The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1919-08-28
,harge lower RATS, is more than

charge lower rates, is more than
;can understand. 4
I've intended to put in u factory
| in Bismarck that wbuld employ $50
| and more people and my company
\ was prepared to invest lrge sums OF
money in this enterprise. But with
these obstacles in cur way, we will
probably move to Canada, where bust
mess enterprises are fostered, instead
Of throttled.
81 went to the Workmen's compen-
lsation bureau about my premiums
was told by the secretary that our
plant comes under the head Of textile
, manufacturers. / told him it did not
and the dictionary defined a textile
plant as place where textile was
manufactured. This we do not do.
s'Then he said there was no provi-
sion in the law for our particular
class Of business. This Official said
he would have no communication with
the bureaus acting actuary at Column
bus, O., for instruct ions. He could
not explain why the states insurance
actuary was located in Columbus and
not IN Bismarck. 8s;g Sss ~ N
"a large cotton manufacturer in
Providence, R. l., the cotton rnanufac-
turing center Of the United States,
wanted to know if I thought it advis-
able to. build a factory at Bismarck,
SO they can use our product and man
ufacture the finished product right
here and thus save immense freight
rates. I told him, Decidedly no. l
would not advise you to invest one
cent in North Dakota as long as the
state government is run as 1T is"
another instance Of how Bismarck
is losing out on obtaining large in
dustries through the working Of the
compensation law: A large paper
manufacturer of New Yorw also want
ed to build a factory near our plant.
I pointed out that the Missouri river
would furnish all ~3of the. water he
would need, for his operation and he
would use som of tn by-products of
our plant, but that it Would be con- \
hitting Commercial suicide and
would be. morally dishonest to risk
one cent Of capital in North Dakota
under the present state government.
"Since North Dakota has boone a
state, her farmers have burned up, or
otherwise destroyed more than o.
100000 tons Of flax, according to fig
sures have received. Everyone Of
those tons could be utilized by our
company. If we are forced to get out
of the state because of these unjust
laws, the farmers can continue to
burn UP their flax instead Of getting
an average of So ton for it. In fact,
/ have paid as high as SIS a ton for
what has in the past been considered,
so much waste.
II was born in this country and
have voted Al consecutive times and
as an American citizen believe that
/ am entitled to earning a living in
my own country, but if the nonparti-
san league continues to enact such
legislation as it has and enfarces
snch laws as workmen's compensa-
ton act, will move to Canada, COM
duct my business there and raise my
family in purere civilization that |
seem to be able to find in North Da-
kota." q
The present mill, according to Mr..
Bonny, has capacity Of ! BOO tons Of
flax straw annually, and three others
machines are being constructed, orig
inally to. be placed in Bismarck b,1ts
which will probably be sent TO Can
ada. The company planned TO ex,5
pand at the end Of two years and
build its own factory here and employ
more than $50 men.
The straw is fibred at the mill and
then shipped in bales much the same anne
as cotton to mills and factories where
it is turned into Irvine, rope, ana
other articles. 5,s.
Mr.. Bonny pointed out that not only
would the mill increase the resources
and wealth Of Bismarck and the state,
but also it would be the means OF Sc Sc
curing affiliated industries to this sec
ton and would provide a revenue for
farmers that would otherwise become
waste. Il: