The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-01-25
THE LEGISLATURE

SL. raul, Ml0u.-MdJOf PROBLEMS Oh
the Legislature will be in the hands of
veterans. Liutenant Governor w. l.
Nolan in the senate and Speaker John
| A. johnson in the house, in lining up
committees, showed tendency to up
set cid arrangements as little as pos
sible.
In matters of finance, forestry, tax
alton, governmental organization and
session are in charge.
On university relations, the senate
has special COMMITTEES headed by
Senator w. A. Blanchard Of Anoka and
with opposing groups well represented
the house continues an old committee
under o. w. Kolshorn, but with an in
! crease.
There are eight new chairmen in
the senate and % in the house.
Highways will be handed by yeter-
ans-Charles E. Adams in the senate
and Oscar A. Swenson in the house
Swenson is unfriendly to the Babcock
highway program.
Drainage to Be Studied.
A new metropolitan drainage COM
mittee. to study the Twin City sewage
problem, is in charge Of a disinter.
ested outsider, R. P. Morton Of Prince
| ton, but both cities are represented,
Minneapolis with four and st. Paul
| with three members
A. J. Rockne in the senate and R.
| w. Hitchcock in the house head finance
committees. Forestry is under Sem
ator Fred w. Bessette in senate and
Rollin g. Johnson in house. State re-
organization affairs are headed by Sem
ator C. H. Mackenzie in senate and
| o. X. Dahle in house.
Tax matter committees are headed
by Senator George H. Sullivan and
Representative Otto C. Neuman. The
rules committees Senator Chris Ro-
senmeier and Representative w. l..
| Norton.
The general legislation committees
is headed by Senator ]. D. Sullivan
and Guy E. Dilley.
The new aviation committees are
in charge of Senator E. L. MacLean
in the senate and Walter s. Lundeen
in the house.
New House chairmanships.
The new house chairmanships are:
w. w. Adams, agriculture; Walter S.
Lundeen, aviation; Ray G. Kern,
banks; ]. A. Kodak, board of con-
troll; Henry A Johnson, crime proven
ton: Calvin Deming, education; Wal
ter II. Campbell, elections; Frank Re-
nick, enrolment and engrossment; w.
/ e. Hastings, game and fish; R. J..
Quinlivan, judiciary; John Nordine,
labor; R. P. Morton, metropolitan
drainage; John P Kennedy, military
affairs; George w. Johnson, printing
and publishing; Joseph H Masek, pub
lie buildings; F. H Aldrich, public
health; o. H. Dahl, railroads: George
w. Rodenberg, soldiers home; Andrew
Finstuen, state of county fairs; C. NJ.
Iverson, state development; NJ B. Cul-
/ lum, state parks, and Donald o. Wright,
! workmen's compensation.
Tariff Adjustment Asked.
| Congress is asked to adjust tariff
! schedules on agricultural products, and
! to continue the flexible provisions Of
the tariff law, in resolutions before the
state senate. They were introduced by
/ Senators john o. Hougen of Crooks
| ton and Tom Mangan of Morris.
"The prices of agricultural commodi-
! ties are not On parity with the prices
| Of other agricultural products, and es-
| pecially with the prices Of those COM
modities which farmers must buy"
one resolution says. Competitive agri-
cultural products are being imported
| that represent the products of 1,000,-
600 farmers, and these importations
are directly depressing the prices of
| our farm crops"
The resolution declares In favor Of
a "readjustment Of tariff schedules af-
fecting agricultural commodities SO the
American farmer will be placed on
parity with those engaged in other
industries and which will insure him
the full benefit of an American mar
ket fer his product and give him the
| average cost Of production based on
American standards of living"
Retention of the present tariff COM
mission and of the fiexiable provisions
permitting adjustments by executive
order is proposed in companion re-
solution. A third by Senator Hougen
objects to any federal legislation cur
failing state rights with respect to
transportation affecting the grain
growing industry.
Representative R. G. Kern of Lake
Elmo is on his way to washington to
represent the house at hearings in
volving state and federal tests Of pro-
| tein in wheat. Colonel R. A. Wilkin-
SON of the railroad and warehouse COM
mission is in Washington on the same
subject The state is fighting efforts
to take over control of protein tests.
Conveniag Thursday the senate re-
ceived nearly score of additional bills,
including two more providing for a
proposed constitutional amendments On
the question of graduated state in
come tax to lift part of the present tax
burden from property.