The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-03-01

ganization Of cooperative business
corporations, another by the same
member preventing discrimination be-
tween different localities in the sale
or purchase of grain, and the third by
A. G.. Welch of Glencoe giving sellers
and consignors Of grain first lien upon
the membership of any member of
any chamber of commerce or board
of trade on account of any indebted,
ness arising from their purchases,
have already passed the house and
their approval by the senate is beyond
question. Several other Equity bills
are either in committee or on general
orders and will be reached in time.
Representative Hines, Stenvik, Dare,
and Miner, upstate members are back
of measure to provide for the leas-
ing of Douglas lodge, in the Itasca
State Park, and to provide for i'm
provements to the reservation. Lo-
Gated in the park region of the state,
it is one of the most beautiful outing
spots in the union and the desire of.
those named is to bring it to public
attention and toprovide facilities for
the comfort of those who may be at
tracted. Few Minnesotans know it.,
but Itasca State Park is one of the
show spots of the state, yet despite
this fact little in the way of legisla--
tive aid has been given.
The biennial distribution of the ses-
sion laws by the newspapers of the.
state is in danger of extinction. Last;
week the snate finance committee
gave its sanction to a scheme BY
which the laws are to be printed in
pamphlet form and distributed by the.
county auditors. Copies to the num-
Der of $4,000 are provided for and an
appropriation of $4,000 is given for.
the work. For years the newspapers
of the state have published the session
laws as supplements to their papers.
for which they have received from
$50 to $50 each and it is more than
likely that vigorous protest will be-
entered against the adjustment of the
time honored custom. The senate COM
mittee argues that fully $4,000 will
be saved by the proposed new order
of things.
Senator R. c. Dunn has secured the.
approval of the body of which he is a
member of resolution favoring the
appropriation of sufficient money to-
reimburse the common and graded
schools of the state by reason of a
deficit in state aid for the past two
years. If the finance committee agrees
nearly S1,700,000, which is the deficit
for the period named, will be made
available. Under recommendations
made by Governor Burnquist further
cut of $2,0O0,000, covering this years
budget, is proposed, but the Dunn res
olution demands that such be ignored
and that the schools of the state re-
ceive their full due. ~
After all legislation is a question of
whose foot is pinched. No better il
lustration of this is to be had than
when the Minneapolis chamber of
commerce and the Duluth board of
trade found unexpected allies in the
Equity society. and the Nonpartisan
league in effectually shelving leso-
luton designed to permit the investi-
cation of grain and other exchanges
operating in the state. A. F. TeigeA
was the author, and between jockey.
ing on the part of the rules commit
tee, which passed the. question of ex--
pense up to the house, and representa-
tives of the organizations named he.
was finally compelled to take the
count. Teigen and the Equity never
have hitched.
Senator Putman's bill putting al
roadhouses in the state out of BUSH
ness is now law. The house en-
dorsed it overwhelmingly. The bill
is designed to curb the activities of
many so called branch liquor agencies
which have sprung up as result Of
the operations of the county option
law. These agencies are located along
the outskirts of the dry counties and
have been rgardd as a nuisance.
The County Chairman.