The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-01-10
world staff Correspondent.

OKLAHOMA CITY. Jan. 9.----The
four days of legislation for the clos.
ing week brought about a condition
heretofore unknown In Oklahoma
legislative history. When the
Ravels fell in ,hc house and senate
| Friday afternoon, more than S5,-
$4,000 In appropriations had been
propased in bills.
The first monster proposed was
the soldiers monument act. carrying
an appropriation OF $4,000, 900, but
the farmers warehouse measure In
the senate also carried a similar
sum. and was introduced the same
afternoon by Harry Cordell Of Mani
tou.
Later In the afternoon Represen-
tativc Nance OF NARROW introduced
his rural credits bill which carries
an appropriation charge OF an even
N,000.000, although the coal ana
lumber gross production bill by
Nance makes 1t possible for the
rural credits measure to bear up
along with the $4,000 600 measure,
inasmuch as II declares that what
ever sum OF money Is derived from
the gross production tax, similar
sum must be paid into the idral
credits account, or elcvating the
limit TO the. NTH" degree.
In reality the rural credits bill is
"A farm loan proposal and in intro
Quoted with the idea that 1t is an
Improvement over the present
method. II is the outgrowth of the
1915 act fathered by Campbell Rus
sell, which was passed to allow the
| "a NfH - 10
much like the house older pays for
his furniture, but which failed to
attract those seeking loans on farm
lands.
In 1919 Representative McNabb
Of Sallisaw forced the home owner
ship act through the Legislature, Civ
ing the borrower still greater priv
ilegcs in securing state funds. but
was unable to secure more than a
pi,tancc In the way Of an appro-
priation to start 1t operating.
The Nance act permits the lend
Ing of money up 10 IS per cent OF
the value.
An Ambitious Project.
BY far the most ambitious meas
urc to be presented TO the Legislature
is that written by the senate and
and fathered by Senator Cordcll.
chairman Of the senate agricultural
committee.
II Is a warehouse measure, carry
ing an appropriation OF $2,0OU, 600
and backed by a big farmer lobby,
although reading Of the proposed
act does not disclose what possible
value 1t can be to the producer. ex-
cept for the clause which provides
that the warehouses must be
operated on n cost basis. All OF the
actual costs are paid by the deposi-
tors In the warehouse. Although
the first paragraph Of the first sec
ton declares the measure IL to pro-
tcct the financial interests OF the
state OF Oklaho ma, the tithes i'm
posed In the various sections are
somewhat confusing.
Any fifty persons forming n COR
poration may build warehouse,
lease one or buy one. and IL can be
Operated under this warehouse act,
which is to be under the supervi-
sion OF the state board of agricul-
ture. and the fund is TO be a revolv-
ing one. that is controlled by the
board OF agricuiI ure and not directly
concerned with the ordinary general
lrevenue fund. All agricultural
products OF a nom -perishable nature
can be deposited In these ware
houses.
Provides n Fat Job.
The third section is n clincher, as
IL provides for state warehouse
superintendent at a salary of $500
per annum and this dangerous lam
suage follows provision for the
superintendent.
"The board OF agriculture shall
have authority to employ such
other persons as may be necessary
in carrying out the provisions OF
this act. Local warehouse man
ayers shall be appointed by the
individual warehouse association.
corporation or other organization
operating the warehouse, subject
to the approval OF the board OF
agriculture"
II is noticeable that the number
of "other persons" Is unlimited and
no maximum salary specified, the
board of agriculture having the sole
power to determine the value OF the
services rendered and the remuner-
alton to he made therefor.
Provision is made to have the fed
eral standards of grading all depos-
, its but the rate for storage Is dis
posed OF in the following rather ex-
traordinary language:
, The persons herein permitted
to store agricultural products in
| any such warehouse shall pay to
, the local manager OF the ware
, house such sum or sums for rent
, or storage as may be agreed
upon
The actual meat in the bill Is con
tanned in Sections 3 and 10. provid
for issuing negotiable warehouse re
, ceipts, expected to be OF Commercial
value at the banks. Sections 3. II
J and eleven cover these receipts. hov
q duplicate may he issued. etc. ant
follow in their respective order:
Section Q. AS soon as possible aftel
any agricultural product. in proper
9 form, In received for storage, thu
: local manager, shall, II not previous
ly done, have it properly inspected
y and graded or classified by a fedora
, or state grader or classifier and le
gally weighed, and he shall fill II
and issue an original negotiable re
ccipt of the form and design ap
nroycd by the board of agricultur
for such agricultural product unde
4 the seal and in the name OF tn
z. State of oklahoma. Such origina