The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1919-02-28

sion of marketing,
Country Millers Fight Measure.
Remonstrance against the passage OF
the Wilkinson pure feed" bin is
being made to members of the House
by country millers of the state. Spe
ciaI objection is made to the clause
providing for the licensing Of manu-
facturers or dealers in mixed Feeds.
This does mot refer to Country
millefs,' said Colonel wilkinson,
author of the bill. ct has to do only
with the manufacturers and dealers in
concentrated feeds The bal pro-
yides for exemption OF those who grind
whole grain together"
Hotel Bill Defeated.
The Nimocks hotel bin was defeated
in the house. The bill proposed to re-
lieyes hotel proprietors from response.
bility for thefts, IL they maintained
certain safeguards.
Druggists Up In Arms.
A bill for the Standardization of the
education of pharmacists has druggists
UP in arms. Chairman J. b. Hompe of
the house public health committee re-
ceived twenty-seven letters of protest
lin one delivery today
\ Houses Pass Hour Bill.
st. Paul.-Appearance of the Patti
son bill providing an eight7hour day
for employees in the state institutions
as a special order brought on hot de-
bate in the House. After long debate
the House passed the bill re to 48. It
has passed the senate. Representative
Theodore Christianson, chairman of
the appropriations committee, led the
fight against the measure. He first
offered an amendment excluding farm
laborers and domestics from the provi-
siOns of the bill
Representative J. B. Pattison of st.
Cloud, sponsor for the bill, objected
to the amendment, yand Mr.. Christian
son then declared that the board of
control is opposed to the passage of
this law at this time, although the
board unanimously approves the prin.
ciple of the eight-Eour day.
! The passage of the bill, it is said,
Will make necessary the, addition of
$4,000 to the budget for the state in
stitqtions, it is said.
The necessary work of milking
cows and getting breakfast and sup
per on an eight-hour schedule will
mean doubling the force of laborers
and domestics at the institutions, and
the board of control has declared that
If the bill is passed it will adhere
strictly to the eight-hour schedule"
Mr.. Christianson declared. 80
j.. N. Jacobson of Hills declared the
bill would establish a precedent that
would eventually put the farmers out
Of business. ~
Representative F. j. McPartlin OF
International Falls said that if the
farmers wish to avoid strike of their
.laborers, they had better anticipate
Trouble by granting beforehand the
same conditions other laborers enjoy"
New Senators Take Seats.
i Arch Coleman, elected to the sem
ate to succeed the late Carleton L.
Wallace from the Thirty-fourth dis
trict, Minneapolis, appeared In the
senate chamber with his certificate Of
election. and was sworn In by Asso-
ciate Justice Andrew Holt of the su-
preme court C. N. Cosgrove of LIE
Sueur, who was elected to succeed the
late Senator Weis, and Senator Sulli-
van of Saltwater, who defeated w. w.
Wilcox In special election following
a contest, have also been sworn in.
To Ask Emergency Fund.
The house committee on state hos
pitfalls agreed to the report of the State
Board of Visitors that the complaint
of patients at the st. Peter hospital
of a shortage Of food was justified to
the extent that sufficient meat had not
been served, and referred the report
to the appropriations committee with
suggestion that an emergency appro-
priation be made 10 provide sufficient
supply of meat.
Legal Newspapers Must Use English.
With only five members voting
against it, Senator F. L. Cliffs bill,
providing that all legal newspapers in
the state be printed IN English, has
passed the senate. There was no dis
cussion of the measure before the vote
was taken. Senators Anderson, john
son, Nord, Romberg and Schmechel
voted against the bin.
Benson scho6i Bill.
Members of the Senate education
committee have approved the bill in
troduced by Senator HI. N. Benson of
st. Peter, providing that English must
be the basic language taught in all
schools that would comply with the
compulsory education law of the state.
Under the terms of the bill, attend
ance at. schools where English is the
basic language taught is compulsory
for all children of school age in the
state. Common branches, such as his.
tory, grammar, arithmetic and geogra-
ply, must be taught in the English
language, from textbooks printed in
English and by teachers competent to
teach the English language Foreign
languages are left selective study
in the curriculum, but such study shall
not occupy more than an hours time
In each school day.
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