Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-02-03

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Mr.. Lotus shouted:
t You have used your power in thi
legislature as a leader, SO the mem
bers tell me, so that they are afrai'
to express themselves" Mr.. Twichel
asked that any member making sucl
a statement to stand up No on
stood up.
He asked again:
THAT any member to whom he hat
preached this subject stand up"
No one stood up. f..
Mr.. Lotus charged that Mr.. Twich
ell had brow beaten, threatened ant
bull.dozed the members of the legis
lature. ~:
HjeImstad Sits Down.
IPeder L.. Hjelmstad of Wash coun
ty party arose and then set down.
Mr.. Twichell asked him to get up
or his feet as he had it in his mind.
He stood up.
Mr.. Twichell asked him had he ever
brow beaten, threatened or intimidat
ed him.
He said that Mr.. Twichell had told
him that "someday, l would say come
thing to him that he would not like"
Mr.: Twichell said:
This is the day"
Continuing he said:
you complain because | had used
my influence to keep the legislature
from adjourning. l told you that l
thought that it was our business to
stay here. You were very angry ana
said you were going home. And
said that l knew of no objection to
your going and no reason why you
should ever have been here! If you
would leave your LAY check behind
this state would be just that much
gamer.
II said that ! worked along the
lines of farm endeayor as hard as any
man in the room: ] hoped harder
than any nan Of them had to-"
Mr.. Hjelmstad interrupted rising
from his seat
How do you know that you work
harder than l DO"
.Mr. Twiehsh- replied: Il
by a simple process of reasoning
that you know nothing about. Con.
ceding that you work with your hands
all that you can and l work all l can,
while my hands work, my head works
and your head can't"
And Peder sat down.
'Twiehelrs Talk.
Treadwell Twichell was the orator
of the day, taking an hour and, forty
minutes to tell his views on the sub.
ject. His audience, on the whole,
gave him close attention throughout
and his talk is said to have fixed"
the terminal elevators question in the
house. He was often interrupted by
some (" those favoroing the st. Paul
project but always had a reply for
the one interrupting him.
Mr.. Twichell questioned the feas-
Utility of the proposition at the pres
ent time and with the small amount
OF money now on hand.
He stated that the proposed loca-
ton (St. Paul) is impracticable be-
cause it has been charged here by
some Of the farmers that the board of
trade of Minneapolis owns, the legis.
lature Of Minnesota and. st. Paul is
the capital of Minnesota and an ele.
yator built in st. Paul by North Dako-
ia money will be under the laws of
Minnesota and North Dakota would
have no jurisdiction over the property
1t would have created and located in
an admittedly unfriendly territory.
Lack Of Funds.
He also. stated that with the money
in sight the state could not build over
a three hundred thousand bushel ele.
vator Of the cheapest construction.
He pointed out the fact that North
Dakota raises an average Of at least
SO,O00,OCO bushels of wheat a year,
At least sixty percent of this, he said,
moves out in the fall. The average
threshing season in North, Dakota lie
estimated at approximately "a run
ming days and half Of the sixty per-
cent moved in the fall is delivered
from the threshing machine into tie
elevator or car and is started for the
terminal market. The grain move,
ment he estimated as being 1000, goo
bushels per day. ~ IA, :, ,...
He went on to say that three hours
threshing in this state would fill the
proposed terminal elevator. He also
said that the wheat could not be load
ed out of the house more than $4,000
bushels per day.
Minnesota threshes before North
Dakota does and Mr.. Twichell showes
that if the house were located in
minnesota it would have to ,Oe a pug
Tic warehouse and everyone would
nave the right to use 1t. IF the rul:
were as suggested on a lower hanG-
ung basis it would certainly be kept
full all the time because it would be
cheaper said the speaker.
Then, admitting that an effort is
being made to keep the farmers from
marketing through any method their
own grain, it would seem that the
board Of trade would take advantage
OF a plain and easy method Of putting
this terminal out of business SO far
as the farmer is concerned by keep
ing 1t full OF board Of trade grain
he said.
"The establishment Of a s~o.calleo
terminal elevator" need not mean
the establishment of a successful mar
ket place, but a successful markes
place requires the terminal.
Using the ordinary lines Of analy-
Sis and business thought the PROPOSE