The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1922-09-28

LY TIMEs-RECORD, VALLEY CITY,
interest to be received on international
war debts was entirely inadequate and
would result in strain being thrown
on the federal treasury which it could
not stand. Aside from the advisable
ity or inadvisability of passing SOL
diers bonus bill at this time there is
no question but that President Hard
ing showed good Judgment in vetoing
the bill presented to him and he dis
played moral courage above the or
binary by his action in treating the
bill as his judgment dictated rather
than listening to outside influences.
Practically the entire membership OF
the house of representatives comes up
for reelection this fall and it was to
! be expected that the members would
make a play for the soldier vote,
knowing that even though they passed
the bill it would either be killed in
the senate or vetoed by the president.
One third of the senate comes up for
reelection this fall and that body ev-
identity planned on passing a bill which
would not meet with the presidents
approval. Those senators voting for
the bill are enabled to go before their
. constituents with the statement that
they were supporters of the bonus bill
and solicit the soldier vote on that
, ground. Just case of passing the
E buck from the house to the senate and
, then on to the president. President
Harding has shown himself to be a big
enough man to do as he thought right
even though he recognized the fact
that he was being made the goat and
T we believe the ordinary taxpayer will
! be Joined by the ex-service man in
. recognizing the righteousness Of the
Presidents action after the first ef-
fects of disappointment have passed
h away.
o The Courier-News issue Of yester'
J. day takes issue with the Times-Recorc
= regarding a recent editorial relative
= to Sveinbjorn Johnson's and O'Con
. nor's activities in the North Dakota
o. grain grading case and the editor Of
# that worthy paper states that the CASE
is was brought by these gentlemen fol
c the express purpose of knocking ou
# the North Dakota law and that TIT
# case was financed by the Chamber O
= Commerce of Minneapolis. Thes:
w statements are untrue and since it j
& barely possible, although improbable
~ that the en-. editor does not know
II the true facts in the case we deem j
= necessary that the true facts be pre-
~ sented. There was big discrepanc
&c in the North Dakota Grain Gradin;
o. act and the federal grain grading act
- discrepancy of such large proper
&c tons as to make it impossible for an
If business man or grain buyer to bu
III wheat and comply with both acts wit
FL out serious financial loss to himsel
H. or his company. AS an instance Of tn
=, workings of the law we might quot
10 suppositious case. "a" is farme
~ who wishes to sell a car load {
IN wheat. He takes sample Of tina
~ grain to "B", a grain buyer, and sue
Mt gests that this sample be sent to tn
bo state grain grade inspector at Farg
in This is done and the state grade II
r. spector states that this grain shall
w. bought at a certain grade set by hin
at When his report is received the graz
he buyer has, of course, the privilege
at refusing to handle the grain at TT
ho grade set but if he wants the bus
yn ness he must buy the grain at tt
IN grade set by the state inspector. A
j., ter buying the grain he ships it
,c- the terminal at Minneapolis or Dulu1
he where the grain is inspected by tt
If federal grain inspector. The grade S
on by him is the grade under which tt
bo wheat is sold In other words tt
.ba grain must be purchased by the gra
~. buyer under the state grades and so
H. under federal grades, and there was
,od large difference. Under those condl
md ions it was impossible for any era
n buyer to purchase wheat intelligent
,vn or profitably, unless he happened
MD be lucky. Knowing that such cond
MOO ion, if continued, would result in sc
,ious loss to every farmers elevat
company in the state the Farmer
ted Grain Dealers Association, an assoc
the alton of directors of farmers elevate
hat thruout the state who were in no w
car associated with the Chamber of Coz