Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1907-02-14
PRIMARY BILL IS
NEXT TO PASS
South Dakota Administration
Measure just About Ready
tor Governor.
The HOUSE is SWAMPED
Anti-Lobbying Bill Was Nearly Los,
Monday During a Parliamentary
Tangle - Many Bills for
Passage.

Pierre. =. H.. Feb. The senate. has
a light calendar today but Will spend
some tim" in the discussion of Dowdells
TEX book bin which was not reached
yesterday aud the anti-pnss bin which
laid over one day in the house for the
engroSsing and enrolling force to put 1t
IN the Journal.
There are two or three ulimportant
bills up for final passage in the senate.
h house has spent much time on
the adoption of the primary and in
parliamentary discussions that il is
swamped under a host of bills of which
there are twenty-thrce on the calendar
today for final passage with the pros
peel that not more than three Will be
reached.
Primary Bill Ready for Passage.
The senate primary will he Substi-
tuted for the house bill and if the house
can withstand the habit of going into
committee of the whole it viii dis
pose of this important administration
measure today. The rate bill is on the
house calendar for final passage today
but cannot be reached i'm the regular
order and if il is sought To advance 1t
on a special order there will be "A fight
as the house members are slightly re-
Seniful IF the senate methods of push
Ing he reform measures upon them
SO rapidly.
Without Recommendation.
powders uniform school text book
bill is reported from the senate COM
1~nillee on education without recon-
mendation. This is equivalent to say
ing that the committee washes its
hands of a bill which it cannot recon-
mend and will ask the &enate to light
1t ont on Tie floor and this is what
will happen. This bill. az we'll as Two
others of similar import, proposes that
a text book commission shall make a
uniform adoption of text books under
a competitive bidding system. buying
books. or manuscripts of books togeth-
er with the copyright. or those whose
copyright has run out. This process
OF adoption has been characterized
ny Senator Dillon and others as uni
formity with retrogression.' and not
consistent with the progressive spirit
OF Il broader education such AS is
aimed at by the people of this state.
1t is argued that such an adoption
would serve the purpose of the big
DOCK corporations who have books and
plates and manuscripts by the carload
and trainload of all ages and condi-
lions of servitude leading back to the
Time when the memory of man runs
meth not to the contrary. and that with
out doubt they would hail with delight
the opportunity to dump them i'm the
warehouse of the state at job lot prices.
put II is further argued that the state,
winch takes such pride in what has
been done already along educational
lines. is not ready to adopt the initia-
tive of Kansas nor participate in her
experience with cheap books which are
so worthless.
Slow Action Likely.
There may be something lone In the
way OF securing uniformity of text
books. but it is reasonable to predict
that the Legislators will act SLOWLY in
inns matter. nor in amy case play I'M
Willingly into clutches of the school
book corporations. The position is
taken by many OF the leading men of
both bodies that if the school text book
corporation must be dealt with it
should be in open competition where
there is at least the chance for selec-
ton OF the best that can he had IN
books instead of resorting to the cheap
books which are only cheap because
they are absolutely out of date and far
behind the times.
The investigation Of the local pooling
system. aid to be in effect among the
lumber companies, is aimed at by a resS
olution proposed by Representative
Smith. of Miner. but this is not the
beginning of Such investigation i'm this
state. nor Is Senator Kittredge ahead
OF the procession with his resolution
IN congress. 1t transpires that as early
-' St"i - Nh1 movement WAY
started in several localities in The state
under the advice and direction of those
who are now the official leaders of the
party and now constituting the state
republican administration, and since
that time the gathering of evidence
has been systematical. until now
there is enough of such evidence on
hand to make Il fairly good case in
court. The plans are well laid for a
prosecution on Il selected case. which
will S-nn 1o - ,t -l -. 80
the attorney general as prosecuting Of
flcer and some very sensational dis
closures are predicted as the case pro-
crosses. This is cited as one of the
most heartless combines aver made in
the history of retail trade.
Prices Have Doubled.
During the past four years lumbe.
prices have practically doubled with
gu adequate cause for so large an in
crease. and the hardship which IL has
wrought upo the builders of the
smaller homes. both IN town and conn
try. is without parallel in any direc-
tion. The pool is represented to be
iron clad in it's effectiveness and so
perfect is the understanding among the
retail dealers of the line houses that
II makes no difference to which ward
a y goes. the price is uniform and
IN many cases prohibitive. Representa-
i've hrlos. OF Brown county. seeks by
-. 'iS S'-'''HS OI lOinOer
anu "tner ommodities al "a uniform
price all over the state in order that
Independent yards m Ia not be frozen
out in the process OF competition. which
has resolved itself into an act OF chok-
ing the independent competitor To
death. but 1t is doubtful if he can thus
reach me seat OF the trouble. The
court OF last resort will be appealed
20 Tor justice in the near future and
there redress will be sought for the
crimes OF the local octopus. which ~
managed from the mead of, "a. 20 49,