The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-02-21
ALL But ONE DROWNED.

accurately preserved, and doing this
business for a compensation, are de-
clared public warehouses, and are un-
der the supervision of the department.
The owners of small elevators, who
store little grain for farmers. in ad-
d1tion to what they own themselves,
object to this provision, because they
say that if they are declared public
elevators, it would be possible for some
enemy to practically put them out or
business by filling them up to the
limit of their capacity with somebody
else grain However, the section was
left in the bill by the committee of the
whole. The old law provided that ele-
Vators having less than 10000 BUSH
els capacity should be exempt from
the law, and the courts held that such
a provision was unconstitutional and
discriminative.
Another fight was made to knock
out section 80 of the bill. which re-
quires the manager of every public
warehouse to give out public state
ments showing the amount of grain
and the kind in his warehouse. Cyrus
Leland fought this provision vigorous
ly on the ground that it would be or
great value to the grain spectators 10
be able to get this information from
the different elevators.
The friends of the bill were not
able to defend its provisions because
of their lack of technical knowledge
of the grain business, but they man
aged to stave off amendments. on con-
dition that the bill be recommended
subject to amendment and debate.
stock Yards Bill Today.
This afternoon at $3.50 the house
voted to take up the Kansas City stock
yards bill, by John Edwards of Green
wood county, as a special order
Mr. Edwards succeeded in having
this bill made a special order by in
forming the house that certain Mis-
souri, Legislators were trying to defeat
the bill there by charging that the
Kansas house was not acting in good
faith, and that Kansas would not pass
the bill Mr.. Edwards wanted to
"show' the Missourians.
Edwards bill is not long. 1t makes
some radical reductions in the present
yardage charges of the stock yards
The following are some of the i'm
portant provisions of the bill:
The maximum price on yardage per
car is reduced from SO to $3.50. The
reduction will especially effect light
cattle and COW stock. The present
rate of Is cents per head is allowed to
continue, but as there are about 20 big
steers to carload and from 80 to 40
light cattle or cows, the reduction of
the maximum applies more particu-
larly to the cars which contain the
most head.
The sheep yardage charge is re-
duced about 40 per cent, to the same
oasis Oh $4-00 per car as is now
charged for hogs. The hog charge is
allowed to stand as at present.
The bill provides that the stock
yards management may charge a
profit of 100 per cent on feed but it
requires that honest weights be fur
pished.
There is no attempt to regulate the
horse and mule charges. These
charges. it is admitted. are excessive,
but the mule and horse yards are To-
Gated in Missouri. and the members of
the Missouri committee had no au-
thority to investigate the horse and
mule question.
Passed Four Bills.
With very little opposition. the house
passed four bills this morning eacn one
of considera BILE Importance. The bills,
with the vote on each were as follows:
House bill No. 300. By Helmick-An
act prescribing certain powers and du-
ties for the state accountant 50 for 9
against.
House bill No. 311 BY Helmick-An
act relating to fees in appraisement and
sale of school. lands, and regula ting the
manner in which such fees shall be
paid, being amendatory of section 6362
general statutes 1901. 81 for / against
House bill No 651. BY Cunningham
An act in relation to life insurance 80
for, 3 against.
Senate bill No 81. Ey Huffman-An
act to provide for the health and safety
of persons employed in and about coal
mines, amendatory to section of chap
ter 257 of the laws of 1901. II for. D
against.