Morris tribune., 1905-02-25

Representative Ware has re-introduced hi
anti-pass and rate reduction bill two bills
The bill reducing passenger fares to 2 and II
cents per mile went to the committee on genera
legislation
Another bill that is the highway to the
statute books is changing the hour al
which the primary elections shall begin II
towns from o'clock a. ~. to 9 o'clock. This is
a very sensible change for township primaries
and will be welcomed by township officers
No change is made in the hours for villages and
cities
Representative Stones bill to allow counties
having sinking fund to invest the same in
farm loans is on the highway to becoming a
law. 1t has already passed the House. The
bill provides that the sinking fund can be loan
ed on farm real estate for period not exceed
ing five years, at not less than five per cent per
annun.
An interesting debate was held in the
House today the bill of Elmer Adams, OF
F fergus Falls requiring lumber dealers to sell
lumber of full measure, and that when lumber
of the present scant thickness and width was
sold it should be designated "short measure -
The principal argument made against the bill
was that there was no demand for it.
The committee investigating freight rates
has not as yet discovered any startling discrimi
nations as to rates. There are plenty of in
eQualities in the tariffs, but so far the railroads
have been able to give a reasonable explanation
The committee will soon get to the question Of
the comparative freight rates of Minnesota and
Iowa when interesting facts may be brought
out that will bear fruit.
Speaking of railroads, reminds us that joel
Heatwole of the Mortified News, recently
ca lied us down hard for what we said about the
Ware anti-pass bill, and then gave the screed
the benefit of his unlimited circulation-of
ample copies We will trade railway passes
with Mr.. Heatwole any day, and furthermore
w i'll promise to turn them all in the very day
the Ware bill passes. We don't whether
not he promise to turn passes in, because
he wouldn't have any to turn in, =
The binding twne and prison committee r
are laboring with three bills which present i
widely different views. The Durant bill pro- v
vides for using half the profits of the prison q
twine plant for building some additions to h
the prison. The Block bill goes way to the t
other extreme and proposes to sell binding t.
twine to the farmers absolutely at cost. AS we t
explained before, this would so cripple the II
twine plant thet the output could not be in e
creased. The third bill is one by Representative u
StoDr which is receiving much favorable COM II
ment After studying into the question: Mr..
Stone decided that it was proper that the state
should make profit on binding twine, out that
these profits should be used entirely for running
the business and even for building build
ings and getting more machinery, so long it {
all used for building up the twine industry.
The first real contest of the session was
precpitated last Friday and Saturday when i
the various bills for taking of the new t
capitol were under consideration. The Senate r
bill, known the Horton bill, providing for +
leaving the of the capitol in the hands of a
the Commission until it is turned over to the /
state completed two years from now. The c
the hands of a new commission composed Of r
five of the principal state officers. The Putnam t
bill, which was approved by the Public Build Q