The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-02-09

the department of public instruc.
tiOn failed. The roll call ON
PIOyhar's motion was 28 to 20.
Six Independent senators voted
with a solid Nonpartisan league line
up Tuesday to pass Governor Sor-
lies flour label bill following a
spirited debate in which attempts
to further amend the bill and weaken
its provisions failed.
1t was the senate's busiest day of
the session. Eighteen measures were
passed, including two important
amendments to the state hail insur-
ance law, Il bill allowing private COM
panies to compete with the state
workmen's compensation bureau, and
appropriations for the state peniten-
tiary, state training school, and the
Valley City normal school.
The senate also received a report
from it's special committee working
jointly with the house committee on
the tax mixup resulting from the su-
preme court decision that the Bank
of North Dakota is liable for un-
paid taxes on land acquired through
tax sales, saw move launched to
investigate reported deficit of
$225,OOO in the state aid fund Of tho
department of public instruction,
and received another flood Of Is new
bills.
Rusch's Amendment Beaten
The fight on the flour label bill
was opened by Senator H. J. Rusch.
independent, Cass county, with pro-
posed amendment TO eliminate the
provision that labels on flour sold in
the state must show the percentage
Of each kind Of wheat used in it's
manufacture. He said it is mpos-
sible for small millers of the state
to determine such percentages.
Senator Ole Ettestad, Nonpartisan,
objected that the amendment, aug
mented by amendments already ac-
cepted that strike out provisions re-
curing the percentage of protein
and the state in which the wheat was
grown to be shown, would leave
"nothing in the bill" The small mill
ers know what percentages of diff
ferent kinds Of wheat they use, he
said.
Rusch countered with a statement
that the state mill and elevator at
Grand Forks may do what it pleases,
but it is impossible for the small
millers to observe all requirements
of the bill. However, on roll call
vote, his motion was defeated, 81
to 26.
Three Independents - Senator's
Frank f.. Ployhar. Barnes county;
Walter Schlosser, Grand Forks coun-
ty; and W. S. Whitman. Grand Forks
county. who introduced the bill
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amendment.
Maddox Breaks Tie
Lieutenant Governor Walter Mad
dock was forced to cast the deciding
vote to defeat second amendment
offered by Senator Charles A. Sea-
mands, Hettinger county. Sea-
mands proposed that the bill would
not apply to labels now in posses
sion of various millers.
Ployhar and Whitman again voted
with the league, which lost two
votes through the absence of W. r.
Martin, Morton county, and the cast
ing Of his vote with the lnderend-
ents by D. H. Hamilton, McHenry
county. Senator Peter McLachlin,
Cass county, concluded the barrage
! Of unsuccessful attempts to amend
the bill when he sought to advance
the date on which the law would
become effective to January J, 1928.
1t lost by 25 to ~ vote.
Senator j. +. Eastgate, Grand
Forks county, then attacked TIC mea-
sure with assertions that 1--WE have
gone far enough in rampering diff
ferent businesses" He was inter.
| rupted by Whitman, who declared
that he was out Of order, but was al
lowed to continue.
"When the state mill was turned
over to the present managership. It
was turned over with no strings at
tached," he declared in an indirect
attack on Governor Sorlie. snow
they want strings tied around other
mills of the state"
Eastgate concluded his attack with
a motion for "indefinite postpone
ment" Of further consideration Of the
bill, but his motion was voted down.
State Mill Discussed
Statements by Senator c. w. Fine.
Nonpartisan, Benson county. that
the bills object is to give North Da-
kota wheat an advantage. in its
marketing, led to general discus
sion of the state mill.
Rusch said he understood that
Montana wheat was the bulk Of that
used at the state mill, while Senator
j. c. Forbes, Independent, Richland
county. suggested that ''it would b4
better to turn the $1,000 loss daily
over to the farmers"
Senator Dell Patterson, Nonparti-
san, Renville county. inquired Il
| Forbes knew where the loss was go-
/ in1. Seamands met this with That's
| vvhat We would MI like TO know
| A final sally 1t the bill was made
BY Senator w. D. Lynch. Independ-
ent, Lamoure county, before II waa
! passed. Senators Ployhar; Schlos-
ser; C.. Norman Hrunsdale, TrAill
county; J. E. Stevens, Ramsey eean-
| tv: O. +. Tofsrud, Pierce county; and
Whitman-all Independents--veted
with the league to pass the meaaure.
The senate immediately went hack
to party alignmenta TO oass two im-
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