The Tomahawk. [volume] (White Earth, Becker County, Minn.) 1903-192?, 1921-02-17
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] of the
Estate Lawmakers
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COMMITTEE BACKS BILL
Grain Marketing Bill Passes House
Committee by Vote of is to
After Bitter Fight.

Committee by Vote of IS to S
After Bitter Fight.
st. Paul--Passage of the House bill
to make the Minneapolis Chamber OF
Commerce, the Duluth Board of Trade
and the South st. Paul Livestock ex.
change and to provide regulation for
such, was recommended by vote OF
Is to S by the House markets and
marketing committee of the Minnesota
Legislature.
Debate on the bill in committee was
bitter Representative Asher Howard
of Minneapolis vainly attempting to
have the measure referred to the
house judiciary committee before the
vote was taken on recommendation.
Mr.. Howard was, supported in his
stand by Representatives Thomas H.
Girling and w. I. Norton.
Mr. Girling said the committee was
being carried away on wave OF pos
sible good Intentions" R. A. Wilkin-
son, author of the bill, charged those
favoring retirement to the judiciary
COulu1lLLSo Will u11dCOAJ LdSsASo'
Representative Howard said no bill
could be passed which 'would deprive
men of property which the state has
invited them to build up. If this bill
is passed we should introduce another
one, writing from our statute books
the law which invites organizations
similar to the Chamber of Commerce
to be formed" he said. "Mr. Wilkin-
son started forming this legislation
long before the legislative session be-
gan.
Charges Bill is Being RaiIroaded.
IF you want to railroad this law
through you can do it." he told the
committee.
After the committee had recon-
mended the bill for passage. it in.
structed Chairman Elias Nordgren to
refer the bill to the attorney general
and the judiciary committee for legal
opinions and constitutionality
Those voting against favorable rec
ommendation were. Bernard. Girling,
iDlley, Howard and Scribner. Those
favoring recommendation to pass
were: Briggs, Conley, Curtis. Darby,
Holmquist, Johnson, Moen. Neuman,
Norton, Putnam, Rako, Serline, Wick
er, Wilkinson, and Nordgren.
Representative w. c. Briggs said his
best Judgment told him to vote against
the bill, but petitions from the farm
bureau of Pipestone county favoring
the measure compelled him to vote
aye.
Take Up Bill on "Futures."
The committee then took up H. F..
No. %, which defines gambling con-
tracts, and presents dealing in futures
in grain.
Representative Howard said this bill
was one of the most important ever
considered by Minnesota legislature,
and asked that time be set for ex-
tensive consideration. The committee
decided to consider this measure
The railroad committee of the house
by vote Of 9 to 4, recommended for
passage the t'full crew" bill. This
measure requires railroads to provide
an additional brakeman for trains of
more than 40 cars. The committee
also recommended for passage a pro-
posed law requiring railroads to build
crossings over tracks, the same width
as the road leading to the tracks. This
measure will require the railroads, in
many cases, to build crossings from 20
to 80 feet in width.
Expect Fight on Fuel Yard Bill.
When minority and majority re-
port on a bill permitting establishment
of municipal fuel yards in all cities
and villages of the state was presented
to the senate, probabilities of hot
floor fight on the measure developed.
The bill was ordered printed, and will
take it's place on general orders.
The senate unanimously passed a
bill legalizing acts of the acting state
auditor. The object of this measure
was to allow Acting Auditor M. J. Des-
mond to sit on the state bonus board
Senators James Dryer and o. A.
Devoid of Minneapolis attempted to
put. the senate on record in favor Of
government owned coal mines, but
were defeated. The committee on Ia
ton indorsing the Calder coal investi-
cation by congress, and Senator Dwy-
,er offered an amendment asking for
government ownership. The commit
tee resolution was adopted after de-
feat of such amendment.
Passage of the bill to tax royalties,
paid to owners of iron ore lands, was
recommended for passage by the
House committee on taxes after a
public hearing during which protests
we're made against such legislation.
The main question discussed at the
hearing was whether the royalties
were incomes or part of the purchase
price of ore lands.
E.. Frank Spellman of Duluth made the
principal argument against the bill.
He contended that the income from
royalties in reality amounted to in
stallments on the sale price of the
ore. since ever ytOn of ore removed