The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1915-01-14
Committees

In the national House or Congress
which is very large body, the mem
bers of the house are, as rule, placed
upon two committees, never to exceed
three, and, in the case of the more i'm
portant committees, upon but one. BY
reason of this it is possible to expedite
the business of the house of Congress.
which would not be possible were
members placed on large number Of
present committees. l recommend to
the present house that in making up
the committees that the plan adopted
by the national congress be followed
and that each member Of the house
be placed upon one of the important
committees and upon one of the non,
important ones. If this is done it will
be found that the work of the house
will be expedited and that the mem
bers will be given the time to study
carefully the bills that come before
their committees; legislation will be
pushed forward and not held until the
last days of the session and much bet
ter digested legislation will be the re-
suit. l believe that if the plan is tried
that it will be adopted by all future
legislatures.
To a degree that which would ap-
ply to the house would be true in the
senate. The senate is smaller body
than the house and in the national con-
gress senators are upon number of
committees, but even there they are
not on as many in proportion as they
are in our state legislature. would
suggest to the state senate the cut
ting down of the number of commit
tees upon which senators shall be
named.
Terms of Office.
Two years ago recommended in my
message to the legislature four year
terms for state officers. l wish to
earnestly re-recommend that our state
constitution be changed to provide for
the election of state and county off,
GERS for four year terms instead of
two year terms; also that a Governor
who shall have served four years shall
not be eligible for a consecutive eiec-
ton.
Business Agent.
North Dakota should have bust"
ness agent. Nearly every town in
North Dakota has a commercial club,
but few of the towns are financially
able to employ salaried secretary
We should encourage the location of
manufacturing plants in the state.
There is an opportunity to build up a
great pottery industry, perhaps glass
factories, and certainly all kinds of
brick and thing industries, and to fur
ther develop the splendid Ignite coal
possibilities There is future in
North Dakota's development through
her coal fields and the School of
Mines at Grand Forks and the sub-sta.
ton at Hebron are doing a splendid
pioneer work in this direction and
should be given every announcement
possible. We should have canning
factories, for the opportunities are
splendid in that direction. l believe
we need in North Dakota man who
shall not give his time to and for any
particular community, but who shall
work for the whole state and who
shall 60 outside of North Dakota and
present to individuals, firms and cor
porations the opportunities for bust
ness enterprise here in North Dakota
and ask them to look the field over If
North Dakota shall become that which
we hope it will become, we must not
be content to be simply raiser of
so-called raw material but must man
ufacture this raw material, we produce
and use those raw materials which we
have in abundance and are not using
al present.
Labor.
The legislature should provide a
deputy in the office of the Commits
sioner of Agriculture and Labor who
shall have special charge, with ample
power given him, of all matters per
tanning to labor and labor problems
With such a provision and with spec
ial officer for the purpose, much could
be done to adjust conditions and tc
supply labor when needed for the
farmers or for anyone else and at the
same time not over supply to the Diet
riment of the laborers themselves.
recommend that this assembly give
this matter consideration.
The Farmers.
North Dakota is more purely an az,
ricultural state than any other state
in the Union and the larger part of tn.
burden of taxation falls upon the farm
ers and it should be our highest duty
to enact laws that shall be beneficial