The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1919-07-24
NEW INDUSTRIES ARE SAVED

Vote on Issues Only Runs Far Beyond
Last Vote for Governor-Laws
Will Have Final Majority Of
10000 to 5000.
BISMARCK, N. D.-The farmer laws
brought up for referendum before the
people on June 26 have been REIN
dorsed by the people In an election
marked by many surprising features.
Although dealing with Issues ale ,e
many thousand more voters turned out
than IN November, 1918. The farm
err cast at least 5000 more votes for
the industrial legislation than they
cast for the popular governor, Frazier,
and about $4,000 more than they cast
Tor tho amendments Involving this
legislation last fall.
There was a marked gain in the city
strongholds Of the anti-farmer inter-
ests over last year, due probably to
the better understanding labor now
has OF the farmer-labor political move
ment.
Opposition Desperate.
Huge funds were sent in from tho
big centers East and West to defeat
the Nonpartisan league In it's home
state, and the violence and bitterness
Of the opposition surpassed that Of
previous campaigns. The large insur-
ance interests alone, according to an
AFFIDAVIT Of q California professor,
raised 100000 for the purpose.
Anti-farmer interests in every state
whore the farmers are organizing
sent special contributions. and the
great controlled papers and magazines
throughout the nation turned their
guns on the small army Of leaguers.
The opposition, better organized and
more desperate than eyer before, also,
succeeded in reaching three Of the
state officers elected on the farmer
platform.
But in spite Of these things the peo-
pie qf the state have given the new
legislation an Endorsement Of from H.
600 to $4,000 and the state officials
can proceed at once to put the laws
into effect. !.
Attacked Whole Program. &
While pretending to be In favor Or
the farmer program and consequent.
" leaving alone the laws providing
mills and elevators, hail insurance and
tax reforms, the anti-farmer interests
attacked those laws needed to make
the Industrial program q success-the
Industrial commission act and the
Bank Of North Dakota act. The first
gives proper businesslike concentra-
ton Of authority and responsibility
for the lev state industries and the
latter gives the necessary independent
system of financing. /
The failure of the bank law would
also have meant the failure of the
plan to lend money on mortgages and
on warehouse receipts for farm prod
ucts at cost. The home building act
was not attacked, but would have
been Of little use to the people with
out the state bank.
The other five laws which the oppo-
sition attempted to repeal were:
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ing the board OF control, board Of re-
gents and board Of education into one
board, supervising the whole field Of
state penal, educational and relief &C
ttvity-an act which followed the lat
sst expert advice In this field and
which Is not followed by other states
because t reduces the number 81
political jobs.
The tax commission act, substituting
a commissioner for q body Of three
Il the interest OF economy and EN-.
cheney.
The immigration act. providing = de-
partment such as 10 maintained by
several other progressive states, with.
m appropriation OF 100000 to adver.
tise the resources Of the state and
assist new settlers.
The newspaper act. which reduced
the number Of oflcial county papers
to receive public printing from three
or mofe1t0 one and put the choosing
of this paper Al the hands Of the
voters ct the regular election. The
merit Of the act wAs obvious: the iii.
named objection to Il lay IN the fact
that It abolished "a important wheel
n the old party political machine.
The judicial redistricting act, de-
signed to simplify judicial procedure
and equalize court work ii the lower
state courts.
New York judges with the help of !
few lawyers decided several years
ago that while a city has right to-
retail water II I'D all wrong for It
to retail frozen water. Omaha, Nebr.,'
however. is beyond the reach Of this
brilliant decision. It has = municipal
ice plant, which retails Ice at So cents
huadfedWeight or aSgood many cents
under what private companies ~ other
elites cherse.Ths plant runs along
Will nice surplus too.