Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-08-27

the earliest possible moment The
Commercial club Of Fargo took up
the matter with promptness and the
two organizations flooded the state
with kilograms to business and farm
ers' organizations urging formal pro-
tests sent to Washington. OF a num-
Der of very busy meh of the state who
were asked by telephone to make the
trip the men who comprised the com
mittee realized the Importance of
quick action-and acted.
Meeting first, on the train enroute
to Minneapolis the committee sent
to DR.. r. r. Ladd. a member. of 1.-THE
price fxingfcommittee, asking him to
arrange an early hearing before the
prices. One to Senator
PsJ. McCumber, asking him to have
the members OF stheSs North
Treasurer John Burke and DIT.
q. r. Laid, meet them at breakfast at
the New Willard hotel on Tuesday
morning when they arrived In Wash
ington.
The frst information the commit
tee received on their arrival in the
capital was a statement from Dr..
Ladd that the price-fixing committee
had already decided on an iron-clad
rule to give no committee hearings tc
delegations. DR.. Tausig OF Harvard
university had induced this action on
the basis that the work of h COM
they let down the bars, the committee
would be in session until snow flies.
An Important Matter.
The hearings already had been de-
MED to all for this eason The por-
tent of the issue raised was, however,
felt to be SO great that DR.. Garfield
personally volunteered to receive the
committee from North Dakota to hear
their arguments, with the under
standing that they would be present
ed by him to the whole committee az
soon as possible.
To this audience with DR.. Garfield
there came besides the North Dakota
committee only Congressman Young
former Governor John Burke and
Senator Sterling of South Dakota. i
was apparent that the Importance o.
the matter had not been realized II
full by others who should have beer
interested. Congressman Norton wa.
absent, having been called to Nortf
Dakota by the death Of his mother.
DR.. Garfield dispensed with forma
arguments and asked questions Of thu
members of the delegation. pointet
QuSSL1OuS WHICH IONS6AoO Oh dAAAS
desire to be fair Inc just and to CIV
full consideration to all the matter
presented. After an hour of the in
formal discussion DR.. Garfield an
nouncsd that, realizing the import o
the subject and he conscientious mo
tives that actuated the visitors, n
would say that the price-fxing com
mittee would go a step farther AZ
would receive q prepared brief set
ting forth the gist of the statement
he had heard and asked that the Wis
! itors have the document ready at tn
earliest possible moment.
After consultation by the commit
tee, =. b. Bacon and Aubrey Law
renee were authorized to prepare tthi
statement and copies were furnishe
, to each member Of DR.. Garfield's com
mittee and to others who had show
an interest In the committees efforts
This was the status Of the mats
on Wednesday. Not another repre-
sentative. person. delegation or pre-
test had been received by, DR.. CARTEL
or his committee. The members 9
! the Dakota committee had learned o
Z the, hest authority that the price-f1
ing board had been considering
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