt on which the
farmers of this state pay freight and for
which they get nothing Is sold for a total
of $1,032,000. This opens UP an interest
ing problem Of grain cleaning by the
farmers, although the experienced men in
this line say it would not pay them to
clean the wheat for | cent a bushel.
Petitions Pouring In.
The question of the regulation Of the
sale of cigarettes has been answered by
the house committee which has voted to
adopt the 5000 annual license provision.
This will probably take the place Of the
anti cigarette bill. which forbids the i'm
portation or sale Of cigarettes or cigarette
PAPER ~Ez-e'
Petitions have been pouring in on the
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cigarette bill to such an extent that Rep
resentative Lyons the, other day moved
to lay all Of them OH the table, thus
denying the people the constitution
granted right. of petition. It was finally
agreed to print only two names after each
petition in the journal.
The bill raising the age Of consent to
IS years has also been the subject Of many
petitions and the senate judiciary COM
1nittee has reported the bill to pass, it
having already gone through the house.
A ludicrolis element in legislation is the
daily receipt Of large numbers of petitions
against the res,bmission bill, which is
dead and buried, several weeks ago.
VIII Get Half Way Through.
The board of control bill is said to be
assured of passage through the house, and
Representative Chaffee is working hard to
enlist enough senators in it's support to
get it through that body. The bill has an
emergency clause, so that it will require
two thirds of the members voting to pass
it with this clause, which will put it into
effect at once, and relieve the governor of
the necessity of appointing trustees for
the penal and charitable Institutions.
With the ssage of the bill, there
would be great interest in the personnel
of the board, which will assume charge Of
the various institutions. There will She
two republicans and one democrat. and
no two of them from the same judicial
district. 1t is reported a change may be
made to increase the salary from SO, 900
to $4,000.
Rank Error In Dispatch.
In Journal telegram the other day
where it was stated that Senator La
Moure. in discussing primary election. said
that a St. Paul paper had made sea. 900
out Of the last primary election, the dis
patch got into type that Senator La
Moure stated he had made $4,000 out OF
the last primary election The error was
apparent since there has been no prirn-
AIRY election law in this state. and had
there been, it is not probable that any.
member would make any such statement
In debate or otherwise.