The Hope pioneer. [volume] (Hope, N.D.) 1882-1964, 1909-02-11
HOPE FOR THE
Grain GROWER
May Secure Better Treatment In
Grading and Inspection
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE BUSY

Visits St. Paul and confers With OF.
Eeials There and This State Is
Likely to Be Given Representation
m the Minnesota Board Of Appeals.
P~snitentiary investigation Begun.
Court Decision Aids State Revenues.
bismarck, Feb. 8.-The visit Of the
special committee from the house and
senate to st. Paul, their conference
with the railroad and warehouse COM
mission, the governor of Minnesota
and the Joint committee of the house
and senate of that state on the sub
ject of grain grading and North Oa.
kOta representation upon the board ct
appeals of Minnesota is a matter Of
live interest in North Dakota and the
report Of the special committee that
its conference leads to the hope that
North Dakota may be given represen-
tatiOn upol. the Minnesota board of
appeals encourages the hope that the
grain producer Of North Dakota will
either receive better treatment or that
he will be satisfied that he is receiv-
Ing the best treatment that practical
business conditions make it possible
for him to get. The committee that
visited st. Paul and Minneapolis and
conferred with the Minnesota grain
people consisted Of Senators Talcott,
Trimble and Bessesen and Represen-
tatives Frame, Hill and Doyle, with
J.. W. Foley, secretary Of the senate,
as secretary of the committee. The
members Of the committee conferred
first with the Minnesota railroad and
warehouse commission, including
Chief Inspector Eva, and the members
Of the commission, while defending
the Minnesota system Of inspection,
agreed that, in view of the fact that
North Dakota shipped to Minnesota
terminals, at a low calculation, $780,
000. 900 worth Of grain a year, the
state was entitled to representation
upon the Minnesota board of appeals
IL fer no other reason than that it
would be an assurance to the people
OF this state that they were getting a
square deal in the matter of grain
marketing and grading. Governor
Johnson was then called into the con-
ference and stated that If the legisla-
ture could constitutionally pass such
q law as would give North Dakota a
representative he would name a mem
Der Of the board from that state. The
committee then visited the Minneapo-
LID grain men and subsequently at
tended a joint meeting Of the senate
and house committees on the subject
Of grain grading and inspection. Mem
bers of the joint committee agreed
that the proposition was a fair one
and that they would support it If a con-
stitutional and legal way were found.
The matter is now up to the Mime.
sofa legislature, but the special com.
mittee feels that the state is a little
nearer to getting representation than
they have rel been before.
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There has been much sentiment in
the state in the past few years that
the marketing Of grain has been done
with the sole view to the interests of
the Minnesota grain buyers and eleva-
tor men and it is believed that the
presence Of q North Dakota man on
the appeal board would have a good
effect and be of benefit to the farmers
Of the state. If such a law Is enacted
by the Minnesota legislature it will
90 far toward bringing about a better
understanding between the producing
and buying interests Of the two states
and developments in the matter are
awaited with much interest. The com.