The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1907-03-07
TWO and -ONE-HALF CENTS
FOR EACH $3.50 FEET
Is Passenger Rate Adopted BY
South Dakota Legislature
SENATOR JENKINS MAKES GO0Q
Session Will Close Tomorrow
With Work Well Done

PIERRE, March 4.-The Dormitory
appropriation carrying fifty thousand
is out OF committee in both houses
with favorable report and is likely to
60 all right.
Most bills in which the Brookings
delegation is interested are through or
making good progress. Mr.. Heffer-
mans child labor bill passed the senate
yesterday.
Senator Jenkins has been active dur
ing the week in behalf of all OF the
important bill in the senate. He was
the only lawyer to speak for and heart
lily support the divorce bill.
He was for the anti discrimination
bill and his speech for it was model.
He spoke against the North Carolina
bond return and voted with the prevail
ing side.
Former Secretary Roddle is here
looking after the interests of his bond
ing company.
Prof. Kerr, will return to Brookings
at the end OF the session.
The general appropriations bill was
introduced into the senate late Satur-
day esening. 1t provides for all OF the
existing state offices and institutions
50 far as current expenses and NAM
tenance, salaries and the like are con-
cerned. The total for these items ls
Sl,571,OOO for the biennium. The
special appropriations for legislative
expenses, printing, buildings and
deficiencies amounts to s533,GOO or
total of 900 being about two
hundred thousand greater than for
any previous appropriation having
been made in 1908 when it reached
81 300 900. About 100000 OF the
special appropriations goes for new
buildings, leaving 100000 as the cost
OF the Legislature, printing, militia
and deficiencies. AS stated in my last
letter the total approximate revenue
for the biennium will not be far from
$3.50 600 which will leaye about one
hundred fifty thousand to apply upon
the present out standing indebtedness,
which aggregates $3.50 600. With ordi-
nary conditions the state ought to
come up to the next session with
floating debt reduced to two hundred
thousand. The probability is that the
committee report will be adopted with
out material change.
The two and half cent passenger
rate bill has passed and will doubtless
be approved today. The senate accept
ed the house bill without change.
The passage Of this act practically
completes the proposed railroad legis-
lation. The rate bill does not, as has
been said, fix and arbitrate two and-a
half cent rate after July next but leaves
it to the railroad commission to deter
mine the schedule with two and one
half cents as the maximum.
Events are crowding each other fast
Just now and by the time this letter
reaches its readers the legislature will
have adjourned and the aggregate
result OF the winters work be know.
Some OF the results OF course are al
ready upon the record. This week the
state aid for high schools after passing
the senate with little opposition was
killed in the house and no attempt
was made to revive it. Generally the
members were Of the opinion that the
time had not yet come to undertake
the enterprise in South Dakota. OF
course the fifty thousand dollar appro-
priations for the purpose dies with the
bill.
There was a hard fight this week
over kribs bill against destructive dis
elimination, aimed at the practice OF
the Standard Oil Company and the
Lumber trust in putting down the
price Of goods in one locality to a
point utterly minus to independent
dealers. The bill provides that no
company shall sell goods in one town
in the state cheaper than in another
freight rates being taken into consider
alton. Local dealers were lead to
believe the bill would prevent them
from making clearing sales and would
in various ways interfere with trade.
This was a groundless fear no doubt
incited by the Trusts for their own
ends but it brought strong influence
bear upon the senate where the
natter was thoroughly discussed both
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