The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-03-07
Minnesota Legislature
Proceedings at the Minnesota State Capitol for the
49, Past Week.
Past Week.


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rivers, and providing for the appoint.
ment of commission to promote the
construction thereof to cooperate with
similar commissions appointed by 9th,
er states.
8. Mr.. Spooner's bill which gives
the board of control authority to en-.
gage in the manufacture at the state
prison of articles other than binding
Irvine, rakes, mowers, harvesters and
binders if, in their judgment, it at any
time becomes necessary, provided
however, that such prison labor shall
not compete with free labor employed
anywhere in the state TIE bill ap-
propriates $250,0O0 out of the state
prison revolving fund for the erection
of the new harvester plant.
4. Two bills introduced by the com
mittee on taxes and tax laws. The
first of these relates to the taxation
of express companies. Under. its pro-
visions, express companies must pay
a gross earnings tax of per cent on
the ''entire receipts" from business
done within the state, and a proper
tion based upon the proportion of the
mileage within the state to the entire
mileage over which such business is
done, of the gross earnings of their
| interstate business.
The second bill relates to the tax
alton of sleeping car companies They
are also to pay a gross earnings tax
of per cent on their entire business
computed as in the case of express
companies.
st. Paul, March 3.-Denying what
he called the deceptive and mislead-
quiry Mr. Spooner gave the house the
following information with regard to
/ the inmates and the industries of the
state prison:
Prison Statistics Given.
The total number of prisoners, in.
Guiding women is 900. ..-..
Of these 225 are employed in the
manufacture of shoes under very
Improbable contract" which expires
! Sept. 1, 1914. For the labor of these
men the state is paid Sc cents day,
and it furnishes shops, heat, light,
power, etc.
! Three hundred prisoners are en-
ployed in the twine factory.
About $50 are employed under dis
advantageous conditions" in the manu-
facture of harvesting machines.
Ten persons not prisoners are en-
| ployed in the Irvine plant and % in
| the harvester plant.
The state prison revolving fund, or
the capital on which it does business
! is s2,036,24737. By the end of the
! year it will be increased to about
$2,461,000. 1t is from this fund that
| it is proposed to appropriate $3.50,
/ to build a new harvester factory
There will be manufactured this
year at the old prison 1880 binders,
| 5000 mowers and 1920 rakes. Ex-
| perimental work is at the same time
being carried on in the matter of corn
! harvesters.
Manufacturers Oppose Bill.
Considerable opposition has devel-
oped among manufacturers against
the blue sky bill" They claim that
under the provisions of the one under
consideration their affairs would be
subjected to an examination similar
to that which banks undergo, which
they say would be fatal to struggling
industries seeking to gain foothold
or engaged in the manufacture of
some newly patented article They
also object to the sections of the bill
requiring them to file the details of
their business with the supervisory
authority for public inspection; the
public including, of course, their COM
petitors. 1t is alleged further that
the measure would protect big corpor-
ations while affecting disastrously the
smaller ones.
| St Paul. March 1.-The court of re-
call for judges as proposed by Senator
George H. Sullivan was turned down
by the state senate yesterday. By
vote of 20 to 35 the senate defeated the
Sullivan bill.
| Senate Passes Primary Bill.
The primary bill, with its amend
ment extending the non-partisan fea-
ture to members of the legislature,
was passed by the senate yesterday
with only eight dissenting votes.
The bill gives recognition to the
Bull Moose party, prevents the filing
by petition in non partisan elections
| and extends the non-partisan feature
to all officers except state officials and
members of congress. The following
senators voted against the measure:
Dwinnell, Dale, Duxbury, Gum, Klein,
| Marden, Nelson and Stebbins.
Carl Roknow, wealthy North Dako-
ia farmer, told the house grain trade
| investigating committee yesterday
| that the only system under which the
| farmer could get just prices for his
produce was by the sale of his grain
directly to the milling interests. He
said that with the elimination of the
| profits of the commission men the
value of the grain to the farmer would