The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-01-07
Many Recommendations Are Made to
Assembly BY New Chief Executive


statute books and that some tha
are now there shall be repealed.
Would Repeal Cigarette Law
In this connection l call to your
attention Chapters 81 and 90 of ou1
penal code as amended, making the
selling of snuff and cigarettes T.:
crime and imposing penalties there.
fore. The taking of snuff, and the
smoking of cigarettes are habits
while to some of US these habits
may appear undesirable, unhealth
full and filthy, yet there is nothing
inherently vicious in either, which
should be inhibited by law; anC
these statutes are not supported BY
an enlightened public opinion. W.
have only to go back to the time OF
the war when our ladies all over
the land were engaged in giving and
sending to our soldiers in the
camps and trenches vast quantities
of tobaccos and cigarettes, which
were distributed through the gooc
offices of the Y. NJ. C. A., the Sal
walton Army and the Knights OF
Columbus, yet, when our boys re
turned home after the war, they
found that the purchase and sale OF
some of these articles, under the
laws of this state, were made illegal
While it is legally possible to pur.
chase the same beyond the state
and have them delivered by the
United States Mail at his door, vel
it is a crime for anyone to sell O,
give away snuff or cigarettes and &
person who passes to friend g
package of cigarettes, or even one
cigarette is made a criminal. This
condition is unhealthy and leads t,
disrespect for the law. 1t tends t.
make good citizens into criminal:
and is a condition that should moi
be tolerated.
l, therefore, suggest that these
statutes be repealed. Such repea
will save much cost and expense ir
attempting to enforce these laws
and tend toward economy in the
handling of our problems of govern.
ment. -
In addition to this, suggest thai
law be passed imposing a reason
able stamp tax upon all snuffs ane
cigarettes, say five cents per package
and providing proper machinery fol
enforcing the same. If this is done
it will provide a net revenue of per
haps $500,000.0O per annum, which
can be used in the general fund tt
relieve our tax burdens, or applied
to some special purpose, say for in
stance, the liquidation of failet
banks and making advances to de
positors, to be repaid in due time
out of the assets of such bank!
when collected, or the special funt
provided for that purpose.
As a method of raising additional
revenue for. use in the building ant
repair of state highways, you ma.
perhaps consider the imposition O.
an additional tax of one cent PEI
gallon upon gasoline. This tax ma!
be somewhat burdensome, but l be
lieve our citizens generally, in view
of the use to which it is to be put
will cheerfully pay it.
Hail Insurance ZOning
The State Hail insurance shoult
be continued, but arrangement
should be made to, in some manner
divide the state into districts, eacl
district to pay its just insurance
rate.
Our Rural Credits have been
| God-send to this agricultural sec
ton during this deflation period
and should be continued and mad
effective in every way possible.
The State Gr&in Grading an
Dockage law is now in the hands o
the supreme court of the Unite,
States. Unless this law is favorabl,
reported, some other law should b.
passed covering the same groun,
and put in such shape that it will
become constitutional.
| Also, in connection with this
there should be law passed to pu
our Terminal Elevator in shape 81
that state warehouse receipts will
become negotiable instruments sim
liar to the national warehouse re
| ceipts.
During the past several years GU
state has had very large amour
Of adverse advertising. Our trou
bles, which have been real enough
| Though they have not been as ba,
as those of some other agriculture
communities), have been misrepre
scented and exaggerated. The ide
that North Dakota has been and i
in deplorable condition has beer
sold to the country at large, an
the damage which this has done il
dollars and cents as we'll as in ere
dit and standing, it is impossibl
to estimate. The injury is withou
question SO great that as a bushes
community we must take remedia
measures to spread the truth.
Our state is a "Land of Sunshin
and Flowers" veritable "Horn o
Plenty" "Bread Basket of tn,
World" No other state in the I'm
ion can match our fertile acres an
level, rich, loan land. No othe
state can produce so valuable crop
as ours, with as little effort; W,
have no stumps to pull, no stone
to pile. Our gang plows two, three
four, five, six, and seven plows wide
throughout most Of the length an,
breadth Of our state, can turn owe
a whole 640-acre tract from highwa,
to highway without care or atten
tion other than such as is necessary
at the end of each mile upon tn
turn. Our cattle and sheep exec
all but very few and none ar,