Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1919-01-16
LEAGUE TO HAVE
IT'S PROGRAM in
SHAPE this WEEK
House Ratified Seven Amend
ments, Senate to Follow
Suit; Four Bills Introduced.

Bismarck, N. D., Jan. 15.-(Spe-
cial.) With all of the leagues seven
constitutional amendments ratified
by the house, and with three or four
Of them ready to be reported out on
the floor of the senate where they
are equally certain of ratification.
and with four bills embodying the
meat of the leagues economic pro-
gram already introduced and in COM
mittee, the Nonpartisan league will,
before the close Of the present week,
have in shape to place in immediate
effect all of the radical experiments
in pure democracy to which it stands
committed. The only important bill
not yet introduced by the league is
that involving it's new theory of a
near single tax, exempting all I'M
provements on land and other per-
sonal property, or classifying them
SO low that it accomplished the same
effect, and placing the heaviest bur-
dens upon the lands; upon moneys,
incomes and corporate property.
| After the house had ratified the
first of the seven league amendments
the process became monotonous.
Minority orators talked long and
Earnestly in opposition to the five
amendments whose fate now rests in
the hands of the supreme court. They
might as well have talked to one
of the Missouri river buttes for all
the effect their objections had upon
the solid ranks of the league ma
jority.
] Two New Bills I'm.
The leagues state home-building
association and It's mill and elevator
association bills were introduced in
the senate Tuesday by the state af-
faiTs committee, which thus divides
honors with the state affairs commit
tee Of the house. These measures,
(which were approved in league eau
Gus last Saturday already have been
fully explained. They stand on the
calendar as Senate Bills 20 and 10,
respectively, and both have been re-
ferred to the state affairs committee,
which, Is. expected to report them out
as soon as the senate has ratified
the league amendments removing
the constitutional debt limit and au-
thorizing the state to engage In any
Industry or line of business except
the manufacture of intoxicants.
One Of the rather remarkable fea-
lures Of all the leagues economic
enterprises Is the extent to which
they interlock and the degree to
which the state Industrial commits
sion. composed of the governor, the
attorney general and the commission
er Of agriculture and labor. dominate
tevery proposition.
More Funds for Bank.
The state home building associa-
ltion created by s, B. 10 will be an
other important source of revenue
for the Bank Of North Dakota. The
|bfll provides that all funds of the
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home building association shall be
deposited in and disbursed by the
Bank of North Dakota which shall
act as financial agent for the associa
ltion. If the plan succeeds at all the
average paid in in each of the states
So counties within two years should
not be less than $780, 900, adding a
neat $5,0O0,0O0 to the resources Of
the Bank Of North Dakota. .5.
The Bank of North Dakota also IS
Official depository for all funds Of
the North Dakota Mill and Elevator
association, created by 8. b. 20. and
which, IL It lives up to expectations,
should develop into mammoth con-
|cern. The association is authorized
to manufacture and market all man
ner Of farm produce. It may estab7
lish mills and factories and buying
and selling agencies to any number
Required within the state and may