Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1919-02-20
TELLS
WHY HE VOTES
AGAINST BILL
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copied Is authentic by all until the
state operates such industries on q
commercial basis. I came here to
pend any reasonable amount for such
purpose:
~ find, however, that this bill 10
not limited to the building Of grain
elevators and flour mills but includes
the building Of factories and plants
Of various kinds. including everything
that may be regarded az the manu-
facture or marketing Of farm prod.
ucts Of all kinds. the establishment Of
bureaus. markets and agencies within
or without b state and even within
foreign countries. I refer to the
provistons Of sections / and 3 Of the
amended bill.
7 also find that the plan proposed
by this bill and the companion bill
thereto. providing for bonds, contem-
plates an expenditure Of five million
dollars. This amount I regard rs I'M
necessary. The SUCCESS Of these en-
terprises are no necessarily assured.
Many flour mills throughout our state
own county. No more should be ex-
pended In experimental enterprises Of
this kind than is reasonably required
to test out the proposition. I am will
ing that enough should be expended
so that such elevators and mills can
compete on q commercial basis with
the large mills and elevators Of the
country.
Il have carefully investigated the
facts and am Of the opinion that
two million dollars Is sufficient for
such purpose. The elevator Of the
Equity Cooperative Exchange was
built at a cost of two hundred thou
sand dollars. Five times hat amount
or one million dollars should be suf-
ficient by way of the first experiment
by the state in the matter Of tho
building of the elevators proper. .
Il am informed by DR.. Ladd that
two. hundred and fifty thousand doll
lars would build the mill, including
mill building, elevator, power plant,
mill machinery. hardware and install
lation OF machinery, and freight and
incidentals. An expenditure Of one
million dollars for mills should there
tered throughout the state with a
capacity Of at least 1000 barrels per
day. Such mills operated 500 days
per year would produce 1900, 900 bar
rels OF flour or almost twice az much
flour as is consumed within the
state Of North Dakota. With many
private mills in operation within our
Stdtos IL - eaSOuaDl0 10 assume SlaC
on this basis more than one-half Of
the flour manufactured by the mills
owned by the state would have to be
exported from the state and sold in
the markets Of the world in direct
competition with outside mills. This
might prove successful or 1t might
prove disastrous. At n rate in my
opinion it is not good business to in
vest ever two and one-half times as
much as I have hereinbefore suggest
ed before the success of the enter
prise is reasonably assured. If
found successful 1t would always be
easy to extend operations in the fu-
ture.
"There is pending before this as
sewbly Senate Bill No. 189. which If
passed will appropriate 100000 for
the building Of mills and elevators
and II I get tho opportunity I shall
vote for such bill as it conforms to
my ideas with reference to the amount
that should be expended and the in
dustries into which the state should
enter.
"on Senate Bill No. 20 I vote no."