The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-02-14


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The dear farmers-how glad they
would have felt could they have besn
present at yesterday afternoons ses-
SION in the lower house.
How their bOsoms would have
swelled with pride during the discus
sipu over house bill No. %, by Simons.
u hear the spontaneous Odtburst Of
feeling for the man that turns the
SOIL
and then. Of course, the fact that
1he bin passed after a wordy fight
would have convinced the dgricultur-
lists that it was all true. The measure
provides that municipal corporations
and Incorporated towns and villages
shall exempt from license vendors
O. garden. farm and orchard produce,
provided they have grown the same
nc bill finally passed by vote of
% u, after an attempt to strike out
the g. voting clause earlier in the ses-
sion had failed by d vote of % nays TO
il ayes.
When the measure came up for pas
sage the ron call stood as follows:
Ayes. Allen. Austin, Christensen, Cot
tam, Dean, Hone, Johnson, Jones,
Joseph, Kuchler. Vaughan, Marks.
Merrill. Pace. Pancake Painter, Peter
Son. Richards. Simons. Spencer, Stew
art Stringham. TOltOn. Wilson. WOot-
ton and Speaker Hull-26.
Nays-AndersOn \. V, Anderson. j.
A. Carroll. Cromar. Edward. Fishburn,
Gundry. Hopes. Kinney, Luther, Ly-
man. McCrea, Miller, Roberts and
StoO6ey-1J.
Miller Speaker Pro Tern.
During the entire debate over
Simons bill. which had been made
special order for 3 p. m, Miller held
the gavel, Speaker Hull stepping down
opened. During the debate. Hull
Stoke. taking occasion. however. TO
SAY that his purpose in leaving the
chair temporarily had not been to take
q hand i'm the argument.
After the bill had been read the third
fine Toltun offered several amend
agents, making the bill apply to incor-
FOrated towns assweu as toSmuniCipal
Corporations These amendments were
adopted
Kinney then sought to have the bill
specify that cities of the first and sec
ouI classes should not be given the
tight OF eEempting producers from pay
Iuent of license It WAS nearly an
hour after this amendment wds pro-
posed that adverse action was taken,
and i'm the interim members took OCca-
sion to diverse widely from the Ques-
ten at hand and thTesh the bill itself,
out
Moves TO Kill Bill.
MoCrea urged that the bin be not
PASSED. saying that II was unconstitu-
1ional. in conflict With the statutes and
with the principles Of government in
that il was class legislation. Follow
ing talkfest on this point. Hopes
moved 10 strike out the enacting
clause
The motion was seconded and this
preCipitated the Squabble of the after
noon. WOuttOn made the first aIgu-
ment i'm favor OF the BILL setting forth
The benefits il meant to the farmers
and Door citizens OF the state. The en-
sicunent OF the bill, he said. would
mean that the consumer would get di-
rect from the producer garden and Or
Chard products of the best quality at
cheaper rates than they were now pay
ing. This was the general strain of
the arguments advanced IN the bills
favor.
IN no case. whether supporting or
opposing the bill did the different
members fail to assure the house that
the man with the hoe was o X
Edward made a speech against the
passage of the bill. laying aside the
question Of constitUtionality. He said
That there We're 220 retail grOcers ina
salt Lake who were standing for over
0.0C0 annually in licenses. He did not
believe that the outside farmer should
b allowed to compete i'm open market
with local srocers under these circum-
stances.
Austin spoke FOR the bin from tho
standpoint OF the farmer and the con-
sumner.
Toltou opposed it because Of its con
1ict; with existing statutes. although
he said he favored he spirit of the
measure j. \. Anderson spoke against
The bill.
HUH gained the recognition of Speak
CT Pro TEN Miller and spoke ir favor
OF the bill He thought all the arE--
ment advanced against the measure
had FOR its aim the protection of one
Ulass-thc groceTs. the middlemen.
There were. ne said. 20 900 consumers.
the protection of whom was Of much
more consequence. He said he felt
that the man who improved the state
by cultivatinE farms and orchards
should also be protected and encour-
Ueed.
Kinney. following. caused some
amusement by leading or with: Il am
poor and honest farmer
He qualified his statement by saying
that he owned q farm although ne had
chosen to follow a profession and live
In salt Lake He could not see the POI
Icy of passing a bill which was clearly.
he said. in conflict with existing law
Joseph spoke against the bill Hone
taking the other side
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