The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-16
SAYS SPECIAL
: SESSION WAS
! NOT REQUIRED
Continued from mage oncl

.rial advertising train to Illinois
4lOwa and adjacent states"
= the matter Of cheaper transporta.
.ctlOns the committee held, should BIZ
LEFT to the state railroad board
where 1t properly and legally be.
Claims Session Not Justified
- In conclusion, the report sail
After carefully considering the gov.
~ernOr'S message we fail to find any
thing therein requiring action by the
Aegislaturc at this time, nor ANY.
Thing constituting an emergency
SUBSTITUTING the calling OF this spc.
~cial session or mourning OF attend.
ANT expenses. We therefore rec.
r3mmend that after the necessary APP
~propriation bill, covering the ex-
'spense OF this special session is
passed. that the legislature adjourn
sine die"
Dismissing the governors sug-
'gcstion that $l60,20657 cited by the
executive as operating profit for the
mill and elevator in 1927 be trans
.terrcd by legislative resolution to
IhC state treasurer for application
son the mill indebtedness, the COM
Smittee points out that such resolu-
.fion would be without force and eff
Hect since the law already provides
-dor the disposition Of any such
profits.
The Audit Situation
: Discussing tho auditing situation
scomplained Of by the executive in
his message, the committee said:
Inasmuch rs there can be no change
Sn the system of audit now employed
at the state mill and elevator, cx-
-cept insofar as the auditor employed
by the governor is concerned, with
out Legislative action, and inasmuch
.as any legislative action Mt this time
would cause unwarranted delay in
the adjournment of this special ses
sion, and added expense resulting
1herefrom, we therefore recommend
that no action be taken upon this
smatter at this time but that the
whole subject be referred" to the
next general assembly.
Six OF the Ia pages in the report
spre devoted to the mill and elevator
.Huestion. 1t compliments the fact
finding committee upon its work and
~ats value to the state institution
and the state as a whole.
.Anent "Fact Finding Report
commenting on the effect OF the
~Iact finding committees work, the
-speclal committee said: "That while
1.-The governors attention was Gale |
TO the condition Of the affairs at the
~State mill and elevator and the man.
@ner in which it was being operated.
~by the special fact finding commit
@tee'S report made to him on March
-, 1927, sufficient action was not
taken by the governor to follow the
recommendations and findings of the
TACT finding committee, or to correct
1.-THE abuses In the management Of
1.-THE mill AZ set forth in such re-
port, until subsequent to July /,
sl927, when the fact finding commit
tee made and delivered its second
ererort to the governor.
- Testimony given before this COM
c'cqrly indicates that the
!. 1n1Atio0s and findings made
ls~t ilading committee were
~wol. founded; as evidenced by the
iAat steps We're taken, as above
forth, to correct the abuses ex-
> * as shown by the fact finding
= nansttee's report.
~ The purchasing department
: nd nil Ing department appear to
2 30 eoordirating in the purchase Of
= wheat best suited for milling pur-
s. goses, and greater cooperation ex-
$ Is throughout the entire organiza-
ton.
- 1t further appears as result Of
tho work OF the special fact finding
d committee, and Of their reports, and
~ the changes which were made in the
Sd operation OF the mill, that the mill
- has made an improved showing dur
4 ing the last four months Of 1927 and
r. - = ~ material change has
= been made in the present practice Of
= purchasing wheat, over the practices
IL that previously prevailed, in that a
S different policy has been inaugural
i ed and is being pursued to purchase
as much grain as possible FROM
ID farmers, individual shippers and To-
cal elvators; that flour is no longer
q being sold or wheat purchased un-
der the system existing in 1926"
=