The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-01-08
BILLS WILL BE
INTR0DUCEDTO
CARRY IT OUT
Several Measures Embracing
Recommendations To Go
Before Legislature
OPPOSITION APPARENT
Bank of North Dakota and
State Mill Recommends
tions Find Opposition

recommendations made by the new
Governor of the state to the legis-
lature in his inaugural message yes
terday afternoon, will be offered to
the legislature in the form of bills
in the very near future.
Several Nonpartisan League mem-
bers today were engaged in discus
sion of the manner in which the
recommendation will be placed be-
fore the legislature for discussion,
and several bills are expected to be
given to the Senate or House within
the next ten days.
One of the recommendations of
Governor Sorlie, likely to furnish
basis for lively fight in the legis-
lature, is that against retention of
the present anti-cigarette law. The
Governors recommendation that sale
Of cigarettes be licensed found favor
with several League leaders, and
number predicted its passage. AT
the same time, there was consider
able opposition shown to such an
act. Need of raising additional
funds to carry on the states bust
ness may be powerful factor. as
it is predicted that license fee on
cigarette sales would yield the state
$5OO,OO0 a year.
To Meet Opposition
There is no prospect that the
Governors suggestion that the Bank
Of North Dakota be empowered to
purchase assets of closed banks will
be placed before the assembly in
concrete form soon. Realizing the
technical problems involved in it,
Governor Sorlie suggested that a
committee be named to consider the
feasibility of the suggestion, and
this may not meet with much op-
position in the legislature. Any at
tempt to enlarge functions of the
Bank Of North Dakota, however, are
certain to find considerable opposi.
tion among Independents.
Some surprise was expressed that
Governor Sorle did not refer in his
measure to the board of managers
of the Grand Forks mill and eleva-
tor or the tax laws enacted by the
last legislature. Both the board Of
managers and the a. V. A. tax laws"
had been condemned by Nonparti-
sans in the recent campaign.
Legislation respecting the Grand
Forks mill also may be delayed
somewhat, until Nonpartisans who
will offer measures concerning it
have more time to investigate the
situation. 1t is expected that the
manager of the mill will be called
to Bismarck by a legislative COM
mittee, and it is possible that an
audit now in progress at the mill
may be awaited.
The big question regarding the
mill expected to come before the
legislature is regarding finances.
There has been suggestion, credited
to Governor Sorlie, that the mill
should have great deal of "free
money available to buy wheat. At
the present time the mill is able to
make loans amounting to several
hundred thousand dollars without
security, from the Bank of North
Dakota and other banks, but to get
most of its operating capital must
issue milling bonds with wheat and
flour as mortgages. Whether the
Governors recommendation that the
mill elevator be made terminal
elevator would put the state in the
business of buying and selling grain
is question unanswered to solons.
Pledged to Economy
Both factions in the legislature
are pledged to economy, and neither
has desire to establish new state
industries. Some Independents con-
strue the recommendations of the
Governor regarding the Bank of
North Dakota and the terminal ele-
vator at Grand Forks as an abridge-
ment Of his declaration against ex-
tension of state industries, holding
this is tantamount to establishing
new industries.
Zoning of hail insurance, suggest
ed by Governor Sorlie, is certain to
be provocative of fight, many
western county representatives being
| against the measure and desiring
| that hail insurance be made COM
pulsory.
There is likely to be little op-
position to some of the less impor-
tant recommendations Of the Cover
nor.
Ihe narrow margin of control in
both houses is certain to provoke a
breaking Of party lines on some
measures. The Independents appear
to control the Senate by one vote,
while the League may not have
majority of more than five votes IA
the lower house. A few changes
either way might greatly alter the
legislative program of the assembly.
Opinion Divided
Opinion on the messages of both
Mr.. Nestos and Governor Sorlie dif.
fered somewhat along political lines,
leaders Of each faction being i'm
clined to find the most good in the
messages according to their way q
thinking in politics.
Among the recommendations %
Governor Sorlis Oh which less varis
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