New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-09-03
IMPORTANT BILLS
TO BE SUBMITTED
TONNAGE TAX, CHEAPER FISH,
STATE PACKING PLANT
URGED.
A.. C. WEIGH, REPRESENTATIVE
OF GLENCOE, ANNOUNCES
MEASURES.

MEASURES.
Tonnage tax, soldiers relief and the
bank deposits guarantee bills will be.
introduced by Nonpartisan senators and
representatives at the special session of
the legislature which convenes Septem-
Der 8, according to an announ cement
just made by A. G. Welch, League
representative Of Glencoe, in the Mcleod
Comfy Republic. Measures to provide
immediate and temporary relief from
the high cost of living are being pre-
pared for introduction. These include
a bill to enable the state to Immediately
acquire the Farmers Packing company
plant near South ST. Paul and operate
it in opposition to the big Five pack
ing trust, and a bill to order the state
game and fish commission to enlarge
its 6sh-marketing operations so that the
entire state may get fish at all times
at actual cost to the state.
These bills are now being prepared
and viii be introduced in the house
of representatives Immediately after.
the session opens.
1--WE want to hasten the session as
much as possible said Representa-
tive WEIGH, 'sand therefore will insist
that all bills be read in full on first,
second and third reading and imme-
diately put on their final passage on
the roll call. We do not want legis-
lation tied up by committees and will
demand that they be voted upon with
out being referred to any committees"
The excuse Governor Burnquist gave
when calling thu. special session was
forest fire protection. He intends, how
ever, to endanger such protective legis-
lation by attempting to pass primary
elections repeal bill to do away with the
peoples power to choose their own
candidates. 1t was over the primary
repeal bill that the last, regular session
became tied up in a filibuster
Bill To Cut Costs.
The League delegation is drawing
up a bill to be introduced aiming at
cheaper fish. During the war the
fish and game commission was author
lied to spread not more than five nets
in the Minnesota lakes and sell the
wild fish thus caught to the public
at cost.
The result of these operations was
that the commission sold fish to the
public at 4 and cents pound below
the market price and in a few weeks,
despite further price reductions, the
state made a profit Of $4,000 from the
experiment.
1t is estimated that there is enough
wild fish in the Lake of the Woods
alone to supply the people of Mime
sofa with cheap food for years without
materially reducing the supply in the
International lakes and streams Lake
Superior, with its white fish particu-
larly, offers another fertile fishing field
for the state.
State Packing.
s'The bill to take over the Farm
ers' Packing company plant near South
I ST. Paul offers the state an excellent
opportunity to reduce the cost Of meat
to the consumer and still give the far
mers a fair price for livestock" said
s Mr.. WEIGH.
This plant is having a hard battle
against the tactics of the Big Five
trust and because of insufficient CAPT
tai it is only able to accomplish a part
Of its aims in reducing the price Of meat.
The state could do better and on bigger
scale
Representative Welch said that he.
had received letters from many rep
resentatives who had previously voted
against the League measures and who,
now see the light and will support the
League bills
The state could buy the packing
plant and make it the biggest in Min
nesota without a cents additional taxes;
to the resident property owner. 5.8
A fair and just tonnage tax would
,spay for the entire purchase and oper-
alton and still leave a big surplus in
the state treasury. Represe native
Welch is preparing to introduce the
same bill that was defeated in the last;
session for a 10 per cent tax on the
net income from iron ore. It hasrI
been estimated that this tax would
bring in approximately 81, 600, GOO an an
nually to the state. sl,8
Soldiers Bonus,
Representative WEIGH has q bill ready