The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1917-03-16

to build one mammoth elevator and at.
tAched mill, or whether he will have
and -four mills built wherever
fancy dictates,-the -four mill for the
expressed purpose of showing the mil.
ling values of the local wheat.
A rather strange omission by the Gov.
ernor is that while he speaks of business
success for the big or the many eleva-
tors as the case MY be, that nowhere
does he intimate that he expects that
the venture will in due time repay the
expense. Perhaps that will max no diff.
ference if the state pays with bonds
except to the fellows that buy the bonds.
In (4) the Governor does clear the at
mosphere some when he says that the
people would not be proud OF an elevator
built in another state. That in itself
ought to kill the large movement made
by some equity and other people to build
in st. Paul and was the question that
split the legislature two years ago. As
rather secondary reason the Governor
also intimates that such an elevator
would be under the laws of another
state. That might be an objection too
as we'll as the loss of pride.
In (5) the veto says that there are no
funds available, but Immediately quail
ties that by admitting that more than
one third Of the appropriation is now on
hand in the treasury. Further the Gov
ernor Immediately begs the question by
saying that he wants that money for
another sort of elevator to be built (per.
haps) two years from now. That sl1O.-
600 in the treasury was raised by taxa-
tion and by tax so light, fraction of
mill, that no taxpayer in the state
knew that he was paying it
In (6) the Governor again absolutely
condemns the small $500, ,O0O) elevator
as foregone failure. He also says that
the big one would be an absolute sue
cess. That is that success or failure is
to be measured by size. 1t will be- re
membered by those who heard him speak
last fall that the Governor himself is a
big man, physically. Perhaps that ac-
counts for his own success. Evidently,
for this or other reasons, he believes in
big things including big (sky-limited)
bond issue.> e
We have not as yet read this bill thus
vetoed but as we have seen comments
as to its provisions we understand that
the bill did not require such terminal
elevator to be built at all unless the
should see fit. That it was
part of,their duty to study up the ques
ton OF availability and the location.
No# AS that committee was to be com.
posed Of several Of the state officials in.
Guiding the governor and two or three
others who we're to be appointed by the
governor and as all these men would
therefore be members of the Nonparti-
san party and would be under full con.
troll of the boss Of that party, where
would be the danger Of building the
in another state, or even to
build at all il they did not see fit to do
sof
Why did not the Governor and his
henchmen take up the matter and after
Investigation be ready with facts and
figures for the next legislature, If they
thought better not to build the 100000
elevator? VAT ;s:.
In Governor Hanna's last message he
gave the farmers some sensible sugges-
tlons as to terminal elevators. His idea
was that the terminal elevator should be
built at the first terminal on the farm.
That if the farmer wanted to hold his
grain for higher price that he should
not send il to any public. elevator and
thus play the market against himself.
But il he must sell to pay his bills, then
Il will make but little difference to him
who're the gram goes after he has sold.
The Governor says that the failure Of
> small elevator would discourage the
people. Sute.s But .ifs the big elevator
for whose SUCCESS No have only the
opinion. 6f sexcsllsncy, should happsn
70 BET . disappointment about how much
would the dear people become discour-
aged I'm dollarsf
The Governor is on record that $500,
0o0I would not finance his proposed ole
vatqi sfter i n bnilt. He y correct.
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