Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-09-09

people may be advised of it's investi
cations. And we pledge our influence
to the creation Of such commission
We believe that such tariff commits
sion should be made permanent and
when it's report shall have been made
upon any schedule that such sched
ule should be made to conform to the
ascertained facts.
We recognize In Vim. II. Taft, the
chief executive Of the nation, a man
of sterling integrity and lofty patroit.
ism. And we congratulate him on the
enactment at the last session of con-
gress OF an unusual amount of impor-
tant legislation and we commend the
president and members of congress
for their efforts in securing the pas.
sage of these laws and we further
commend the president for his efforts
in carrying into effect the reform
policies initiated during the admins
tration of President Roosevelt.
| We congratulate eXPresident
| Roosevelt for his great achievement
| in arousing the conscience of the Am.
erican people to a sense of civic righ-
teousness.
We declare the right and power of
both the federal and state authority
each within it's constitutional juris-
| diction to regulate and control all
transportation companies, to the end
that only just and reasonable rates
| shall be charged for transportation
of persons. property or messages, and
that no discrimination shall be prac-
ticed between persons or localities.
We believe that the government,
through it's proper department or bu-
reau, should ascertain the physical
value of railway and other interstate
transportation property, which value,
in connection with other important
factors, shall be taken into considera-
tion by the interstate commerce CON-
mission in establishing just and rea-
sonable rates.
We further believe that provision
should be made by law for federal
regulation of all corporations doing
interstate business, restricting the is
suance of bonds and stocks by said
corporations in excess of the real
value of their assets and forbidding
them from purchasing stock in COM
peting companies.
We renew our allegiance to the pol
icy of conservation of our great ma
tional resources initiated during the
administration of President Roose'
velt, and guarded and strengthened
by appropriate legislation during the
administration OF President Taft.
Inasmuch as the natural resources
of our state are primarily the fertility
of our soil, our enormous deposits of
clay and coal, and our abundant sup.
ply of water for irrigating purposes,
we recommend that our members in
congress shall use their utmost en-.
deavor to secure national appropria-
ton for the purpose of establishing |
agricultural schools and experiment
stations, thereby improving our meth /
DDS of farming that we may derive
a greater yield from our soil and in
the maintenance of our school OF
mines, that the utility of our clay
coal as fuel and for manufacturing /
and other purposes may be more fully
demonstrated; and in the conserving
of the waters of the state for irriga-
ton purposes. We believe that the
federal government should cooperate
with the government of our state that
a positive and direct benefit may
thereby accrue to our people.
Inasmuch as large amount OF
is derived from the sale OF
our public lands in North Dakota for
general reclamation purposes, we be-
lieve that we should receive larger
in return than have
heretofore been expended for such
purposes in the state.
We further recommend that our
members in congress use their ut
most endeavor to extend the time al
lowed by the government for citizens
of the state who have taken up public
land under the federal irrigation laws,
In which to make their first and fnal
payments.
We favor an amendment to the fed
eral constitution, providing for the