Omaha daily bee., 1915-03-27
WAREHOUSE BILL
FOR THIRD READING
Senator's Bring Platform Measure
Out and Order il Advanced
Peg.
AMENDED BY THE REPUBLICANS
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LINCOLN, March B.-(speoiai.)-Al-
though labeled senate file No. !. the first
hin introduced in the senate this session,
the public warehouse bill reached the
place whore Il was reported for third
reading only this morning. Tho bill has
had and ttp and dow In and out exist
enoe 30 far IN the session and today was
The subject OF a two-hour discussion.
Tho warehouse measure is a platform
poldeg Of the democratic party. but the
original bill was 50 plainly subterfuge
introduced simply TO meet the pledge,
according 70 Senator Sandal, that after
numerous hearings committee was ap-
pointed 10 draw up another bill as a
substitute. The substitute. according TO
tho York senator. was not much better
than the original biz and he offered some
amendments which ne said would make
the bill presentable and assist the demo
Gratis 10 do something for the farmers.
shumway OF Dixon was chairman of the
Joint committee TO draw up the substi-
tnte and was one Of the two republicans
who voted for the bin this morning, the
other being Maliery OF BOX Butte.
.rbe vote on the motion TO advance TO
third reading was nineteen for ana twelve
against.
Insurance Not Provided.
IN. chief objection that Sandal urged
against The bnl was that Il failed to
provide for insurance by the warehouse
nan storing the grain for the farmer.
SUBWAY Of Dixon, author Of the substi-
tute. pointed out that sho bill provided
for a bond for tho delivery Of the grain
unon demand and that in tho opinion OF
tho committee this bond answered for
insurance. II would be safe, as II must
Rave the approval of the railway com
u,isaion. 20 whom IL entrusted the adj
ministration OF tho law.
All Elevators Included.
me bill as passed was amended In one
important particular. The original sub
stitute excepted from the provisions OF
the act all elevators at terminal points.
This exception was stricken out ana any
elevator holding grain for private parties
for a period OF longer than fifteen days
must file an application with the railway
commission 20 become a public ware
house.
Another amendment makes the ware
house receipts negotiable. Another allows
cooperative farmers companies to secure
sites on railroads at a ''reasonable' price
Act f. Optional.
The act as Il stands r. optional The
objection entertained by Sandal was that
IL was merely a SHAM" N >hE1Hiouse
law that would give the farmers no ware
houses"
shumway of Dixon read letter from
j. w. shorthin of Hampton, secretSas
OF The Farmers Cooperative Grain and
Live stock association. endorsing the law
Charges Imposed.
The charge imposed is as follows. For
the storage OF grain for tho first fifteen
daye, when received In carload lots. 4
cent a bushel; when received in wagcn
lots. III cents a buahel for the first flt-
teen day; l-sO OF I.cent per day n bushel
for the next thirty days: i-is Of i-cent
a day per busheI for time thereafter"
A. 20 state Platforms.
Just before the vote was taken on the
bill Sandal suggested that the next time
the democratic party attempted to draw
up a platform that Il be made like Mother
Hubbards are constructed.
Senator spirk said that he was the
president OF a farmers' elevator with q
membership of 800. He said tho bill
would force disaster upon hi1 compaus
as at present constructed. The agricul-
tural committee" said Mr.. spirlS. ''voted
down. once. twice. thrice. attempts at q
public warehouse bill and then the COM
nlttee brought out this illigitimate child.
man ~ the name OF Corey, lawyer
ana another man said 10 be the secretary
Of the democratic state convention ap~
rearod before the committee and triod
10 set the bill through because II was a
democratic party pledge.
Deal OF Politicians.
That plank was slipped into the plat
form a. the midnight hour. when the
rank and file OF the democratic party
knew nothing about II and did not want
t. Politicians OF tho party put II In and
now they want II made into a law simply
90 keep a party pledge"
SUBWAY wanted the senate to know
what the Substitute bill whose letter
shumway had read. did not know whal
che substitute bin contained and tha
there was nothing In the substitute biz
which shorthil advocated.