The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-12-30
GIVES AN OUTLINE
THE REPORT OF THE RAILROAD
COMMISSIONERS POINTS
TO LAWS WANTED
THE INSPECTION OF GRAIN
Recommend Statutes Providing For
Method OF Weighing, Grading
and Inspecting Grain
For Shipment

Pierre-The board OF railroad COM
missloners has made a report to Gov
ernor Eessey recommending l~oeisla-
ton which they believe should BE-
passed by he coming legislature.
In regard to telephone companies.
the commission recommends that the
law he amended to make the provision
Tor ming certain information with the
commissioners apply to all companies
instead Of to those only which have
been organized since the aci went
into effect, The same recommendation
is made concerning the provision re-
quiring all telephone eompanies t. file
schedules Of all rents and charges and
all rules and regulations and y oy d
ing that a proposal schedule Of rates
shall be fled ten days before taking
effect. The commission also rec m
mends that the penalties for non-cCm-
piiance with the laws be made TO tp-
crate against culpable off ers a d
agents of the companies as Well as
against the corporation itself. The
board desires authority to prescribe
the form and method of bookkeeping
to be adopted by the telephone crm-
panies SO that it may be able to deter
mine the volume of business done and
the value of telephone property.
The board also desires an appropria-
ton to enable it to collect informa-
ton with a view to making rates for
the companies in this state.
EXPRESS COMPANIES.
Concerning the express companies
the report of the commissioners SAYS.
"Tlle efforts OF the board OF IA l.
road commissioners to make a ON
plete schedule Of rates for the trans
portation of express freight by ih9
different express companies doing
business in this state were futile FOR
the reason that in the actions institut-
ed against the board by tho several
express companies in the United states
circuit court for the district Of South
Dakota. it was held tina the board
OF railroad commissions x Of this tate
had no authority under the Sta ne
to make a complete schedule OF OK
press rates. N that the statute did
not apply to tho Wells Fargo Express
company. It is desirable THAT 4 t"ti
and complete Jurisdiction be rforce
upon the beard OF rail caI commits
sioncra to regulate express cmmau cG
and maize schedu CS Of rates for the E,
and IN order that this NAV he aer IA
plished. this hoard reronEoaGa tf#t
the general act regulating cemaaai
carriers sections At 40 Of tho Pc {
cal Code, be amended so as to i'm lr6e
xpross companies within is y og-
siCns."
Other recommendations of the hoard
ace as follows:
PUBLIC WAREHOUSES;.
In it's annual report for tEc Hc9r
1908, this board recommended II at
section ass of the Political Code BE-
so amended IS to pror de for a ! cense
fee to produce a revenue sufficient to
defray the expenses OF a thoro gh am
Efficient system OF warehouse y
$ ale inspection. In that rep IT Il
was recommended that TIE ices FIR
public warehouses be fTad as follows:
For each elcyator or war EOus" viii
a capacity o. 10 000 bushels . un'er
license fee OF SO 90; fram 10000 to IS
000 bushels a license fec OF S. GO.
from l. 900 to % 0G4 9rs' els y license
fee Of 81 90. for 10000 b,sH51- or .yer
a license fee Of $1,000 The beard Isl
still OF tie opinion hat tt re ON
mendation should be adortea ana Il
dtt fietS@ I'll iN ne ~ !. Aidii t#t A IL [8
license fees at tho above ano MS.
The EXPERIENCE Of tie beard atSc
leads ii to believe that all puh}e ware
houses doing business in this 5 q Q
which regularly encage in tho storag
of grain should be compelled 10 fl @
a bond. At TIE present TIVE on V
those elevators witch staro 9 ain for
a compensation are competed to nut
nm Ga bond II ic urifbip thn po+rr,Egpa
of tie board that a number o. eleyat-
ors doing business IN this state a tual-
ly store grain altNoneh they do not
charge a compensation for storage.
GRAIN, WEIGHING AND INSPEC-
TION OF.
There is a large amount ef gain
shipped from South Dakota points into
North Dakota and other states west,
and to the coast. At the pre- en-.
time there is no method provided un-
der our statute for the weighing in
spection and grading Of sucn gra H..
In the opinion OF the board. great
benefit will accrue to the citizens O
this state by the establishment of
weighing and inspection stations n
order that grain shipped into No tn
Dakota and states west of the Dakotas
may be properly weighed, inSpe tie
and graded before it leaves the safe
JOINT RATES. +.
At the present time the board of !
railroad commissioners las no author :
ity to make joint rates except upon I
complaint OF some person interested I
In tie joint rates. and then only is >
the board authorized to make iNdivid- +
uai joint rates and not a general Or {
der or schedule fixing joint rates |
Pierre-Articles of i%ncnrrorat on I,
have been filed and a charter is
sued to the United States Whal- {
ing company OF Huron, with a capt.
tai stock of s3.O00.0GO. one OF TIL. {
stnckhoIders in the is Il. 0. {