Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1915-02-04
CRIMINAL ELEVATORS
- n. D. DEMANDED
Large Gathering Of Farmers al
Bismarck AgitatIng Question

Bismarck, Feb. 3.-The state
meeting of the Society of Equity was
held here yesterday and largely at
tended by farmers and elevator men
from various parts of the state.
About two hundred delegates formed
a procession in the city and marched
to the state capitol, where they were
granted hearing before a joint ses-
sion of the house and senate, which
adjourned at 8 o'clock for such pur-
pose. Judge F. E. Mum of St. Paul,
George Lotus, President Johnson of
the North Dakota society and others
addressed the legislature in behalf of
terminal elevators and controverted
arguments in opposition to such leg
islation by members of the board of
control. There were over three hun
dred farmers and spectators in the
galleries who listened to the argu-
ments of the speakers, who advocat-
ed the erection of state-owned ter
minal elevators at some point outside
of the state, preferably at St. Paul, as
lit afterwards developed.
Arguments to the Legislature.
Secretary J. NJ. Anderson of the
State Society of Equity made short
address in which he stated that the
representatives of organizations and
individual farmers were not there as
an organized mob for the purpose of
running through legislation, but
were there in the interests of ter
minal elevators owned by and oper-
ated by the state. He stated that he
realized that great honor was being
conferred upon the speakers by being
allowed to address the assembly on
the question and closed by asking
that all parties refrain from applause
and then introduced Judge M. D.
Mum of st. Paul, who talked for
about an hour and a half on the ad-
visibility Of the erection Of termin-
|al elevator by the state and, refer
ring to the location, he said "there is
only one place where you should not
build it, and that is in Minneapolis. "
He: took the ground that, as there
were located the very forces the ter
minal elevator is supposed to fight,
lit would be bad idea to get so close
to them. Mum took issue with the
board of control as to their report on
terminal elevator propositions and
stated that while he believed the
members of the board were sincere
in their criticism of the proposition,
he thought they were mistaken in
their conclusions.
j. M. Anderson, secretary of the
North Dakota branch of the Society
of Equity, started out to explain how
the Canadian terminal elevator
scheme, which had lost money, was
a good thing. Anderson had a mass
of figures in support of his conten-
ton, but before he was finished he
was asked to give the house time to
adjourn and would then be given
the privilege to continue his meeting
for the rest of the afternoon.
After the adjournment Anderson
did not continue his remarks, but
President johnson of the state So
ciety took the floor for a few min
utes. After his talk Mr.. Breezy, who
has been at Bismarck since the open
ing of the session in the interests of
the St. Paul commercial organization,
took charge Of the situation and for
q time held the attention of the au-
dience with an address upon the good
things to be accomplished by the es-
tablishment of a terminal elevator
and especially it's establishment at
st. Paul. ...
Bismarck, Feb. &C. A. Grow Of
Minot, who is representing his dis
trict in the house Of representatives
for the first time this session. is in
tensely interested in legislation for
good roads. He has been named as
chairman on the committee on High
ways and Bridges and is one of the
best advocates of the good roads
movement sent to the North Dakota
legislature. He is the man who has
introduced the bill which provides
that the revenue received from the
automobile license should be expend-
ed by the state highway commission.
The bill which he has introduced
also provides that the employment
of convict labor shall be made part
of the good roads legislation provid-
ed by the present session. The fact
that Mr.. Grow knows that there is
considerable sentiment against good