Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-04-03

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81. st. Paul, March 26-The ANTITRUST
Irvine bill was passed by the senate
today. The bill, III. +. 586, permits
the state board of control to sell pri-
son Irvine outside the state at it's dis
erection, in retaliation when so de-
sired, for encroachments by the Irvine
trust. The bill also allows dealers to
sell Irvine made by oonvicts at a pro-
fit of 1 cent pound on cash sales,
and ~ cents on credit sales, a half
cent more than is allowed by the
present law. The bill passed by a
vote of AZ to 5. 49,. 81 -.
The S. d. Works inheritance tax
bill went down and out today in the
senate. This is the bill which pro-
vides that half of the inheritance
taxes collected shall go to the coun-
ties wherein the deceased lived and
the other half to the state. Under
the present law, it all goes to the
state. The bill was attacked by Sen
ators o. G. Dale of Madison, F. H.
Peterson of Moorhead, and Frank
Clague of Lamberton. They asserted
that the Weather counties are now
avoiding much: taxation by the hiding
of personal property, and that to di-
vert half of the inheritance taxes to
the respective counties would cause
heavier state taxation to be paid by
the less wealthy counties. The bill
was indefinitely postponed.
Trusts received severe grilling in
the senate in considering the E. HI.
Garfield bill making contracts en-
tered into with trusts null and void.
:, Senator George P. Wilson was op-
posed to the bill. He said that under
this bill man might buy lumber,
build . house, and then make the
provisions of the bill an excuse for
not paying for it. Ray G. Earring
ton, G. J. Gunderson, and G. A.
Johnson all spoke in favor of the bill.
Trusts, the lumber and building ma
terial combine, especially, were given
warm roasts by these gentlemen, and
the senate committee of the whole
voted the bill for passage.
Thehouse did not convene till this
evening, and was in session but a
short time. w. n. Putnam of Red
Wing succeeded in getting his bill for
girls training school at Red Wing,
! from the table and on to general
| orders, making the motion and get
, ting it through in the absence of
Representative Spooner, the author of
the bill for such an institution in
some county where state institution
F., is not already located.
G. w. Rodenberg of St. Paul intro
,, duced bill to pension teachers not
, to exceed $40 month in cities of
over 50, 900 inhabitants. A bill in the
senate by A. D. Stephens makes a
minimum penalty of Is years, and a
maximum of forty, for. burglary
! where dangerous explosives are used.
St. Paul, March '26-Reductions in
passenger and freight rates which
will aggregate $4,000 900 year, are
offered by the railroads to the legis-
lature for settlement to all pending
difficulties, not only in the way of
contested and pending bills, but in the
settlement of the. cases now pending
IN the courts, which promised to he
! dragged out through several years of
litigation. Both branches of the leg
islature have passed two-cent passen-
! ger fare bills. These bills are in con-
| ference committee of which L. g.
Spooner is chairman for the house
delegation, F. H. Peterson chairman
for the senate. The overtures of SET
, Element and virtual surrender Rave
come to this committee. The con-
i ference committee told the roads the
committee had no jurisdiction to &C.
, cept or even negotiate a settlement
but would submit the proposition to
the legislature. Accordingly, reso-
luton has been passed by the house,
and is now pending in the senate, to
! permit the conference committee 10
negotiate with the roads, and report
to the legislature not later than April
! 2. The settlement offer of the roads is
a grant of nearly all demands on the
part of the state. I'm brief, the docu.
ment which the attorneys of the var.
ious lines are now preparing, may be
summarized into the following points
a maximum rate of 81 cents, with
family mileage books at cents, good
until used, and unused portion re.
deemable in cash. INTERCHANGEABLE
! 1900 mile books at 2 cents, good I'm.
til used. All round "trip tickets at 2
cents, return coupon to be good at
any time and without restriction.
Voluntary reduction in existing com
modify rates by the railroads, amount
ing to two-thirds of the sweeping re.
auctions recently ordered by the rail.
road commission. Roads will dismiss
injunction suits pending in the United
States court. Roads will recognize
the power and authority in future OF
the state railroad commission in max
| ing rates. There will be no with
drawal ofispecial excursion rates.
The house committee of the whole,
has recommended two important bills
for passage after lengthy debates on
each. One is for the agricultural
industrial schools to be established at
central points for various districts of
the state. Speaker Lawrence John
son today left the chair to. conduct
the campaign on the floor for the bill