The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-03-04
HOUSE WORKS HARD.
RECOMMENDS LARGE NUMBER OF
BILLS FOR PASSAGE IN CON-
MITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
CENATE MEASURE WOULD RE
STRICT IMPORTATION OF
STRIKE BREAKERS

st. Paul, March 2.-The house put
In working day. When the morning
session opened J. A. Dalzell of Nor
ton moved that all business be dis
pensed with and that the house go at
once to general orders. The speaker
insisted that some of the matters be-
fore the house be disposed of, and
Dalzell withdrew his request, but at
noon the house took a recess until 2
D. M, and in the afternoon the house
In committee of the whole, with M.
Walk of Perham in the chair, recon-
mended forty bills for passage.
The house passed H. F. No. 27S by
Higgins, memorial to congress for
constitutional convention to propose
amendment for election of senators
by direct vote of the people. ....
Provisions for testing the sight and
hearing Of pupils of the schools of the
state are made in bill introduced in
the house by B. H. Timberlake OF Min
neapolis. It provides that the state
board of health shall provide test
cards, blanks, record books and other
instruments for testing the sight and
hearing, and that these shall be sent
with proper instructions to the super
tntendents, principals and teachers of
the schools They shall make exami-
nations Of all the pupils and notify the
parents of any defects the pupil may
have and also make written report to
the state board Of health.
Three bills for the regulation of
sleeping car transportation were in
troduced in the house by J. A. Dalzell
II Morton.
Prohibits Giving of Tips.
One Of them prohibits the giving of
any tips or gratuities by passengers
On any railroad train or electric rail
way to any employe Of the road VIC
tation Of this provision is made a mis-
demeanor.
Another bill provides that the rate
charged for upper berths on sleeping
cars shall not exceed rs per cent of
The third bill requires the sleeping
car companies to furnish safe where
valuables of passengers may be stored
Strike breaking, both by force or
arms and by the importation of work
men not advised Of the existence of
the strike, is prohibited by a bill in
troduced by Senator Ray G.. Earring
ton Of O~tonvi1le. H.. IT,
The bill provides that it shall be
unlawful to induce workmen to change
from one place to another in the state
or to bring them into the state to
work In any department of labor
through false or deceptive representa-
lions, false advertising or false pre-
lenses concerning the kind of work
or the sanitary or other conditions of
employment or as to the existence O.
strike, lockout or other trouble pend
Ing between employer and employe. A
ane of not to exceed $4,000 or impris-
onment not to exceed one year is fixed
as the punishment for a violation of
this section.
A bill to make insurance companies
Issuing employers liability policies
directly liable to employees covered by
the policy and providing that. settle.
ments of claims for damages for in
juries between the employed and the
employers shall not release the compa-
MES from liability under the insur-
ance, are provisions of a bill intro
duced by Senator Albert Smaller of
Hastings.
Appointment Of Inspectors.
The appointment of city and village
Inspectors of gas, electric light, heat
and water meters is provided for in a
bill introduced by Senator T. E. Cash
man Of Owatonna .....
Senator F. E. Du Toit of Chaska in
troduced bill changing the require
ments for signatures to petitions to
county commissioners for the con-
struction of drainage bitches. The
present law requires such petitions to
be signed by six or more of the land
owners whose lands will be liable to
be affected by or assessed for the con-
Btruction of the ditch. Senator Du
Toit's bill provides that the petition
shall be signed by at least rs per cent
Of such owners.
The receipt of number of requests
from Duluth jobbers for an adjourn
ment Of the hearing on the distance
tariff bills before the senate railroad
Senator j. F. Calhoun of Minneapolis
and Senator T. f. eastman of Owa-
tonna on the question of postponing
the hearing.
Senator Calhoun, after the requests
had been read, moved that the hear
Ing be postponed for one week at the
request of the Duluth people, and Sen
ator eastman objected. After a
heated argument the hearing was ad-
tourned to next Friday.
The values of the states mineral
properties were considered by the
joint committee appointed to investi-
gate the states rights in pine and
mineral lands. The testimony given
was intended to show that the state
is receiving too little for it's ore when
it gets rs cents per ton. The opinion
was expressed also that if the freight
rates were lower there would be more
inducement for Independent miners to
explore and mine and the state could
get better rates for it's iron ore.
Millers' Best Customers.
The forty odd million sacks of -four
consumed yearly in the United King
dom are mainly eaten In the form Of
bread. In the houses of the rich and
In the best hotels bread is sparingly
eaten h11t among, the middla classas