The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1922-05-10
Clague Bill
Has Hearing
STATE WEIGHING AT STOCK
YARDS CLAIMS ATTENTION OF
AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE.

Minnesota has lost it's fight to main
tain state inspection and weighing
services at South St. Paul stock
yards, it was indicated in Washing
ton Saturday, when the House agri-
cultural committee appeared unWil,
ling to report the Clague bill.
Legislation proposed by Represent
alive Frank Clague of Minnesota
would restore to states the weighing
privileges and several other features
of state control as it has been exer-
cised in Minnesota.
Congress Neutrality Hinted.
Congress probably will take no
hand in the quarrel between Minneso-
ia and the United States Department
of Agriculture on the basis of testi-
mony received during three days of
the hearing on the Clague bill, ac-
cording to a dispatch from the Wash
ington bureau of the Pioneer Press.
Representative Haugen Of Iowa sug-
gested that Chester L. Morrill,, di-
rector Of Federal stock yards control,
which was recently sustained by the
Supreme Court, and Minnesotans in
Washington urging passage of the
Clague bill, patch up their differences
without disturbing the Federal con-
troll act.
Remark Pleases jacobson.
Representative Haugen, chairman
of the agricultural committee, indi-
Gated clearly that the committee IS
opposed to reporting a bill which
would benefit only one state. He has
no idea, he said, when the committee
will act definitely on the bill.
Mr.. Morrill, told the committee that
the Department of Agriculture's
Glands are tied" so far as enforce
ment, of Federal control is concerned,
by suits in Minnesota.
The observation pleased O. P. B.
jacobson of the state Railway and
Warehouse commission when he was
informed by the Pioneer Press of the
unfavorable attitude toward the
Clague bill. $500. ...-
81 am glad to see that Mr.. Morrill,
states that his hands are tied and
that our restraining order obtained in
the United States district court is
being observed" Mr.. Jacobson said.
"All we ask now is that the state
commission be allowed to have con-
troll until the highest courts of the
land shall have passed on our order.
There will be no objection from the
commission on Federal control regu-
larly imposed, provided there is real
control.
Before the state commission as
suned control, the scales ausdd in
weighing cattle were all wrong" Mr..
jacobson continued "Our state scale
expert has corrected this situation.
All we ask is that what we have done
be not undone."
Speaking before the agricultural
committee, Mr.. Morrill, asserted that
the Clague bill allows more than
actual cost for weighing. He declar-
ed also that the state bonding law
does not require of buyers bond
large enough to protect the shipper.
Federal System Likely.
From what Mr.. Morrill, said, it was
inferred by members of the COM
mittee that before long the department
will establish Federal weighing sys-
tenn and also require commission men
and other buyers to give bond. 1t
was suggested to Mr.. Morrill, that the
Federal government take over the
state weighers and, if necessary, put
them on the government pay roll at
81 year.
Mr.. Morrill, replied that he saw no
objection to such a procedure.
Regardless of the motive back of
the state demand for continuation
of it's supervision at South St. Paul,
the House committee apparently has
been led to the conclusion that the
real purpose is to save the jobs of
the thirty or more weighers at South
st. Paul rather than to protect the
shippers.
Several more witnesses for the
state were heard by the committee.
Stock Yards Superintendent Wells
was among them. He charged that
there is a move among the stock
yards people and the packers to dis
credit every move made by the state.
The stock yards men, he declared
consistently refused to buy from the
Equity or Central Cooperative ex-
change. The situation in the stock
on the Minneapolis grain exchange
yards, he said, is very similar to that
where the co-operatives are boy
cotted on all sides.-Pioneer Press.
The hero is all right as long as he
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