The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1921-04-14

legislative program, the NorthWes
was given a representative in Sldne!
Anderson Of Minnesota. Other new
men on the committee are Frank l.
Greene of Vermont and John |. Nolal
of California, the latter having beer
chosen, it is said, in order to give la
Dor representative. In addition t
Representative Mondell, chairman. the
committee includes: Dunn of New
York, Darrow of Pennsylvania, Long.
worth of Ohio and Madden of Illinois
Tuesday was devoted to the hearing
of the Presidents message in joint
session, while upon the day following
work was begun upon the emergency
| tariff law. In the report accompany
ing the tariff bill Congressman Young
stated that as first step toward a re-
turn to normal conditions it was neces
sary to place the farmers of the ma
ton upon firm financial footing, and
in the data submitted sought to prove
that the items in the bill were all of
an emergency character.
The Young bill is similar in most re-
spects to the tariff bill that passed
Congress during the last session to be
then vetoed by President Wilson and
it is believed that the measure will
pass in substantially it's present form.
The bill is to be in effect for six
months from the day of passage, in
stead of for period of ten months, as
under the previous act. The rate of
duty on wheat has been set at thirty
five cents bushel, and Of wheat -four
at twenty per centum ad valorem.
| Other rates of interest to people Of
the state are: faxseed, thirty cents
per bushel; potatoes, twenty-five cents
per bushel; onions, forty cents per
-bushel; cattle, thirty per centum ad
valorem; sheep, one year old or over,
two dollars per head; less than one
year old, one dollar per head; fresh or
frozen beef, veal, mutton, lamb and
pork, two cents per pound;
Cattle, sheep and other stock inn
ported for breeding purposes are to
be admitted free Of duty.
Congressman O. 3. Burtness, First
District, has been assigned to the
Committees on Indian Affairs, Public
Lands. and Alcoholic Liquors. The
Committee on Committees transfer
red Representative Sinclair. Third
district, to the Committee on Agricul-
ture and Mr.. Burtness succeeded to
his place upon the Indian Affairs Com
mittee. The assignments made to
Burtness are considered to be of spe-
cial Importance to North Dakota. as
far as the Committees on Indian Az
fairs, and Public Lands are concerned.
A member of the House Committee on
Committees stated that the new men,
Der from North Dakota had been bet
ter treated in this regard than had
any other congressman from that state
in recent years upon his initial term.
Under the new assignments North
Dakota is better taken care Of now
than in the previous Congress. Burt
ness has succeeded to Sinclair's place
upon Indian Affairs and Alcoholic Lid
uors, and to Baer's seat upon Public |
Lands. Young remains a member of |
the Ways and Means Committee, while
Sinclair now has place upon Agri-
culture, a committee upon which the
state was not represented in the 66th |
Congress-.
Rumor about the Capitol has former
Senator A. j. Gronna slated for the
post as Minister to Denmark. This re-
port has not been confirmed, however,
and it is not known as yet whether
Mr.. Gronna would be willing to serve
if chosen.
Two other North Dakota men are
said to be in the field for the office of
Treasurer Of the United States, held
until Recently by former Governor
John Burke. The candidates whom
gossip has connected with the place
are Frank White Of Valley City and
NJ. 0 Hall of Mohall.
Mr.. White is a former governor Of
the state and was senatorial candi-
date in the June primaries last year.
NJ. 0. Hall is also pioneer resident
Of the state and attracted attention
when he came to Washington in the
interests of the Gronna seed grain bill.
Data collected by Mr.. Hall at that
time and submitted with. the report of
the bill was said to have been Of con-
siderable assistance to the North Da-
kota delegation in their fight to OBJ
tain relief for the farmers in the
drouth areas Of the state.
Both Of these men have the back
ing of friends in North Dakota but
so far as lis known neither is an avow-
ed candidate for the office mentioned.
Other states have also advanced claim
ants for the United States Treasur-
ership and it may be that the office
will be assigned to some other state
when the final distribution Of Federal
patronage is made.
American Legion representatives in
Washington are confident that the re-
port Of the Dates investigation COM
mittee will result in the early Dass
age Of consolidation bill that will
place all Of the Federal agencies hav-
ing to do with the ex-seryice man I'M
der one administrative head. General
Dawes himself has been suggested as
the logical man for such position.
Other names mentioned include those
Of General John ]. Pershing, and Col
onel F w. Galbraith, commander Of
The American Legion and member
Of sthe investigating committee re-
Gently appointed by President Hard
ing.
The man appointed for this place