The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1921-01-21
LABOR TRIBUNAL
MAY BE CREATED
BILL INTRODUCED PROVIDING
FOR INDUSTRIAL COURT TO
ADJUST DIFFERENCES
Would be Planned After Court Re-
Gently Established in Kansas;
Would Have Power to Fix Wages
and Hours; Highway Commission
Probe; New Advertising Law.

An industrial court for Montana
modelled after the Kansas court of
industrial relations and to supplant
the present Montana public service
commission. the duties of which are
administered by the railroad commits
sion, is proposed in a bill fathered by
John l.. Scofield of Powder River
county. and notice of the introduce
ton of which he gave in the house
of representatives a few days ago.
Scofield's bill provides for the APP
pointment of three judges by the
governor for three-year terms at SAL
aries of $1,000 year. The court
would have the same jurisdiction as
that granted the public service COM
mission and In addition to taking
over all of the utilities now regulat-
ed by the existing commission, it
would also be required to hold hear
ings on all strikes in business affect
ing manufacture of food and cloth
ing and transportation of them and
the court may be required to investi-
gate controversies between labor and
employers on complaint of 10 citi-
Gems. The scope of the industrial
court would include controversies of
miners also.
The court is given power to deter
mine minimum wages and also to de-
termine and fix conditions and hours
Of employment.
Investigation of the work and con-
duct of the state highway commits
sion by special committee of the
house. to report back not later than
January 20, was promised with it's
adoption BY the house on the motion
of Representatives Ward Beley of
Wheatland county, and H. T. Rhoads
of Teton county, asking for the COM
mittee.
Dan McQuarrie of Missoula follow
ed with request for committee of
five from the house to work with
the senate on recommending ali tax
measures advocated by Governor Jo-
seph NJ. Dixon in his message.
Speaker Fred Gibson named E. H.
C00ney Of Cascade. Dillavou of yell
l0wstone, Sam Treloar of Butte, H.
J. Faust of Granite and Gus English
+. of Cascade ON the joint tax commit
tee.
Miles Cavanaugh of Silver Bow has
bill for county aid of widows at
the rate OF $50 q month for all chill
dren under the age of is years. at
the rate of SIS additional for the
first child. $40 q month for a second
child and IS for each other child
In the family.
The aid Is to be provided for chill.
dren In their own home by their mo-
Their when the father is dead, an in.
mate of state Institution, or who
has failed to provide for his family
for year or more or who Is physi.
cally or mentally incapacitated o,
for . fatherless family, the mother
of which Is financially unable to sap.
port the children. The proposed
measure also repeats the mothers
pension laws of the fifteenth and sig
teenth assemblies.
Efforts to repeal the present Law
ON advertising and to supplant 1t BY
the law which has already beer
by the Associated Advertising Club,
of the World. will be introduced IL
the seventeenth assembly by Repres
entative Blomquist of Cascade coun
ty.
Blomquist explained that the Law
is to insure advertisements beinl
truthful as to quality and price o.
goods. Under the law all who sci
merchandise. securities or servic,
with intent to increase consumption
or to make false. untrue. deceptive Of
misleading statements will be liabl.