Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-16
that he purchases. Tho paint provision
OF the present law Is absolutely inopera-.
tive and affords no protection to the pur.

that he purchases. The paint provision
I've and affords no protection to the pur-
Standard. for aavoring extracts ought
70 be established. The section Of the
Of maple syrup. and maple sugar should
be amended to prevent deceptive labelling:
the law relating to labelling Of substitutes
OF pure jellies, jams and preserves should
the pr,n na% 'o ef th seoSa ra
in legible type. An effective patent medi-
cine Gin law should be adopted, requiring
81 the p al @ksa E in
dangerous INGREDIENTS. A standard for
ice cream should be established. The de-
gga a should be relieved Of the bur
products in which the ingredients are
generally recognized and deleterious to
health. Owing to the growth of the
6a anagtad ad siyiEy special law should
vision as to sanitary conditions and fix
Ing a standard Of purity in the output of
ne ne Gannerles; and the national pure
law will be . more re- effective II the
as nearly uniform as possible to the ma
t1onal law. These Recommendations are
6asee o. on tn the best experience of the Of
for Minnesota, and in them heartily con-
cur, earnestly calling your attention to
the suggestions In the hope that benefi-
cent legislation will follow.
STATE PRISON..
During the past two years the state
prison Irvine plant has been materially
fthhiiarge a1 the output amounting during
mllllon pounds which was sold at a price
amounting to 1880, 900. It is conserva-
lively estimated that the farmers Of this
Of eaSt cnts to the extent
Ing to approximately $3.50, 900, while the
PROFIT pro tn, Of $4,000. thus yielding during
and the citizens thereof Of more than
$l,100,O 900. The past two years have been
me most prosperous and beneficial since
the tWine plant was originated. The prod
the demand is still beyond the capacity
OF the plant In my message to the legis-
lature two years ago, recommended that
should be devoted to this industry. I re-
new the suggestion that the plant should
be still enlarged so as to increase the
capacity at least five million pounds an
additional appropriation from the state,
except for the necessary buildings on the
new prison site to be used for that pur-
pose: with this increase the output would
be 1S,OOO,OOO pounds per annum, and would
nearly meet the requirements Of the to-
tai average crop year in the state The
National COrdage COMPANY a. subsidiary
corporation Of the International Harvester
from flax fibre in this state for the evil
dent purpose of competing with the state
product To meet this situation and to
protect the state interests, the law should
most certainly be amended to permit the
sale OF the prison made. Irvine outside of
the state in order that we. may meet any
emort IN, made by the twine trust to throttle
our plan inside of state lines. I would
also suggest that the law be changed so
as to allow the sale Of Irvine to dealers
after , March, l. reserving 100000 pounds
to I'LL small cash orders direct to farm
put 1t will be necessary to dispose Of q
large amount of the product through the
dealers OF the state, as prudent bust
rpary or March to secure, his Irvine He
should e be allowed to place his orders
and that Of his trade: The law now in
at one cent profit per pound is ample
protection to the farmer. and fair and
equitable to all concerned.
Ihere seems to be a feeling upon the
farm machinery at the state prison to
compete with the trust; that is, the man
ufacture Of such machinery as Is now not
ma, made IN the state. I believe a depart
would prove Of great advantage to the ag-
r1cultural interests, and would suggest
f f1sd the at least be author
require or need to carry with it an ap.
preparation, as the necessary expense
conservatively engaged could be met from
the earnings of the state Irvine plant.
STATE SOLDIERS HOME.
would call your attention to the re.
for the state soldiers home in order thai
minnesota may continue to discharge hel
debt to the veterans who gave their early
years to the cause of the country in thu
pgesefyat Of the Union Increasing
the number Of veterans at the home an6
throughout the state who receive state
aid will grow instead of decrease for the
which relief was provided 0i through aeS the b.
agency Of the relief fund were treated
during the biennial period ending July 81
aSO6, the average payment being $40
for home for the mothers, wives anG
widows of soldiers. It was found thai
tn, this sum would not build and equip the
9 2oMaa mp se and Dor
assist in the work, while changes were
made in the plans, by which the cost
was lessened. The board Of trustees nov
ask o for an additional appropriation O.
100000 to complete the woman's buildins
according to the original plans and tt
install an electric elevator. The building
has been so far completed as to admit
Of its occupancy and the first woman tt
be enrolled is the mother Of two Min.
nesota soldiers. She has just passed thu
beneficence Of the state she would nov
be forced to become an object of charity
LIVE STOCK SANITARY BOARD.
Laws governing treatment Of contagious
diseases In cattle, hogs and horses have
!, regret to say. an alarming increase ii
diseases requiring special supervision
The executive, officers Of the live stock
sanitary adG board 1Da report that there were
total of 1,43S head of cattle because Of
tuberculosis and COG head Of horses fol-
CHAMBERS. The law requires that the
praised value Of animals killed under It's
terms, but limits the value Of the ami
mails to a reasonable maximum. Under
the law creating a separate sanitary board
amount given to the board for it's main
tenance annually. this amount being in
tended also to cover the states share
Of the value of animals slaughtered un.
say that the sum is wholly inadequate
There are now on hand over $50 claims
approved by the board, representing every
county in the state, for slaughtered COWS
the state is under a moral, obligation t.
pay. The board asks for SIS, 600 to wipe
out this debt and also asks for an ap-
preparation Of $50, 900 annually with which
to eradicate: tuberculosis in cattle and
CHAMBERS in horses
THE LOBBYIST.
In several of the states steps have al
ready been taken to exclude the lobbyist
from the halls Of legislation, and elimi-
nate one Of the greatest evils to political
economy and to political decency. Pro-
vision should be made, it seems to me-
by which the current of popular will
could not be turned from its proper chan
mel by representatives Of private interest
who desire to overcome the rights of the
public. While it will be impossible, per-
haps, to totally prevent the lobbyist from
intrusion. it could be accomplished ia
some extent by compelling corperations