Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-02-24
HOUSE WORK DAY.
Has Extended Argument Over Bill 10 Bond Threshers
Which Finally Went Over to Tuesday Senate
Passed Several Important Bills
HOUSE.

! HOUSE.
The house devoted itselfsto routine
work, which consumed morning and
afternoon sessions Saturday and it.
may be said they were featureless5
and only in a little matter8did the
takers have any chance at debate
or talk. {s.. S4 n q b,
Under general orders H.. B. S.,
by Mr.. Freeman, created a brief dis
cussion and it turned out that the.
majority of the members, few over
"a quorum, were adverse to giving
the laboring man who is so useful
at harvest time, any protection
against that class OF threshing ma
chine operators who were referred
to by those whose advocated the pas
sage Of the bill "thresher sharks"
Mr.. Freeman's measure sought to
define who are public threshermen5
and to provide security for the pay
ment Of operating expenses the Ia
borer's wages especially. There
we're two committee reports, the ma
jority favoring its indefinite post
ponement. n ls
Mr.. Freeman, urging the passage
Of the bill, declared there were liens
for almost every purpose, but none
for the farm laborers, the class who
come to the state to save and harvest
the crops. He told Of the buying
of threshers on the earnings plan, a
vicious one because it afforded so
many loop holes for the. trickster,
if he got into financial difficulties, to
fitch the innocent, many of whom
We're new settlers who were ignorant
Of conditions and supposed they
We're working for honest men or
firms. The bill provided that thresh-
er operators give a bond and the
one required was not excessive. He
denied that the bill would materially
help in the building up Of thresher
! monopoly, or that threshermen
would be at the mercy Of their help.
Mr.. Twichell, with emphasis, stat
ed that the bill was decidedly mer-
itorious one and such law was
necessary. 1t would do one thing
it would kill off a lot of incompe-
tents and irresponsibles who launch
| into the thresher business and fire.
quently are a menace to the general
Interests Of the progressive and bust
ness-like farmer. A class Of men
who boost wages without any war
ranty for the action and offer to
pay prices which they never intend
to meet. They buy machines which
no one else will buy and as mat
ter of fact intend at the right time
to hy-by-night and leave all they can
in the lurch--their laborers espe-
cially. Mr.. Twichell cited cases OF
point-blank and intended frauds. VI.
Mr.. Stevens favored the bill. He
knew of many who had been defraud-
ed out of their hard-earned wages
and had no means to collect-he, like
Lincoln, was arrayed on the side OF
securing protection for that class of
come back to the state and they tell
/ men. The defrauded men don t
i come back to the state and they tell
Of their plight to others--the pro-
posed law would tend to lessen wage
at harvest time, it would be found
that there would be, hundreds al
men applicants for the certain dollar.
J. A. Sorley urged the passage OF
the bill and cited instances which
had come to his attention. He
thought, however, that individual
bonds would be rather difficult for
some men to get, but that would
i right itself. Z. 4 " u 55
Two or three members opposed
the bill very strongly and thought
such q law was wholly unnecessary
The motion to indefinitely postpone
was carried. but a little argument
1 that there were many members alb
sent and the bill might fare better
l with full house SO final action was
deferred until next Tuesday.
4 House bills Nos. i s and / s were
recommended for passage under gen
eral orders. T. si5 s:4s8
New Bills Introduced.
Il. B. 314. O. p. N. Anderson
Act to amend section COS, i 9O5, re-
Ilating to the qualifications Of cleo
! tors; repeats the Bacon law.
H 3. 315. Mr.. sorley Act Gre
ating park districts and for, the gov
eminent thereof, creating board
Of park ommissioners
II. 3. 3I6, Mr.. Grant Act desig-
mating the time Of commencement 81
term Of office Of register of deeds: .
first Monday Of March newt succeed
ing his election.
III. b. BIT, Mr.. Tofsrud ~ -.