The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-01-11

Timber and lumper, sawed and sid
ed, but not planed.
Barley, buckwheat, corn, rice, rye,
and wheat.
Beans. beets. onions. peas, and po-
tatoes.
Cattle. swine. horses. mules and
sheep.
Beet, carrot, radish, cabbage, and
various garden and field seeds.
Barley, malt, cornmeal, macaroni,
biscuits.
Grained. buff. rough. and sole
leather; boots and shoes, harness,
saddles, and saddlery.
Opposed Payne Bill.
The motive for the introduction Of
these sweeping free trade measures
by Mr.. Mann was the subject of con-
siderable conjecture among the men,
bers of the house. The Illinois rep
resentative was the one regular Re-
publican to vote against the Payne
tariff bill, but his attitude on that bill
never has caused him to be regarded
as an advocate Of a general elimina-
tion Of customs duties on necessities.
He opposed the Payne bill on account
Of its failure to put I'd pulp on the
free list. He had be> &l,< ardent ad-
vocate of free wood ete ,.>ut had
been defeated. Some of >hHst ,rds
attributed his opposition to the Soc<
Ia whole to consistency; his eneh. ea
to pique. :
Mr.. Mann said that he had intro
duced the free trade measures by re-
quest, but he would not say from
what source the requests came. To
an inquirer, who asked him II he
we're free trader. Mr.. Mann replied
with the question:
Are you?"
1t was evident that the Illinois rep
resentative was In no mood for ex-
planations. He seemed to resent the
continued questions concerning his
reasons for introducing the bills.
However, he did intimate that he
would later submit motions for the
discharge Of the committee from the
consideration of them, so that they
might be brought to the floor.
Theory as to Motive.
This program was taken generally
to indicate Mr.. Mann's determination
to make trouble for the insurgents
and Democrats, who, at the last ses-
sion, forced the revision Of the rules,
SO that they now provide for COM
mittee discharge calendar. BY its
provisions q member can demand that
a bill be placed on this calendar, and
that the house decide whether It shall
be removed from the committee to the
floor for consideration.
Mr.. Mann has introduced 107 mo-
tions of this nature. There were al
ready forty of them on the calendar.
This calendar can be considered by
the house only on the first and third
Mondays of each month. There has
been only one committee-discharge at
the present session. By the speakers
recognition Of Mr.. Mann at that time,
the Illinois representative bill pro-
laws was given precedence. and the
given over to the reading of the text
Of the measure.
The insurgents who are now
planning to effect another re-
vision of the rules to provide
that only the title of a meas
ure shall be read in order to present
it to the house for its decision as to
whether the committee shall be dis
charged, declare that Mr.. Mann is
merely trying to discredit the former
change in the rules. Immediately on
the adoption of the committee-dis-
charge rule at the last session he
made the first motion for the dis
charge of a committee. The insur-
gents say that the bill he selected was
chosen on account of its length.
Discussion Of the committee-dis-
charge provision Of the rules caused
some troubles in the rules committee
Yesterday. REPRESENTATIVE Smith of