Omaha daily bee., 1907-04-15
DEFEAT OF THE TWlNE BILL
Legislators Preparing TO Explain Reasons
for vtting Against Measure.
WILL QUOTE REPORTS FROM MINNESOTA
Statement that Harvester Combine
Has Evolved New Process that
VIII Cheaper Irvine Also a
Factor in Case.
tFrom a stan correspondent.l

DIES MONIES, April 14.-(Special. )-Iowa
Legislators are preparing to use the report
OF the Minnesota Board of Control on
prison made binder Irvine to strengthen
their position with their constituents and
explain their votes against the bill to
manufacture binder Irvine in the Anamosa
penitentiary. The Minnesota legislature
has found It necessary to change its plans.
and bill has been passed by the Iegisla-
ture this year which instead of selling to
the farmers direct sells to the dealers, and
the dealers are allowed to sell to the
farmers. 1t has been found by experience
in Minnesota that the other plan, which
was the plan proposed in the bill intro
duced in the Iowa legislature, was not
altogether a success. The farmers further
more, disliked the trouble Of sending the
cash 10 the prison for the goods and md
it much more convenient to pay a little
profit to the dealers and get the Irvine
when they want II.
The report OF the Minnesota Board of
Control shows that there was sold during
the year 1906 a total of lS3n,OSO pounds
Of binder Irvine from the prison at Still
water. This was distributed as follows:
To dealers clubs. ...................S 716,7
To farmers Observation-Disclosures. 57SS go
10 oealers.' 94S los
1
Shipped out OF state north. ......... $4,000
Total number OF pounds .........13.S71.O $50
Under the new law that was passed by
the 1907 Minnesota legislature the dealers
over the state will have an opportunity TO
take the great bulk Of the output of the
factory and the Board Of Control win re-
serve only 10000 pounds to sell direct to
the farmers. The dealers are to be allowed
t. a -
the twine
In Minnesota the plan seems TO be to
require cash from all single orders, but
where clubs are formed either of dealers
or farmers where the state authorities are
given an opportunity to investigate their
reliability Irvine can be shipped without
the cash. That the Irvine plant in that
state is a success, however seems to be
evidenced by the fact that the capacity
Of the factory has been considerably in
creased by the last legislature.
The bill to manufacture binder Irvine at
the penitentary has been introduced at
each session OF the Iowa legislature for
some time. Legislators have been search
ing for excuses to vote against it because
the farmers demanded the law and they
were afraid TO injure the feelings OF the
farmers. The fact that the International
Harvester company has announced through
trade papers for the last year or more
that II has perfected machinery for manu-
featuring Irvine from other materials than
the imported sisal, hemp and manila, which
are imported products, caused the legis-
lators % hesitate. The new machinery Of
the International is 70 manufacture the
Irvine from max. and II Is claimed It Will
be considerably cheaper than the other,
though just as good. II this can be done
Iowa legislators argue that they should 90
slow about equipping the Iowa penitentiary
| plant with costly machinery that will
manufacture only the high priced Irvine
for when sold without the proht II might
be still higher than the fax twine and the
farmers would want the cheapest.
II is more than likely that the bill will
be introduced again when the legislature
meets two years from now and II It Is in
/ trOduced It viii probably provide that the
factory bs Instituted e. Fort Madison in'