The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-03-29
BURCHARD FOR
SENATOR; OTTO
FOR GOVERNOR

SENATOR; OTTO
FOR GOVERNOR
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square deal in comparison with other
great industries Of the nation"
Condemns the Teapot Dome and
other oil scandals.
Praises the work Of Senators
Walsh Of Montana and Reed Of Mis-.
souri, in uncovering alleged election
and other frauds and expressed con-
fidence in the Honesty and out
standing administrative ability" Of
Governor AL Smith Of New York,
who was termed the Outstanding ex-
ponent Of modern Democracy in the
nation"
Declares that the state should
provide for its citizens public de-
positories Of private funds which
would offer maximum Of safety.
Ayers that it Is against the high.
est good Of our institutions that any
persons should accept the indorse.
ment Of any political organization
for the office Of state superintendent
Of public instruction and Tor justices
Of the supreme court.
Recommends q survey OF all
schools to determine whether eff
cheney and economy is being prac.
ticed.
Suggests that the. state elevator
be turned over to . farmers organ
ization to operate in the farmers
interests and that farmers be helped
to acquire additional grain storage
facilities.
Offers. q plan for financing the
acquisition Of such storage or eleva-
tors by having the state act merely
as an agent between the farm or
CARNATIONS and the existing grain
interests, which could be accom-
plished without additional bureaus
or the establishment Of any addi-
tional jobs"
The question which provoked .
hurricane Of speeches and consider
able feeling was one affecting the
attitude Of the convention of the
states entry into business and the
platform plank proposing method
Of disposing Of the property to
farmers organizations and provid-
| ing . method whereby farmers
could acquire control Of elevators
with state assistance.
Urged to Stay With Party
As reported by p. w. Lanier,
Jamestown, chairman of the plat
form and resolutions committee, the
| platform called upon all Democrats
to register and vote as such at the
primary election and to support the
state and national ticket in Noven-
Der.
It took definite stand in opposi-
ton to the state entry into private
business but recognized the state
mill and elevator as fact and not a
theory and a problem to be solved.
It proposed to turn the management
Of the mill and elevator overeto any
organization Of farmers which would
take it over and operate it. In adj
dition it proposed q method where
by farmers could obtain additional
elevators throughout the state in an
effort to solve the grain marketing
problems.
The method advocated would per-
nit farmers who wished to purchase
an elevator to plac~ in escrow with
the state one cent q -bushel on all
grain handled by the elevator in
question until it was paid for. One
member Of the committee refused
to sign the report, opposing the one
cent feature advocated by the re-
mainder Of. the committee.
Duis Attacks Platform
Attacking the platform, George
Duis, Grand Forks, said it provides
that the state must 60 out Of the
mill and elevator business and de-
clared that the mill and elevator has
saved hundreds of thousands Of dol
lars to the people Of the state.
It also provides, he said, that the
state must 60 into the elevator
business and averred that it would
merely change the situation from
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the business for participation in an
other. He further charged that the
idea was sponsored by the grain
dealers in the Twin Cities in an eff
fort to return the farmer to the con-
troll by big marketing agencies in
the sale Of wheat.
Answering Duis' charge that the
platform was full of dynamite,
Lanier said it contained enough
dynamite to blow both the Nonpar-
tisan and. Independent Republicans
out Of office. He said the proposal
to permit farmers to obtain control
OF elevators was an adaption Of the
plan used in Canada and in some
states and that, at best, it was mere
| ~ q suggestion as to how'the farm
| ers can be ben fitted.
Mrs. Anna Patterson, Rugby, q
member Of the platform committee,
defended the plank briefly.
+. @. Hellstrom, Bismarck, de-
Tended the states entry into busii
ness and charged that adoption Of the
plank would cause abandonment Of
the grain terminal already estab.
lished ut Grand Forks.
The plank was placed in the plat.
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