The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1924-07-28
H. l. HALV0RS0N
WOULD RUN n. D.
MILL, CUT BANK
FavOrs Continuation of Grand
Forks Project; Bank For
Rural Credits, Depository
WOULD REDUCE BOARDS
Democratic Candidate Gives
Observations on Various
Policies Before State
Especial to the Tribune)

Minot, N. D., July 2S.--Halvor Hal
vorson of Minot, Democratic candi-
date for Governor, is generally op-
posed to the policy of the govern
ment entering into the field of ordi-
nary private business but favors con-
tinuation of the Grand Forks mill
and operation of the Bank Of North
Dakota as a rural credits institution,
and also the retention of the bank
us depository of public funds.
Mr. Halvorson, speaking generally
of some of the aspects of the state
situation, said:
"Generally speaking, am opposed
to the policy of the government en-
tering the field of ordinary private
business, because so doing tends to-
wards paternalism and in great
many instances. inefriciency and cor
ruption aS we'll.
specifically as to North Dakota,
l am not in favor Of any extention
into the realms of private business
under the power vested by law in
the Industrial Commission, unless
some fragrant and apparent wrong 10
being perpetrated thru combination
or resident, to the public injury and
to the undue advantage of individuals
| or interests. and then only to the
| extent of destroying such monopoly
and compelling justice to the con-
suming public.
"This power in government should
| be exercised cautiously. and is sell
| dom called into play, and when it
is necessary, will generally be found
to concern either coal, oil, transporta-
ton or light and power.
The State Mill
with reference to the State mill,
a burden which the taxpayer has as
sumed and must carry, am in fav or
of the highest and cleanest business
management, the use of its product
in all of our state institutions, in
i sofar as they cannot be sold in the
regular course of business and at
state.
$50 far as the local trade in North
Dakota is concerned, l would be op-
posed to the tremendous expenditure
in maintaining sales force in this
state, on the theory that our people
taxpayers who have to pay the losses
at the mill. have sufficient interest
in its success, and are sufficiently
intelligent to ask for and obtain that
brand of flour where it is to theil
best advantage so to do, without
the tremendous selling expense mere
tofore found necessary.
"We must not overlook that thu
ideal situation would be to fine
markets for the product of this mill
the same as other large mills operat
4, ed for profit, at the same time lcav
ing a sufficient market at home for
our private mills, so that such mills
could operate and thereby give u!
not only the payroll which woult
| accrue in the various communities
but the feed products 50 badly need
| ed locally BY our farmers engaged in
dairying, to say nothing of the added
tax moneys which would come into
the Golfers of the state from the 10.
cal mills so operating.
Purpose Of Operation
'Thc mills should be so operated
as to help preserve and protect fol
the farmer of North Dakota the pre-
MUM which Northern grown spring
wheat carries over the general market
and which premium in the past two
or three years has very often reach
ed from 20 cents to 40 cents pei
bushcl That premiums simply re
fleet the superior milling qualities Of
the hard spring wheat grown il
North Dakota, eastern Montana, /,
little in South Dakota and Minnesot.
and nowhere else in the Unitet
States.
I'm other words, the mill shoult
be operated along broad sound bust
ness lines and fit into the scheme
of our states needs so as to &C
complish the most good for the peo
pie, and the least injury to the in
dividualn citizen or business. No on,
questions but that its product i
the equal Of any mill in America
Such being the ease, and the manu-
featuring cost being equally to oul
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