The Dickinson press., 1917-03-03

commissioners Of railroads. The COM
also are empowered, If they
see fit, to establish central markets
for the display of samples of grain,
seeds and other agricultural products
and may install a deputy in charge Of
said markets in the cities of Duluth,
st. Paul, Minneapolis, Superior, Wis,
Fargo, Paramount, Wahpeton and
Grand Forks, N. D. The state inspec-
tor may also, with the approval of the
commissioners of railroads, license as
deputy Inspector the buyer or agent
of privately owned warehouses, pro-
v1ded that the deputy shall pass such
examination as may be prescribed.
An appropriation of $4,000 is pro-
vided for the purpose of putting the
law into effect.
The state grain grading bill was in.
troduced by Senators Kirkeide and
Drown, using a bill formerly intro
duced by Senator Drown as a basis,
and is in fact a composite of four
bills, two of which were introduced in
the house. Senator Kretschmar op-
posed the bill on the ground that it
was of too great Importance to pass
without more consideration. Senator
Ployer tried to force through an
amendment to do away with the pro-
vision for appointing a member of the
faculty of the agricultural college.
Those voting against the bill were
Allen, Englund, Haggart, Heckle,
Kretschmar, Murphy, McGrey, Mclean,
Ployer, Porter, Putnam, Young and
Rowe.
Representative Coles bill 20 pay the
national guard $40 per month in addi-
ton to their regular pay while on
duty on the Mexican border has been
declared unconstitutional by the at
torney generals Office and on the last
day for introducing bills Senator Allen
submitted a substitute in the senate,
which passed third reading under sus-
pension Of the rules. This bill appro-
PIRATES $4,000, while the Cole bill ap-
propriated 100000. The emergency
failed, however, so that in case it be-
comes a law it will not take effect un-
til July 1.
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Several anti-I. W. w. bills have
made their appearance in both the
house and senate, and while the SEN
ate majority favprs such legislation
the house majority still maintains q
determination to thwart all drastic
punitive legislation in that direction.
Members of the majority admit that
the situation presents a problem. but
do not believe that it can be met with
mere drastic measures. They recog-
nize, they say, that migratory workers
are an absolute necessity in this state
during harvest and threshing season,
and are adverse to the idea of making
a man a vagrant simply because he
is obliged to ride the rods of a boxcar
to get here or to take a nap in the
city park or walk across another mans
land while looking for a job. The
house majority has passed a measure
creating a labor bureau, under the su-
pervision of the commissioner Of ag-
riculture and labor, which will under
take to deal with the labor problem
in a different manner.
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The house passed a concurrent res
olution calling upon congress and the
president to do all within their power
to avoid being drawn into the present
European war. The resolution recited
that it was generally believed that
the extensive war propaganda" now
flooding the country was due to some
Invisible force" that the munition
manufacturers would be the gamers
from a war, and pledged that it "is
our firm and unalterable purpose to
support and stand by our nation in
case of war with our lives and u
property" but that we most fervently
recommend and request congress to
empower the president that In case war
becomes inevitable to seize all the
properties useful and necessary in
carrying on the war, to be used during
the war without compensation and to
be surrendered after the war to the
owners, to the end that all our citi-
Gems, regardless of social standing or
economic advantage, shall contribute
equally to the common defense of our
nation, so that the citizens of wealth
may be enabled and compelled to con
tribute to the common welfare and need
of their country as the enlisted sailors
and soldiers, who give their lives and
their ALL" The senate passed the res.
olution, then reconsidered the vote
and referred the matter to the com.
mittee on judiciary.
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The senate blocked an effort to
make operative the initiative and ref
erendum provisions Of the constitution
as contained in paragraph 2 of section
2O2 of the state constitution when it
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