The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1921-02-04

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WASHINGTON NEWS LETTER.
Exclusive to the Pioneer Express)
. (Too late for last week.
At the request Of the Equity Co
operative Exchange Congressman
George M. Young, second district,
North Dakota, appeared before the
House Committee on Agriculture
last Friday and filed brief prepar.
ed by the Equity Exchange in sup
port of the Steenerson bill.
The Steenerson bill, introduced by
Halvor Steenerson, ninth district;
Minnesota, is designed to prohibit
and prevent the habitual exclusion
from membership and the general
discrimination, now practiced by the
great grain exchanges against CO.
operative associations engaged in
the grain business.
The brief Of the Equity Coopera-
tive Exchange recommended the pas
sage Of the Steenrson bill, and gave
.. complete history of it's fight
against the Chamber of Commerce,
Minneapolis, in which the Equity
claims that the Chamber has used
unfair methods of Competition.
Congressman Young also added
his personal endorsement to the
Steenerson bill. He asserted that
former Attorney General had admit
ted to him that an investigation Of
the Minneapolis Chamber Of Com
merce had shown that it had violated
the Sherman Antitrust law, and
that the Attorney General had pro-
missed him in w1iting to bring an
action against It, which, however,
he had afterwards refused to do.
The President has not yet ap-
pointed the directors Of the War FL
nance Corporation, recently revived
by the joint resolution introduced by
Senator Gronna, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Agriculture.
It is understood that the chief exec
utive is having difficulty in finding
men properly qualified whom he
may select.
P. R. Trubshaw, publisher of the
Valley City "Times Record" is ex-
pected to arrive in Washington this
week bearing the official Presiden-
tial returns from the state of North
Dakota. According to law the re-
turns from each state must be de-
livered at the Capitol in person by
duly authorized representative from
the respective states.
Two women are reported to be
bringing the vote from Nebraska by
aeroplane. A woman also brought
the returns from Missouri.
It is believed that Harding will
call special session of Congress
shortly after taking office. This
wilt probably be called on or about
April 4th, as Chairman Fordney of
the House Committee on Ways and
Means has announced that he will
be ready to report the new tariff bill
by that time.
The ways. and Means Committee
has been sitting throughout the past
three weeks in consideration Of the
new law. Manufacturing interests
have had witnesses before the COM
mittee all week and it is expected
that representatives Of the agricul-
tural industry will be called to tes-
tify quite soon. Congressman Young
is chairman of the subcommittee
that will revise the agricultural
schedules.
Minnesota has advanced candi-
date for Secretary Of Agriculture in
the Harding cabinet in the person Of
F. w. Murphy Of Minneapolis. It
is not known just how much backing
Mr.. Murphy will have but congress-
men from the Northwest naturally
will prefer man for the office COM
ing from their section Of the country.
North Dakota has the i distinction
Of having the first, chapter Of Am
erican Indian War Mothers, accord
ing to an announcement from the
headquarters Of the National Am
erican War Mothers here.
The chapter name is Cannonball,
and the officers J. are: Mrs. Bear