Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-10-20

ser a lower grade and charge him with
more more ., dS8eekage than they themselves es
terminal points. This condition was in-S
5to1erable and there arose cryfor some
TDS mnn f and relief from such
M Mn1l G,a ! was governor; with the ala OF
ana now secretary Of the Railroad and
for. the inspection and regulation of
houses, and procured the Introduction
countered considerable opposition from
some Of the elevator and railroad COM
Panies, but finally passed both houses
erect August I. ises. This i law e %as
somewhat amended and enlarged in
and and superseded by the act Of April Is,
1895, which is practically on the same
Lines sa and Of the same scope as the act
the grading and inspection Of grain in
all country. elevators. This law has
proved to be valuable and helpful to
country elevators. and has proved to be
a restraint upon the inclination Of the
agents operating these elevators to give
grades. and to make unrea wershis do aao
age, for they now have to operate in
t harmony with, and are checked up by,
points, and any errers com a by
them can be Speedily rectified. and
may further add in this connection that
THIS THIS law sy+d has run the gauntlet of and
the United States.
Ample provision has also been made by
carload lots. for or the constr u fa'a and
operation of elevators on or adjacent to
the right of way Of railroads. and for
ira track :, connection with the same, for
tersecting railroads to the end that cars
line to another, and for suitable load
supplemental to, and in ala Of the laws Ws
Of grain at terminal and country eleva-
tors the g. 1legislature has also provided
members at each Of the cities Of Min
neapolis and Duluth to whom appeals
may De taken and who have regula-
s Prior a"S 70 1873 there was no law to
Giants dealing 'i IN farm prodaets an melt
often happened that some of these mer-
chants were irresponsible and dishon.
est; and shippers were often defrauded
by some of these merchants and in con-
sequence often sustained great losses
It was not easy for a farmer or shipper,
living at remote part Of the state, to
merchant at the terminal. and it was
oftentimes difficult to determine the
degree of fraud and deception practiced.
tSss rel de,s farmers and shippers from
ac Of Apr H. 1885, fer the the
and regulation Of commission mer-
chants, selling agricultural products on
the jurisdiction and control Of the Rail
road and Warehouse Commission. All
these important laws, to which I have
been enacted by Republican legislatures
and administered by Republican Of
ficials, and they have all been in the
the farmers, the, producers and the
shippers of our state. No other state
can can point point to such tudicious. prudent,
the shipment and marketing Of ali Kinds
of grain and country produce as that
of Minnesota. Our railroad laws and
our elevator and warehouse laws are
the. entire country models for other
Other important legislation occurs to
me, to which will briefly call your at
:, In 1908 an act was passed increasing
the gross earnings tax on railroads
%3ittng The act for aPproys5 to sa Vote q
law has been tested in the supreme
S cerEt n Of tt the United States and held
1893 by joint resolution appointed a
committee of three senator's and four
members of the House to investigate all
the sale, disposal or spoliation, Of any
of the lands of the state, or the timber
on the. same, and the said commission
their to the go SR1rs upon bon
fore the first day of January, 1895. AS
one of the results Of this Investigation
aed Of Epr ss 1881 mot the
law, prescribing with much detail the
methods for the appraisal and sale Of
alties for timber trespassers and other
violations of the law. The act created
a board of timber commissioners con-
the secretary Of state Before u any pine zine
timber can be sold, the sale must be
authorized and approved by this board,
and the sale must us be at apetion after
law gives treble damag es in case Of
wilful trespass and double damages in
ether gases Many suits have been in
the attorney general of the state under
the law to recover damage for timber
trespasses, and treble and double dam
cred In number of cases. The validity
of the law has been drawn in question,
especially on account of It's drastic PEN
a1tfes. but the same have been sus-
United States.
Attorneys General Young and Simpson
deserve great credit for the vigOr with
which they have so successfully prose-
cuted these very important cases. The
act of 1895 has been amended and
strengthesned by the supplemental act
After passing other Inheritance tax
laws. which had been held invalid by
the courts, the legislature finally passed
the act of April 10, 1905, providing for
a tax on inheritances and requests. and
prescribing the rate of such taxes. The
validity Of this law, like that of it's
predecessors was questioned, but the
same has been sustained by our state
supreme court, and under it over one
million dollars in taxes have already
been collected. Through the efforts Of
the present attorney. general and the
state auditor a portion of these taxes
have been collected from the estate of
non-residents. A notable case of this
kind is that of the estate of John S.
Kennedv,. of New York. who owned a
considerable amount Of stock in the
Great Northern Railway Company Over
$345,000 were collected from this source
alone.
Under the state constitution, before
amended as hereafter mentioned, no
taxes, aside from taxes on the gross
earnings Of railroads, and taxes for
local improvement could be levied ex-
cept on the basis of the assessment and
valuation of all kinds of property. This